Mounjaro - Late September Starters

[ShiftAMountain]

I see so many threads for people who all started about the same time as each other and think it must be good to have people at similar stages that you can share stories with and go through it all together.

There is a Sept thread but those guys have all started already.

Anyone due to start in the second half of Sept that would be interested in a thread?

I am just waiting delivery of my first pen today but don't plan to inject until Sunday evening. I WFH so cannot work out if having the 'worst' of any side effects ruining the weekend is better/worse than having to work through them on Mon/Tue. However, I have a couple of weekend social things coming up and decided it might be easier to do them when my previous injection is starting to wear off a bit - so Sunday nights it is!

My first pen should arrive tomorrow. Really angry with myself because I lost 4 stone and although still overweight was looking alright (for a 69;year old!)

Simple cannot stop the cravings and overeating and have put on 1st 8lbs since June so I’m trying this to at least kickstart myself back on to the wagon and hopefully lose enough to fit into the clothes I bought for my 70th birthday cruise in December.

Biggest worry is hiding it in the fridge because DH is dead against such things!

Bake Off is proving challenging. It's all making my mouth water - perhaps I need to change my dose day to a Monday night? 😂

Biggest worry is hiding it in the fridge because DH is dead against such things!

If it helps, it only needs to be in the fridge before you start using it. Once you take your first dose it just needs to be kept below 30c and used within 30 days.

Hi everyone

I've been lurking on this post for a while! My pen should arrive on Thursday. I've ordered from Asda, as I used them before but in hindsight I should have gone cheaper elsewhere!

So glad to have read some of your initial thoughts of failure / is this what this has come to because I feel the EXACT same. 4 months PP with my second baby and my weight has just continued to pile on since the death of my mum almost 10 years ago. I need this to kickstart me into shape. I worry about long term - I don't want to be on it for more than 6 months but have read the weight can rebound back. Has anyone any experience with this or found any other studies around this?

Excited (and nervous) to get started. My whole day can be made by good food, it's sad how much I rely on it for my emotional wellbeing.

SW 16st 9
GW 12st

I've just administered my first dose, and I didn't feel it all to the point of wondering if I actually did it. Is this normal? I am used to self administering sub cut but with with a needle that's a good 1 cm long. Might this be why I didn't feel it? Any thoughts at all.

Thank you, @ShiftAMountain 😊. That’s marvellous.

He wouldn’t (couldn’t!) stop me taking it but there’d be so many questions and fuss about side effects etc.

@julesagain I wouldn't have felt it either if I hadn't messed up the withdrawal. Going in I couldn't feel anything but I pulled it out at an angle that tugged and scratched just a tiny bit. Next time I imagine it'll be totally without feeling.

Administered my first dose this evening... I chose my arm as it's a site I've never used before and lots of people had recommended it.

My pen came with a leaflet to say that this batch had an extended shelf life and whilst the pen said 09-24 the expiry was 04-25. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Hi, I’ve just received my prescription today and can pick up my pen probably tomorrow or Friday, so I’d like to join this group please!
My story is familiar - slowly put on weight with two pregnancies, then reached peri menopause and stacked on an extra few kg on top and although I can lose some through iron discipline and willpower, it’s so hard now I’m 46 and it never stays off. I have a snacking habit, and a sweet tooth.
Nervous about side effects but also just so shocked every time I see a photo of myself or catch myself in a mirror as in my head I’m still the slim person I was at 25.

SW 75kg 11.8stone I think
GW 60kg 9.4
Im 5ft 3 and small framed so the 75kg hangs heavy on me.

Started last night. Things seem normal this morning. Wondering what the day will bring?!

Guys, I've had a nightmare night. I'm feeling so sorry for myself. Injected Monday night was fine yesterday. Last night around 3 am the D&V started and it's still bad now (although I haven't been sick since 6 am ish). My husband didn't have much sympathy and I wasn't able to help get our two small children ready for nursery. Feeling like a complete failure to have failed them in this way just because I don't have any willpower.

not really sure what to do now. I am wfh today anyway so that's good. I can't remove the stuff from my body so just got to battle through. I can't see that I'll inject myself again next week though.

any advice? Did anyone else have this and then it got better?

@Mumoftwo36 oh no! Can you get some Imodium? Did you eat anything overly fatty? I haven't started mine yet so I have no experience, but it seems like it affects people so differently

Yesterday I had a banana, avocado on toast with two eggs and salmon with potatoes and salad. From the sick (sorry tmi) it looks like the salad didn't digest because that's the only thing that came up. So maybe an issue with that or maybe the salmon was too fatty...? I also had lots of cups of tea. 🤷‍♀️

I think I'll probably only stick to plain toast today. Getting the sulphur burps badly as well. Im also going to get some probiotic yogurts. I don't feel awful or feverish like you would with a tummy bug so that's one thing.

Gosh that sounds awful. I’m starting mine Monday so can’t give advice as such but can you take Imodium?

I am also finding it odd, in that I am clearly hungry and yesterday morning I was ravenous but still found it very easy to just eat well at mealtimes. No snacking, no second helpings at dinner etc.

I don't FEEL any different but it's just making the choices so much easier. It's so strange!

That sounds really rough @Mumoftwo36 . I had the sulphur burps on Sunday though they wree gone again by Monday morning, so here's hoping the sickness eases for you. I'd try to eat little, bland and often today and see how that helps.

It's possible to split the pen dose so you only take 1.25mg next week, if you were still worried but felt like you wanted to give it another go?

Thank you all. I think you can take Imodium. So that's good. I'm just going to see how I get on today then doing a half dose is an option for sure. On a positive note I've lost a pound 🤣

love hearing everyone's updates

@Mumoftwo36 his link mich have some tips on how to manage the side effects, there’s a summary at the bottom.

https://www.webmd.com/obesity/mounjaro-side-effects

If you reduce you dose you’re only going to have to up it again, you run the risk of extending your side effects as your boy is having to get used to the drug more slowly if you see what I mean.

I did jab 2 this morning, weighed myself and I’ve dropped 4.4lbs. Chuffed to bits.

Day 4 is constipation day for me. Grim. Had 2 senacot at bedtime and currently wrestling with a fybrogel drink, which has gone gloopy.

I shall obviously announce the eventual arrival of a poo with the excitement reserved for the delivery of a longed for first born child.

Otherwise, still no food noise..feel a bit tired.

This is almost exactly me, @AnybodyAnywhere - I lost 80lbs back in 2022 but due to bad habits creeping back in over the last year I've regained 30lb and can feel it. I'm so angry at myself, when I think back to how amazing I felt when I dropped all the weight - no more joint pain, no breathlessness, diabetes reversed, clothes looking good on me again. I'm doing this now because I just need a kickstart to try and get back on track, and most importantly reverse the diabetes again.

Day 2 update after my first dose - feeling normal, no side effects as yet and have been sleeping well. I'm not off my food as such, but I'm not craving sweets or snacks, which is my main downfall especially on an evening, so I'm pleased about that. I'm trying to increase my water intake and focus a bit more on protein rather than carbs. Feeling positive at the moment but let's see what the rest of the week brings, my side effects could be just around the corner. I'm enjoying reading everyone's updates, let's hope we can all celebrate our losses soon.

I am trying hard NOT to be angry with myself. Over Covid I lost about 60 pounds. I think the lockdown and general downturn of everything meant I had more mental energy to focus hard.

But I could not sustain it. By the time I got close to 60lbs lost, I was thinking about food pretty much every minute of the day. It never stopped and I knew I was 'white knuckling' it.

All that weight came back in the end, when the world got going again.

I am out of patience with being angry at myself for failing. It is what it is. I am where I am. If I need medication to terat my chronic, long term obesity then that's what I need.

I am attempting to liberate myself from this never ending cycle of mental guilt for not losing the weight, for losing it but not maintaining it, for needing help.

I’m miffed for a silly reason today, I’m weighing Sunday and Wednesday and I’ve lost less than a pound from Sunday. Which I know is only three days and that’s really good but to not even be a pound is disappointing somehow? I should probably just weigh on Sundays but I felt twice weekly would give me more motivation? I really don’t know

@ShiftAMountain that's a great way to look at it, and I really need to try and shift my mindset too and be a bit kinder to myself.

I get it, @FelicityBeedle - we all know weight loss is not linear and two measurements taken 3 days apart are not indicative of anything, really. But I wonder if there will ever come a day when the scales feel more like just a measuring device and less a source of judgement and cause of my good or bad mood?