Mounjaro July 2024

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Thought id start a thread for anyone starting in July given we are almost there. I've just ordered tonight with Voy, hoping I get approved and will be able to start next week.

I'm a little apprehensive as some of my eating habits are emotionally driven not hunger! So I'm going to need to find some will power too. That's why I've gone with a company that provides support as well as just medication.

Anyone fancy joining along?

My starting weight is 18st 1lb and I'm 5ft 5 so I've ALOT to loose.

I'm still eating lots of fruit and veg too :) but I've always taken a multivitamin and extra vitamin D too anyway

Halfway through week 2 and I don't want to eat anything at all. It's so weird, never being hungry!

I think it’s fine to have a dose a few days early or late as long as the gap between doses is not less than 4 days.

I’ve shifted forwards and back by a couple of days now and again to avoid jabbing just before special occasions/big nights out. And I’ve gone a day early occasionally simply because suppression was wearing off, and I had enough doses to do that.

But all I would say is I’ve had to travel a lot and always bring MJ in hand luggage and security have never batted an eyelid! I just put it with any liquids in the see thru plastic bag.

I do find the hunger comes back fairly sharpish if I delay more than a couple of days, so I tend to stick fairly close to the regime when I can, which is why I’m often carrying it thru airport security.
October is some way off so you might have a better idea by then what works best for you

I think I'm going to stay on the 2.5 for the month and then switch to 5 and then hopefully the suppression will kick in....it's too bloody expensive for this not to work!

@Mounjaroooooh precisely! I haven't noticed much difference on the 2.5, but it is only meant to be a starting dose, not a dose that actually works, I've only lost a couple of kg so far, very jealous of everyone losing a stone in a couple of weeks, but hopefully we will get there!

Well there we are. I've ordered my first pen .

Thank you to whoevers code I used . I have one now just in case anyone wants to use it.

I've scoured the threads and have made a food shopping list so thats me, ready to go if I can just get over my fear of needles!

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Took me the best part of an hour to do my first injection. Then had the idea to numb my injection spot with something from the freezer and once in position ready to insert I didn't look at the needle. It was painless.

Take it slow. Insert the needle, catch your breath to calm down once you realise you can't feel it. Then slowly push down the plunger and count slowly to 5 seconds to let it disperse. Still can't feel it. Then pull out in one quick move, put the pen down and breathe!

Enjoy the rattle as you put your needle in the sharp bin!

It is probably painless without the numbing too, but 3 injections in I am not ready to try yet, the numbing psychologically gets me through it.

Weigh-in Wednesday!

SW 13st 4 (BMI 30)
Week 1 12st 13 (-5lbs)
Week 2 12st 9 (-4lb)
Week 3 12st 7 (-2lb)

Total loss in 3 weeks= 11lb

Off on holiday tomorrow for fortnight. Taking the bonus dose with me in case I feel brave enough to take it when I am relaxing in a hotel and not out on a tour in a minibus!

Well my approval has come in so should be receiving it tomorrow.

I shall start Friday. Was going to wait till after my driving test but realised that's 4 weeks away.

Eeeeekkkkkk!

@TheSproutOfWrath I did my first injection last Friday, so this Friday will be my second injection and my first weekly weigh in.

How are you feeling on it?

I'm due my second jab Friday too so will weigh then. I did weigh yesterday stupidly and lost nothing so far.

@TheSproutOfWrath I'm feeling good so far, and it seems to be having a positive effect on my mood. Maybe that's just because I'm taking action about my weight and so I don't feel so stuck and unable to sort it out. The major thing for me is that I'm just not thinking about food. Normally if I do a diet that is focussed on calories, I will be obsessively thinking about the total I've eaten and what I can eat next. After the first injection I really am disinterested in food, and I'm just eating less because I'm not hungry and not obsessed about carbs and sugar. It's properly weird!

I'm midway through my second week and have lost 10.6lbs so far, finding it very easy, I'm really pleased! Much of my food thinking time has been taken up by imagining how slim I'll be by Christmas 🤣

I was approved yesterday by Zava and expected it today but it hasnt arrived. When I go onto the Royal Mail site to track it it only says "The sender has advised they have despatched your item to Royal Mail." As long as it arrives I will be starting on Friday if you want to be "starting together buddies" -

Yes. Absolutely, great idea to jeep motivated. Must admit I'm a little nervous about it but excited that I've finally taken the plunge.

I'm feeling slightly disappointed- only on day 4 but feel quite hungry as normal today. Having to use a lot of willpower to keep calories down and stop snacking- I was hoping to be one of the people who lost loads straight off!

@AH37 me too. I did my first one Friday and I'm hungry, jabbing Fridays works going forwards so I don't want to bring my second jab forward a couple of days but I'm counting down til I get on 5mg and I'll hopefully start noticing a difference in the scales.

Well done on all the great losses!
I'm halfway through week 2 and will be due a jab Saturday. Do you think I could go upto 5mg on Saturday so I would have done 2 weeks on 2.5mg? Or would you just do the full 4 weeks at 2.5mg?

Mine has arrived and I'm going to take the first dose either today or tomorrow.

I was looking at the testimonials on the Voy website and it doesn't feel like the people actually lost that much - one woman lost 1.4 stone in 7 months. Which feels doable WITHOUT spending all this cash on the drug. So a bit worried now

This is prescribed medicine so probably best to take it as prescribed. You can bring your injection day forward if necessary, but leave at least 4 days between doses

Hi everyone!

Well bam, I'm hungry tonight! It feels weirdly good after having no interest in food for nearly two weeks 😂 taking the opportunity to eat a little more as my intake has been far too low all week. Focussing on protein after a tough workout last night!

Also looking forward to my jab tomorrow to get another ticked off 😃

Will decide then whether to stick with 2.5mg or to go to 5mg for my next order. Feel quite anxious as I've had such good suppression - but I'm aware most find they need the 5mg when it comes to it. My gut feeling is to go for 5mg - can always go back to 2.5mg on the 5mg pen if it's a disaster.

@CatOfTheLand I think there loads of posts on here of people having very good losses so I wouldn’t worry!! Personally I’ve lost nearly 1 and half stone in 2 months and I’m just finished my 5mg pen. I found my weight loss has slowed down on 5mg but it’s a steady 2-3lbs a week which I’m happy with

Thank you for the reassurance! I need to lose 2 stone, but would be happy with 1 stone tbh. But not 1 stone in 7 months 🤣