Continuing Mounjaro... Part 21

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Morning
I'm on my third dose of 5mg but the side effects have not been good, after taking it on a sunday evening I spend the whole day on Mondays on the couch with nausea and sleeping on and off all day.
Before ordering my next pen would anyone advise going back to 2.5? I didn't have any side effects with that dose. If i use 30 clicks on the 5mg pen will that give me a 2.5 dose this sunday.
My total loss is 15.5 lbs and most of that was from the first month

in this situation I counted clicks for a 3.75mg dose, then went back up to 5mg after a few weeks.

I’d order another 5mg pen as usually they are the same price. I’d go back down to 2.5 and then slowly titrate up again each week.
Yes 30 clicks will give you a 2.5 dose with a 5 pen.

edit: Have you tried changing your injection site? I found injecting into my thigh reduced side effects. I’m on week 15 & still on 5mg dose

Weigh day for me- 26 weeks on MJ, so half a year! 3lb down this week

SW- 20.2
CW- 14.9
GW- 14 stone

today I’m going to an aqua fitness class! Haven’t ever done one but they have them at the pool my kids do their swim lessons in so I’m giving it a go! Wish me luck (fat and uncoordinated in a pool seems like a bad idea 😂)

Morning,

Bit of a disappointing weight in this week for me. Only 0.2kg/1/4 llb.

I thought it would be a bit more but I guess my body is evening itself out after previous weeks.

I seem to get stuck around 124kg mark, which is frustrating.

I'm due my last dose of 2.5mg tonight, which I wish was more as I'm not getting any suppression now. It feels a bit like a placebo.

Usually when this happens, I end up going back to my old ways but I'm going to soldier on.

Anyway, I'm off out for a catch up with a friend. The plan is homemade pizzas tonight for tea, I'll just have a smaller portion

This morning I walked the dog wearing jeans that are now too big and a fitted top I’ve not worn for years.

I was spurred on to start MJ by seeing footage of myself on our security cameras. I was horrified at how fat I looked. Now I keep looking at myself on there and I’m thrilled at how thin I look!

I am in 7.5, but it has completely taken away what scant appetite I had on 5 or 2.5. Yesterday I ate a tiny sliver of chicken and about 10 cashew nuts. If I order another pen, I’m going to go back down to 5mg.

I’ve bought the first pair of non stretchy jeans - that’s a NSV for me 🎉

I was also nervous about side effects going from 2.5mg to 5mg.

I read another thread from someone who administered 5mg in two doses over the week and I've just completed my first week doing that, I injected Friday morning and Monday lunchtime.

Suppression has been steady throughout (I was experiencing a dip from day 5).

I had nausea on 2.5mg (hence my nervousness about the increased dose) but bought some Kwells and they have worked brilliantly. As soon as I feel queasy I take one and I've been right as rain within half an hour. I've needed 3 over the last 7 days.

Maybe I am older than you but I see no reason to move out of stretchy jeans whatever my size! Well done though!

In regards to the bonus dose and using the insulin needles.

What amount (in syringe) = what dose?

I'm just unsure what I'll have left in pen to prime.

Can I find this information anywhere?

You need 0.6ml, regardless of the strength of the pen, to get a full dose.

Ah so 0.6ml = full dose I'm on (2.5mg)

And I can work it out from there what else I'd want, if I decide to etc.

The table attached shows you doses and clicks so, yes, you can work out any dose from any pen.

@Doobi I syringed last week and there was 0.8ml in my bonus dose which = 3.33mg, I left it at that and will move up to 5mg on Sunday.

Hi all.... trying to do my maths and I am failing.
So ... I have a 7.5mg pen... now decided I need to go up to 10mg as was getting hungry more often..
So I have done
1x7.5mg
1x7.5mg and 20 clicks 2.5mg.
With my reckoning.
That will mean I can do
1x7.5mg and 20 clicks 2.5mg
1x7.5mg and 20 clicks 2.5mg
this includes bonus dose.
or is that wrong?.... I still have a full 7.5mg pen so I need to get it into my head what to do .
Thank you .

You have the doses correct but each pen only has 240 [4×60] clicks so you will need to use a syringe for most of the last one.

Thank you... that is what I thought... so do the last dose, whatever it is and then the full extra dose?
Think for the full pen I have it is not going to work.
it will be
7.5mg and 20 clicks 2.5mg
7.5mg and 20 clicks 2.5mg
7.5mg and 20 clicks 2.5mg
That will give me the 4 doses of the pen... then the bonus dose is not going to be enough to do another. ?, as the next pen I buy will be 10mg...

So the pen you are using now gave you one 7.5mg, plus 10mg for the next 2 doses 60+80+80 +220 clicks. Your last 4th dose will be the 20 clicks remaining on the pen plus what is left, if you use a syringe it should be around 0.6ml and that will total 10mg. The next 7.5mg pen will give you 3x10mg if you do 3x80 = 240 clicks but the bonus dose remaining will be approx 7.5mg.

Forgot to post yesterday, but it was jab day and my official weigh-in day (I’m moving to weekly weigh ins going forward instead of daily).
I am chuffed that I’m half-way through the 80s at 85.4 kg! And BMI of 29.6! I started out 107.2 kg and BMI of 37.2! And that’s not even 4 months ago! My goal is 70 kg. So still a while to go, but I’d be chuffed with any result below 80 kg, so will see how I feel/look.
Still on 5 mg and no immediate plans to move up yet.
I didn’t calorie count while on my two week holiday and I still lost 3 kg while away, so wondering now if I can just stay away from doing it because it tends to stress me out at times…will see how it goes!
Congrats on all the losses and NSVs!!

Hi, can anyone tell me the expiry date on a 10mg pen they’ve bought recently? Thanks

Week 15 weigh in! And omg I’m 0.1kg off my first goal. Well done to all the losses and NSVs this week ☺️

SW: 86.9kg
GW1: 70kg
GW2: 64kg

2.5mg
Wk1: 82.4kg (-4.5kg)
Wk2: 80.5kg (-1.9kg)
Wk3: 79.9kg (-0.6kg)
Wk4: 78.6kg (-1.3kg)
Wk5: 77.6kg (-1kg)
Wk6: 77.6kg (-)

3.75mg
Wk7: 76.3kg (-1.3kg)
Wk8: 75.7kg (-0.6kg)
Wk9: 75.1kg (-0.6kg)
Wk10: 74.5kg (-0.6kg)
Wk11: 73.4kg (-1.1kg)
Wk12: 72.4kg (-1kg)
Wk13: 72.3kg (-0.1kg)

5mg
Wk14: 71.4kg (-0.9kg)
Wk15: 70.1kg (-1.3kg)

16.8kg lost total or 37lbs

2.4lbs weekly average loss

April 2025 (zava)

Thanks! Also does anyone know the 7.5mg expiry date?!

Whoop whoop!!
Got my 3 stone loss showing on scales this morning.
SW 18st 6lbs
CW 15st 6lbs

It's a miracle! I feel like this is all a dream sometimes.
It's already making a huge difference to how I feel.
Walking upstairs is no longer painful for my knees, I sleep much better now and can go on walks with dp and not get miserable because everything hurts after a couple of miles.
I keep saying to myself 'What a time to be alive!'

I'm so, so glad to be able to take this to change my life.

And I'm sure having you all has been a huge help. I'm not sure I'd have started this journey without all the great help and support here.

Onwards to losing another 3 stone and more.

Congratulations, losers!