Mounjaro and wegovy newbies April 2024

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Starting this thread for all the newbies who are just starting out.

I'm going to be taking mounjaro.
Expecting my first pen hopefully tomorrow.

Anyone else just starting out?

Thank you @QueenOfHiraeth

I'm looking forward to going up to 5mg to see if there's more movement on the scale but happy to let my body acclimatise as this is an 'in it till the end' approach for me now!

I administered my third dose of Mounjato 5 mg today and disappointingly I've not lost any weight in the two weeks since I increased the dose. I'm not finding the appetite suppression as good so I've been using willpower instead and certainly haven't increased my intake. It's very disappointing, I've got one more dose of five mil and then should go up to 7.5.

That does sound frustrating @Justkeeprollingalong

Did you lose on 2.5? It seems to be so hit and miss for some people.

Last night I had my first late night cupboard raid since starting so I do need to go up but my total loss in just over 4 weeks is 9lb which I'll take but I've lost more on SW In that time frame considering my BMI was just over 40.

@InspectorGidget yes I lost 13lb in the 4 weeks on 2.5 but nothing since the increased dosage. I won't give up but it is disappointing.
You must lock the cupboard!

I'm the same, not lost anything for 3 weeks on 5mg. I'm sure I'm not eating significantly more!
I tested it as I was away at the weekend and thought I'll just eat 'normally'. I actually couldn't eat half what I would have eaten before. It was almost quite awkward as my friend was enjoying eating out and I just couldn't face another meal!
It has to come off though because I am eating so much less!

@yorkypuds
Sorry you are having the same problem but I'm glad it's not just me. Hopefully it will pick up again this week. 🤞

SW:15st 10
CW:14st 8
Week 8

I thought my experience of 5mg might be helpful for anyone who has jumped up and experienced bad side effects!

So I started on the 2.5 about 8 weeks ago and in the first month I lost 10 pounds. I was happy but felt like it didn't seem like much ( I blame years of yo-yo diets for unrealistic expectations.) Side effects were minimal I'd say, some heartburn chills and tiredness.

I was really excited to start the 5mg as i thought it would kick up my weight loss. Sadly not. In the first week of 5mg I lost 4 pounds, but this was due to feeling awful. I had a bad reaction to the injection with the site swelling up, I was exhausted, sick and couldn't eat anything. It was miserable. I read a lot about this being the only dose which you are basically doubling and how that can cause more side effects. Some people mentioned other injection sites improving side effects so for week 6 I decided to change injection site to my thigh, this actually made everything worse. Again I came out in hives at the injection site and felt really ill. I was very close to giving up.

Week 7 I decided to go back to my tummy and count clicks, I did 3mg this time and still felt very tired with really bad heartburn and liquid poo! But it was better than the previous two weeks. During that fortnight I didn't lose any weight.

Week 8 I counted clicks and did 4mg, that was yesterday and so far side effects have been minimal and it feels like my body is finally catching up.

During this time I kept thinking of going back to the 2.5 as I seemed to be coping on that much better but now I'm not sure if I should stick to the 5 move up to the 7.5 or just call it quits! It feels like a lot of money for having not lost that much over the last month.

I feel as well with all the stuff in the press at the moment it makes it seem to the outside world that weight loss injections are an easy option, for me and I'm guessing most people it really does not feel easy! It's so far been pretty tough! I'm happy with my weight loss and feel better in my own skin but it has not been easy!

I'm definitely feeling more side effects on 5mg but they are quite unspecific- just a bit of dizziness and nausea. I'm also considering whether to go up to 7.5mg or stay on 5mg. I suppose I want to get the best for my money!

Has anyone found that Wegovy has affected their period? I have noticed a bit of spotting and wondered if it was linked.

Definitely - although I'm 50 so mine is erratic anyway. It can be to do with the oestrogen stored in fat cells apparently.

Quite nervous about going up from 2.5 to 5. Is there an inbetween number of clicks you can use?

@camerontucker I did find a chart which showed the right number of clicks but for the life of me I can't find it now. There's 60 clicks in total for 5mg, so 2.5 from a 5 pen is 30 clicks, 3mg is 36, 3.5mg is 42 I think and 4mg is 48 clicks. I'll keep digging to see if I can find the chart.

I found taking an antihistamine has helped curve my injection reaction, so have felt less generally ill after the shot. Also taking anti-sick medication my doctor prescribed, so that has helped. I was genuinely surprised at how much the jump up impacted me. I've worked out as well that usually the side effects hit about 8 hours after my injection. So If I take it about lunch time, I tend to sleep through the worst.

This is all really helpful advice, thank you. That makes sense about the number of clicks to get an inbeween dose. I'm 10 days in and lost 5lb so happy. Managing on 1400 calories and trying to get 100g of protein.

I wouldn't go any higher and would suggest sticking at 5mg until you have had a few weeks without adverse effects.
I understand the urge to go higher, I am feeling it myself (I decided to do my first 2 weeks of 5 as 3.75 because I will be on holiday and don't want to risk problems and there's a little voice in my head screaming at me !)
Ultimately this is about improving health and there is no point in risking being ill and having to give up

I was very anxious about moving up to 0.5 on Wegovy, after reading about other people's experiences, and stayed on 0.25 for the first 6 weeks, but my appetite was starting to come back, so I decided to go for it and took the last two 0.25 injections together to start me off on 0.5, and it's been absolutely fine. My appetite has gone back to near zero, and there have been no further side effects. I think the only way you can find out what will happen on 0.5 is by doing it - individual responses seem to vary widely, and side effects can kick in unexpectedly at any time, even when you've been taking a given dose for a couple of weeks, judging by reading other people's experiences. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that it will continue to be OK, and eating very healthily indeed, which is remarkably easy to do now. I still can't quite believe it. I have lost 17lbs now. I'm stunned, and deeply grateful.

Can I join this please? Sitting here waiting for my first pen to be delivered.

Just wondering what everyone would do because it's dh's birthday on Monday but we are all out for the day on Sunday and are supposed to be going somewhere nice for lunch, so would you start tomorrow or enjoy Sunday and start Monday morning?

probably just start monday

Hi, does anyone have any codes for medexpress this month? I'm due to order again and can't find any thanks

Having a read though the other threads I don't think they are doing the discount codes anymore. I've got one for Voy that you can use if you want

joinvoy.com/r/U-E06l0Ll13n

Says up to £85 off for you. Found their process quite easy to order etc

Hello :) Wondered if anyone has experienced anything similar to me. I took my 8th dose of MJ on Thursday. I am on 5mg. On Friday I started to get heartburn and feel sick with Sulphur burps. Early hours of Saturday morning I had a very upset stomach which has continued all weekend and is still the same this morning. I don't feel sick anymore or unwell even. I just have bad stomach cramps which seem to come and go and an upset stomach.

I have had absolutley no side effects the whole time I have been taking MJ. It has just started since I took my last dose. I have reordered 5mg instead of going up to 7.5 as I'm still loosing weight on 5. Has anyone got any tips to stop the upset stomach please? I just think its strange I have been ok for 7 weeks and now it seems to have made me unwell. Thank x

@Dvh149

The thing is that it builds up on your body overtime so as you go on the more you'll have in your system. So if you don't have symptoms with the first higher dose, you might subsequent ones as it's building in your system. Does that make sense?

The symptoms seem in line with what others have experienced, and if you are still seeing a weightloss at 5mg then I wouldn't go up while you've got symptoms too give yourself a chance to get used to it

Thank you, that makes sense! X

Small update from me. Only lost a pound over the last fortnight, despite moving up to 1.0 on Wegovy. I definitely ate (and drank 😬) more than I should have during half term though and then the week after I had my period so at least I didn’t gain anything.

Took my second jab of 1mg yesterday and feeling weird side effects now. I have a constant feeling of sunburn down the backs of my arms - found a Reddit thread of other Wegovy users experiencing similar - and I’m just so cold all of the time.

Still, powering on through. I was buying my pens from Asda as they kept sending me discount codes but haven’t had another one so won’t be able to afford more going forward. Have enough to last me until the end of July so, if I don’t get a code through before then, I’ll have to try coming off it and surviving on sheer willpower alone. Eek!

I get similar side effects on 5mg. I think it's worse if I've eaten something with quite a high fat content, and if I do then I have these symptoms for days.

I felt under pressure when it was family birthday and we went to a burger place for lunch, there was literally nothing healthy! I had a burger and then had these symptoms for days after! I'm due to go up to 7.5 but I've not coped well at all on 5mg and actually started taking smaller doses on week 6 and 7 - 3mg and then 4mg. So I'm going to stick on 5mg for another month.

There are no codes currently working with MedExpress

Zava has 15% off with a referral code. So I emailed MedExpress to ask them if they would price match but they said no, but to keep an eye on my inbox as they aim to be competitive.

If anyone wants to order with them I have a referral code is REFNVRFW. The prices are the same as MedExpress before the discount I think