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.

Hi I've got 2 doses left at 2.5 and I will move up to 5..sounds like you get more in the pen than you need so how would I increase last 2 doses - anyone know the clicks ?? To ease me in to 5s..no side effects really other than raging thirst...

I did 45 clicks or 15 clicks past the no.1. Makes it 3.75ml I think. Not sure how many I did on the 4th dose as I lost count of the clicks

Thank you - I hate the thought of missing out on a bonus dose too as I am traditionally Northern but I only got 4 needles !

Not so far, but I'm only 5 weeks in and have lost less than a stone, so that's not too dramatic!

Ah that's a great idea - I'm taking dose 4 on Monday so will go past the number one and treat it as a stepping stone to 5mg. I think it's 60 clicks for 2.5mg so will aim for 90 as a halfway house.

I'm excited to go up as 2.5mg isn't doing much for me now after a promising start.

I started on 28th June and managed to do 3 weeks of injections and went from 13st 6.8lb to 12st 11lb.

I got a terrible UTI at the end of week 3 as jab 4 was due so didn't end up having jab 4 as I had somehow convinced myself MJ was linked to the UTI as it's been over ten years since I've had one and I'm an avid water drinker so unsure what happened there.

I've had two weeks off the jabs, so have ordered a new 2.5mg pen which should be here tomorrow/friday fingers crossed so can start again. (Have a 5mg in the fridge but as I've had 2 weeks off I'll need to start from the beginning)

Good news is I haven't regained any weight and have stayed at 12st 11lb.

Hopefully I will get through the full pen this time and see some good losses as can definitely feel hunger coming back the past 3 days, which is good considering it's been nearly 2 weeks since my last injection.

Injection day! I was doing them in the evenings, but I went ahead and took the dose this morning to see how I get on. First 5mg. Tomorrow I weigh-in.

I've been quiet on the thread this week, I was a bit disappointed at the increase last week, but my clothes are still fitting looser and I even fit into some shorts I couldn't do up earlier this year. So that's a definite win.

Thanks everyone who replied to my post. I did order and they did ask for a full body photo. Bit annoying as I look worse from the side than I do from the front, so I hope they don’t reject on that basis. My actual weight is obese for my height so I’m not sure why they only asked for a body photo as evidence.

First 5mg jab in the bag at 6am this morning. No side effects yet, possibly slightly looser bowels. Not a bad thing, I've been so constipated this week, despite taking the psyllium husk capsules and constantly guzzling water.

Disappointed with a 1.6lb overnight gain, but given myself a wobble and pointed out to myself that a) official weigh-in isn't until Saturday and b) I'm definitely in a deficit, so it can't be fat!

OK, so the lack of hunger is back already whew. I've only just now eaten my first meal of the day and haven't felt like gnawing my arm off or low blood sugar shakes. I usually skip breakfast (intermittent fasting) anyway, but eat at bang on noon cos I'm so hungry! Weigh in tomorrow, but I'm wearing a tshirt today that I haven't worn in several weeks, and it is much looser on me. So we'll see what the scales say tomorrow.

Now the fatigue has thankfully gone away, I have really stepped up my activity this past week - resistance training at the gym, swimming, walking and yoga - and I feel so much better for it. My sleep has improved and the weight has been falling off, plus I have more energy than pre-MJ. And the exercise isn't making me ravenous, another bonus.

Looks like lots of people on here are moving up to 5mg at the moment so I'm watching for tips so I'm ready when I go up next month!

How long since starting mounjaro has it taken for the fatigue to disappear?

Also, I thought I was feeling hungrier so I've been tracking my food this week for the first time and I've stayed around 1200 calories a day eating to appetite so goodness knows how little I was eating before. I have complicated feelings about counting calories, but I have to admit it's been quite helpful. Weird to approach it from the pov of trying to eat enough rather than curbing and trying to eat less, it's all very different.

It lasted about two weeks. It did improve as I made an effort to eat a bit more though.

Bought some nice new size 14 summer clothes for my holidays - was happy they all fit. Was due my first 5mg today but wimped out and went with 3.75mg 🙈 if it goes ok, I will go for 5mg next week. Was just afraid of being unwell on holiday.

Haven't weighed this week as my period is due so don't want to be disheartened with water weight.

Suppression with 3.75 has been great so far, so no regrets as yet! No side effects as yet, 24 hours later.

Hopefully this continues!

I've had zero bad side-effects since taking my first 5mg yesterday morning. The hunger suppression has kicked in, I had a normal sized lunch at 2pm because I forgot to eat, and then couldn't face dinner (I had a toddler-sized portion to be sociable, but could have done without eating at all).

I still feel 'full' this morning, but not unwell in any way. I'll be weighing myself in a bit - just waking up with a coffee and feeling pretty good on the whole!

I've got a little panic on. I'm away, and have a bonus dose in my pen that I can't twist anymore. How can I get it out? I have my new pen at home and am back on Monday, so I'll just go a few days over, but it's annoying that I can't get to it! It's about 1.5cm left in the pen. Can anyone help please?

This video might help. I took my 5th dose away on holiday, did the hard twist to 1 but could not get the plunger to plunge to push the dose out. Ended up taking the pen home and extracting the dose with an insulin syringe.

I could not get the last bit out of my first pen to save my life, but my husband managed to twist it.

After stagnating for about 10 days, weight wise (and eating pretty normally last weekend as I was waiting for a new pen), this morning I had a ‘woosh’ on the scales. I’ve now lost 21 pounds in 5 weeks, so I’m thrilled. I only need to lose about 10 pounds more.

That worked an absolute charm; thank you so much!!

Research says it's not safe to use the last bit, I'm confused by everyone doing it. Is it so you're only buying a pen every 5 weeks?

Why is it not safe?
I thought the pen had to be discarded after 30 days of opening, so the 5th dose would be 28 days would it not?

@cappycap I don't know, just looking for some reasoning as will do it if it's safe! When I've looked online and attached a couple of screenshots I've come across. My first pen is at home I'm just waiting for my protein order to arrive and I'll start. Has anyone been told it's okay to take the 'bonus dose'?

No-one involved in properly prescribing the pens is going to say that using the remaining liquid in the pen is safe or recommended to do. It's impossible to know precisely what the dose of tirzepatide remaining in the last bit of liquid is, as it depends on how much liquid came out each time when priming. If you can't say exactly what dosage you're injecting, then the manufacturer and the prescribers can't say it's ok to use.