Mounjaro October starters

[Rockfordpeach]

Hi,
I've taken the plunge and ordered Mounjaro through MedExpress. My prescription was accepted today and as long as it arrives in time I plan to start on Thursday (my birthday is on Wednesday 😂😂). I thought I would start a thread for any new starters if anyone is interested 😊

End of day 2 for me and no symptoms as described by others. I still ate lunch and dinner but smaller portions and an apple for breakfast. I snacked on some tomatoes and nuts in the morning and cucumber before dinner.
I don’t feel hungry though so I think it’s working and I’ve been drinking lots of water all through the day.
I’ve also started actively exercising again since last week and been so happy waking up and doing them because psychologically, it feels like it won’t be in vain this time.

Me too!!!

That’s great with the exercise and I know what you mean. You’re doing something for your weight and exercise is for fitness and strength.

Mine was delivered on a Saturday

Just worked out how many calories my food today was and it's around 900 and I'm not hungry at all this is so strange.

Totally thinking and feeling the same - tight jaw and temples. Weird - I put it down to tension as I do feel as though Im overthinking everything at the moment.

Yes I have been so cold since having my jab. Strange effect.

Good luck to everyone, it’s so helpful to see how others are getting on and progressing!

It’s really hard to tell if it’s the injection working or my brain telling me I’ve spent so much money I’d be an absolute idiot to waste it!

Breakfast: banana & protein shake
Lunch: 1 hard boiled egg, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, 2 tbsp cottage cheese, 1x electrolyte drink (felt very full afterwards!)
Dinner: FOUR forkfuls of pasta and could not face anymore

1 cup of black coffee mid morning
2 litres of water

no idea what calories that is, but can’t be too much surely?!

People struggling to eat over 1000 calories and I'm struggling to stay under 2000 😫

I'm hoping after my second jab I might start to feel something.🤞

Same. Im bloody starving, out of cals for the day again, drinking water which i absolutely hate cos cant even have more squash, thinking i might just give up and go to bed again. I really hope it works at some point

I feel exactly the same! It is strange not having much of an appetite but still feeling quite energetic.

It has made me realise just how much of my day revolves (revolved?) around food! Either eating, cooking or planning. I really do enjoy food so I'm going to have to learn how to continue to enjoy food but just less of it.

I found making dinner a hassle last night. I didn't feel hungry at all but have to cook for the DC. My DH then brought home KFC and I didn't have any of that either. I'm going to try and get my older DC to write a meal plan for them for the week so I don't have to think about what to feed them.

Hi, I'm new to the thread and just starting day 4 after my first jab. I have about 3 stone to lose, but would be happy with 2 to 2.5.
I don't feel very different at all, however I am eating about 1100 cals a day and making healthy choices with ease. It may just be the discipline that I always feel at the start of a health kick, or it may be the jab, I'm not sure. But I certainly don't feel like I'm obsessing about food the way I normally do. I could be eating less quite easily I think, but am making an effort to get enough calories, protein and fibre. I could also be eating more if I wanted....basically I feel in control at this point.
Good luck everyone, I am so hopeful that this I'd finally going to be the help we all need to become healthy again.

Hi all I am new and on day 2 of loading dose, do not feel anything at all! Scoffed as usual last night so not feeling great, will try make healthy choice today. The pen also stopped halfway when I did it so had to do it split in 2, probably hasn’t helped!

Morning! I took my first dose on Friday evening. So far, side effects have been fine. No headaches but drinking electrolytes. The food noise is gone. I just don't really fancy anything.

Everything tastes weirdly salty but when I eat things like mange tout/broccoli they taste incredible! Taste explosion.

I seem to have had good suppression from the start which is nice. I'm really enjoying not thinking about food - yesterday my lunch break at work was 2 hours late due to various disasters and I had to be reminded to take it.

I'm not following any diet because for me this is about retraining my brain and learning to listen to my body better. I don't want to spend all this money and effort and then go back to treating my body badly. I'm buying through Juniper for the added support. I did an 8 week boot camp with a PT last year and learned masses about nutrition and lost 1.5 stone. I've kept a stone of that off. All the videos and articles on the Juniper app say the same things so I'm trying to build a really solid foundation. I am leaning towards protein and fibre though. I'm not banning any food.

Sorry for huge essay - I'm just so excited that I get to do this and I'm feeling really positive! It's my 50th next September and I'm hoping to be at least 4 stone down by then.

SW 16 stone 6lb
CW will find out on Friday!
GW 10 stone 7lb

Well done everyone for taking this brave step!

DAY 2

I thought I would wake up starving as I only had 705 cals yesterday, but nope.

So a cup of tea and protein yogurt, which I will force down.

Start of Day 4 here. Have really struggled to eat the last few days - food noise has disappeared.

Realised quite quickly that I wasn't drinking enough water so aiming for 2L per day. Had slight intermittent nausea but not felt hungry at all.

I never usually eat until lunchtime anyway so going to continue with that but stock up on protein. It feels quite bizarre!

Hoping for 3 stone loss - currently 12st 7lbs at first weigh in

2nd injection day for me...and weigh day...

I've lost 9lb....I just can't quite believe it. I've had no side effects...I still have food noise....the only difference is I get full a lot quicker than I used to so I am eating a lot less plus I'm choosing to eat healthier options and more protein.

Let's see what results this week brings

So i took my first dose last night at 7.30pm. Don't feel any different today and hyper aware looking out for it. Had 2 boiled eggs on ryvita with low fat mayo (I am weird i love ryvita) and have prepped a chicken salad for lunch. Got a peppermint tea on the go and a big glass of water as well.

How soon did everyone find side effects kicked in / feeling full kicked in?

That's fab well done!!

I took my first dose at 2.45pm on Sunday and woke up Monday morning with no appetite so it kicked in at some point overnight.

Ok exciting that its that's quick x

Day 5 so very much given up hope of feeling any suppression this week!

I've seen the charts showing the amount of the drug in your system after each jab and the jump between the first and second dose was notable larger than between the subsequent 2.5mg doses so I'm hoping I might feel something come Friday but also starting to assume I'll be upping to 5mg at the end of the month!

Hello everyone! I started three weeks ago as I’ve been up and down over the past three years with no results and only half heartedly trying. Menopausal now. The push for me was that three of my friends are on it and have lost three and four stone each one January the other inky since the beginning of summer. I’ve told them they’re not allowed to be skinnier than me 😂

That’s brilliant!
Day 5 for me and woke feeling very nauseous. I’m planning on bringing the injection day forward one day as the food suppression at the weekend is just too much. I haven’t told anyone about this so hoping not to draw attention to myself by not eating.