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.

I know a few of us are now on 15mg. Are people doing the full bonus dose on 15mg? If that's 1.3 doses that would be a 20mg week! Has anyone taken that much?

I'm not quite up to 15 yet but if you are drawing with a syringe, just take 0.6ml out and it will be 15mg

Not got that far into a 15mg pen yet.

Not thought about this, but will probably draw out just 0.6ml worth to only get 15mg. Might end up chucking that last 0.2ml! Although it is 5mg!

I'm not too sure it's the strength as 7.5mg seemed to be working great before that :/ maybe I will try a heftier dose next time and see how I go. Because I'm going to be on it properly until at least Feb I am trying to stagger my increases in dosing a little.

Although at just over 15 stone and still techinically on the cusp of obesity I'm being told to stop now and I'm too skinny 🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm a size 14-18 depending on where and what I'm wearing 😫

@Scalessayeek Your body can get used to a dose strength and it start to have less impact. Everyone is different - that's why some of us are losing stones while sticking to 2.5mg and some of us are now on 15mg. Try 10mg next week.

No change in my weight this week as I've been pretty bad with my meals. I'm still 8lb from 10st which would put me within a healthy bmi.

DP bought me a massive box of Ferrero Rocher and I'd forgotten how much I love them. Really struggling to not shovel 8 in every time I go past the kitchen cupboard.

I had a look at the data on MFP today and my lowest recorded weight was 9st 12lb. I cannot remember being that weight at all (10yrs ago) but I would have been a size 10/12. Im around a size 12 now.

Still haven't heard anything from pharmacy2u about replacing the warm pen they sent. They had no issues with me not wanting to use it but wanted it returning first, which I did. Going to have to chase them up again 🙄

Jab day for me. It's been a weird week. Took 2.5 last Friday for the first time since before holiday and have felt hungrier this week. I've also struggled with protein and weirdly have gone back to the thick chocolate ones with collagen. Despite all that, I seem to have lost 2lbs and am down to 9.11.6 which im delighted about. So my plan has not changed and I'll carry on taking 2.5 for a few more weeks unless anything happens with my weight!

Re ED, I think all of us have some form of it as we have all allowed ourselves to get big. And you do get a thrill from being slim or under a certain weight. And I feel some of those who are in maintenance are still wishing to lose more weight and even allowing themselves to get to a bmi which is verging on being too low. So definitely something we all need to watch out for!

The ED discussion is timely for me as I have felt a bit worried about my eating over the last few weeks. I'm four weeks into 12.5mg and have actually really struggled to eat the last two or three weeks. I just don't fancy food and my previous good habits of healthy meals has slipped a bit and I know I am eating too little, with the odd dizzy spell making an appearance.
Logically I know I need to either force myself to eat more, and i have given myself a kick in this direction the last few days, or lower the dose, but the scales going down is so addictive.
I'm back to my previous sort of set weight of 10st7 12 years ago pre kids. And sort of conflicted as I feel so much better having got 3 stone off. But I always used to think I was fat at that weight so feel I need to lose more. And I feel a bit that not many people have commented on my weight loss so I'm obviously not 'slim' but then I hate it when people do comment.
It's interesting to reflect how emotive and complex our feelings are about it all.

I was thinking earlier, MJ is a good tool for reducing the hunger pangs and stops you thinking about food when out and about and busy etc, but when at home and when there are treats in the house, I still have that old temptation that tells me to eat. Most of the time I can resist and not think about it, but certain times in the month (ttm and possibly ovulation) I am back to my old self of no self control.

Not sure if this is a habit I can break, but will stop buying tempting treats for sure! I am better when there is nothing nice in the cupboards!

Slimstar13, I agree with what you are saying, you are totally right about mj being a tool to reframe relationship with food.
But I think what I was trying to say and was clumsy about it, was how emotive and complex feelings about food and weight are and how it's not easy to separate emotion from eating and reframe those attitudes.
I've never had an ED previously, and recognised this week that I need to eat more as soon as my body told me, but was trying to express that it is easy to become addicted to seeing that scale keep falling.
And I suppose that its not a mind switch of suddenly being happy at reaching a notional 'goal weight'. Feelings make it all quite complicated I guess I am trying to say.

Agreed. Also for some of us, this is uncharted territory. Some of us have never been slim before... in adults life at least. Never able to dream of what being slim will be like. A lifetime of wishing to lose weight and wanting to see weight go down probably means that when we get to our target weight, the thought of stopping will be alien to most of us.

The important thing is we recognise this ourselves and work on a plan to stop losing when the time comes.

Sorry @NCfor24 I've just seen your message. Sounds like we are very much in the same boat! Why can't it be a tenner 

@OvaHere I got skin tags for the first time when pregnant in 2022/2023 - I was obese and at my heaviest when I got pregnant (we'd been trying for four years and I basically didn't think it would happen which I think is partly the reason why I put the extra weight on in the first place) and I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. They cleared up after having my youngest and not had them since.

Whoever commented about warm pens being shit, couldn't agree more.

I have had 3 bloody warm pens so far and they very definitely aren't as potent. I have to take higher than the stated dose or else dose twice per week.

Furious actually, it's too expensive to be sent compromised medications.

This!

I have made much more of an effort the past 2 days and am upping my protein. I need to reframe my relationship with food - I think MJ is brilliant in giving me the space and time to do this.

Amen! My last one is actually the only warm one I've had and it's not been good at all :-(

Happy Saturday ☺️

1lb off this week. Putting me at 12 st 1lb.

5lbs to BMI 25!

I think I will initially aim for BMI 23 then 22. Will see how I feel and look at these BMIs and decide if I want to keep losing or not. For my ethnicity I think normal BMI is 23.5ish. So I should aim for that at least.

Just doing some calculations and NHS BMI calculator says I need to be BMI 22.9 to count as healthy which is 10st 10lbs. So thats pretty far off what I am now!

As of this morning, I have finally broken the 2 stone lost barrier! (Since April) My DP is away for 10 days, which should help, so I am hopeful I can focus & eat well but lightly. My main meal yesterday was a large salad with half an avocado, salmon, toasted seeds, various leaves & veg. Nicely filling & satisfying. This or variations will be on rinse & repeat til DP returns - see if I can get the next 4lbs off.

@Moanranger brilliant! That must feel great.

My MedExpress order was just turned round in a day, like the old days. I had a price match so it was reasonably priced too. I have two 7.5mg pens lined up after my current one and my BMI is 23.8 so I am considering moving on to the £20 Oushk plan and see how I go coming off after this.

My Renpho scales are still showing 33% fat. I do get I’m not hugely toned but the majority of fat on me now sits on my stomach and the rest of me looks pretty average now. But then the scales are looking for us to be BETTER than that, aren’t they?! They feel very disapproving.

Hello all. Am still on holiday in the UK, dropping DS off at uni and spending some time with DH in Cornwall. I have the worst cold ever, and feel miserable. And it is hard to do 2 weeks without scales and try to negotiate my way through supermarkets and food that I am not used to. I think I am doing ok, although I suspect I had my first ever low blood sugar episode earlier this week, which was very disconcerting.

However, I was also the weird woman in tears in the M&S changing room on Wednesday as I tried on and bought 2 pairs of jeans in a size 12. Sooooo excited! Will post a photo later.

Well done everyone on great progress. @spamm I can understand the tears, that's a great milestone.

Glad it's not just me! Thankfully I've had just the one warm pen so far but very much looking forward to using the cold one next time (although have another 4 doses of this one) 🥴