Mounjaro / Wegovy with > 5st / 30kg to lose: Thread 3

[VelociraptorsVelociRapping]

Thread 3!

Anyone using weight-loss injections to lose more than 5 stone / 30 kg is very welcome to come and chat in this supportive space.

@SqueakyDinosaur thank you. I try and get out but suffer from agoraphobia myself so it's tricky. We do have a peloton and I have been going on that for 45mins 3 to 4 times a week to have some me time.
@Arglefraster yes I have cyclizine from the doctor which helps a bit

The slow stomach emptying I've had lately is insane. Apparently it normally takes 4 hours for food to pass the stomach, but I was sick this morning (non Mounjaro related) and it had been over 14 hours since I last ate

I've stuck at 10mg for the next month due to the gastrointestinal issues I've been having for the past few weeks. They seem to be easing off now, but I think that's also just because 10mg is losing effectiveness- I'm really having to fight food noise more now and despite what I said above, I am managing to eat portions that are more like pre-MJ before I feel full. Wish I had gone up a dose now and just hoping I don't undo a chunk of my losses.

I'm having a similar week to you, @LoquaciousPineapple. Injecting a 12.5mg dose into my stomach instead of my thigh has absolutely kicked my arse this week. The last time I felt so unwell was when I first titrated from 2.5 to 5mg. I've lost at least 4lb so far this week but it feels like a bit of a pyrrhic victory!

I am kicking myself for moving up doses when I should have experimented with injection sites sooner. I am thinking of counting clicks to administer 10mg next week in my stomach. If that works for me I will stick at 10mg for the foreseeable.

Thanks Potato

I've just jagged so no more musing from me for a while hopefully!

It's lovely having this thread.

always sorry that's not knocking the nausea on the head. I wonder if it would be worth trying something like the sea sickness bands? They've never worked for me but I know people who found them amazing for pregnancy sickness.

So interesting reading this. I think I learn something new every day on here. Thank you.

I am feeling so much better on 7.5mg. I really didn't like 5mg as I didn't think it was that effective, I am already losing again having jagged my first 7.5mg on Monday (I have titrated up each time). 1 pen of 2.5mg and 5mg (using the bonus doses). For what it is worth, I always jag my stomach and think I will carry on doing that as I like the fact that it may be a more receptive area - and it is certainly big enough to take all these jags, so won't be running out of room any time soon😂.

No side effects from the MJ as far as I can tell. Fingers crossed that continues. So thrilled to see the scales shifting again (they felt a bit stuck) and this motivates me so much. People are starting to notice my weight-loss. (No one in real life knows about the MJ, but they know I am eating well and putting it down to that). I have also been decorating and up and down a ladder getting workouts every day. Must help, surely?

9.5 weeks and 23 pounds down.

Keep at it lovely losers.

Went to log my loss and noticed my BMI is 39.9. Great to come under 40

I've just weighed and I'm 1.5lbs up 😞
Can't blame time of the month because I have had a hysterectomy. I've been feeling so crap this week, I was sure I was going to have lost. I'll weigh again on Sunday.
Decided to do 4mg tonight instead of 4.5mg, see if I have a better time on that.
Of course, I could just be poorly and it's got nothing to do with MJ.

Woohoo that's great @NewbieMJ

Well done. I've being going the same time as you and haven't lost anywhere near as much. BMI 40 still a way off but I'm on my way!

@VelociraptorsVelociRapping I hope your side effects die down soon. I've never tried my thigh and always done the stomach (for some reason the thigh feels less flabby so I cringe at the idea of injecting there!), but I've heard the stomach can be more intense.

I think I might officially be a 'slow loser' :(

Did my 5th weigh-in this morning and have lost 0.6lbs over the past week. Similar previous week.

What I find confusing about Mounjaro is: I have good suppression, I eat very healthily, and I'm consuming around 1350-1450 calories a day which is about a 500 calorie deficit off my TDEE (approx 1900). So I don't need to wait for the higher doses until I start to feel the effects of the drug - I'm feeling them now.

But I have read many times on here that some people don't start seeing losses until they're on 7.5mg or 10mg etc. I wonder, are those people seeing the losses then because up until that point they didn't experience much suppression and were struggling to maintain a calorie deficit? So this was the point at which they could finally eat less, and therefore start to see the weight come off?

Or is there something inherent in the drug itself that doesn't get activated for some people until they're on a higher dose?

My understanding was that Mounjaro itself doesn't make you lose weight. It just creates the right environment (with appetite suppression and slower gastric emptying) so that it's much easier to eat less, reduce food noise, and stick to it consistently long-term.

So if I'm already getting enough suppression on 5mg, eating steadily at a calorie deficit, but still not losing hardly any weight, what would change by going up to 7.5mg? I don't want to eat any less. So I'm just a bit confused about what difference a higher dose is going to make, exactly?

Sorry for the essay!

well, this week has been super sucessful, weigh day tomorrow and i’ve already doubled what I usually lose in a week?? So odd as my deficit has been the same, can only assume my period has had something to do with it!

on another note, i have had the quickest approval ever for my repeat order - less than 3 minutes!!! I was stratigically planning it late today so it wouldn’t get approved too soon an arrive before Monday as I’m not home much! Asda have a habit of dispatching after the 4pm thursday cut off so I get deliveries on weekends but this weekend is too busy!

whats the bet dpd deliver when im out 🫠🫠

My understanding was that Mounjaro itself doesn't make you lose weight. It just creates the right environment (with appetite suppression and slower gastric emptying) so that it's much easier to eat less, reduce food noise, and stick to it consistently long-term.

This is my understanding too. So I don't really have anything useful to add.

Would it be worth a week of very vigilent calorie tracking so make sure you are hitting those numbers?

One of the hard hitting truths I am coming around to & learning on MJ is I need to eat a lot less than I think I do. Not only to be in calorie deficit and lose weight but also with an eye on eventually maintaining. I guess as I've always over eaten this shouldnt be a surprise, but looking to the future I will require dramaticaly less calories being lighter and older. I really am looking at a radical lifestyle change coming off MJ and my relationship with food needs to change dramatically and permanently.

And also there are many contridictions - such as I should supposedly be eating 220 ish grams of protein each day. I can't see how I can do that & be in calorie deficit. I am eating protein at every meal, don't eat any processed carbs and I'm lucky to hit half that amount of protein. All I am eating is combinations of protein, vegetables, fruit, olive oil. Sure I am losing weight, but I just had a month where I drank alcohol very modestly and had a few meals out - with smaller portions and healthier choices - and I plateaued for a month. I've been taking this as an example of what a maintence diet might look like and its not alot of food/drink.

thanks for remining me I should order my next pen now as they take a few days to process and ship!

Well I managed the day after jabbing in the car running around all over the County on visits without any incidents involving suspect farts (after last week's Code Brown spectacular). Not noticing any massive impact of the jab this week yet though to be fair (I know, I know... loading dose and I've got to do my 4 weeks before admission to the Big Girl Club), although I have managed to do a run of lunchtime assessments without immediately going to the shop and buying a load of crap to snack on (joys of having a job where about 50% of my work is really carefully observe other people eating their lunches!) so I guess it's doing something! Would quite like it to start pointing the scales in a firmly downward trajectory eventually though!

I'm very intrigued by what your job is, @TorturedParentsDepartment !

my order confirmation from The Family Chemist came with the below caveat - I think there are a huge number of people ordering MJ now - its starting to snowball

"IMPORTANT NOTICE: We’re experiencing a record number of orders and are actively hiring new team members and working extended hours to manage the demand. Our order processing times are taking longer than expected."

Interesting @RobinEllacotStrike no issues or notes anywhere with ASDA. I wonder if it has to do with the smaller pharmacies with no physical presence and all the codes they have available, in making it cheaper? ASDA are probably £40-60 more expensive but I chose them because I really can’t stand the codes and constant pitching 😂 so maybe they aren’t getting the swarms because of it?

Or is it to do with pharmacy hopping and maybe they take more time to review first time customers, especially when they are already using MJ?

After my gain this week, I've done 4.5mg again. I hope I don't regret it 😫😫

I chose the Family Chemist as they don't do codes either. Quite good prices though especially for 2.5/5. It's £160 for 7.5.

I can faff with codes either. And wanted a company I could go the whole distance with.

Let's hope they can get the staff the need PDQ!

I'm a Speech and Language Therapist but we also do swallowing assessments (basically anything from your Adam's Apple up is our territory) and in my area (I work with adults with learning disabilities) we do a lot of eating, drinking and swallowing assessments!

So I moved up to 5mg 3 weeks ago- like some of the others I use Simple Online Pharmacy because I CBA with codes.

Tuesday is my dose day, it's Friday evening and the food noise and the appetite are both back with a vengeance. Hmmmm. Has this happened to anyone else? I am still losing weight though, just not sure if it's worth going up to 7.5 for my next pen. I don't want this to happen every month, max out at 15 and have no further to go.

I had the same dilemma a few weeks ago, when it was time to order the next pen I felt it was too early to know whether I should go up or not. I went for the 7.5 but have only been taking 5mg from it. It's still working so I think I will go back down to 5 next month.

Was good to have the option to increase if needed

@RobinEllacotStrikeI has that message from TFC a month ago when I questioned their new delivery options. That combined with the uncertainty about when it arrive prompted a move to Oushk!

16 weeks in and today I've reached 3 stone loss AND BMI is now 29.9 so out of obese for the first time in a very long time.... still more than 2 stone to go to get to a healthy BMI but it is feeling like it might actually be achievable!

Morning all. Had my first dose from my 2nd lot of 2.5mg this morning. Weight loss each week has been 3, 4, 2, 3 so 12 lbs in 4 weeks which as a sedentary 69 year old I am very happy with. I inject on Saturday but find that I get food noise on Thursday evening (but its gone again on Friday) so I have high protein snacks in the fridge and Halo top peanut butter ice creams (80 calories) which are lush.

I am applying for special guardianship as a Plan B for a family situation and had a check up with the doctor on Monday. She was very positive about injections and although I have normal to high blood pressure in the evenings she's not suggesting BP meds at this stage. Certainly even with "just" a 12lb loss my BP is getting back on track.

Keep on keeping on and onwards and downwards!