Mounjaro - Late September Starters

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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!

@AnnieMcFanny exactly

I lost 20lb (out of 50 needed) earlier this year over 3 months. It was hard work and I was constantly hungry and craving foods, even on 1500 cals per day which was a 500 cal deficit. I was grumpy and miserable.
It only took one life event which threw me off track and I was back to comfort eating and spiralling into the blood sugar rollercoaster. I tried to get back to calorie counting multiple times over the next 6 months but slowly regained 8 out of the 20lbs I'd lost. My brain was fighting against me.

I wasn't taught or fed a good diet when I was younger. In fact, sweets and treats were very much used as a positive reward tool, very regularly. This has definitely contributed to my emotional eating. I've tried NLP/CBT which worked for smoking but not for my diet.
MJ switching that brain noise off is amazing.

That’s good @Orangesandlemons77. 12 years is a long time but at least they have a plan.
Im in Aus and got a private prescription but my Dr, when I asked her about it, went through it all with me, but said it’s only prescribed for people with a higher BMI here at the moment. Hopefully they have a plan here too as we also have a high rate of obesity here.

Agree with this entirely. Coupled with the prices of gyms, exercise classes, healthier food etc. really hope our Govt can set money aside to tackle this.

Day 6/7 of week 2. I need massive amounts of willpower today as feel suppression is gone. Send help 🤣🫠

Has anyone been fine and then have side effects out of nowhere? Wk 2 day 4, had no side effects at all before. Was ok this morning, bit tired, had yoghurt and fruit for breakfast and then had to pull over on the way to work to throw up! Came back home, had one bout of diarrhoea but now seem ok, just delicate. I’m assuming side effects rather than bug?

Has anyone gone off certain foods? I feel my eating has been very basic this week. I can't face things I usually love like chicken and eggs the thought of them makes me feel sick 🤮

yes, I'm just the same and have mainly nearly gone vegan! I am trying to make sure I get a range of protein though. I have been having some humous and soup, (not together) weirdly like weetabix now as well.

I couldn’t face tea or anything remotely dairy for a week or so. Deep fried food has always disagreed with my digestive system, but now it tastes horrid too. Thankfully curry is still acceptable to my gut!

Week 3 day 3 and I am STARVING. Still making good choices but really need to move up a dose I think. Zero SE now

It's such a strange feeling as I was so greedy and I would have eaten anything, I also bought some soup and it satisfies me, before I avoided soup as I needed lots of bread with it to feel even remotely full.

I'm kind of going with it for now. Wonder if it will stay like this? have also kind of lost my sweet tooth. Which is very strange for me.

Lost 7lb in the first week. Jab 2 was on Friday, the appetite suppression lasted all week last week so hopefully is the same this week too.
Haven't lost anything since Friday but I'm not too worried, my diet is definitely better than it was before and I've gone from craving sweet treats constantly to not being interested in them at all.

I haven't had any type of sweet since I started. I used to mainline sugar, but I just don't want it now. My dentist will be pleased!

I've had a couple of squares of dairy milk chocolate 3 times, and that's it. It's the best bit for me. My diet is 1000 times better, even though my calories are really low. I used to get minimal protein

@Cocoaone - I was eating so much chocolate! Craving it like nobody’s business.

I’m only 10 days in (Week 2, Day 3) and I haven’t had the urge for any of it. There is plenty in the house and I’m just not interested.

My sweet tooth also gone! I was always a crisp lover but discovered if I do still crave them a multipack bag does the job (as opposed to a box of Pringles...)

Halfway through last day of week 2. Drinking a coffee instead of eating a bun - woo!

Just completed my second week and had my third jab on Sunday night. Weigh in in Monday morning and I've lost 15lbs in total.😮

Im over the moon but I've had a bad week with COVID so was off food anyway so didn't know how the scales would go as I'd done nothing except sleep and feel sorry for myself lol
I don't know if it helps anyone but this week I had two bouts of indigestion and nausea. Im a veggie with very limited dairy and both times were with food with dairy in it. It could be something to consider for those who are getting indigestion and gas.

So glad to hear all of your progress wether it's small or large losses, we're moving in the right direction.

15 pounds @Gingerela !!!! Incredible!! Well done 👏🏻

The thread of hate has made me very sad.

So many things have contributed to my weight gain. I’m two stone heavier than I was in 2022. I’ve never been fitter, I train a min. 4 days a week and heading for my first Hyrox. I was watching every calorie.

Medication and peri menopause has completely wrecked me.

This is the only thing that might change as nothing else has so far.

A few months ago I sold on Vinted or donated to charity clothes way in excess of 12 months of injections. That was my tipping point. I currently have no winter coat that fits. A decent coat for where I live / need for a commute is £300 easily.

I’m not sure anyone on that thread is thinking of the bigger picture

That thread upset me last night but in the cold light of day, I think it's clear that thread has a few vocal people on it who have pretty severe hang ups of their own when it comes to weight loss and food. They have some pretty messed up thinking. At least one of them is on another thread complainig they cannot lose weight. I don't think it takes much psychology to see they are perhaps using the hate thread as a way to feel a bit better about themselves.

Projecting? I think that might be what it is called, when they are upset and blame others? Something like that anyway.

I'm kind of at the stage in life where I really don't care what others think. If they are like that I don't want to know them anyway. I am also dealing with some others disordered weight behaviour (esp. MIL) in RL, and getting more confident when she tries to get me to 'eat more' to make her feel better.

It's sad, but sometimes these behaviours can get ingrained and maybe a disruption to their rigid ways of thinking good / bad etc is causing issues. I think.

Projection, Exactly.

I think it's important we remember that thin doesn't necessarily mean healthy and a lot of people put their whole worth in being thin. I think most of us are doing this as almost a last resort after trying so many other ways to lose weight. I'm not gonna lie, I'm looking forward to being slimmer, looking better and feeling comfortable in my body but the big tipping point is my health. My joints are bad, sciatica, etc. I need to lose the weight for a quality of life and for me the whole point of this jab is to attempt to reset some of the disordered eating I've had all my life. I took have the added issue of medication and meno pile the weight on.

My step mother is a perfect example. Nine stone her whole life and she has always eaten shit. Sweet tooth, coffee and cigs. I've never seen her drink a glass of water in fifty years. Eats convenience food etc. my step sis is the same, but add in a lot of alcohol. Both have never struggled with their weight. But can no way be seen as healthy. I want to be slim, yes. But I also want to be healthy.

Very similar here. MIL ultra thin, eats mainly bags of crisps and coffee and is always 'starving' and missing meals, while encouraging me to eat and order cakes as she wants some but feels better if I order or eat more...

I'm late 40s, had a lot of weight gain mainly due to some health problems and meds I'm on, was going to get referred for sleep apnea, have depression, cholesterol rising, etc etc, this is a really important step for me to try and get things a bit better before my next raft of blood tests and ECG later this year (I have yearly tests due to the meds)

I've discussed mounjaro with the GP, they are all for it.

I had very vivid dreams again last night, dreamt I was pregnant then breastfeeding and my whole family came round while the house was a mess, and a blanket I’m knitting went horribly wrong. Strangely I’m not a mother nor do I want any kids (I think) but my very good friend has just told me she’s pregnant so that probably influenced it. But still rather bizarre

Did anyone watch Lorraine this morning. Discussing weight loss jabs with Dr Hillary. Both decided that unless you had severe health issues you should try other forms of healthy eating first.
Well if it was that easy I wouldn't be here...
I do think they are confusing the prescribed ones with the dodgy ones so people are not being told the whole story.