Starting Mounjaro May 2024!

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I’ve just been approved for 2.5mg, I went with Voy.
hoping to start by the end of the week!

Anyone else starting this month? ❤️

CW 84kg
GW 60kg

Just did my sixth injection last night. I've lost 5.5lbs this week. Last week I lost 0, but I think that reading was swayed by a late and heavy meal the night before my weigh in. So I'd say at least a little bit of this week's loss was actually from last week, 5.5lbs in a week seems crazy!

Loss this week: 5.5lbs
Total loss: 18lbs in 5 weeks

Next mini goal: 1lb away
Next major goal: 21lbs away (target end of September)

Can anyone help me with a voy account question? I messaged them Friday but no reply yet. I stopped my subscription as I didn’t want them to take my money before a certain date and thought I’d find cheaper elsewhere, then struggled. So now I want to reorder from voy as it’s easier as I know I’m already registered with them. But when I went on my account and pressed reorder it makes me start all over again and enter my details again. I’m worried that now I’ve lost weight (been on it 4 weeks and now want the 5g pen) that they might now not agree!

Sorry what I actually wanted to ask was is there a way to ask for 5mg rather than then start me again at 2.5mg? As I’m worried the bot might not recognise me as needing to go up a level

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Apologies in advance if this isn’t allowed, but thought may be helpful to someone

Thank you for your message, I’ve emailed them and all sorted and reordered the next one via email

@ClonedSquare well done! I guess weight loss isn’t going to be linear but you’ve done super well this week. It gives you a huge boost doesn’t it.

Weekly weigh in today! 5th dose due today so heading up to 5mg.

SW 12st 7lb
CW 11 St 9

My 1st little goal weight was 11st 7 so very nearly at that. My 2nd mini goal is 10st13. I've never thought about being lighter than that as I have never been less than 11st in my entire adult life so I will decide when or if I get there.

12lb though in 4 weeks which I am over the moon at.

@colleysmill hey! Well done you! That’s an amazing start.

It's funny - once I start seeing losses my motivation ramps up to keep going, it's the starting I find hard. That's been the most helpful thing with the jabs.

I once got an estimate of my ideal weight from a high profile online trainer and they reckoned I should be 8st 9lb which is totally unrealistic for me. I'd be happy I think with just a normal BMI so 10st 3ish.

Noone has noticed or mentioned anything yet and I don't know whether to be relieved or disappointed

Well done @colleysmill that's great! Let us know how you find the higher dose. I am due to start my higher pen on Thursday. I'm another pound down this morning - so 9lbs off now, I'm hoping to make it to a 10lb loss in the first month.

I feel visibly slimmer, my face looks much better and my waist and stomach. My office is being refitted atm so we've been working from home for a month now and I saw my colleagues last week at an event and had some lovely comments which was nice (think it helps they've not seen me in a while).

Happy Scale adds in predictions based on your rate of weight loss and it's saying I should drop just over a stone by the time we go on holiday mid July (from starting weight) so that will be great if that plays out.

@Greentrilby Thanks, it's weird seeing the ups and downs but knowing the trend is going down is so good.

@colleysmill well done on your loss! I totally agree that once you see the weight loss happening, it's easier to stay motivated. My giving up point in the past has always been feeling like I'm giving 100% and getting nothing back, so seeing the weight come off now is so motivating.

I'm way too big to physically see any difference from my current loss (which I'm bitter about haha) but I can feel the chance. Clothes fit better and I'm less out of breath running up and down the stairs!

I’m on Wk2 of 2.5g and it has really helped with food noise. What I wasn’t expecting though was my monthly cycle impacting. I’m due on and those hormonal cravings are overiding it. I know I’m on the starting dose but wondered if when on 5mg+ anyone still got those monthly cravings? Thank you.

I have an implant so don't have a natural cycle to talk about, but 5mg has literally killed dead almost any interest I have in food.

Before, I still ate some "bad" stuff and most of my meals, and I'd get cravings if my mind wasn't kept busy with other things. Today, I've had to force down some chicken for lunch, had one small pack of malteasers and then just the sauce and meat from my pasta. It's bizarre.

Good morning all. I used by bonus 2.5mg dose and the 1st dose from another 2.5mg pen to give myself my first 5mg today.

Hopefully I feel OK. I had bought a second pen of 2.5mg as I didn't want to rush things, but I was ready to go up as the last week my appetite had been returning, especially in the evenings!

so far
started at 88kg
been on a diet since 3/4/24
started MJ 15/5/24
lost 12lb/5KG so far - target is to get to 75KG

Four weeks on Friday and it looks like my GP has messed up and prescribed me a second 2.5mg pen instead of 5mg. I’ll have to ring them tomorrow.
i suppose in the meaning I could take two doses of 2.5.

I’m still only about 5lbs down from
my starting weight although I’m not eating anywhere near as much as previously.

I've really struggled this week to feel any effect. It's week 4 of .25g of Wegovy and I've ordered the 5
.5 but had real problems. If this continues I think I'll stop and see if switching to monjaro will make it more impactful and easier to reorder.
Still only 6lbs loss but I'm sticking with it as t least the scales are headed in the right direction for once!
Anyone else had problems getting hold of wegovy 0.5?

Good job there's a "bonus" dose. I had a disaster doing my first 5mg last week; first I hadn't put the needle on properly, so nothing was coming out when I was trying to prime it. So I kept trying and trying until the pressure blew the needle off and the liquid was squirting everywhere. And then when I tried to inject myself, it got a bit jammed and wouldn't press all the way down and I lost a bit of liquid then too.

I've just taken my second 5mg and thankfully it went ok but there's only just enough liquid left for two more jabs.

I've just weighed myself and I've lost 5kg in 6 weeks. Another 5kg to go and I'll be very happy.

weigh day for me and I’ve lost 2lbs. Currently on 4mg Mounjaro as I didn’t want to make the big jump from 2.5 to 5.

starting weight 9 May 14st 4lbs
current weight 13 June 13st 3lbs

Well done @Greentrilby, such a good loss so far!

Just a warning. I’ve not had a cheat day since starting ( nearly 5 weeks) I’ve had virtually no side effects. Today I had half of a big toblerone. What a mistake, nausea and awful diarrhoea.

Bugger, I wish that I'd read this post before I'd just done my first 5mg jab!

How did you get the 4mg? Use a syringe for a 0.48ml or counting the 'clicks' on the pen?

And now I think about it, it probably makes sense to just increase the strength each month, but reduce the dose (if you want to) making it far cheaper in the long run. I'm really fat, I'm going to be taking it forever and a day, not just to drop 2 or 3 stones in a few months.

@ChangeEmailAddress yeah I just counted the clicks. 48 clicks of a 5mg pen gives 4mg. It seems to suit me at the moment so I should get five doses. If I can lose 2lb a week on as low a dose as possible I’ll be really pleased.

Weigh day for me…
starting weight 14 13lb
Wk 1: lost 5lb (14 8lb)
Wk 2: lost 4lb this week (14 4lb)

can tell it’s wearing off as my tummy is grumbling and I’m actually feeling hungry so off to jab. Really good to see the 2.5 is actually helping me shift some good pounds. Might do what @Greentrilby is doing when my 5mg pen comes if I continue with a steady weekly loss

I'm at soft play with my son and can really notice the 20lbs I've lost. So much easier to get up and down off the floor and crawl over things!

Obviously being active with my son was a key reason to lose weight, so it's really motivating to know even this small step (given I have another six stone minimum I want to lose) has made a difference 😊