Mounjaro February to April 24 starters - Thread 2

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Thread 2

Link to last thread https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5139634-mounjaro-february-to-april-24-starters?page=1

It might not be the warm that is the issue! I've found I'm starving on 15!

Several times throughout the day I'll suddenly become ravenous, if I can, it disappears after around half an hour, but by god that is a different half hour.

I wonder if there is something about the 15.

So I'm still waiting which isn't unexpected. After 26 hours of sending in my weight check photos I got an email acknowledging receipt. This morning just now I got an email saying sorry for the delay, increase clinical demand, will get to you soon blah blah. Not sure if I'm approved yet, keeping fingers crossed I will be.

@Choux good plan. Sounds similar to me. I need to put effort into meal planning /calorie counting etc. I want to titrate down slowly but I've got to use my spare pens! Worried that when I get to my 10mg pen it won't be strong enough! But will see!

Today marks one year on my weight loss journey!

6st 11 down - I weighed this morning but forgot to open the app to log it.

I’ve been maintaining for 2 and half months now. Still on 7.5mg and plan to stay on it until the new year and then go cold turkey, not sure that’s wise really but I don’t really want to be on it forever.

My eating habits haven’t been great… I eat a lot less than I used to but not the best things. Need to try and sort that out!

I did wonder this myself about 15mg. Sometimes I felt like it wasn't working at all. Then other times I felt like I couldn't eat at all! I'm about to start a Feb 25 expiry dates 15mg so will see if that feels different.

Fingers crossed for you. Hope it's good news! What dose did you ask for?

Well done @April88 amazing work 😊 good luck with the working on eating

Mine is aug 2025 and is my second 15.

Yeah that's exactly how I feel, sometimes I get so full after a tiny bit of food I go back to the coughing like I've eaten 2 massive roasts at Christmas. But then sometimes I'm so hungry my whole torso feels empty!

@ObsidianTree Just 2.5mg, I've never increased dose so only ever been on this!

@ThirdStorm so hopefully they will approve your order then

I got approved by MedExpress with a BMI of 24.1 and a break of just over 2 months between orders. I'm very pleased! (And relieved) I feel the pressure is off slightly that I won't be stopping MJ just yet!

Jumping back in after a few weeks of being quiet. I'm very nearly at target - just 4 lbs to go. That's actually quite scary 😮Currently at 8 stone 11, aiming for 8 1/2 stone. I've not been that weight since my 20s. I'm very comfortably in a size 10 jeans, and an 8 in some. I do have some loose skin, but it's not horrendous and I'm hoping will sort itself out over the next year or so. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about maintenance, as I don't think I can manage without MJ. I'm on 7.5mg, and have been for quite some time - I've not gone above that as it's working for me.

I'm generally eating 2 meals a day, with sometimes a protein bar if I'm hungry in the morning. I need to get back to calorie counting/protein tracking as I've not been doing that for the past couple of months. It's much harder when someone else is catering, so now that I'm back at home I will get back to it. I'm also back to walking 10,000 steps a day consistently, which I wasn't doing at Mum's house.

As always, congratulations to all of us on this journey, we're all amazing 😀 @FlappyFish you are our trailblazer, it's so good to hear your experiences, even when it's not going as you hoped. We're all cheering you on, and learning from you.

@pinktransit Well done, great result when you've had so much to deal with.

New target met today - 11st, 60lbs lost and sub 23bmi (just about). Slightly disappointed to have not crept into the 10s but overall thrilled. Aiming for final weight of 10st 10lb, which would be 4.5st and 30% body weight lost, so just 4 lbs to go. I really want to be in the 10s when I have my GP health check at the end of the month - silly but satisfying 😊

Away in London this weekend, as partner is in the Remembrance Parade on Sunday. A really big day for him as it's 50 years since he signed up as a 16yr old. He's the same weight as he was that day 😅but I'm not expecting either of us to weigh the same on Monday!

I feel a bit like a walking experiment today. I took the bonus dose from a 15mg pen last night. The pen expired end of October so I was a week late but I took every last drop that I could get out and think it was 18mg. It may also have been a pen that was warm at some point - I have lost track of which of my pens was delivered slightly warm.

So am now monitoring myself for suppression and side effects. 18mg was possibly a bit gung ho but it was either use it or bin it and I have never had any V and D or burps on any other dose so am not expecting any side effects to be severe this week.

@Flapearedknave When I have used properly chilled 15mg pen, the suppression has been good.

There is no biochemical mechanism where a higher dose of an agonist drug has less effect. They work by binding to receptors in the body. The higher the concentration, the more drug there is to bind to receptors.

I love reading all your posts about suppression too even though I’m (a jittery mess) MJ clear now. You all ensure I remember what it is like to have no appetite. It is actually quite helpful as it’s all part of the journey to be hungry now and try and manage it.

Have a great weekend of good choices all!

I’ve been starving all day and made some very unwise choices! It’s felt very Friday. I need to ensure that on hungry days I have a stash of easy to eat snacks of a healthy nature. I love carrot sticks for example.

Finally broke my stall and I've dropped a pound. I'm now exactly bmi 25. My wedding dress was delivered today and it's actually loose 😧

Just checked my measurements now I've hit a healthy weight.

I've lost:
10.5 inches from my chest 😭😭
10 inches around my rib cage
9.5 inches from my waist
11 inches from my hips
12 inches from my belly fat pouch/CS overhang
5.5 inches from my thighs
3 inches from my bingo wings

Really wish I'd measured more areas like my neck and my wrists though

@PissedOffNeighbour22 seriously incredible numbers! I bet you feel on top of the world and now your special day will be even more special! PS. I seemed to carry loads of weight on my wrists too, very odd! My watch is v loose.

Oh god I can never be arsed measuring myself.

my trousers are all massive though.

oh but huge well done on those numbers!

@PissedOffNeighbour22
Wow, big loses!
I wish I'd started measuring from the beginning. Still interesting to check in every month though. I found it really hard when I was still fat to decide where waist, abdomen and hips actually were so my measurements have been a bit all over the place, but I lost an inch off my neck after a month, no more since but it wasn't even an area I thought was fat! None of my rings fit now, not even one I wore about 45yrs ago as a teenager.

That’s incredible @PissedOffNeighbour22 I don’t have many measurements, but I do have photos. It’s very weird looking back. When is your wedding? Is your dress alterable? Sounds like you maybe in the endgame boat as @CiderJabs with a wedding coming up.

@KrankyKumquat hope the remembrance parade goes well.

Back to 9.10 this morning. :)

How wonderful, @PissedOffNeighbour22! And will you need to get the dress taken in?!

My measurements are all a bit staggering. 14 inches off my waist… But I don’t think I actually had a waist to accurately measure before (confusion like @KrankyKumquat) so not sure it really is quite that much! 3 inches off my neck though!

Wow! @PissedOffNeighbour22 that's incredible. I haven't taken a set of before measurements, but I did have one waist measurement ( like @KrankyKumquat and @Wonkypictureframe , the actual location of my waist is up for debate. Based on that one measurement, I have lost 7 inches - not bad!
I am now feeling more motivated. 7.5 is good for me and I have one more pen. I seem to be dropping a bit quicker than recently. I was down 200g this morning (unofficial, I will record Thursday's weight) I envisage getting to goal within the 7.5 pen and then my next pen would be 5mg and see how that works.
Good work all😀