Mounjaro Jouney

[MsPlatt]

Evening all,

I wanted to share and hear others journey.

I've lost 10KG in 5 weeks. On Mounjaro and eat healthy and exercise daily. Zero treats.

Zero side effects.

White female 44 of age
Goal 58KG
Original weight 90KG

How's your journey?

Did you move up to 5mg or stay on 2.5?

I was four weeks on 2.5MG and now on 5MG. Planning going up to 15MG will four weeks between them. I also practice calorie deficit

My journey (nearly at the end so hopefully a positive one 😃)

Started beginning of May, have done 5 weeks per dose (using the bonus dose) with only 1 week missed due to holiday.

starting weight: 12st 3ib
currebt weight: 10st 3ib
goal weight: 10st

I decided to go back down to 5mg after my last 7.5mg as I don’t have much more to lose so trying to wean myself off slowly!

Eating habits haven’t changed massively, just smaller portions, but I have taken up light exercise - swimming, yoga, walking etc - and I now have more energy and less aches in my knees!!

I have seen people losing huge amounts but for me it has been an average of 2ib a week which has suited me 😃

can honestly say starting mounjaro is one of the best things I have ever done! Took me from just tipping in to ‘obese’ bmi to now in a ‘healthy’ one!

This is amazing. I have just had my first box delivered and I’m going to do it Friday, just so I have the weekend to see if I have any side effects, hopefully not! Can I ask what the bonus dose is please? Also, is it just a case of eating healthily or incorporating more protein - I think I read that somewhere? Thank you and well done both of you.

Also sorry, what time of day is best to take it? Thanks

@Whoknowswhatanymore Basically the pens come with 5 doses in, but to get the 5th ‘bonus’ dose out you either need to hard twist the pen (I’ve seen people use pliers) or use an insulin pen to draw out the last dose - this is what I do and find it quite easy, but I have spare syringes from ivf so not sure how easy they are to get hold of? The extra pen cap needles can just be ordered online though.

they have info about this on the main mounjaro threads on here though if you can find them.

I have injected morning, afternoon & evening and can honestly say I noticed no difference, for me side effects always started the following day regardless of the time I took it.

Just got my first pen delivered 5 mins ago. Not sure whether to do it tonight or tomorrow morning.

Going to unpack it all and have a look then decide I think

@Whoknowswhatanymore the pens have 4 doses of 0,6ml. The remaining liquid is there to enable you to prime the pen, so remove any air bubbles and check that the needle is working correctly. You do this by doing a small twist of the pen end, and then push it in (instruction on how to do this are in the leaflet that comes with it). You will see a small amount of liquid come out of the end of the needle. If you don't it might mean the needle is broken or not attached properly.

Once you've done this for each of the 4 injections, there will be some liquid left which people call a "bonus" dose. You won't know how much you're injecting if you use the pen, and force it to inject. If you use a separate syringe and needle to extract the liquid you can measure it and work out what dose you have. That's the only way I'd try to use the leftover liquid, so I knew what dose I was actually injecting.

Good Luck. You will be fine.

I would suggest you take it Friday after work in case you have any side effects, some may have diarrhoea amongst others. I didn't have any at all.

You'll find out what's right for you but what I did was taking the pen, eating health small meals yet I also went on a calorie deficit

I went to the gym every day for 30 min.

I am aiming for the 15mg and when I've reached my ideal weight is to go down to a maintenance dose.

Good luck let us know how you get on

Good Luck. You will be fine.

I would suggest you take it Friday after work in case you have any side effects, some may have diarrhoea amongst others. I didn't have any at all.

You'll find out what's right for you but what I did was taking the pen, eating health small meals yet I also went on a calorie deficit

I went to the gym every day for 30 min.

I am aiming for the 15mg and when I've reached my ideal weight is to go down to a maintenance dose.

Good luck let us know how you get on

Well done. It's amazing how good you feel loosing the weight.

Started early May, SW 13st 2lbs . CW 11St . On 5mls but will go up to 7.5 on my next pen . No side effects at all. Best thing I've ever done. Feel fantastic, started exercising again . GW 10.7ish

Wow look at you. Well done. I agree it does make you feel so much better. I am the same. I'm upping my dose every four week until I am my desired weight then I'll go to a maintenance pen

Let us know how it continues to go