Mounjaro June ‘24 starters

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Is anyone starting Mounjaro in June?
I ordered with Voy and have a lot of weight to lose! I look forward to sharing experiences!

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These are my new discovery. 22g protein and a pretty manageable portion. There’s a bit of a cat food vibe to the packaging but they’re actually tasty

Oooo that looks interesting.

Silly question - are we supposed to prime the injection every time?

I believe so, I prime every time.

Interestingly I’m on week 2 I was feeling bit more hungry but once I ate something small - half a 18g packet of crisps I couldn’t finish them ?! I just made a plate of salad & a small turkey burger for dinner but couldn’t finish it this stuff is honestly life changing. I’m away this weekend and I’m actually really looking forward to not worrying about food for once.,

I don’t think you have to prime everytime if there’s no air bubbles at top. I just tapped it and did one click it released & reset but I don’t think it needed it.

My non visible wins so far are the inflammation in my joints has definitely decreased with the 90% drop in sugar consumption! I’ve managed to stop taking omezaprazole for the first time in a year, I’m still getting some acid reflux but it’s manageable with gaviscon. I never wanted to be on it long term as it’s not good but couldn’t seem to stop taking it without severe reflux.

That’s wonderful @Summerslimm i love non-scale victories.

I could not face spag Bol so had one of those tuna things with some cherry tomatoes

Doing my first 5ml tonight , delayed as I was meeting my mate for tea - well it was the first time I can say I experienced full on suppression since starting , had melon and Parma ham to start and when my pasta main hit the table I knew I didn’t want it - managed a couple of small bites while we chatted and half a slice of garlic pizza bread and brought rest home.

Hi, I'm new, had my first dose last week. Please can someone explain the extra dose to me?
Thanks

Each pen contains 5 doses , part of the 5th or extra dose is used initially when priming the pen to get the air out but the actual pen is mechanically set up to deliver 4 x 1 dose meaning at the end you are left with most of the extra dose. You can use the extra dose by extracting using an insulin needle or just hard twist the pen to force it round to 1 a fifth time and administer as per the normal 4

I’m going to do the insulin needle - the hard twist scares me

I'm doing my 5th dose tomorrow and have my insulin needles at the ready.
Slightly worried though as I've never injected myself with a syringe, only the Mounjaro pen.
I want to see how much of a dose I have left so decided to use syringe instead of the hard twist.

I did a double/extra dose last week and was really anxious too but it was super easy! I haven't tried the twist method but the syringe method was really easy. Good luck

Had my first full day today and didn’t wake up hungry which is unusual for me. I’ve got some protein yoghurts that are really tasty so had one of them. Only managed half a sandwich for lunch and I’m really not hungry for a main meal this evening. I like the look of those tuna meals though so think I’ll stock up on them.

Can someone link to the needles again please?

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Just did my first official weigh-in at the end of Week 1 - 2.5kg down from my starting weight (taken 4 days before my first injection). I know a lot of it will be water weight but I'm still really pleased by that.

SW: 111kg
CW: 108.5kg

As I half expected knowing my body it’s stalled for the last 4 days of wk2 after a 6-7lb loss in week one. I’m still tracking all my food on mfp and exercising every day so I’m under 1400c a day. I’m feeling good and hopefully a 1-2lb loss this week will still happen. I also noticed Medexpress who I used did write to my GP & it’s been coded onto my medical notes.

@mandarindreams that's great!

Can we please talk booze? I have a 50th on Saturday and it will be messy. I’ve not touched a drop since I started and I’m worried about side effects but I would like to have a couple otherwise I’ll be surrounded by drunk people and it’ll be crap. I wonder if I take some charcoal beforehand it might help?

Has anyone been drinking since being on it?

A wee victory for me, got into the next stone bracket this morning. It was so nice to see a 10 on the scales. This is my last week on 2.5mg and just ordered my 5mg. I've noticed I'm still hungry and there is still food noise but I have been able to ignore it so am managing to just eat lunch and tea like a normal person. I have occasionally had a glass of wine and crisps but been able to stop after just a small amount.

@callmejudith I think just pace yourself? I've still had wine but drink much slower than before, partly because the greed just isn't there now.

End of week 4 for me and another 2lb lost, so a total loss of 1 stone now.
SW 18st 6lb
CW 17st 6lb

Have a very long way to go but happy with this so far.
I'm taking my bonus 5th dose later today.

Non scale victories - I can now walk up my stairs without getting out of breath, struggling for last few steps and painful knees. I almost ran up them yesterday!
And out on a walk last weekend I kept having to pull my trousers up!

Second day for me and woke up feeling a bit hungry which was annoying, however, I had a coffee and a protein yoghurt drink and I’m feeling really full! I have coffee with the mum’s after playgroup this morning so that could be enough for my lunch going by my appetite yesterday.

For the bonus 5th jab, when do you take it? The same week as your 4th or do you add a 5th week before starting your next pen?

Day 5 here of 2.5 1st jab

No side effects really to speak of aside from first 3 days yawning my head off by 3pm, and really bad thirst on day 1.

Suppression is very good I left dinner on my plate last night!

Managing 2 small meals a day, making myself have an extra piece of fruit in between for poop purposes!

Woken up to a noisy tummy today, I hope it's not indicating imminent diarrhoea or anything!

Q - I have an all day event the day I'm supposed to do Jab 2, I know I should do it at roughly the same time but I simply cannot. Am I better to do it first thing before I leave or late at night when I get back do you reckon? Will it make much difference?