Mounjaro February to April 24 starters

[ObsidianTree]

Hi all,

Thought I would start a thread for those that started quite early on and would like a space to chat with others that started around the same time. Like the threads that are dedicated to those starting in May, June, July etc thought it would be nice to have a space for people have have been on for similar amount of time.

They could be talking about the codes med express offered before they did the £40 referral offer. Unless it's about the referral thing?

I do wonder about Zava also. But suppose Zava don't give you credit that can be built up (assuming med express referral credit can build up?)

Also Voy started the referral thing.

Oshik offer discount codes also. How come they can still offer codes... So all very strange

I can't get the Reddit to work it's says content for over 18s and takes me to the app but my app has literally never worked.

Can anyone give me a summary?

I'm with medexpress but was planning to move to cloud after my next pen.

I can't read the whole thing, but knew about Curate as I reported them when it became apparent they were paying influencers, they've spoken to me a couple of times. Knew nothing about Med Express though, especially as I considered them one of the stricter pharmacies.

Congrats to all those sharing successes and progress.

it’s quite something to see.

Hi all, I think I'm abandoning the other group now, far nicer to see familiar names and not have to check in so frequently!
Spurred on by everyone's losses I've worked out mine today as 22% of my body weight. I also got my daughter to take an update photo because day to day I fail to see the difference and I really don't feel any smaller yet. Whilst I've obviously got smaller jeans (shopped my loft, no money spent!) I am still wearing my same tops and I think it's time I scaled down a bit as they're all a bit big and baggy.
Anyway, just come away for holiday today so 10 days and no scales...I'm a little nervous but know I will get any gains off within a week or two so hoping to relax and enjoy. Starting with a glass of red at our hotel en route to Le Shuttle for our crossing tomorrow morning.

Amazing losses everyone! Really inspiring.
@MelissaLouRocks when do you think you'll be let out? Remind me again what the mesh surgery was ? Only asking as I needed surgery after the bowel cancer to remove several hernias and I'm pretty sure I've had a mesh put in. I'm panicking I should have it checked if it has anything to do with what you're going through.

Health express replied to me - they will prescribe until 22 but no maintenance plan as of yet. They've still not explained if I would be able to come back if I needed to. I don't think I'll ever get to 22 so in a way I'll be able to use them for maintenance as long as I buy 7.5s often enough. So I'm trying not to panic just yet.

@imnottoofussed
Basically the regulator is investigating Medexpress and Curate for using Tiktok influencers to sell MJ which contravenes rules about advertising POMs.

@NCfor24
Wow, what a difference!

@KrankyKumquat thanks

I just saw a link in the other thread. The bit about medexpress sounds like one of the other suppliers I forget which one where you get referral credits and can end up with a free pen if you get enough. I've actually seen on our main thread someone say that but definitely not about medexpress.

Hi,
I'm up to week 4 of 10mg (have used bonus doses too) and have suddenly awful nausea after being sick a couple of days ago. Ive not been able to eat more than half a slice of toast and a digestive biscuit (separately). I've not had any major side effects so far so I'm thinking this is probably a sickness bug but it has been going on for over 48 hours. I was due a dose tonight but I'm going to hold off until tomorrow at least. Anyone else had this or any good suggestions?
Thanks

Thanks @bouper. I'm short too - isn't it ridiculous that we'll always look dumpy unless we're 7st 😂.

@BlackFriYay wow so close to goal 🤯. That's amazing.

@NCfor24 huge difference, well done :)
Getting rid of the huge t-shirts made a big difference to how I looked. To make it worse they were maternity too - I looked awful in them once they were a couple of sizes too big.

Thanks for the heads up - I got behind on the other threads and couldn't keep up, plus didn't want to keep reading the same questions...

So, I was not getting appetite suppression at lower doses but am now at 12.5mg (week 2) and have been having suppression since I started on 10mg.

Some stats:
Starting weight Jan 2023 249lbs
Lost 37lbs through willpower alone.
Feb 2024 starting weight on MJ 212lbs
Current weight 175lbs - in the last month I've been out absolutely loads and had a 16 night holiday - yet still lost 6lbs.

Total weight loss 74lbs, which is 5 stone 4lbs.

Starting BMI 37
Current BMI 26

15mg pen is being delivered shortly and I hope to get to target (154lbs) within not too many pens....

Now going to look back at the other posts to see how you are all doing. I'm particularly interested in maintenance/tapering techniques

Different symptoms but I too developed side effects on week 3 of 10mg. I thought I had covid yesterday as I felt like complete rubbish. The deep body aches and crushing fatigue were uncanny.

Whilst festering in bed feeling sorry for myself I did some searches on reddit and found a fair few people saying they too developed rough side effects a couple of jabs into 10mg, despite not really having any before.

I don't have any advice but I'm following with interest and wanted to say you're not alone. I'm due my next dose tomorrow and I'm going down to 8.5 for a week 😵‍💫

I also got side effects towards the end of my first 10mg pen, which was 2 weeks ago. I was sick for a couple of days, threw up, could barely keep anything down. It was miserable. I'm guessing the build up of the drug in my body triggered it?

I did a lower dose for my last one as I couldn't risk being so sick while being away. My next pen is another 10mg one and I'm tempted to do 7.5 instead as I felt so rough.

popping my head in to seen if I can join? I started in mid April and have found the main thread incredibly helpful but increasingly frustrating for a variety of reasons.

Fab to see lots of familiar names in here!

Did my 4th 5mg injection today and hoping this will be the week it kicks in as it’s done nothing for me so far.

Glad to see places like Curate are finally being investigated

Thank you so much for your responses. I think I might just hold off the next dose for a few days then consider reducing down. Annoyingly my 12.5mg was delivered yesterday but I guess I can count clicks. I just liked how simple it had all been.
I also wondered if it had been a strange version of Covid as I've felt so poorly!
I don't want to stop taking it yet, I'm half way to my target of losing 5 stone. But I cannot function like this!

I got side effects on 12.5 but only when I took it late.
i am now three days late for my first 15 uh oh!
will report back.

Weigh in day for me. Slow but steady on 12.5. It's such a long time since I was 10 stone anything that my brain won't quite accept it 🤣 However, I've now revised my goal wait to 8st 7 and I am confident that I'll make that eventually.

It's my birthday weekend and my kids are threatening to make cake, so I think I may delay my injection from Sunday to Monday. I'd like to try some without major consequences 😬

SW: 13st 10
CW: 10st 9
GW: 8st 7

Height 5ft 1 (156cm)
43 pounds total loss (3st 1Ib)
BMI down from 35.7 to 27.8
HbA1c down from top of prediabetic to normal
Waist down from 40 inches to 33

Start weight 13st 10
After 1 week: Feb 28th 13st 2 (- 8 pounds)
After 2 weeks: March 6th 12st 12 (- 4 pounds)
After 3 weeks: March 13th 12st 9 (-3 pounds)

Moved to 5mg
After 4 weeks: March 20th 12st 9 (-0 pounds)
After 5 weeks: March 28th 12st 8 (-1 pound)
After 6 weeks April 3rd 12st 4 (-4 pounds)
After 7 weeks April 10th 12st 3 (-1 pound)
After 8.5 weeks April 22nd 12st 2 (-1 pound)
After 9 weeks April 23rd 12st 0 (-2 pounds)

Moved to 7.5
After 10 weeks May 1st 11st 12 (-2 pounds)
After 11 weeks May 8th 12 St (+2)
After 12 weeks May 15th 11st 12(-2)

Moved to 10mg
After 13 weeks May 23nd 11st 10 (-2)
After 14 weeks May 29th 11st 9 (-1)
After 15 weeks June 5th 11st 8 (-1)
After 16 weeks June 12th 11st 7 (-1)
After 17 weeks June 19th 11st 5 (-2)
After 18 weeks June 27th 11st 3 (-2
After 19 weeks July 4rd 11st 2 (-1)
After 20 weeks July 11th 11st 0 (-2)
After 21 weeks July 18th 11st 0 (-0)
After 22 weeks July 25th 10st 13 (-1)
After 23 weeks July 31st 10st 13 (-0)

Moved to 12.5mg
After 24 weeks August 7th 10st 11 (-2)
After 25 weeks August 14th 10st 10 (-1)
After 26 weeks August 21st 10st 9 (-1)

@yorkypuds and @BlackFriYay

I am another developer of bad side effects a few doses into 10mg. I halved the dose and the side effects continued the next week. Had a break and restarted and they were bad again when I got to 5mg last week. Planning to try 3mg tomorrow.

It is so frustrating having been so good for so long. I think I may have developed a sensitivity to the drug. If I can’t get stable again somewhere between 2.5 and 5 mg I will give up and go back to Wegovy.

It is interesting to hear I am not the only person like this between you guys and Reddit. Hope it is just a blip for you though.

@Femeia great losses!
@Thebaldprimadonna amazing. Isn't it bizarre to even contemplate weighing 8st something! I love how MJ makes it not just achievable but actually a realistic goal not a total fantasy.

Re 10mg @yorkypuds - I am coming to dose 4 of my 2nd 10mg pen and am really seeing my side effects ramp up whereas I have had such an easy ride of it until now. No sickness or tummy troubles but whilst I still get hungry for meals, I am full within a few mouthfuls. I feel light-headed when I stand/move too quick and I seem to wake every day with the worst anxiety feeling in the pit of my stomach. I was just saying to DH yesterday I think it's the build up and it's maybe getting too much now. I can't imagine going on to a 12.5mg dose.
As we're away now and I'm due to jab again on Friday I think I'm going to count clicks and maybe go for 7.5/8mg for my next couple doses. My first month on 10mg was perfect... Ideal suppression, felt great, slept well and it felt like the sweet spot so I'd like to just somehow bring myself down to that residual level somehow. I've got a 7.5 and a 10 in the fridge at home so I'm starting to feel maybe with the way it builds in the system, I could drop to 7.5 without it affecting suppression and progress, whereas when I was working my way up the doses 7.5 felt like it did nothing after the first week!

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Amazing progress @NCfor24 . You can really see a big reduction. Especially in the stomach area.

I need to post some pics soon! Need to take some!

@ObsidianTree I love seeing people's photos, it makes such a difference in motivation and belief

Of course you can join @Ghilliedu ☺️

Well done for the losses everyone.

Happy birthday @Thebaldprimadonna ☺️

Your experience mirrors that of somebody else's that I was reading on reddit! They had to come off the medication completely as for some reason once they got to 10mg they became intolerant and no amount of reducing the dose made a difference. I really hope you / we are able to readjust... fingers crossed 🤞🏼