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.

Great progress @NCfor24 ☺️ you're looking pretty slim.

I got my heated mattress cover on the bed and been enjoying my nice toasty bed! I also was super rock and roll and got into bed at like 7.30pm!

I ordered them asked for price match and credit was added to my account...but not for the pen I'd just ordered!
So find your price match and email saying you are about to order but will order from (competitor) as cheaper, can they price match?

That’s what I just did and it was fine.

@Wonkypictureframe I'm having trouble with my bony tailbone too. It's so bloody uncomfortable sitting down. Definitely didn't have this issue when I was slim back in the day.

I also have a large lump in my rib cage which is making my bra really uncomfortable at the front. Dr Google says that bit of bone can be forced outwards by both large weight gain and pregnancy ☹️.

Some great weight loss photos on here today, well done everyone! 🎉

Had my pen replacement through from pharmacy2u today. They had no issue with replacing the warm pen, agreed completely that it had been out of the cold chain too long and wasn't fit for use. Took a while to sort with them as they wanted the warm one back first via a free post address but they checked to make sure I had a pen at home in use to cover me.

Everyone is looking amazing! I'm currently refusing to buy jeans as I seem to drop a size too quickly. Currently wearing the ribbed leggings/new balance trainer look and feeling younger than my 35 years 🤪🤪

Just came to say I've had a woosh every morning for the last few days and I'm now no longer obese. For the first time as an adult!!!!! (Probably since I was about 14 in all honesty) and also in my 8th stone bracket since starting MJ (21st 4 down to 14st 13!)

@Scalessayeek that's an incredible loss! And so amazing to not be obese. You never will be again!

All these NSVs are so inspiring!
I've not been on in a while - work has been a lot. I have a few NSVs of my own - the other day I bought a dress in a size 16. I was size 22-24 when I started mounjaro six months ago, so size 16 feels amazing! Aware that I still have a long way to go though!
I'm on my third 10mg pen and I have another in the fridge, and it's still working too well during the first half of the week. I really have to make myself eat, and am still taking anti nausea meds for at least a day after jabbing. I definitely feel hungrier in the second half of the week, so use this time to practice restraint and making good choices.

And I finally remember to come back and check in with you.

Bony tailbone? Check. I wish I could put one of my old bun pads on it. It certainly feels like it will pierce the skin soon.

Feeling the cold? Check. One bonus of weight loss is I don’t mind layering up now. Before I wouldn’t. It made me look fatter. Now. Nope. Don’t care.

ED? Hmm. Now, I will fully admit I lied on my form. I was diagnosed and treated for bulimia at 21. Two decades back.

I am having to really think very hard on this one. Let me give you an insight to Flappy head. 😂

I always considered myself rubbish at even eating disorders. After all, anorexics manage to starve themselves. Bulimia? Well, I couldn’t even do an ED properly. I was too weak to keep up the will power to starve myself. I binged and then felt bad and purged.

(this is just me!)

MJ makes it very, very easy to not eat at all. I can talk about hitting protein all I like and trying to have minimum calories. But have I really? No.

I have made myself eat healthily, but I certainly cut out anything that wasn’t “clean” for five months. I am reintroducing things. But… I never had balance anyway. If I had I wouldn’t have got to obese category. (Albeit just. I was just over 30).

posting this now in fear I lose it as on phone but I will write more

This week I was unwell and my weight dropped to 9.6 and made me a BMI of 20.7. For the first time I did think I do look too thin.

I am a size 8/10.

It isn’t just the perception change of going from 14 stone to 9 and a half. If I hold my tummy in my ribs stick out rather grimly.

I have one final dose of MJ to take and then I’m on my own.

I know it may sound a bit doom and gloom there. It isn’t really as I am totally aware of what I’m doing and I know purging isn’t an option. (It has been many, many years since I’ve purged).

I am exercising. I really love swimming again. I am slowly building muscle tone.

The hardest part will be the numbers. Chasing numbers is definitive and easy. Seeing a scale go down is validation. Seeing them go up… that will be a challenge. I know they will and they need to as muscle has weight to it. I want to be strong. I want to be toned and healthy. I don’t just want to be thin.

This is all utterly new to me. Never had this challenge.

Sunday warm hugs to all.

And this is me now. I’ve not totally blocked my head as I think it adds the perspective. Top is a Primark XS so a 6-8 and the jeans are a New Look 8, wide leg.

I need tone. (And a boob lift 😅) Not posting for compliments at all. This really is me saying to all of us please be careful as I can’t see how slim I’ve got looking down, but I really can in photos. Our heads are so behind our loss. I don’t feel thin. But what the heck does feeling thin feel like? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Interesting chat about the lag of head catching up with body. My face is slowly morphing into my older sisters which is really odd as I’ve always been the round rosy cheeks one and she’s always been the size 10-12 one. She’s crept up to size 12-14 with Menopause (we’ve both in our 50s), and I’m now a size 14 but really hoping to get into a 12 by Xmas. The changes in my face though are a strange feeling. I’ve tried hard todo lots of exercise so my muscle tone is ok but now I want to strength train more. It’s so so important at any age but definitely your 40s+ my mum is in her 80s and has the strength and suppleness of someone 10-15yrs younger and it’s really noticeable in her peers. Keep it up ladies or you will lose those muscles.

You do look amazing, @FlappyFish. I suspect we’re all in a similar boat of head/mirror. I realise that my whole life I’ve braced myself to wince when I catch sight of my reflection in passing and realise how much I’m ‘fooling’ myself when I check myself in the morning and think I look OK. And now when I see myself I just look absolutely fine. No need to suck anything in or change angle. I’m wearing size 12 trousers and size 10/12 dresses and XS/S tops and just can’t look at them on the hanger and think I could possibly fit into them.

I think/hope that when you’re really toning, that will become its own reward and balance out any scales increase. I remember from when I’ve managed it before how great it is to realise the strength I have in my core, to feel more agile, and to see the inches going as I firm up. I’m looking though to lose more weight that I aim to sustain so I feel that weight gain a bit less as I know exactly what you mean about the panic.

@FlappyFish You do look great. V slim. I absolutely get the head thing. I've been thin before (years and years ago) but I never thought I was thin, I would look in the mirror and only see giant thighs (when I was a size 6). Keeping mentally sane about the weight loss this time is as important as the weight loss itself. It's why I don't heavily restrict any foods - if I get into that all or nothing mindset, I lose a grip on reality a bit and am afraid I'll tip into eating disorder territory.

Evening all, has anyone noticed that thread about affording weight loss drugs?

I haven't had a chance to read it all, but noticed, there are a hell of a lot of people on WL drugs now!

So much so I am seeing less and less negativity about them! A big change from when we were defending them at the start of our journeys etc.

@Choux you were right, I had a 3lb woosh this week!

Am now 10.3.

I need to contact Oushk this week and use them for my next pen order, as I'm in danger of hitting bmi of 25 soon.

I can't even comprehend that!! Who am I?

Yup. It’s all the rage 😂

Hey girls.

sending love to everyone who is struggling or who has struggled with disordered eating. It’s not easy.

ladies who posted pics - wow - you all look lovely and healthy. Truly well done.

I need to order a 12.5mg pen - but where from? It’s £208 on Medexpress, I’m. It paying that. If anyone has a code or knows of a cheaper provider please can you DM me? X

Im at the end of 7.5pen and have decided to move over to 10mg as it’s just not doing enough for me.

i want to use the bonus dose but not draw it out - I know its more than one dose, but by how much? Not sure if what’s left will be okay to just use?

@ObsidianTree
Just been for a quick look. Don't recognise any of the names - I'd sort of imagined anyone on MJ on MN would be on the continuing threads! Would love to know the actual numbers in the UK on it now - it's gonna get to the stage that anyone who loses weight will be assumed to be on jabs. Weird.

I don't think anyone can answer that as it depends on how much has been used priming and it's not an exact measure to start with, not like the other doses. You need 0.6ml for an extra 7.5 dose plus 0.2ml to make 10mg - I'd be very surprised if it was more than this but, without measuring with a syringe, there's no guarantee.

Yes I noticed that I didn't recognise most of the people commenting. I would also love to know how many people are on it. It has grown in popularity exponentially since it first came to the UK and it hasn't been that long either.

I think in a few years it will probably be completely normal to talk it and people will probably feel comfortable talking about it.

So many people want to lose weight and there is now something that actually works with plenty of evidence of it's effectiveness. That will just make it grow and grow. Just hope Eli lily can keep up with demand!

I get them to Price Match (Ashcroft Pharmacy this time) so I have a credit to bring the price down. It was £40 I think this time. I wish they'd just drop the price.

I am now halfway through my 3rd dose of 15mg and I have decided I need to drop back down. I have been feeling really tired, no energy to make healthy food so snacking rather than eating. And not always healthy snacks which I think has made me a little nauseous.

I am within a stone of my goal weight so I want you to be starting to exercise more and I can't do that if I am exhausted. I also have friends coming to stay in two weeks and I couldn't have eaten meals with anyone who would have been here this weekend. I don't think I will even lose weight this week as I'm too tired to be active and am not eating as healthily.

I think I will drop to 10mg for my next jab on Weds and see how that feels. If that feels too low after a couple of weeks I will go back to 12.5mg. I am dropping to 10mg to get my mojo back asap. I read on the Oushk website that, because of the cumulative effects of doses and the 5 day half life, someone who has been on 15mg for 8 weeks has 40-45mg of Mounjaro in their system. I don't know how much is in my system right now (25-30mg?) but it feels like too much so I am stepping back down.