Mounjaro - Starting soon!

[ObsidianTree]

I have decided to start with Mourjano. Have put an order in with Asda and should hopefully be delivered soon!

Anyone else going to give Mourjano a go?

title edited by MNHQ at OP's request.

Well done for everyone's losses this week :)

@EsotericMnemonic only my husband knows I'm doing this. I don't think anyone else will be supportive in my family and will just think of it as cheating. I know my sister would bitch about it to my mum so I won't tell them! I'll definitely be told that I'll gain it all back when I come off it etc....! So no... Would rather lose weight and let them be oblivious!

I'm not telling many people. I want to be in the best frame of mind for my weight loss journey and not worry about other peoples judgements. My Mum and sister know and that's it.

Im not telling anyone. I didn’t announce I’d gone on BP drugs or ADHD drugs or HRT patches. This is no different.

i can’t weigh myself, am away with work for a week. So I have sunk a lot of wine and there have been fancy dinners, but I have definitely comsumed less than I would normally.

my face is changing shape.

my constipation is back on week 3

if theres most of a dose left in the syringe at the end of the month I don’t want to waste it, I paid for it!

im probably prepares to break the bottle and sieve the glass out!

Re the last dose you can't get out, I wonder if you can turn the pen a little past 1 so that each dose is 2.6 or 2.7 instead of just 2.5. That way you can use a tiny bit extra and reduce the amount that has to be thrown away at the end of the 4 weeks.

Please do NOT try this with a new pen as I don't want to be responsible for someone wasting energy entire pen if it malfunctions

That's a good way of looking at it although no one can see the benefits of my HRT. presumably when I am 1-2 stone down people will notice and ask me if I have lost weight.

"Yes I have decided to take action and really focus on getting it under control" will hopefully be enough for most people but my overweight friends might ask me more specific questions so I will selectively tell some of them.

Only my partner knows. Work colleagues know I'm doing calorie deficit but they are mostly men so don't really care much ha ha.

I've said to other friends I'm having a couple of quiet, healthy couple of months whilst waiting for better weather so that will hopefully put the brakes on any boozy lunches and get togethers whilst I get into this.

Day 3 and definitely not as hungry and much less reduced food noise. I've been getting a bit 'shivery' from time to time so I wonder if that's a side effect.

When (not “if”) people ask about my weight loss I’ll say that I’m mid 50s, too fat with high BP that needs 3 tablets to control and my friend had a heart attack and I’d like to not have a heart attack so I started moving more and drinking less and looking after myself more.

if anyone who’s been on it asks me directly I’ll have a chat but I won’t br “confessing” something that shouldn’t be shameful. I have been too fat for over 40 years, I can’t fix it on my own and I’m very glad there’s a drug that can help me manage my chronic intractable obesity that nothing else has.

so it’d better fucking work!

Yeah I'd be gutted to waste the last bit. But don't know how to get the rest out. I assume you'd need a normal needle and syringe to get it out. Assuming you can stick a needle in the part you put the disposable needles on! But don't have a needle and syringe!

@Choux I don't think it winds further than 1.

I wonder why it stops at the ridge and won't let you wind again

I’ve been following this thread for a couple of weeks. So grateful to have found it! Having been sat with my first pen for hours I just got my husband to inject me! Relief! I have a good 5 stone to lose to hopefully feel like me again. Every post I read before said you don’t see the needle and press the button and it automatically injects, mine I had to inject the needle then press the button, is that the same for anyone else?

Hi everyone, thanks for such an informative thread and well done on your losses! My finger is currently hovering on pay on Bolt for the 2.5mg dose. It doesn't mention sending the needles or a sharps box though, are they included does anyone know? I keep chickening out of ordering, have been considering it for 6 months, but once I know this I'm doing it!

Yes - Bolt included needles, wipes and a sharps box for me and I was already on 2.5mg from a different supplier.

Thanks so much @RunningAndSinging going to order now

The pen doesn’t twist or move at all. You’d have to break it to get into it.

Or get a needle and syringe and use the rubber end to extract it as a pp said. I feel like that is too advanced for me (am only one dose in) and I wouldn't know where to get a syringe from anyway.

Hi everyone - I've just ordered my first order from asda pharmacy and have joined for company.
Will have a read through of everyone's comments soon but just wanted some solidarity - read some scary side effects and keep reminding myself how much more dangerous my existing weight is!
I have at least 8 stone to lose so a long journey - really hoping this gives me the boost I need to stick to it!

Hi @zaffa I've just ordered my first lot too! I ordered from Bolt, it's being reviewed currently so I guess they may want photos. I am hoping to shift 3 stone. I'm really short so it shows. I can't really justify the money but I just won £250 on a raffle so that spurred me on! Then hopefully if it works well for a month, I'll have more justification for continuing if that makes sense.

I wonder if the plunger part is only long enough that it stops at the last ridge. Don't know why they designed it like that to waste the solution.

I looked on Amazon at syringes and needles. I am not sure if I would feel safe trying to get the remaining medication out. I have a cousin that's a pharmacist so could possibly ask her to bring me a syringe and needle next time I see her! But would have to tell her what for! Lol

I think bolt do a starter deal for 2.5 and 5mg together which works out cheaper than getting them separately a month apart. If I had known about this I would have started with this. If this is something you're interested in.

I have the same amount to lose. All the best!

Yes I see the needle and have to hold down the button. I do find the murnjaro injection a bit harder than the Wegovy injection. Feels like you have to hold down the button for ages!

Thanks @ObsidianTree I did nearly go for the combo but I didn't in the end just in case I don't get on with it. Although I am hope I will of course. I had to send a photo, wasn't sure they'd accept it as I have no recent photos of me and no big mirrors so it was a rubbish selfie job in a very small mirror but I've just received the email to say dispatched, woohoo. Now to tell the husband

Amazing losses by some - well done! and newcomers too. it is nice to have people on the journey, as I have not told many people either. Where I had to say something (like asking for help to have healthier food in meetings at work), I have simply said I am on new medication for my diabetes.

I am fascinated by the conversation re: twisting to 1, etc... as my pens are single injection (I am in the US) and I buy 4 a month in the pack. I don't have to worry about needles and we put our pens in sharps containers (like an empty peanut butter jar this month, with SHARPS written on it) and put in in our normal rubbish.

My travel this week was not as bad as I thought, but it was challenging. I had to really work hard to make good choices, and avoid all sorts of pitfalls. I went to Sweden and to the UK with my team, and normally would have all sorts of yummy food (to includes pork pies and sausage rolls, cause I miss them). But I didn't. I generally stuck to the right things, prioritized protein and avoided alcohol. It was not easy, with jetlag, and food being placed in front of us constantly, but I did lose 0.8lb, instead of gaining.

After 14 phone calls in the last 12 hours since I got home, I think I have found a box of Mounjaro 7.5, which I will be picking up later today. It is on backorder across the whole area, and I thought I would have to stay on 5.0 for another month. My sister told me that 7.5 was the dose that really worked for her, so I am hopeful that it has more effect that the 5.0. I am not expecting miracles, and I do expect it to be slow going, but it would be great to not have it be so much willpower and hard work.

I've just done my 3rd injection and it definitely looks like there's more than one dose left in the pen. I may order some syringes to see if I can get the last bit out after my next jab.