Starting mounjaro 15th July, anyone else?

[ToriMJ]

It's in the fridge and I'm going to take the plunge on Monday!
Feeling really nervous about it all. Anyone due to start next week too?
Tori

It had better work! I'll be crushed if it doesn't. I have lost weight before but it comes back. So I'm anxious to get down to a good weight and give myself a break. I'm considering eating disorder counselling to really change my feelings about food

Can I join too. Had my first dose this morning. Not sure if I feel any different. Trying not to over think it, I don’t want to replace food noise with MJ noise :-)

Mine is being delivered tomorrow, I can't wait!

I ordered mine yesterday from zava but haven’t heard anything since. The transaction definitely went through though. So impatient and desp to get started!

Good luck! I started 15th June, one whole stone down already, weight loss expected to slowdown now but I’m delighted at this boost.

I’ve found to get the best suppression and weight loss, and to have most energy is simple, always eat healthy. Lots of protein and fruit and veg, this seems to work well with the medication and any potential side effects.

Great news to read. Just what I needed to hear.

Very true

Let us know if you decide to take the leap

Well done for getting started. How are you feeling today?

Sounds like it kicked in fast! How is today going?

Sounds like a good start, keep us posted

I feel the same, desperate and stuck

Yes easy to obsess on it I think!

Let us know how it goes, will you start straight away or do you have a day in mind?

Seems to be a bit of variation in time. Did it get approved yesterday? Or do you need photos and stuff?

@TerfTalking this is brilliant and really good to hear!

So I started on Friday afternoon with my first injection
honestly I’m not hungry at all although I could definitely reach for food just out of habit/boredom
Instead I have cleaned out 3 cupboards to keep me busy lol
i have on and off felt queasy
Feeling full of energy though which is strange so I’m going for lots of walks
Love these threads and already feel like there is a lot of support

I love that you're feeling energised. I wonder if there's something in it, maybe I read somewhere that it helps release energy?

I'm sitting looking at my first injection as I psych myself up to start.

I had a 'hearty' breakfast (egg on toast) as if I'm some sort of condemned woman 😂

Actually, I have long Covid (3 years now - hence the weight gain) and have not been feeling great this last week so been waiting to find a day when I didn't feel terrible as I don't want to assume I have MJ side effects when it might just be long Covid symptoms.

Right, time to set my pen up and get prepared....injection on the horizon.

Yes there must be
i am away out for my 3rd walk today
my poor dog is wandering what’s going on lol

Ok, I've done it! I have officially started. It was pretty straightforward apart from I didn't realise you'd have to turn the pen so much to get to the 1. And then I managed to stab myself in the finger when putting the used needle in the sharps bin. 😂

I'm on full day 2 having injected late on Friday afternoon - more settled emotionally thankfully, no other side effects and still not hungry.

I have made myself eat lunch today as I hadn't eaten for 24 hrs, but could easily have skipped. Weirdly there's not much difference in how I felt before eating and now, there's a sort of baseline pleasantly full feeling whether you eat or not.

One thing it doesn't seem to help with is making good choices so I need to keep working hard at that bit.

I put photos in the chat part and it hasn’t been approved as yet! My bmi is definitely high enough so no worries there 😅 but hopefully it gets approved tomorrow. Maybe they are all off watching the football!

Ah yeah maybe they only look at them in a weekday, let's hope they aren't off Monday after the football!

That's good to know
I hate the feeling of being too full when you feel stuffed so pleasantly full would be nice, I'd hate to feel stuffed all the time