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I Lost This Much in 6 Months on Mounjaro — Brutal Truth
Our summary
K Eddie, a UK-based creator, gives a six-month update on using Mounjaro (the captions spell it "Marjaro"). She says she began on 1 May 2025 after a lifetime of yo-yo dieting. Her highest recorded weight was 20 stone 12 pounds (132 kg, 292 pounds) with a BMI of 41.4. She also mentions polycystic ovary syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, a past gestational diabetes diagnosis and a family history of diabetes. She says her GP referred her for tier three weight loss, but with an 8 to 12 week wait she bought Mounjaro privately.
One person's experience, in their words. Not medical advice.
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What else the video covers
She reports starting at 2.5 mg, losing 21 pounds in the first month, moving to 5 mg after four weeks and then to 7.5 mg after eight weeks, her highest dose. According to her, early effects were mostly positive: more energy, almost no appetite and the "food voice" going quiet. She also lists a hormonal-feeling headache, an itchy rash at the injection site and increased anxiety in the day and a half after each dose. She says she lost 90 pounds in six months and 140 pounds in total, and describes non-scale changes such as fitting old clothes and eating three balanced meals a day.
She says the harder side effects came later: stomach pain, sulfur burps, bloating and diarrhea from about halfway through her second 7.5 mg pen, plus heavy hair loss that she is considering stopping over. She notes the hair loss may be due to the amount of weight lost rather than the drug. Her plan is to titrate down toward 5 mg, then 2.5 mg, and aim to be off between February and April. Her advice is to get medical advice, cross-check social media experiences with someone who knows GLP-1 medications, expect that side effects can appear late, and treat the drug as a stepping stone alongside lifestyle and mindset changes.
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Takeaways
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- 1:02 She says she reached 20 stone 12 pounds (132 kg) with a BMI of 41.4 after years of yo-yo dieting, and bought Mounjaro privately while waiting for an NHS referral.
- 5:10 She started at 2.5 mg on 1 May, lost 21 pounds in the first month, then moved to 5 mg and later 7.5 mg.
- 7:15 Early effects she lists are more energy, almost no appetite and no "food voice", with a post-injection headache, injection site rash and anxiety.
- 12:50 She reports a plan to taper to 5 mg, then 2.5 mg, and stop between February and April of next year.
- 13:53 She says gastro symptoms and severe hair loss appeared months in, and she is unsure whether to continue.
- 19:30 Her advice is to seek medical advice, expect that side effects can come late, and use the medication as a stepping stone with lifestyle and mindset changes.
Key moments
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What the video says
As stated in the video, not checked by us. Doses and results are the speaker’s, not advice.
- Medication
- Mounjaro
- Doses mentioned
- 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 7.5 mg and 10 mg
- Point in the journey
- Month 6
- Weight loss mentioned
- 140 lb
- Side effects mentioned
- diarrhea, sulfur burps, headache, hair loss, bloating and low appetite
- Who is speaking
- Patient
In their words
"So, diarrhea, bloating, stomach pain, sulfur burps."
Questions this video answers
How much weight did she lose in 6 months on Mounjaro?
She says she lost 90 pounds (6 stone 8 pounds, 40.8 kg) in the six months since 1 May. Counting weight lost before starting, she reports 140 pounds (67.5 kg) in total.
What Mounjaro doses did she use?
She says she started on 2.5 mg, moved to 5 mg after four weeks, stayed there for eight weeks, then went to 7.5 mg, her highest dose. She also mentions accidentally taking one 10 mg dose.
What side effects did she have on Mounjaro?
She reports early headaches, an itchy injection site rash and increased anxiety after doses. Later she describes stomach pain, sulfur burps, bloating, diarrhea and heavy hair loss. She says the hair loss may be linked to the amount of weight lost rather than the drug.
Does she plan to stay on Mounjaro?
She says she plans to lower the dose to 5 mg, then 2.5 mg, and aim to be off between February and April of next year. She also says she is considering stopping sooner because of hair loss.
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About K Eddie
Patient story, 3.1K subscribers. 8 of their videos are in GLP-1 TV, 110K views between them, mostly on Mounjaro.
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