Mounjaro August thread 3

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

Hi Velondra - welcome aboard. 😊

Welcome new August people!

@AnnieMcFanny maybe it was just a mix of different quite rich things at once on top of the MJ?

Bloody hell, I'm freezing!!

did my first ever dose yesterday 4pm.

had work this morning started at 7:30 so had my usual breakfast of a coffee and a stroopwaffel biscuit 😂 had a really busy day then suddenly realised it was 1:45pm. Didn’t have my usual 11am hunger pangs kicking in. Had a Lidl protein shake on the go (35g protein and only 99p they are fab) then back home.

Started feeling a bit peckish about 4:30. Just had dinner - 2 small chilli chicken thighs, 1/3rd bag micro rice, one slice halloumi, one baby cucumber and 4 cherry tomatoes. Left quite a lot of the rice, suddenly decided I was full. I usually eat a big portion of pasta and half one of those garlic flatbreads so it was really weird.

Have done 13,000 steps so not a bad day. Feeling quite tired now and wondering what time I can go to bed 😂

Hi all
I started on 3 August and just had my 5th dose / the bonus one.

I am eating less and definitely making better food choices but not losing much weight. I feel a bit thinner and noticing small changes.

started at 196lbs and am hovering around 191-2lbs but keep forgetting to weigh myself regularly at the same time.

next dose is 5mg so hoping that moves things along a bit otherwise it’s been a very expensive way to lose 4lbs! I’m still a size 18 - ordered some new clothes in 3 sizes - 16, 18 and 20 and sadly the 16s didn’t fit :(

lets see what the next month brings!!

I'm agreeing with the cold feelings. But at the moment I love it. Been having hot flushes for ages now. Usually soaking on my forehead all the time so it's a bonus. I'm the person who has Windows open all the time even in winter. Lol though I may regret that when the heating has to go on in winter and bills rise 😅

I don’t feel colder, if anything s bit warmer 🤷‍♀️

Welcome! @Velondra and @MooFroo
Don’t forget to measure yourselves. Best of luck to you both.

Welcome to new joiners!

Thank goodness I changed my mind and went for the 5 pen, I really don’t think another 2.5 would have done anything for me. I’ve had zero side effects since 4th jab which is good but suppression has faded to almost zero now - in fact today is the first day since this started that I’ve felt like the old me really. Ate breakfast of Greek yogurt, fruit and nut butter - it’s hit and miss these days whether I do eat it but I was hungry so needed it today. Had lunch of a small wholemeal roll with ham, some carrot and cucumber sticks (on holiday so another picnic on the go). Every day so far on hol this has been enough to tide me over easily till dinner but immediately after I was hungry again. It’s gone really cold here after a glorious sunny and warm week, I ended up getting a hot chocolate and flapjack at the cafe. Split the flapjack with DD but could easily and happily wolfed the lot and stiff fancied something more besides. Then dinner was using up what’s left in the apartment from our bits and bobs of shopping through the week (we had a blow out expensive meal out last night so decided to be frugal today!). However it was me that suggested getting a portion of chips to go with it, of which I ate a good third, along with some bread, salad, couple of slices of Spanish omelette, some cheese and a few olives. So many carbs!

AND THEN I nicked a few of DD’s sweets. And have spent the last hour talking myself out of nipping back to the shop for some chocolate - although now the really full feeling has finally kicked in so that urge has thankfully just about passed.

It’s been a weird day feeling back to the old version of me - hungry, craving sugar, wanting to eat just for the sake of it - for the first time in nearly a month. I didn’t much like it! Looking forward to getting home and back into a routine and cracking on with the next step now. I’m also going to start my free few months of fitness classes that I won in a school raffle!

Gosh, that’s exactly how I hate feeling, @AuntieDote! I find myself hoping that when I come off MJ I’ll somehow be a new person. Maybe a few weeks or months on it will transform us :)

Oh @AuntieDote this is me today! I can happily pick at food again, seem to be making poorer choices, food noise back (4th jab was Thursday).

Welcome!

Welcome!

I'm due for my bonus dose this week coming and will be using insulin needles/syringe to get an accurate reading of how much I get.

I believe the Mounjaro will help us lose weight but we will always have a lifelong battle with our weight to some extent. I don’t know if it will help but from day 1 of my jab I’ve practiced saying no and listening to my body but the biggest thing I do is repeat often throughout the day - it’s ok to be feeling hungry, even the slimmest of people feel hungry, it’s normal and you do not have to constantly react to it. It’s something I read on a thread here 6 months ago and it’s the best advice I’ve ever heard. I’m really positive about the future but I prepared to be saying it till the day I die.

To be honest I have felt the same today. Hopefully the 5mg will help!

Hi everyone, second jab tonight. I haven't managed to weigh in but I'm definitely feeling a positive result. My clothes are already slightly less snug and I'm eating much less. Not craving sweet food and have so much energy it's mad. I'm already feeling more confident and can't wait to properly lose the pounds. My only issue is constipation. I had one day of diarrhoea and am now not going (2 days). Any suggestions please?

Has anyone else found their pen hard to push down on their 4th dose. The previous doses were easy to inject but today's was hard to push all the way down and I ended up changing the needle and repeating it. I keep my pen in the fridge if that matters. Any tips welcome.

Welcome new weight warriors, 💪
I did my bonus jab today, I've got another 2.5mg pen but I think I'm ready for 5mg. The wandering food eyes are on today looking to what I can eat next when I don't really want it or need it. I've not eaten anything extra because I'm not hungry. So I'm still making the sensible choices I just need a little more help 😅
I can't order my next pen till the 16th so I'm gonna have to be super focused 😋 xx

Well I'm out, drinking, so far so good 😁 nsv, I'm wearing one of my favourite skirts that wouldn't fit me a few months ago 😁😁

I'm so glad someone else mentioned the coolness thing. Both jab days have given me freezing cold hands and feet. I've got to admit I love it as I'm always hot and sweaty normally. It's only lasted a few hours each time.

Fingers crossed eh? I think because the suppression had certainly faded after week 2 I’ve been able to kid myself I’m mostly doing it myself and practising what it will be like without the drug, but today has made me realise I’m a long way off that yet, have to keep reminding myself this is only the start of the journey still!

I had this on my third and really struggled with it

Yes, this!!
It was my 4th jab yesterday and the pen jammed. I thought I'd done something wrong but searched You Tube and it looks like it might be a 'thing'. I wondered if it's possible to lock the plunger??
Anyway, I'd packed two needles (was away for a few days) so clicked pen back to 1, added new needle it was OK.
Weird though.

I've had a similar malfunction, but putting a different needle on the device sorted it out.

For those who have done their bonus dose can you just get the standard dose out with a hard twist or can you get all the surplus out?