Mid July Mounjaro starters #2

[ToriMJ]

New thread ready for when our first thread is full.

My 5mg pen is due to be started tomorrow and I was going to do the 3.75 but could just got for the full 5. Can’t really decide!

Week 2 of 5mg and goodness, the nausea 🤢

Week 6 weight in though this morning and I'm down 12lbs.

Hope it passes soon. Did the nausea only hit in week 2 of 5mg? Okay in week 1?

Also week 2 of 5mg for me. I seem to have an allergic reaction at the injection site, looks a bit like an insect bite & feels itchy. I seems to have escaped the worst side effects so far so maybe can’t moan too much. Suppression of food noise remains good, so I will take that!

I have lost another kg despite going out for dinner and having quite a lot of wine at the weekend. I have 10kg to go to my initial target (and 13kg if I push it!) I’m not getting the huge loses I can see with others but 1kg a week seems achievable for me so trying to be patient & stick with it.

Good for you - sounds very brave. Go for it! Let us know how you get on?

i need to get active again but am still too fat for my sports clothes 😆 and refuse to buy more (esp sports bra as they are extortionate). Currently trying to walk a lot & hoping the next 3-4kg come off and I can start running again.

I'm A week off the mj and the food thoughts are returning today. I def feel more of an urge to have a look in the fridge. I'm sitting at 800-1000 cals this week and my weight is totally static. I don't understand how I'm not losing any way at this calorie deficit

Eggy burps sporadic, not too bad all in all. Gaviscon and Rennies at the ready.

ive reset my target weight to 60kg. It was at 80kg, but that’s still in the overweight category

of course that means that I’ve now got 4.4kg to go to milestone 2

seem to have slowed down on weight loss, but this should pick back up once I’m more active next month. I’ve lost over 14lbs already, 6.6kg, that’s amazing, need to keep reminding myself of this. I’m just impatient

struggling with food ideas, I bought 3 books by the chubby something or others and I hated them, so returning them to Amazon. Keeping the hairy bikers healthy cookbook, it’s not brilliant, but I may get some inspiration from it. I’ve adapted their sweet and sour chicken and it’s on a firm rotation at home, the boys love it!

Any recommendations for cook books from people who know what they’re doing AND don’t feel the desperation to have to try to be funny, comical or risque for no obvious reason…? 🤣

@MzHz what kind of food do you like? If Italian I can highly recommend a cookbook I've been using lots recently called the Italian Pantry by Theo Randall. Simple short ingredient lists, my family have loved everything I've made from it (especially the meatballs).

(It's not a weight loss cookbook but is honest Italian home cooking using pantry staples with fresh veg, meat and fish)

I found a copy of FAST 800 in a 2nd hand shop for £2 and have made a few from there… I also have a Pinch of Nom from a previous diet attempt. That was a bestseller so turns up in charity shops all the time.

Does anyone find that their weight loss tapers off through the week?

I took my first 5mg dose a week ago, lost 6lbs in the first four days but nothing since 🤷‍♀️

2.5mg didn't do anything for me so this is my first week of the MJ 'working'.

@ToriMJ have you decided to stop the MJ completely? On the weight loss plateau that used to happen to me about every 5-6 weeks when I did the VCLD shakes & soups. I’m not sure if it is scientific but they always then said to increase the calories for 3-4 days and then you’d start losing again. It always seemed to work for me even though it seems counterintuitive and I have no idea if it is based on any facts!

Yes, but I did change my injection site again this time to my tummy so maybe that's why

Perfectly normal. By day 5 of the week only half the dose is left in your system so the effects are lower. I usually feel a bit hungrier and eat a bit more on days 5-7. I time this with seeing friends who don't know I'm using this.

My scale static again as well@ToriMJ

I'm still on 2.5week 6 as used bonus dose.

I only have 4 kilos to go now and the last bit is always the hardest. How close to target are you. Maybe your body resetting? Are you constipated?

Another suggestion on cookbooks - Amazon often has brilliant cookbooks for 99p offers on Kindle, which are useful as you can search them for keywords.

I originally chose Wednesday as my jab day, but for the same reason as @Choux I find it's quite a helpful day for me - the max supression is Weds/Thurs/Fri when I am unlikely to be seeing friends who might notice I'm a bit off my food, it's a little bit worn off by the weekend so I can eat socially but it still prevents me from over-eating, and Mon/Tues the two days before the next jab I'm working and not seeing friends and therefore not much temptation. Also why I'm trying to only weigh myself once a week (though it's tempting to weigh more frequently!)

I'm increasingly recognising that I've been overeating/drinking in a social setting like dinner parties, foodie activities or going out to restaurants on the weekend. When on my own I just don't eat that much but I'm almost never on my own and have always resented "penis portions" for DH and my DSs but I need to stop trying to match their portion sizes. I know it's different for everyone eg. my mum will eat like a bird at a restaurant or in front of other people on the weekend, and then binge eat crap on her own at home during the week. If she ever starts MJ I think I'll tell her to try taking it on a Monday!

I've been on MJ since beginning Aug, I've seen a few posts like this - up to now I have been eating really well but what happens when you eat fatty food? Forewarned is forearmed lol

I've stopped weighing as much but agree with the idea that half life of 5 days means it must stop working

Is your week off for a break (holiday? or side effects) I think MJ makes us act like Type 1 diabetics (lose weight, drink and pee a lot) so off it the weight loss is back to how you used to be. Most of us feel that normal dieting had limited impact so this is perhaps "normal". I would like to maintain my weight loss rather than lose more. I had considered coming off after this pen and having a period of dieting to shift the last few lbs but realised I'd be struggling with MJ stopping AND trying g to lose at the same time which would start off my food cycle of diet/miserable/don't lose...eat more.

I haven't eaten any fatty food! I gather gastro upset is common

I am so looking forward to coming off it because of the exhaustion and muscle weakness I'm experiencing. Injection day +1 and just like last week I had a night of tossing, turning, anxious dreams and am shattered today. I know this will improve by tomorrow so just need to ride it out.

I'm aware people have noticed my weight loss but are not saying anything (which I'm glad about)

@Wishthiswasntmypost @Choux

Thanks - I track calories and I'm not eating any more, still feeling the suppression, so that's interesting. I thought MJ just helped you to eat less but there must be more to it.

I’ve had the worst night ever with D and V. I got no sleep at all and for the first time in years I’ve had to admit defeat and stay off work. Not sure if it’s the MJ- my next injection is due tonight so I’d have thought side effects for last dose I had would be over by now.
in any case, I don’t know if I can face my MJ tonight and 100% can’t face moving to the 5mg.

I've come off for a couple of weeks as I'm away and tend towards being a bit anxious on holiday so felt that the mj side effect worries on top would be hard for me to manage so I'm just eating sub 1000 caps for couple weeks with my own willpower then back to magic mounjaro will power when I'm back.

I'm still way away from target so a bit frustrating. I'm still 1st 1 lb down in 6 weeks just not moving the last two weeks. Maybe resetting or something.