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!

It's really easy to do.. after a couple clicks it feels like it's stuck, twist harder, it will feel like your breaking it but it's fine.. then just keep twisting till 1 again.. unless your brave like a lot of other people and go for the syringe and you will get a bit more, like 3 or 3.75.

@Sampler Thank you! I’ll get me some peppermint tea today.

Peppermint capsules are working better for me than tea. Can get in Holland & Barrett or online. I keep them in my handbag and they’re magic. There’s a really decent evidence base behind them as well.

Do the mint tea bags or capsules make you feel less queasy as well as combating the gas, @Sampler @EBoo80 ?

Injection number 4 for me today and decided last minute to double the dose and do the hard twist. I was really struggling from Saturday onwards with food noise. Didn’t give in, but it really set me back with getting on with stuff, it was so distracting.
have ordered my next pen for starting officially on 5mg next week.
Am taking photos at the start of every pen to see the changes and hopefully boost my willpower to keep going.
I’ve still got what looks like half a dose left in the pen despite the hard twist, so not sure what to do about that yet.

Yes definitely. Either works for me but when I’m feeling nauseous or gassy I don’t always want a cup of liquid, so capsules suit me better.

Morning all.
@20bloodypounds thanks for asking.
I stayed away for a few days because I was feeling so lousy. Been on 2.5 for 2 weeks. First week was great, second had awful sides. So decided to do 1.25 for week 3. Injected Friday. Continued to feel awful on 1.25 until this morning - day 5. The food suppression was so huge I could hardly eat a thing, so not sure if my symptoms were the MJ or lack of food though.

SW 85.7
CW 82.3
GW 68
very happy with the results for 2.5weeks!

But I’ve decided to stop as I have a holiday shortly, and whilst I wouldn’t mind being away with little appetite, I couldn’t cope with being away and the side effects. Thinking about whether to try again after the holiday starting with a super low dose. I’ll be carrying on watching with interest the amazing progress of you all.

I haven’t tried the capsules @OldKnees - my sulphur burps and gurgling were contained by the tea quite well - but everyone is different. I was just sipping it during a 2 hour meeting (2 cups) and by the end I was normal 😀

Thanks, @sampler. I’ll get both and take the capsules when I can’t face more liquid.

I went for it and took jab 2 one day early last night. Felt about right as I noticed a big reduction in appetite suppression at dinner last night, although I agree @Scribl, I should have been more patient and just started on a Friday! No side effects so far🤞.

Official weigh-in tomorrow and I think I'll have lost 3 or 4lbs which I will be delighted with!

I’m not. I partly blame my weight issues on the toxic diet culture I got into by starting WW over 20 years ago.

Week 4 and I'm very pleased. I've re-ordered a 2.5 pen as I'm loosing lots. I have hunger and appetite but it's so much more manageable than normal.

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
Loss - 10.1kg … an automobile tyre 🛞
Goal - to be in the healthy BMI range (70.3kg)

Can I join you?

Took my first dose on 6th Sept. I've had a bit of heartburn and a mild headache or two, but nothing too bad and nothing I wouldn't give myself by eating too much of the wrong thing and not drinking enough. The lack of 'hunger' was pretty immediate and fairly astonishing although I might have replaced the noise with calories/weights/thinking about what I can eat.

SW 225lbs
CW 212
GW - not sure yet, but my first aim is to get below the weight I've managed 'on my own' in the past which was 174

I'm only 5 ft, so these numbers are horrifying, particularly since I was tiny until my twenties.

It's complicated by the fact that I have auto-immune issues and 'react' to a lot of foods, including dairy. I'm not attempting super low-calorie, but between the immune issues and the fact that I trained my body to live on water, lettuce, chicken and yoghurt (pre-issues) as a teenager, I've got to keep it below 1200 to even stand a chance.

I'm at the end of 2.5mg, got the bonus dose I am going to try to take this weekend but I am really feeling the food noise coming back in now.
Looks like I'm ready for 5mg, just hope the side effects are not tooooo bad!
Anyone else made the move recently up? How did you get on?

I’ve not lost anything in more than 2 weeks. I’ve been on MJ since 25 August and have lost 7 pounds altogether. I’m delighted with that but a bit despondent about the total lack of movement recently.
I’m doing everything I’m meant to - I think. Prioritising protein and fibre, exercising, hydrating. I don’t drink alcohol anyway. Did have a major sweet tooth but am not even feeling tempted (once a week chocolate in front of Strictly with my daughter as that’s our thing)
im keeping going, because that 7 pounds is more than I’ve lost in years, but surely the losses have to start again? Im BMI 33 so by no means anywhere near target!!

I ordered my 2nd pen last night with MedExpress and it's been dispatched less than 12 hours later. Was worrying about it arriving in time I have my 4th 2.5mg dose to go on Friday and then on to 5mg. Really hoping to continue with minimal side effects.

It really will start to come off again, your body is influenced by more than just the MJ and what you eat. Your weight will be affected by:

• hormonal fluctuations
• heat and cold
• illness
• water retention from exercise/muscle damage
• sleep

And so much more. Plateaus are normal and to be expected, the trick and where most of us fall down at some point, is to stay consistent and not reach for the cake.

Because of the price of these, I would take 5 dose of the 2.5mg, so an extra week. There is enough in the pen.. just need to get yourself some extra needles..

I’ve done my first jab!
I’m now going to have to try and hide it as I’m not telling anyone, even DH, I’m doing this!

May be a silly question but how can you be sure how much you're having from a bonus dose?

Has anyone else had more supression on wk 4 of 2 .5 ? Wk 3 i was hungry and so ordered a 5mg pen but now im thinking of staying on 2.5mg. Have lost 18lb in first month.
Sw 20.11
Cw 19.7

@raspberrymeringue I've done the same as you and done 1.75mg this week. So far so good though I know that side effects are worse in day 2 to 3 so need to get through tomorrow before I'm in the clear... I was completely on the fence about taking this done vs talking a break like you've decided to as I'm travelling this week as well. Hoping the half dose works. Hope you have a great holiday!

I'm planning to take another half dose on friday and then change my day to then going forward as I agree the weekends are easier if you're feeling lousy. Let's see how this week goes first though. Solidarity for everyone feeling awful!

Ordered my 5mg pen yesterday and thanks to no tracking update from the courier I missed the delivery this morning. Now it’s going to be redelivered tomorrow! Will the pen be ok to use next Monday? Surely the wee cool/ice pack things won’t last til tomorrow.

Welcome! Mine is at the back of my underwear drawer 😂

If you use the hard twist method, just do exactly the same as before, just the pen is hard to twist, it will feel like your breaking it.. but this way it will only be 2.5.. if you use a syringe you will be able to get all of it and then can measure.. 0.6 is a dose so if you got 0.7 or 0.8ml it will be higher.. people on here will be able to tell you how much.. but if you have extra pens, just do it the normal way then it will definalty be 2.5 . Unless you have wasted like loads of it..