Mid July Mounjaro starters #2

[ToriMJ]

New thread ready for when our first thread is full.

It's really interesting to hear your experience on 5mg

think I'll be sticking to 2.5mgs. I'm wanting to try a fix my craving for sugar and I'm not sure going completely off all food will enable that when I do go back to no injections.

Today I wanted a snack as felt a little hungry and
Had a banana. In the past I'd have had a load of biscuits or crisps so it's definitely helping

My tummy was bad this morning. On and off loo for two hours. Feel better now

Magic stuff

I'm same dose but feeling that this week, strange.

Yes! Just forcing down something is where I am at on 2.5 hence 800 cals a day madness. Glad this dose is giving you the suppression, albeit a bit full on!

I had a 9lb loss the first week and only 1lb after that for the month. So looking forward to going up a dose next week!! Really interesting to read that 2.5 mg isn’t an active dose so if my body got used to it really quickly. Fingers crossed that the next dose works better although losing 10lb in a month is still pretty good but I’ve got over 6 stone to lose

What it has done is cleared my head of any anxiety and food noise, sleeping really well and also really put me off any Sweet things apart from fruit.

Me too, 6+ stone to lose, but I only lost 4lbs in the first month 😭

Just finished 4th week - after seeing so many amazing stories I was really hoping to have huge losses. Weirdly scale seemed to be staying put for the first 2.5weeks, and has now started moving - only 6lb down in total but I guess 6lb is better than zero. Hoping that with time it will be more consistent!

Place marking to do a weight update when I get home from holiday.

Its been a weird couple of weeks - I’ve definitely eaten less food - haven’t managed more than a salad for most meals, but I have been drinking wine every day and I feel like I’ve gained weight. I’ve averaged 17000 steps each day thoughwhich has been a massive change for me. I did my bonus dose with an insulin needle which felt illicit, and there was more liquid than fitted in the syringe so I didn’t inject it all.

I’ll get home to my 5mg pen being delivered on Saturday. I’m not looking forward to the scales on my return though.

I injected first 5mg dose on Tuesday and since then I have lost roughly the same amount of weight that I lost in four weeks on 2.5mg 🤯

week 6, 2nd 5mg jab today

Sw 118.1kg
cw 108.7kg
gw 70kg

some way to go, a loss of 2.3kg/5lbs this week wk 1 of 5mg jab, I’m happy with that.

clothes a little looser, really happy to keep going down. Away for 2 weeks, but should be fine, as suppression is good. Will take my jab pen with me but unlikely to weigh myself.

a bit of constipation this week, but also I often feel full/bloated anyway.

Loosing each week is helping me feel ok about my weight being as I put on so much in the last 18months (stressful time), that I want gone!

who else is weighing today?

Another
.2kg gone

Got to be super careful now as 3 days away I tried so hard this week. Don't want to undo it all.

@gimmemounjaro
Maybe now your
Body has Settled you will continue to loose steadily. That's Healthier and you more likely to keep it off. That's what seems to
Be happening with
Me. I'm still in 2.5 but my body had stalled. Now it loosing a teeny bit a day About kilo a week. Approx.

So 4 weeks done and 1 stone 2 pounds loss....Last night I was a bit peckish for the first time as it completely supresses my hunger to the point I am really struggling to eat..so I thought I'd treat myself to half my friends flapjack. I have had nothing naughty at all. I though they were saying don't eat food like that for weight loss - I found out there is another reason. Lets just say my constipation has gone..It was no more than 3 bites in total. I was completely unaware of that as a side effect. Lesson learned. I need to be more disciplined on 5mg. Meaning I need to try and force food down as I'm not eating anywhere near enough calories for when I do eventually stop these. I'm probably on 500 a day and I think I need to aim for 800 minimum. Maybe start using proten shakes as I can only ever eat about 4 mouthfulls of food and be absolutely uncomfortably full. People are saying my loss is amazing but it's really not the easy way to do it that everyone thinks it is..

Weighed in this morning but was dreading it due to it being time of the month over the past week.. lost 2.8lbs! So that's 13.2lbs in 4 weeks and literally a few ounces into the next stone bracket!!!

Away tomorrow for a few days so going to delay my next jab as last time I did it before I went away I felt rubbish and it ruined my time away. I'm going to take it with me though incase the food noise comes back and I find it hard to control.

I'm only managing about 1000 cals per day and I'm very conscious I need to increase this and get my body used to eating more so that it's easier to maintain when I stop MJ. However, even though I know I need to eat more, sometimes it's hard as appetite fluctuates but also mentally I'm worried about gaining the weight back 🫣 Hopefully MJ isn't making me a bit mental lol 🤣

I've decided to order one more pen but 2.5mg to wind down. Just going to hunt down codes for Medexpress or Zava

Another side effect...nails! I've just stopped biting. How amazing is this. Years I've been a subconscious nibbler despite foul tasting varnish etc

Me too! Anyone with codes please send... 🤗

Oh my goodness - the nails - I thought I was imagining this being linked I've stopped too! What is that???

Thank you those who have sent discount codes I haven't been ignoring anyone I just worked out how to get private messages 😂. I am so so hungry today thinking of having a pig out and order new pen to start again next week!

omg I’ve stopped biting nails too! Never would have dreamed it was anything to do with the meds but now I’m wondering!

855 cals today. I ordered a 5mg in the end as it was easier than 2.5

If anyone is after codes there is a separate thread 👍

MNHQ: Thread for referral/discount codes - please don't post elsewhere www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weight-loss-injections/5131241-mnhq-thread-for-referraldiscount-codes-please-dont-post-elsewhere

I'm day 10 since my last 2.5 jab and suppression still strong!

Wow lucky you I'm day 5 and struggling 😂

What can it be? It must be a psychological thing then surely?

I'm day 6 of my first week on 5mg and I woke up hungry. Not much suppression today at all. It's been good until now but today I WANT TO EAT IT ALL!! It's taken all my self-discipline not to eat for England today!