Mid July Mounjaro starters #2

[ToriMJ]

New thread ready for when our first thread is full.

@HundredMilesAnHour oh dear what is going on you think? We are not doing well are we. Well I gave in I ate super noodles toast then ice cream probably be ill tomorrow - tomorrow is also weigh day 😖🫣😵‍💫

I guess we just need a higher dose for suppression or one that lasts longer. Failing that, I need someone to wire my jaw shut.

I've eaten ice cream (small tub of Haagen-Dazs) almost every day since I started on MJ and had no problems (except calories 😂) so I think you'll be fine @SJLOUNJARO

Have you? 😂 I think that's fantastic 😂 @HundredMilesAnHour hoping for a small loss tomorrow 🤞🏻 I am far too scared to go to 5mg though 😖

I'm quite relieved to feel the munchies because it feels good to practice self control. It gives me hope for MJ graduation. Daughter has sat and eaten a bar of choc and drunk prosecco in front of me and I'd normally go for both but have said nope despite really wanting them.

I always get hungrier in the evening and still wake hungry in the night. Previously I might have got out of bed, had tea and toast to help me back to sleep. Fighting it.

I'm still drinking loads which must be filling me up.

The nail thing...I think I ate them because I was peckish 😆 It's the only explanation

@Wishthiswasntmypost that's great your resisting temptation haha yes the nail biting is a common theme none of us happy unless eating something 😂

I’m feeling a bit more suppressed than I was, I’m on MJ jab day +5 today, next jab due now Sunday

I’ve also noticed less nail biting too now I come to think of it!

took dog out for 2 walks today, walked his legs off. Oh needed a sit down on a bench 🤣

have so much more energy

I’m laughing away at the notion that we used to be so hungry we were forced to munch on our nails 🤣🤣🤣

This is why my nails are looking good! I thought it was the Jojoba oil I've been rubbing into them (recommended by someone on mumsnet)

Woke up this morning with indigestion, I had 1 small slice of supermarket pizza. 1 slice and I’ve paid for it tonight.

i never have indigestion so won’t be eating that again!

I’ve had more side effects on 5mg, not sure if I should stay on it longer or move up after 4 weeks.
away for 2 weeks so will see how that goes

I'm 8kgs off my goal weight if I believe today's scales (which I don’t). Haven't weighed this for 2 years. ( My fat) trousers very loose and I no longer need button or zip to pull them down. Still not into my jeans however. Might try them on for inspiration today.

I am quite hungry this morning but that's OK.

First day away went well

Had potaotoskins for
Lunch

Japanese for dinner which was amazing but hopefully not. Too Many calories
Impossible to track.
I let Dh finish it as couldNt
Eat
It all

I did have 3
Gin and slim lines and a mojito tho so def over
My Cals for weight Loss

Hopefully
Not put
Any
On tho.
Walked
15 kilometres

Weigh day today: in my first 5 days on 5mg I have lost 7lbs, after losing 4lbs in 4 weeks on 2.5mg.

So anyone who is on 2.5mg and not getting anywhere, keep going.

SW: 241.2 lbs (BMI 35.6)
CW 5 weeks in: 230.2 (BMI 34)

Having a little breakfast today which is very unusual for me, I had some dizziness yesterday so trying a 'little and often approach' rather than IF, which I just kind of fall into as I have never liked eating in the morning. Is anyone doing IF successfully? I wondered if the slower digestion speed might exacerbate the effects of it.

I don’t feel ready to move to the 5mg on Wednesday but my 2.5 pen is finished. If I was to do 45 clicks and give myself a 3.75 dose, would that be wasteful? As I wouldn’t then be able to use all the pen in the 30 days. Oh I’m just not sure what to do!

-2.5lbs down this week that was week 5! Given my "pig out" yesterday I'm shocked - usually I would have carried on eating though but I never! So approx 11lbs in 5 weeks I feel like I have lost similar before but it's been so much more difficult. Should I stick to the 2.5mg for next pen or should I go up to the 5mg?

I feel in same predicament unsure if I should buy the 5mg or not!

That's fantastic it's been worth going up for you then. Well done!

Is anyone having awful sulphur burps a day or two after injection on 5mg? I’ve had them starting two days after injection for the past couple of weeks and it’s bloody awful. Feeling lots more side effects and general icky feeling on second 5mg pen.

I bought the 5 a couple weeks ago and it’s in the fridge. I think I’m going to do the 45 clicks. My side effects this week have been wild!

@Aitchtee what side effects have you had are they worse than usual? I might get the 5 and do the same or can I do 40 clicks or something similar??

Yes - I have only done 1 x 5mg injection but I got the burps for the first time about 24 hrs later. They did pass after a day or so though. There are tips online about what to eat for the best chance of avoiding the burps.

I don't think I dare move to 5 and take in the side effects. I'm not very good at powering through them.

I'm still plateauing despite sticking to around 800 calories a day. Where is that energy deficit going?!?!

@SJLOUNJARO to be honest I’ve had side effects since starting but I was on summer holidays for the first weeks so could deal with it. Back at work now so maybe they just feel
more annoying? Mostly just a sickly feeling pretty much all day. Don’t eat much (have made the effort to eat more and results in many toilet visits!!) and feel tired. I was worried the 5mg dose would mean double the side effects but I’m not sure it works like that or not!

I was reading some other MJ threads this morning that talked about replacing food noise with diet/MJ/weight loss obsession as a really unhelpful response. Also had a long chat with a friend who has weight issues and an eating disorder (over eating/compulsive). I recognised the obsession with food (food noise) combined with self hate over weight, which fuelled obsession (unhelpful!), which fuelled weight gain etc etc.

I want MJ to break that cycle by resetting my weight so I don't have the trigger to comfort myself (self hate). But it's easy to step into a different territory of food obsession around cals/loss which could easily kick it all off again? Or am I overthinking this?

I guess I'm trying to use this time on MJ to give me space to look at why I'm here and avoid the weight gain that is a risk when stopping

I think you're right @Wishthiswasntmypost.

Only thing I would add is that being obese clearly isn't the only trigger for overeating or people wouldn't do the overeating required to make them obese in the first place. So identifying and finding ways to deal with other triggers is important too. I think that for many people this will be stress, anxiety, boredom and other uncomfortable emotions, even the positive ones.

A lot of obese people think that if they were thin they would be happy but I am a bit sceptical about that as there are always things to hate on yourself about, plus life is meant to be a mix of ups and downs emotionally, whether fat or thin.