Mounjaro August thread 3

[Blondeshavemorefun]

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

I'll be taking my bonus shot this week, @Usernamechangeforthis12, and am hoping to be in the same position. If I am, I'll probably try to do a month's worth at 3.75 as staying on a lower cheaper dose for longer seems a good general principle to me.

I have just done my 2.5mg pen bonus dose. I got 0.78mls out.
If I have calculated correctly that means I have just had a dose of 3.25mg?
Could someone confirm I have worked it out correctly please 😊

Well done everyone, some great losses and NSVs happening.

I’ve officially lost a stone - I know I said I thought I had before but it was wobbling a bit up and down this week: today was the official weigh day (and I really am going to try much harder to only weigh once a week honest!) and so that’s confirmed it for me.

SW - 15 stone 2 lbs BMI 34.2
CW 14 stone 2 lbs BMI 32

Also very happy that my weight in lbs now starts with a 1 rather than a 2.

Looks about right to me. On my 2.5 pen there were lines down the clear bit so you could tell how many doses were left - I'm not sure if they're all the same?

If you got your 5mg from Medexpress did they send needles with it? I didn’t get any

They sent me 3 instead of 4

I emailed them and they replied and send me 4 new ones so now babe 3 spare

They are good at responding

Well done those who have lost and NSV

I knew I’d seen it somewhere! Hope this is useful. It is for me,

MabelSpan

I have just done my 2.5mg pen bonus dose. I got 0.78mls out.
If I have calculated correctly that means I have just had a dose of 3.25mg?
Could someone confirm I have worked it out correctly please 😊

Yes you are correct.

This is how I do it:

2.5mg / 0.6 = 4.166

4.166 x 0.78 = 3.249. So it rounds up to 3.25mg.

I weigh in on Monday after injecting on Sunday night.

I am now 104.6kg
SW 112.7kg

I lost about 4kg the first week and then have averaged about 1kg a week for the other four weeks. Would love to lose more but can’t grumble at that and I already feel loads better about myself.

Started the 5mg pen last night but have decided to do 45 clicks so 3.75mg then move up to 5 with my next pen. Felt a little nauseous this morning but nothing too bad. I had bad fatigue the first day after injecting week 1 and 2 of 2.5mg. I feel ok so far in that regard, hoping it’s not going to hit me like a ton of bricks after work!

Well done on everyone’s progress. I feel like I might finally be a healthy bmi for only the second time as an adult. Amazing!!

I went up to 5mg on Friday ( from 2.5) and I'm happy to report that I'm feeling fine. I woke up with terrible nausea on Sat and Sun but I think that was party due to a Curry. But no other side effects so far.

5mg feels a bit different but not much. The suppression is goodish, I'm finding it much easier to stick to 1250 calories, I'm even leaving some on my plate.

However there is still too much food noise, I have my eye on the clock until my next meal, and I'm not even hungry. I get full very quickly.

So it'll be interesting to see how the month progresses.

Snap! Thank you for confirming CesarSoubreyon

Is it that you are doing something boring eg work and your standard coping mechanism was eating so your mind still has the link that you deal with boredom by thinking about eating?

Can you just acknowledge the noise and tell yourself that you aren't hungry now but the next meal will be something enjoyable and healthy but for now a cup of tea will do?

I don't get food noise as such but generally not snacking

Just eating 3 meals

I have a very unexpected, very long flight to take next week so I decided to change the day I take my dose to accommodate the flight and my reason for being away from home. So this morning I took my first dose of 5mg and it’s been fine until I just sat down to dinner and 2 mouthfuls in I got a very sore belly. I’m now in bed with two buscopan inside of me and a warm water bottle on my tummy. The noises my tummy is making are eye watering 🤣 and I’m belching like a foghorn. Thank god my bedroom is my own.

I followed the advice of my supplier/clinic and as it was more than 72 hours since my last dose I was able to adjust my day and my dose.

Oh no @AnnieMcFanny did you both go up a dose (and 5 is double the dose of 2.5mg so a big jump) AND bring the injection forward? By how many days?

What was the food you were eating? Hopefully something bland and low fat. As Mounjaro has a half life of 5 days I would imagine you will be better before the flight. Hopefully long before it. In the meantime be very careful what you eat until the stomach feels better.

Good luck @AnnieMcFanny you’re a braver person than I !

Hope stomach horror eases off soon!

Choux, I’m fine thank you. I’d read about upset/gassy tummies here so as soon as I felt it (I never have tummy problems) I took the buscopan and got into bed with a hot water bottle. Forty minutes later I’m fine if still burping a bit.

I took the dose 3 and a half days earlier than usual but that’s not what’s relevant according to the clinic Dr I spoke with today. It’s the hours since you’ve taken your last dose that counts and it has to be at least 72 hours (and it was).

What did I have to eat? A homemade lamb curry that had no visible fat on it when I cooked it. It wasn’t spicy and it’s something I eat every week. But it could have been anything I had today and it’s just that my dinner was the final straw on top of the 5mg.

Breakfast - boiled eggs, half a sourdough toast with scraping of butter.
Lunch - home made chicken and avacado salad.
Snack - one mandarin, one golden kiwifruit, half an avacado.
Dinner - tiny bit of lamb curry, 2 buscopan and a hot water bottle.

my flights not until next week and I have another dose to take two days before I leave so I’m not concerned about what ifs……. I learn from this.

😂😂😂😂

I must sound like a big baby taking to my bed with a sore belly but at 66 I believe in spoiling myself because I didn’t for years 😝

Yes. They must have forgotten to put yours in. I'd contact them and they should put some in the post for you.

Glad to hear you're feeling better! I admire you greatly for taking to your bed when you needed to

Just done my first 5.0

Annoyingly I had a defective needle so probably wasted more priming than usual as well as using my spare needle.

Fingers crossed for no horrible side effects

Weigh crashed off track today 🫠 can’t believe we have filled this thread! I’ll start a new one now!

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kids leftovers 🫠