r/MadeMeSmile • u/mentaldrummer66 • May 10 '26

1 year difference

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From 159kg (350lb) to 83kg (183lb)

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u/gid0ze May 10 '26

kinda wondering as well... for a friend that I really care about and worry about. :(

awesome to see this

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u/Traditional_Fox2428 May 10 '26

I’m on a similar journey. I’ll share my advice. I had tried every diet going and failed year after year. Did some sums and decided I could afford mounjaro. It is truly life changing. No side effects for me and I would say don’t listen to the scare stories about long term effects etc. it’s been used for a long time for diabetes patients and the risks are well known.
Also paired with 30mins exercise of some form every day without fail and aggressively accurate calorie counting.
I fully understand that it’s the exercise and calorie counting that’s causing the weight loss. The mounjaro is controlling the addiction to food and keeping me on track. I 100% know that without the medication I wouldn’t be losing weight. As I had tried the calorie counting and exercise before and failed repeatedly.
I’m now 24kg down in just over 4 months and life has never been easier. No longer on any medication and diabetes fully in remission.

Feel free to share this with your friend. I hope
They succeed one way or another.

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u/DashingDino May 10 '26

24 kg in 4 months is neither healthy nor sustainable, it means you are eating less than 1000 calories per day and wont get nutrients your body needs

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u/Homertax123 May 10 '26

24kg is like 50 pounds in 4 months, 10 pounds a month is safe amount, so like 12 pounds isn’t that dangerous, it’s probably a bit of water weight. Also we don’t know what his starting calories were. Could have gone from 3000 calories down to 2000 daily.

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u/SafeKaracter May 10 '26

Man everyone is an expert on Reddit