Mounjaro August thread 2

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Hi here's another thread.

I bruised the first time but not the second or third!

I have only told my daughter so far, and that was just in case anything happened to me and doctors needed to know etc.

I really wanted to be armed with more knowledge about how it would affect me before I tell Dh. There is quite a lot of negativity in the press and I want to be able to reassure him that it is good for me, and also to be able to justify the cost.

I am beginning to feel a bit guilty about keeping it secret now though but conversely I love having something just for me that nobody else can comment on If that makes sense

@CornishGem1975 I bruise easily anyway so I'm thinking it's because of that but I seem to be coming up in bruised each time'

I don't bruise but then I'm used to jabbing as had to do from 6w preg to 6w after giving birth daily with heparin after a bloody clot

I think if you hit a blood vessel you bruise

I bruised last week on my 3rd jab not for the first 2 and will definitely bruise today as it's coming up already.

I've just done my bonus jab, it was a wrestle with the pen and it's not all out, there's a smidge left but it won't push that far to clear it all out.

I've jab a day earlier this week and I seem to be getting really tired on Mondays so hopefully this will now move to Sunday when lazy days are more acceptable and easier to manage especially now the summer holidays are coming to an end (jumps for bloody joy!)

I've only told DH and I only told him because it's a lot of money to spend each month without consulting him first. I was really nervous to tell him but I'm pleased I did now as he's been really supportive once I explained it's not what the press makes it out to be. Plus I think it's good for someone to know incase I end up in hospital or something like that.

I'm doing exactly this, weighing daily and in kg! I quite like kgs as it somehow seems the numbers go down quicker

Medexpress have just emailed me about ordering the 5mg pen and said I need to complete a consultation first. Did you have to do that?

Yes @Cosycover The same as I did before but they had my old answers. So only had to change the weight one and have I used a pen in 4w

Took seconds to do. They are approving me now

No, but i had my 2.5 from them.

I’m starting to regret ordering a second 2.5 mg pen. I did my 4th jab on wed, had zero side effects afterwards (which was very lucky as we spent the next day at Peppa Pig world and I don’t think I could have got through it otherwise) and I don’t feel much suppression at all anymore - I do feel like I’m getting by mostly on willpower now, although I’m not sure I’ve ever had this much willpower before so I think it must still be helping slightly.

What seems to be happening now is I get hungry and I also get cravings like I want to eat ‘something nice’ but then when it comes to it I just can’t think of anything I want to eat. It’s really snowing up because we’re on holiday and out of the routine of what I’d probably normally be having. The other day I’d nipped to the supermarket to get a few things for in the apartment and went determined to get myself a sweet treat of some description - I was really looking forward to it! Could afford the calories that day and wanted something - but I walked round and round that supermarket and couldn’t see a single thing that looked appealing!

Same trying to order lunch today - just staring at the menu for ages and ended up picking a halloumi wrap at random, then not eating most of it because it just didn’t taste good to me. Was starving afterwards but still completely able to wait till gone 7pm when we were picking up dinner to bring back to the apartment - same thing again couldn’t decide what I wanted even though I needed to eat. Have ended up with a bit of soup, a yoghurt and some nuts. It’s not enough really but I just don’t know what else to have - not like in early weeks when I wasn’t hungry at all, I am - I just can’t fancy anything!

Evening! Just had my 3rd jab tonight but wasn't able to weigh this morning as we were away from home. I lost 4lbs in the first week but have no idea what I've lost this week? We had a very sociable Bank Holiday then DH and I have a couple of days away. I have eaten much more sparingly than usual, no snacks and lots of sparkling water.

I deliberately told everyone I'm using MJ because it will motivate me and I want them to be impressed when we next meet up in 6 weeks.

Fingers crossed that when I weigh in the morning I will have lost 2lbs!

@FlappingMadly so did I but I still had to do a 2min online consult

My first injection I bled a little, so it would make sense for a bruise to be possible. The rest have been fine though.

@Cosycover I reordered my 5mg from MedExpress and had to complete a questionnaire again. Most of it was checking what was automatically populated so not too onerous a task.

Oh gosh, my stomach is in bits today 🤢 have barely eaten a thing!

I am also experiencing food ambivalence and hunger. I am at home so easier to deal with but I just plan what to eat in advance and then cook it. I don’t fancy it at all but do enjoy it when I’m eating. Mostly it’s egg, chicken or fish with beans and/ or salad. Today I also had some rice (like two table spoons) I need to do this or I wouldn’t eat. I’m tracking food to try and eat enough but I mostly fail.

Same. Took seconds tbh

Feeling hopeless today.

A whole 0.2lbs lost this week. That's it. I'm so hungry my stomach hurts and I feel sick, but I'm sticking to my calories and max eating 1400 a day- that's a deficit of nearly 1200 a day given my weight. But I'm still not getting anywhere? Is it time to book a doctor's appointment and get bloods done to see if there's something else going on because I just don't understand this

@NeedSomeAnswersPlease you need to eat more

You shouldn't be hungry /growling

That's not healthy

I woke up feeling like that for the first time since I started taking it, I'm struggling to get above 1400 a day but woke up feeling like this? All feels like a waste right now

Sounds like your body is starving and maybe going into shut down and self preserving it's self

And why you aren't losing weight @NeedSomeAnswersPlease

Maybe but I don't feel like I'm eating small amounts? Yes I'm eating less but I'm eating healthier, balanced meals and eating more protein etc

@WitchDancer I ordered my 5mg pen from MedExpress, had to fill out the questionnaire again and then they put a hold on my order and emailed me saying I had lost too much weight and they wanted to review me. Arghhh. It's weight loss medication. They still haven't made my prescription and my jab is due on Monday. So irritated.

Good morning, I’ve just weighed myself at the end of week 2 and I’ve lost 0.7kg. I’m very happy
as it beings it up to 2.4kgs over 2 weeks.

Who have I told about the Mounjaro? Well
that would be my children/other family, a couple of friends and my personal trainer who’s as excited about it as I am.