Mounjaro September Support (3)

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Another gathering of losers! 💪

Previous thread here: Mounjaro September Support (2) www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weight-loss-injections/5170252-mounjaro-september-support-2

End of week 12.

I've lost 1.5 lbs this week. Total loss is 25.2 pounds since I started MJ and a total of 31.2lbs. I'm very excited that I expect to be under 10 stone next week. (I'm really short so still not in a healthy BMI but getting closer).

I'm about to start a 7.5mg pen, so a bit nervous about that. I'm hoping that I use this up then swap to the Oushk tapering plan for 3 pens, which should hopefully get me to my goal.

40lbs! That's amazing!

Well done to everyone on their NSV's. So satisfying. I must update my measurements. Is anyone keeping track of theirs? I'm quite rubbish at it but I have intermittently.

I started the week going up and down again and then suddenly had a drop the last few days and have managed 4lbs this week. I have one pound to go to drop down a number on the stones. Sadly I'm out to dinner tonight and although I'm going to make sensible choices I'm not sure the restaurant serves much under a gazillion calories so it might take a few days to drop that pound. Am really excited about that though.

I went to Primark yesterday to get a couple of cheap jumpers to see me through this transition. I had to buy one in a XS! Obviously that means nothing because it was boxy and I'm am so very not an XS but it makes a difference from always having to size up. And I'm not sure I've ever bought anything in an XS in my whole life.

Morning!!

Ok. I don't know what's happening.
I am eating around 1400 calories per day. Sometimes even less. Drink loads of water. Go to the gym and walk minimum of 10K steps per day.
I'm on 5mg.
I lost exactly a stone in Sept.

I have lost 3 pounds in November. 3 POUNDS?!!

WTF is going on???!

Even without MJ, I'd expect to lose far more than that.

I'm so demoralised. I'll keep going but I genuinely don't know what's happening to me 😭😭😭

Are you eating low carb? That massively helps. Could you do intermittent fasting at the same time? Could you take down the calories a little? Only ideas. My weight won't budge unless I go low on carbs.

Blah, I've been putting off buying my Christmas party dress for weeks as I don't want to get wrong size, finally decided what size to buy, and the one I want is bloody sold out!

Typical.

@theluckiest Ugh that is frustrating! Could you make increase or decrease calories for a couple of days? When I had a stall, that seemed to kick start things again, like waking up my metabolism a bit!

Also - and this might not be helpful - when I have a stall like that I try to shift my mindset, and focus on it being a sustainable loss, giving my body and especially my skin time to adjust. this is much easier now I’m out the other side of more than one plateau, I will admit!

I have totally lost my head this week!!! Can’t really explain it as I still feel suppressed but have managed to eat rubbish all week!!!

Thoughts of all my go-to binge eating foods are in my head and I have totally lost the ability to make good decisions.

It Is injection day today so hopefully a top-up will sort me out…..

I hope you're feeling better @GoldieLocks09

@InfoSecInTheCity i know what you mean about no one commenting on weight loss (that said I'm yet to see my mother, ha!) I agree with a PP that people don't want to be rude.

I'm hoping one of you wise mumsnetters can advise me. I accidentally injected last night with a pen that has been open for 36 days and I'm quite worried about it. (I thought I'd put my new pen in the travel case the previous week but had left the old one in.The pen has been in the fridge for most of that time bar a few days I was hiding it while we had guests.) I'm hoping worst case scenario the medicine won't work well this week vs. Poisoning myself or anything too ghastly.

Had anyone done anything similar and how did you feel? I've got a bit of a stomachache but it might be psychological !

Same! I thought I'd better get on with it now and all sold out. Annoying!

I still need to get a party dress - maybe sooner rather than later from the sounds of it!

Also someone gave me good advice when this happened to me - make sure you're eating enough protein and eat it first when you have a meal. And increase the water intake massively.

Maybe cos it's cold?

I used my last pen for 7 weeks as i was taking 3.75. This last week was the last of it and it was fine. So it was open for 49 days. No issues. Worked just as well and i haven't had any adverse side affects. The pen was in the fridge all the way through.

Checking in with results and goals. I lost 2lbs this week putting me into the lower 11’s. Starting a new pen too, will stick to 3.75 for now and see how i get on. Im hoping this pen will get me to 10.10. My weekly goal is 2lbs.

SW- 13.10 8/9/24
Wk 1 - 13.3
Wk 2 - 13.1
Wk 3 - 12.13
Wk 4 - 12.10
Wk 5 - 12.10 (bonus dose)
Wk 6 - 12.6 (2.5 from 5 pen)
Wk 7 - 12.4 (3.75mg)
Wk 8 - 12.0
wk 9 - 11.12
wk10 - 12.0
Wk11 - 11.8 (3.75mg)
Wk12 - 11.6 (3.75mg from second 5 pen)
UGW- 10

Thanks @StanleyCup I appreciate it :)

@theluckiest Exactly the same thing happened to me on 5mg. I'm a shortie (5ft 1ins), so I aim for about 1,000 to 1,200 calories a day, and I hardly lost anything for the whole month, despite being in a calorie deficit and walking 10k steps daily. There's lots of anecdotal stories online about 5mg being a bit of an issue, and, weirdly, I found the suppression wasn't as great as 2.5mg. I've since moved up to 7.5mg and I've lost about 8lbs so far, so hopefully it's just a blip for you.

That's interesting @friendlymummy. Good that you're losing on the next one. There is hope!!

I'm due to begin a fresh pen tomorrow. I foolishly bought another 5mg one but I'm now wondering if I should have a go at a 7.5mg one instead if 5mg hasn't really worked out for me...

I mean, I am losing. Just verrrrry, verrry slowly.... 😫

Haven't been posting in here as mum is still unwell and my head not really in the game.

I'm.down to 13st 6lbs now. Started off at 14.9 so still slow but going in the right direction which is a miracle all things considered. This time last year I was 15st 9lbs. So definitely noticing a difference.

Another 2lb off for me this week.

I can’t decide whether to buy another pen or not. I was planning on stopping after this pen (2 doses left, including the bonus dose) as I’ll have lost a good chunk of weight then and money is tight at the moment. But that will mean going it on my own over Christmas and I’m not sure that is the best time to stop it. I’m not sure I trust myself to be able to resist all the Christmas food without it. I wish I could buy half a pen!

There's some good Black Friday deals at the moment @Hildabaggins so this weekend is the time to order if you do decide to get one.

monj.co.uk/discount-mounjaro-price-list/

Brilliant site for finding cheapest supplier & it lists all the discount codes.

I was feeling very disheartened by it all, @theluckiest, but I consoled myself by thinking at least the scales were moving in the right direction, albeit at a glacial pace.

KLAXON TMI ALERT

I'd got a bit slack with thinking about fibre, and realised I hadnt eaten very much at all over the last 5 days or so, and hence hadn't poo-ed. Charming.

So, I've had two days of breakfast with Fage yoghurt, 2 spoons chia seeds, 2 spoons flax seeds and WOW. I FELT lighter.....stepped on the scales and they say I've lost 1.8kg!! (Not in a day, since the 'pre-poo' situation.). Anyway, I'd highly recommend this as a fibre and protein full breakfast, I added a little bit of vanilla extract and a sprinkle of allspice for a bit of extra flavour.

That smashes through 10% of my starting weight 💪
And takes me to a mythical 35.5......so close to being out of Obese II 💪💪

Also on the NSVs - put on a 'posh' work skirt today....it was only held up if I clenched my bumcheeks - last time I tried it on, it felt too tight! Straight back onto eBay for that then. Shame, its a pretty skirt! And, bending over to pull on my tights felt noticably easier. What a fabulous end to the week.

@thisiswheretheseagullfliesaway So sorry to hear about your mum. However, anything in the right direction - especially in times of hard stuff - is brilliant. Better down, however slowly, than up or nothing.

@theluckiest You could look at taking more than 1 dose from the 5mg to move up using clicks onto 7.5mg? Maybe talk to your provider and see what they think about moving up.

@StanleyCup Wow look at that for consistency!! Amazing - hope you're feeling good?

@HOL2024 I've got an 80s style oversized blazer for a themed party at work in a few weeks.....am slightly concerned it will look lime I'm playing dress up in someone elses clothes now! Might need a tactical belt.

Morning!

Think I might try 7.5mg today and see how I get on this week.

On a more positive note, I have lost a whole pound!!

Which isn't much, but now means I'm in the next stone down bracket and is a boost, psychologically speaking! 🎉🎉