Mid July Mounjaro starters #2

[ToriMJ]

New thread ready for when our first thread is full.

Excellent was thinking we would need a new one soon! 🤗

Thanks @ToriMJ ☺️

Thank you ☺️

Thanks @ToriMJ for the new thread. Really great to look back at the last few posts & see all the loses, well done everyone!

I am back from holiday and just did my first 5mg before bed. Like everyone else, the main side effect is the constipation, I am doing the psyllium husk route and lots of water, that seems to help. I lost 1kg this week which feels like an achievement as I was in Paris at the weekend. I felt I was able to make better food choices without feeling like I was missing out. I still had cheese but only in tiny small amounts! Managed to stick to a healthy breakfast & salads during the day.

SW: 84kg
CW: 79kg (4 weeks)
GW: 66kg (BMI 24)

i think there are 17 weeks to mid Dec so I really hope I can lose 1kg a week & make it by then! Although I am not losing weight as quickly as others, I’d be happy with that and am willing to stay on it for the next 3-4 months to get there.

KEEP GOING everyone! ❤️

Shall we do a bit of a summary now we are all about a month in?

Start weight 14st
Current weight 13st
-14lbs in 4 weeks
Side effects- minimal, just having to be really careful not to eat fatty food or pay the price.

I'm also aiming for goal by December ish.

Also heading to Paris in couple of weeks. Thinking I may miss a week of MJ for this so I can at least be a tiny bit more relaxed about what I eat without worrying I'm going to get iffy tum when out and about.

I've decided to reorder another 2.5 pen for this month rather than step up.

After my 4th dose, I topped up using half the bonus dose a few days later and I don't think my body can handle it. I've felt fuzzy headed with unbearable headaches for the past few days now so I don't think my body could cope with 5!

What I'm tempted to do with my next pen is maybe try 60 clicks (full 2.5 dose), plus an extra few clicks which would eat into the extra dose so that I can very gradually build up my tolerance?

I'm supposed to be training for a 50k walk at the end of September but at the moment I get exhausted walking to the shops on this stuff 🫣

Morning everyone! Thanks for the new thread @ToriMJ

Weigh day and jab day for me today!
SW 202lbs
CW 188lbs
GW 147lbs

In my first 4 weeks I've lost 14lbs, I'm absolutely thrilled.

I used the bonus dose last week as I messed up the first dose and stupidly injected it all over the floor 😬 so I'm moving onto my next pen today!

I bought a 2 pen bundle off zava and got 2.5 and 5mg pens so going onto 5mg today. A bit nervous as 2.5 has been so effective with no side effects at all apart from a dry mouth. Thinking I might count clicks to do 3.75 or just go for it with full 5...not sure! Has anyone else moved to 5mg yet?

Have a fab day everyone!

I’m thinking of moving up to 3.75mg rather than 5mg too. I’m starting a new job next week so don’t want to be ill and exhausted and make a terrible first impression.

My progress has been absolutely crap in the first 4 weeks. I do get appetite suppression for the first few days of each week and have been making a real effort, but so far progress has been:

SW: 12st 1.8
Wk1: 11st 12.8 = 3lbs loss
Wk2: 11st 11.4 = 1.4lbs loss
Wk3: 12st 0.6 = 2.2 lb gain
Wk4: (although weighed 2 days early) 11st 12.2 = 2.4lbs loss

Overall weight lost in 4 weeks 3.4lbs! Rubbish!

Another 0.4 of a kilo gone

Summery

Start weight 75kgs bmi 29.7
Current weight 68.8kgs
Goal weight 62kgs bmi 24ish

Plus want to achieve lower BP and cholesterol

One weird thing

My weak bladder has massively improved

Anyone else has this happy side effect. I hope it lasts.

I'm having a bit of a funny week. I've been sick this morning and am on my period so I feel a bit deflated.

My first 3 weeks the scales just went down, down, down, and now I'm not getting much movement. Week 4, didn't just stayed the same and this week (5) I'm up and down!

Hoping come weigh in on Monday, I'll have lost something 🤞

Similar to @DamnItBetsy I have not had much luck on 2.5mg.

SW: 241 lbs
After 4 weeks: 237 lbs

So down 4 lbs in 4 weeks 😖
It's not a lot when you have 6+ stone to lose, especially when I lost 5 lbs the first week 🤦‍♀️

On my last 2.5mg injection I added some of the bonus dose as a bridge to 5mg and that had no effect either.

Took my first 5mg yesterday so fingers crossed.

Sounds like a good idea! There's a click chart on the big thread which shows how many clicks for each dose. That's a good use of the bonus dose.

I'm having a funny week too. First three weeks the weight dropped off. Week 4 it's been just sort of static, I think I lost a pound over the last 9 days. Period also.
Feeling really gassy and uncomfortable the last three days, had me up in the night so I've not taken my fifth jab which was due on Tuesday. We are away on hols in a couple of weeks and I don't want to have to worry about feeling iffy then so I may miss a couple of weeks and start my new pen in sept when I'm back.

As deflating as it it, I think you're the normal one to not lose lots on 2.5- it's supposed to be a sub therapeutic dose. Hopefully 5 will hit the spot this week.

Amazing weight loss, it sounds like this is really working for you!

these losses are awesome! Well done team.

I’m due last 2.5 dose today. In honesty, I’m seeing little / no movement on the scales. In fact, I appear to have gained 1.5kg in the last 10 days. I’m really not eating much (~1000 kcal a day) as the suppression is high. I am unsure that this is the right path for me. I strength train three times a week and it’s key for my mental health that I continue working out.. therefore can’t eat any less. The dizziness makes it too hard.

My 5ml has been dispatched so I’ll stick with it for another 4 weeks but I’m not feeling positive!

I think giving it the next month of 5 is a good idea. It's not expected to work in 2.5 as that's a sun therapeutic dose and is just to introduce. 5mg is the first suggested dose that you could stay on if you see results, so hopefully it'll make all the difference for you.

@ACEwards I’m also sticking to 2.5mg. It’s still working well for me so sticking with it for now.

moved to 5mg MJ this week - changed the day to Sunday instead of Monday as I had an office day yesterday and it was SO the right thing to do. Monday I felt ropey - flat, and woozy i would say. Yesterday i felt fine. I do need to keep the water intake up and i will stick to a schedule for fibrogel too - as today i am more bunged up than I would like to be. It'll shift, but it's not as comfy until then.

So:
SW: 101kg
CW: 95kg
6kg in 4 weeks

1 KG away from Milestone 2. Hoping the 5mg dose kicks in

I've lost the last 3 weeks (waiting to weigh week 4 due to period). All the time I lose most weeks then I'll carry on at the lower dose x

Half way through week 4 here. Used my bonus dose this week and had about 3mg from counting the clicks.

SW 98kg
CW 92 kg (-13.2lbs)
GW 76 kg

Feeling a bit weird today, light headed and eye sight a bit off! Also have had an outbreak of eczema which is unusual for me.

Hi everyone, thanks for sorting the new thread @ToriMJ

I did a sneaky weigh in today even though I'm only a couple of days into week 5, another 2lbs down!

SW: 14st 2lbs
CW: 13st 5lbs

1st jab was 18th July, so 11lbs down in under a month. Absolutely unheard of for me.

5mg has been a bit rough, but nowhere near as bad as when i started. Vomited yesterday first thing after injecting the night before. I was also really tired yesterday. Some nausea today, but haven't been sick.

Officially 4 weeks in and starting my second pen today (moving up to 5).

Last week’s losses were minimal (maybe just half a pound or so on my crappy manual scale) but I’m ok with that because it rounds me up tidily to 18lbs lost (just over 8kg) loss (and after such big losses in the first few weeks I did expect my body to have a bit of a stall/recalibration).

SW: 85kg
CW: 76.9kg
GW: Healthy BMI zone (somewhere between 70kg and 65kg)

18lbs is significantly more than I ever lost in a starting month at WW (which I have done 3 times in 20 years, losing approx 3 stone each time, gains caused by two pregnancies and grief for my mum) and I am more than a decade older than the last time I started WW (coming up 48 and have the stereotypical middle age spread/meno situation to contend with).

Not many side effects (except for the one night I drank lots of wine which gave me terrible heartburn!)

Next mini goal is 75kg (which is about 11st 12, so out of the 12s).

In the past I’ve found it takes about 20lbs of loss (approx 2 dress sizes) before anyone else notices/says anything so we’ll see if similar happens this time around.

Excited to see where we all are at the end of the next 40 pages!