Moun-June-ers 2024 continued

[Sewfrickinamazeballs]

Continuation thread for the June 2024 Mounjaro starters.

@Eyeslikethesea I think all you can do is try it and see. We are all different and react differently to it. I have had a variety of side effects on 2.5 and am in two minds about moving up on Weds (mainly due to the bouts of diarrhoea😩) May use my bonus dose and a bit of my new pen to try a week on 3.75 to see if it’s any better.
I have actually lost well on 2.5 but it has tailed off and the food noise is back with a vengeance!

@Callmejudith Great news on the Pimms! I seem ok on a g&t but my beloved white wine is waaaaay too acidic for my stomach at the moment😩

I had some champagne on my birthday, and took the remains of the bottle home.
I drank it over the next couple of days and I was fine.

I haven't tried any other alcohol yet.

Tantalisingly close to 10lbs lost now - 0.1lb holding me back from that milestone! NSV victory for the day was being told by a colleague (who doesn't know that I'm on MJ or dieting) that I was looking slim, which was nice!

I’m in week 6 (had first dose of 5mg yesterday) and had my first comment that I was looking trimmer at the weekend. Got on the scales yesterday and was a stone down though some of that was hangover dehydration as I’d gained again today.

Yey for positive comments!

Not hungry at all today which has coincided with not going to the gym which is interesting. I forced down a omelette with extra egg whites and some ham on seeded bread.

Always nice to get a complement! Love that for us all! Went to my brothers on Sunday and he looked at me shocked and went 'you're tiny' bit of an exaggeration but I'll take it! No one knows I'm on MJ so hopefully it was genuine 😂
I've been struggling to decide on tirating up or going straight onto the full 0.6, but woke up starving so went for it. Pray for me 😬😵‍💫

Sorry, me again, but also just realised I have almost totally gone off chocolate since MJ, normally i'd have to have 'a little bit of chocolate' after each meal (translated as one massive bar of whole nut inhaled). I've probably had 3/4 squares total in the last month. How does this drug make me not want to eat chocolate?!?

It's some kind of voodoo magic isn't it??

I have had a pretty poor week food wise due to going away and being too busy to cook as prepping to go away again. Had a kfc, burger van food, wine, beer, a McDonald's yesterday....and still lost 1.3 so far this week.

BUT, for each of the above I have subconsciously chosen the 'best option' and eat barely any of it, so McDonald's was a chicken wrap and a filter coffee, not my usual Big Mac, milkshake and a filet o fish on top. KFC was a couple of chicken strips and that's it. So not great food wise but I am learning sometimes life makes it hard to prep healthy stuff, and that's fine, it's just making the best choices in those moments rather than going 'stuff it, I have failed, may as well order and eat as much as I can'. This is why this is different and I feel will be sustainable.

I think the other magical thing is that I haven’t missed any of the treats in the slightest! I’m hoping that means when I come off it that I’ll be able to deal with cravings and just remind myself it’s not essential to have but I can have as a treat every so often.

I've had a stinking cold and fever this week, which would normally have me reaching for the crap to make me feel better but I've not been interested at all. Like pp, I seem to have completely forgotten that chocolate exists. I got a packet of herbal sweets to make me feel better, and would normally eat them in a day because they are nice too...I've had them for five days. It's really weird.

Today's NSV is taking a weight loss comparison photo in the same top and noticing a MASSIVE gap in the sleeve that was previously stretched over my upper arm 👏🏻

Totally agree with the sweet treats! I have so much in my cupboard and I'm just not interested. The only thing I seem to snack on is chicken. Every Monday I cook a whole one and then pick at it through the week. Plus the odd babybel and pepperami.

I'm day 2 after my 3rd 5mg injection and I feel so full and a bit nauseous. The thought of food today is making me 🤢 but I haven't had it this strongly in a while. Going to get on the water more today. Been slacking a bit on that front to be honest. Have actually just taken some movicol as I feel so full and uncomfortable.

Hope everyone's having a good week. 🤞

@Sewfrickinamazeballs well done on losing and wise food choices!
@daffodilandtulip so sorry to hear you've been feeling so rough. Hope you are a bit better today😁
@Newme24 Keep going with the water. I definitely feel better on days I drink more👍

A question for all of you who haven't told the people you live with about taking MJ - how do you hide things? My son is coming home for a month and there will be times I have an unused pen in the house which needs to be refrigerated and I don't want him to find it.

Of all of my loved ones, he would be the last I would tell 😂 He is only 23, a semi-pro athlete, very black and white, a firm believer in CICO and would be very worried about me.

@IReallyNeedThisToWork I don't keep mine in the fridge. It's in a bag in my dressing table. Mine are arriving pretty much the day before I need them so are fine for the 30 days out of the fridge provided it doesn't exceed 30 degrees (fat chance of that this summer)

@IReallyNeedThisToWork thanks, just a cold, I'll be good 😊.

In an egg box 🤣. I guess it depends on if your DC cook...

@Sewfrickinamazeballs thanks. My new one is due today or tomorrow and I am due to take my bonus dose tomorrow so the new pen won't be used till next Weds. He's home on Monday morning😬

@daffodilandtulip My eggs aren't in the fridge 😜 and he cooks and rummages and is very, very nosey🤦‍♀️

Have been looking at mini fridges for my wardrobe 😁

Oh no!! I shouldn't have done that! I thought, since the scales are on a go-slow I'd check in with Me360, only to find that all my measurements are very slightly bigger than 2 and a half weeks ago when the stall started. Talk about depressing. feel like crying 😭

@Panick don't panic! 😜 I haven't done measurements (not sure why but maybe I not up for ANITHWR way I could fail 😩). I seem to be having a stall armband have to keep telling myself I have been brainwashed into CICO and eating a deficit = a loss and that I MUST TRUST THE PROCESS!

And that should obviously say ANOTHER! I have a cut on my thumb and it's hard to type 😬
Only just switched to the app - can't you edit on here?

This made me laugh quite a lot. I downloaded the methreesixty app. The measurements are nonsense but i think the scans are useful.
Anyway, one stone down and i literally cant see any difference when i look in the mirror
Well apparently thats because that entire stone was on my massive shelf arse. Look at the difference 😂😂

@thesugarbumfairy 😂 Love that!! And it goes so well with your name😁 (and your before is my bum too😩)

@thesugarbumfairy I think there's a noticeable reduction in your stomach too so well done!

@IReallyNeedThisToWork
Mine is in a (empty) 1kg tub of stork margarine underneath another full tub in the fridge. Even a cook wouldn't look inside the second 1kg tub.... (I hope).

@thesugarbumfairy Thats very impressive!! I'm off to check mine again, on the off chance I look 3 sizes smaller really, even if the measurements dont show it! 😝