Mounjaro September Support (2)

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Continuation of Mounjaro September Support www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weight-loss-injections/5155143-mounjaro-september-support

Thread 2, here we go!

Mine's tomorrow evening.

Hi - thank you to everyone who provides support on this thread. I'm sorry if this has already been asked before. I have just finished my first 2.5 pen but I want to use the golden dose. How much is in this dose? I am going to re-order another 2.5 pen - will it matter if the golden dose is higher or lower than 2.5?

An extra 0.5mg from a 2.5mg pen would be 12 clicks.

So 60+12 for your 3rd dose, making 3.0mg.

Your pen probably won't allow you to get all you want for the 4th dose (as you will have already used some for your 3rd) so you would need to use some of the bonus dose by hard twisting the pen.

(Alternatively, if you wanted to extract your 4th dose using a syringe, you'd want 7.2ml for a dose of 3.0mg).

I hope this helps (please feel free to check my maths, too) and good luck. Hopefully the increased dose does what you need.

Thanks @HippoPortlyMouse
I have been so hungry tonight, so I really need to go up, I'm just scared of the side effects

@alwaysscared If a sample size of 1 is any good... when I went from 2.5 to 3 I had no side effects. Slightly more suppression, especially the first day after the jab. We talk about side effects a lot on here, but lots of times people are fine. If you're creeping up the doses, you're giving your body the best chance to adjust.

3 weeks done on MJ.

wk1 - lost 4lbs
wk2 - lost 4lbs
wk3 - lost 3lbs

So 11lbs down in 3 weeks! And I’ve been on my period this week so usually I would have put on weight and then struggled to lose that for the rest of the month, thereby never losing anything!! so Happy I did this as I had been stuck for so long.

Watching the news this morning with my mum and she is giving out about the suggestion of giving weight loss drugs to job seekers, saying how awful the long term effects are and how it is a quick fix that will just make people fatter in the end. A conversation that is certainly validating my decision not to tell her anyway 🙈

First few days after injection,I'm really bloated. I've taken probiotics to see if that will help. I saw it recommended somewhere.

Week 7, I'm enjoying the strength and development classes at the gym , my goodness though my thighs and butt ached last week 😆. I haven't managed to do as much walking in the last 7 days as I had been doing, so will make sure I get out for a stomp at lunch time.

30/08/2024 - 122.5kg
03/09/2024 - 120.9kg, first dose 2.5 of MJ
10/09/2024 - 118.3kg, second dose 2.5 of MJ
17/09/2024 - 116.2kg, third dose 2.5 of MJ
24/09/2024 - 112.4kg, forth dose 2.5 of MJ
01/10/2024 - 112.4kg, fifth dose 2.5 of MJ
08/10/2024 - 111.0kg, sixth dose 2.5 of MJ
15/10/2024 - 109.8kg, seventh dose 2.5 of MJ

Loss - 12.7kg … an average 2 year old 👦 holding a chihuahua 🐶

Goal - to be in the healthy BMI range (70.3kg)

@sylv165 i haven’t told anyone except a nurse friend - I can’t be arsed with ill informed judgy folk who all seem to think MJ dissolves fat on the spot whilst you’re eating a KFC bucket. It’s too exhausting even thinking about explaining myself. Luckily I go to the gym a lot so no one will think anything except I’ve upped the classes and stopped eating cake.

@SpottyBumPony thats pretty impressive ! Am jealous.
I am down 7kg in 5 weeks and a bit, the weight of one of my heaviest dumbbells I can’t even lift it comfortably over my head. 2 more dumbbells worth to go. Shocking to think I’ve been hoiking this fat around for years, no wonder my knees were knackered…

I have told DH, and this week told a friend who mentioned on a group chat that she was thinking of going down the route of injections. Feels good to talk about it with someone in real life, but I definitely won’t be telling many people

Placemarking. It's my first week on 5mg, going ok, no real problem side effects. Best of luck everyone

Bit late to replying as I've been away in the wilds of Scotland! Took 2.5mg from my new 5mg pen as jab day was the day I travelled - and didn't fancy a 6 hour train journey with any new side effects.

I haven't tracked what I've eaten since then, and have had some amazing foods - local smoked salmon eggs benedict on the shore of a Loch, anyone! And had some beers. But, I ate when I was hungry rather than through boredom.or obligation. I also had a bit of a mental breakthrough - I find it difficult to 'waste' money on food I've ordered by not eating the full plate, but I found myself thinking that I could prioritise myself and not treat my body like a dustbin. I found that once I was accepting od the fact that I would, eg leave most of the chips, I stopped bothering me and I was able to enjoy the ones I did eat. Was amazed this morning to weigh in and have LOST weight again!

SW 98kg, BMI nearly 40.
CW 91.8kg, BMI just over 37 and over 6% bodyweight loss!

@suze12 ze12 I keep mine out the fridge, it's easier to inject etc. from the bedroom. My sharps box is in a storage box in my box room along with the needles, and the pen itself is in my knicker drawer. I kept the 2.5mg pen there for the full 30 days after opening and it was effective all the way through September.

@EBoo80 o80 I think there's something about weight loss causing hormonal changes which can impact menstruation. I've got a coil, but am a bit perimeno too, and my last period was 5 days longer than normal!

@Adelstrop trop For constipation - Prunes. Or dried apricots. I eat about 6 a day and it keeps things regular.

@mononymous If you use a syringe (insulin ones work) you can extract and measure the exact dose in ml. If you do a hard twist (I didd mine with my teeth, classy), it will turn from 0-1 which would be a full 2.5mg dose (unless you've used more priming it, in which case it will stop earlier).

I haven’t told anyone at all, except my husband and he is nothing but supportive. People can be so judgy. I love it when naturally thin people say you just have to eat less and move more. It so simple! Like I have spent my life sitting on my arse, eating pizza and doughnuts! I usually come back with, if it was as simple as that we’d all be a size 10. But, I don’t need the stress so I shall be keeping it to myself.

Week 5 weigh in and my first full week of 5mg. I lost...wait for it...a whole quarter of a pound. Not even a whole one.

My worst week yet and I really don't think I ate any differently. I expected going up in dose would be an improvement so not sure what's going on.

Oh well, hopefully this next week will be better.

Day 3 of second dose of 5mg and it’s floored me this week so far. It’s not so much that I’m not hungry, it’s more the nauseous feeling I can’t shake off. Haven’t even hit 1000 cals this week on any day so going to make a real effort to get to 1200 cals tomorrow, as I’ve felt quite light-headed a couple of times. Hoping this feeling wears off!

Feeling disheartened this morning,

I've had 3 doses so far (due my 4th today). Lost 11 lbs so far but only 1 lb this past week.

I'm drinking 2.5L + water a day. Eating an apple, protein yoghurt and a main meal (chicken and eggs usually) a day.

I have appetite suppression so it's not like it's not working because it's only the 2.5 dose either.

Don't dispair @SageInspo !

I lost 9lbs in the first 2 weeks and in the 10 days since, I've bobbed up and down around the same 1lb despite calories staying fairly static and definitely low enough to be losing.
It's gone down a bit again this morning, but I figure my body is probably in shock at losing quite a bit of weight/water so is recalibrating. It'll come off again soon x

see this is why I weigh everyday, as you may be retaining water today for whatever reason (eg time of month or maybe you worked out yesterday). I know that’s not for everyone. 11 lb is amazing though.

my scales have gone up again slightly today but I think it’s cos I’m really constipated🙁 not great. I had some dried apricots in the cupboard so ate those but they usually really don’t agree with me and so I’m worried about being horribly bloated and gassy at work today. Yay.

Week 4 weigh-in and I have lost 4lbs this week, taking me up to 12lbs in total. I only lost 1lbs last week but my period started the day after I weighed so was hoping for 2 or 3lbs this week but 4 is very unexpected and 12lbs in less than a month is definitely beyond my expectations going into this. I’m staying on 2.5 for this week but might gradually move up over the month.

Scales have gone up a bit for me this morning but I took DD out for Slim Chickens last night which meant salty carbs food and eating later than usual so today will involve drinking lots of water to rectify that.

I'm also in the week before my period starts and know that means I'll retain water this week so not expecting any high losses.

It's my 3rd day on 3.75 and I definitely have suppression, am having to force myself to eat today. On 2.5 I was getting nothing after the first week so I am happy it is working. No awful side effects thankfully.

I would echo what @Cocoaone said.

I lost 9lbs in week 1 and I think my body panicked a bit and I had small losses in weeks 2&3. I was getting a bit disheartened but I have just done my week 4 weigh in (and 5th jab) and I have lost 3lbs this week.

Try and look at the average over the 3 weeks. Maybe we should only weigh everytime we get a new pen??? I say as someone who weighs everyday!

I'm the same but only 3 days in on 3.75 from a 5mg pen. Feeling really nauseous, tired and sore head. Drinking loads of water but having to force myself to eat 🙈