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.

How has your hunger been? It’s a really tricky balance I think.

There is overwhelming, statistically significant data that shows we will regain the weight when we stop.

But we knew that. It’s just facing it is another matter.

I’ve had slightly more appetite. I haven’t eaten loads more. I’ve had a couple of events too - eg a birthday meal. I’m still very much on the lower end of ‘normal’. Eg one day I had a bagel with ham and cheese for lunch, and went to a work party in the evening with ‘street food’ stands and had half a small cheeseburger and some potato salad. That was my worst day of the week. Last night was an all-you-can-eat barbecue place thing and I definitely had more than I’ve been able to eat up till now but still very much at the modest end of it and I had no lunch in preparation!

I do usually eat more healthily by the way and last night I had plenty of salad.

Sounds lovely and totally in moderation to me! I could murder a bagel right now!

@Choux you are right, I'd have put on 7lb each holiday and due to the small gap between wouldn't have had the chance to lose the first 7lb before putting on the next 7lb. So I'd easily be 14lb heavier without Mj.

Thank you for that perspective. It's helped!

Hello. I have been off piste for a few days. I knew that MJ wasn't cutting it earlier in the week, but for some unknown reason (boredom? senseless rebellion?) decided not to take my injection. Anyhow, it's fair to say that nothing has changed and I really do need this medication to eat well.

I have in the past self-sabotaged when I get lighter and people start noticing it. I do not know what is going on in my psyche that makes me want to ruin my good work, but I can't let it happen this time.

In good news, I had a health check at the GPs and everything is looking good. I had done a private test a few months ago that showed that my prediabetes had gone and the nurse was really delighted that the results show that is still the case 😁It felt really nice for my health stats to have gone in the right direction for once.

I am going to take my injection later. My DD is away for a week, so I went out earlier and bought lots of healthy food. I WILL get back in the saddle.

@NextPrimeMinister How is it going at your end?

@Thebaldprimadonna well done for recognising self-sabotaging behaviours. It’s so hard isn’t it.

@Thebaldprimadonna

I know that self sabotage, I do the same, I get lighter and then revert. Like I can't allow myself to be successful.

Some wise words from Choux have helped me keep the faith after a 4,5 week stall. I'm 10/7 which is great. Just wanna see more progress.

Hope you have a good week 😎

This is my reminder to come back and tag you all later tonight :)

Ooo what’s happening?! 🤓

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

It really is. I am trying not to beat myself up about it and just keep swimming 😊

Yup. We are going to have blips. It’s normal I think? Took me 5 & a half months to do it, but I bought a tub of Ben & Jerry’s last week and leathered a 1/3 of it before I came to my sense.

Yes, I think that the difference that MJ makes is that my blip would have come many months earlier and would have been the end of "my weightloss journey" 😁

I hadn’t take it for a month, my diaghter was ill and it was all a bit chaotic. I infected about 4mg of a 10 mg doe before I realised the pen was out of date and I’d probably weaned off it too. I landed up vomiting for something like 15 hours and on a drip. It was my own fault,just a stupid mistake.

I think I would go back I. It, it certainly to was working as I was just overweight when this happened. I’ve put on about 4lbs since.

im going to try and increase my exercise, if I can’t get back to losing weight I’ll go back into the injections and hope it was all just a one off. I’d been fine with the side effects, really not any problem at all!

pay attention to your use by dates!

Sorrr, I was replying to @ObsidianTree and another poster - quote fails.

Another milestone reached today. Under 90kg, I'm in the 8s. I've now lost over 30kg since I started. I've dropped back to 7.5mg after I got quite bad side effects at the end of my first 10mg pen. I was considering moving back up but I'm really happy with my results this week so I think I'm going to keep at the current dose. I am more hungry, but it's clearly not impacting the weight loss so I just need to use the occasional snackiness feeling to get good nutrition in.

Sneaking in for advice. I am a May starter.

Have had the most horrific stomach bug. 8 hours of violent vomiting and wretching every half hour. It stopped early hours yesterday morning but I have not eaten for almost 3 days.

This was my 1st week of 10mg and jab due today but feel very sicky still and no appetite.

How long can I leave between jabs ? I am not going to do one until I feel better so aware I may have to drop down doses but I feel so bad right now I just want to be back to normal.

I felt a bit icky on 10mg but no vomiting and this hit at the end of day 4 so am assuming it’s mot MJ related and I was ferverish making me sure it was a virus.

any advice most welcome.

Get well soon, I think overall its best not to go more than 4 days past your jab day x

Amazing! It’s Incredible seeing a whole new number on the scales isn’t it.

Brilliant stuff, @KeepingUndercover! How great to feel things just keep moving forward.

@SilverHeels that sounds miserable, I hope you’re fully recovered soon. I think posters on here have gone a fortnight without a jab without it being a disaster.

A fortnight?! Jesus!

OK I stand corrected - where did I get 4 days from - the half-life maybe.

Well, a fortnight without a jab is only three days more than your four days!

@AgathaMystery I think the instructions say something like 4 days but anecdotally users have skipped entire doses when on holiday and been ok. So you're not wrong 🙂

@SilverHeels I think what I would do if I were you is take a dose as soon as you feel able because I imagine the longer the gap the worse the potential side effects, maybe drop down a dose to 7.5mg also, and take an anti-nausea tablet as a back up.

The longer I'm on 10mg the worse the nausea as the dose kicks in, so I'm getting some anti nausea meds with my next pen. I guess it's the cumulative build up in my system.

Thank you. What anti nausea tablet ? My local chemist only had sturgeon which has helped but makes me feel woozy and I am keen to not feel like that.

I am only about 10lb from target. Have lost 40 so may go back down to 5 or 6 and see how I feel.