Mounjaro August thread 3

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Almost at 1000. We are a chatty bunch but nice to have each others support

@poppym12
Table is here. Screenshot it so you have it on your device.

@AuntieDote loads of difference !
im finding its coming off pretty much everywhere apart from boobs 😅

Marked difference @AuntieDote
Whoop!

If anyone has a ninja creami (we succumbed for the kids in summer!) you can make AMAZING protein ice cream with high is very low calorie (by nutracheck my tub is over 40g protein and under 250 calories)

Thank you so much @Choux . Looks like I've had 3.3mg so I'll see how it goes and if it doesn't seem to be helping, I'll bring my first full 5mg dose forward.

Ignore that, I got it wrong!! So, I might do half a dose of 5mg pen to make it to the full 5mg if needed this week.

My brain really isn't functioning at the moment. Migraine looming and I'm supposed to be packing for house move

@AuntieDote I can see quite a difference on you . Well done!

@NeedSomeAnswersPlease - I haven’t seen you here for a couple of days. But perhaps I’ve just missed your posts. Are you ok. ☺️

@AuntieDote def see a diff

@poppym12 ,6 is one dose as 2.5 in a pen .6x4 is 2.4

Apart from that @Choux chart looks amazing but my brain explodes 😂

@AuntieDote you are definitely smashing it- there’s a very noticeable difference in both upper abdomen and bum, which is looking great. Well done!

I’m saying this with trepidation as I know sometimes I can feel rough on Mondays (I take it on Thursday) but thus far this dose has been fine! It was my bonus fifth dose to gently get me used to 5mg - I think I’ll still just do 3.75mg next week though.

and as of today - one calendar month since I started - I’m down 16lbs whooop!

I feel like my clothes are fitting better and I’ve got more confidence.

Hey I need a little advice how to squash a situation surrounding MJ. I mentioned before about a "friend" being snide about injections when I mentioned the subject, she doesn't know I started. We were doing weekly weigh in accountability texts and she's not lost for 4 weeks, and lost 7lbs since Jan. So when I texted I'm 2.5 off this week she replied you are injecting aren't you! You can't kid a kidder, you have lost every week. I said I'm eating completely clean, smaller portions etc. So today I get a random message about something that was texted last week, irrelevant to MJ so I took the opportunity to ask do you still want to do the weekly weigh ins, she said lol why wouldn't I??? I replied well because you said I'm injecting a weight loss medication, the reply was haha I will still send you mine regardless! It's all so childish and I really can't be bothered with it but I don't want snide comments every week about me losing weight when I'm feeling really positive about myself. What do I say, sorry this is derailing but I'm sick of people judging weight loss injections. I want to reply that her comments made me feel I'm cheating and negative. Technically in some people's eyes I am and only you guys understand.

@AuntieDote you look fantastic! I can see a massive difference, well done you lovely lady xxx

Hi everyone, is it okay to join this late?

I took my first dose of 2.5mg on August 11th and my 5mg pen has just arrived. Excited but scared to start the next dose

Personally I think it's unfair to not be honest with someone who you're doing an accountability thing with, as it may demoralise them

@NippyCrab

It's a difficult position that you are in with this friend.

Under normal circumstances it would be absolutely fine to not tell anybody about Mj, in fact I have not even told DH yet although I am feeling increasingly uncomfortable about it. And with someone who is snippy and derogatory I would certainly not even broach the subject.

How we are feeling about ourselves is very important to this process and we have to go to great lengths to preserve the positivity. That doesn't mean burying our heads in the sand and not reading all we can on this drug, it means keeping away from negativity spouted by people that haven't got a clue how it works.

I think that I would knock the weigh-ins on the head in this instance, you could say that you want to weigh less frequently, or that you are going to measure yourself in future, or something. The alternative is lying to your friend, which in itself is going to make you feel bad. None of us are cheating, we are just using a tool which we are lucky enough to be able to get, but alot of people will never get that. Sorry to not be more help.

Welcome! @AugustSlippedAwayIntoAMoment . How are you doing on it!?

if I were you @NippyCrab i’d own it. If you deny you’re giving yourself negativity. Hold your head up! You’re giving yourself the very best gift.

I love it! I'm truly amazed by how it's changed things for me, I've had barely any side effects on 2.5 so I'm hoping that continues on 5!

@NippyCrab I think it depends on whether you want to generally keep MJ use personal to yourself / people you choose. If you’re not bothered, I’d say to her yeah you are but it still takes a lot of effort so keeping chatting about menu plans, motivation etc will be really helpful to you as well as hopefully her. If not - depends on how close you are and whether you let this aspect drift ?!

General question - have people found the day they have max suppression has changed over time? I am day 3 or 4 depending o. How you count and barely eaten anything (but might be as the protein thing I made was so sweet earlier !)

@Wingingit11 I am finding days 4, 5 and 6 are the maximum days, with injecting on the next (7th) day.

@Wingingit11 Honestly the suppression has changed week by week for me (currently week 6, on 3.75mg). Days 1-3 are always strong suppression, and then sometimes it's dropped off rapidly after that; sometimes it's not until day 6-7 i start to get (what feels like) proper hunger again, and some weeks the supression is strong all the way through!

Thanks everyone, I think i will go with the less weigh in contact, it's more a friend of a friend and we started this weekly thing because she was struggling to lose. We don't share menus or anything else really. And yes she might feel demoralised if I'm losing and she's not and I'm injecting.

@NippyCrab I would just drop the weekly weigh ins. One of the reasons that we have often had a life long struggle with weight is other people's views and opinions.
You only need to see this through your lens.
I have told nobody, including my dh. I am eating 1250 cals a day or less (I'm only a little over 5ft). To most people that explains the weight loss if they are interested. The jab just helps me adjust my body's reaction to food and get my mind straight too.

@JohnCravensNewsround that's exactly what my husband has just said to me. I've said that I'm now just doing a monthly weigh in. Even if she wasn't dieting I wouldn't tell her, we are all working hard to seriously lose weight and improve our health and change our mindsets. I don't want to feel I'm cheating xx