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

Yes - that was my point!

Oh sorry, should have read back in the thread.

DD is watching Beetlejuice (the original) for the first time and all the neighbours have suddenly decided to let off fireworks at the same time so I'm distracted by bangs and 'mummy mummy, look, look, look it's Beetlejuice' 😂

Well I do believe I caught a glimpse of a waist in the mirror this morning! Last seen around 2019, so this is a fairly big achievement. It’s not all positive though, I am ridiculously constipated. Hoping for some movement tomorrow otherwise I’ll have to go find myself some laxatives!

Low thyroid and menopause both can cause a spike in high cholesterol.

Honestly, for someone trying to work on their weight loss I can’t keep bloody track of it.

I thought I had only lost 1lb this week. Just having nosey at the App that goes with my scales to look at the other measurements and realised I have lost 3lb. The number I had in my head from last week was wrong. That means I am 1lb off losing 2 stone and 2 off losing 10% of my body weight.

However, I am worried I am not eating enough. It’s more that I don’t think I am getting enough protein and fibre in. Especially since I have started exercising this week. So I am going to start tracking my food next week.

Hi all, hope you are all ok. Weigh in 8 this week and 2 pounds off. It’s been a funny week, very very busy but I felt very empty. I track my calories and I was gettting around 1200 a day. I wondered if my empty feeling was hunger but my brain was not giving me the usual trigger. Bad explanation I know, it’s was like a petrol warning light had come on, a practical warning not a feeling. Food choices were not great either, but small portions and I had my period so not going to beat myself up. I think the high carbs were probably a factor in the weird feelings, needed more protein. This week should hopefully be a bit more settled. I’m going to try and be a bit gentler on myself, more fruit and veg, more walking, some earlier nights.

I’m going to go to 50 clicks of 2.5 this week, see if that helps and if the above was all just suppression waning. I’ve ordered another 2.5 pen for month 3.

Hope you all have a good week. I’ve not had a chance to catch up fully on the threads but I can we are all still on our unique MJ journeys and all they entail!

SW: 16st 8lbs
CW: 15st 0.2lbs

I started right at the beginning of September and am going to move up to the 7.5mg pen next week.
Suppression has been good for the first half of the week on every dose, but it does quickly wane at the end of the week.
On the 2.5mg pen I did a dose every 6 days, on the 5mg I pushed it back to 7 days.
I need to drink more water, so am going to concentrate on that this month, my urine colour is too dark. But at least it has stopped having a greasy film like it did in early September.

Morning all… we’re all trucking along it would seem.

I had a SW of 14.6, am now 12.13, and am two months in. I’d like to get down to 11.0 at 5’8.

Weight loss is very slow at the moment, but after a couple of hiccups titrating up to the 5mg with horrible nausea, I’m now handling it fine - definite tip from me is to get some cyclizine ready if you are worried about it when trying a new dose - as soon as I start feeling a bit nauseous now I’ve taken one tablet and it’s seen me through that initial 12 hours when you’re at the peak of the jab.

I’ve got a 7.5mg pen arriving on Friday, but I plan to stick at the 5mg and eke it out for longer as my suppression is pretty good on 5mg - it’s just the weight isn’t really budging, but I think any more suppression and I’d have no appetite at all.

@85reasons i think we’re basically weight twins in terms of SW and CW. I’ve been (in my head) aiming for a higher goal weight than you, based on Smart BMI, but might go a little lower if I continue to have a relatively easy ride of side effects. I’m sticking with 5 for another month (due to jab on Tues).
I messed up last week’s jab and don’t think I got a full dose, so it’s been a wee trial run for life beyond Mounjaro. I know it’s a few months off yet but I think about it a lot.

Hi everyone, not checked in for a while. Week 7 weight in for me, lost 2.5 lb this week. 3rd jab of 5mg today.
SW 17st 5lb
CW 15st 9.5

Really starting to feel the difference, but the initial high of weight loss is wearing off and the reality of the months to come are hitting. I am feeling really impatient, but also really determined to get the right habits for the future.

Hi, may I join pls? I don't want to post my details all over Facebook and not many know in real life so I'm just looking for a small amount of accountability.

I started 9 Sept at 245lbs (I had rapid weight gain following an accident. This time last year I was 199, and I'm trying to get back to that - to start with).

I took the golden dose of 2.5 On week 6, I had a 5 pen but didn't want to deal with any side effects so just took 32 clicks. That worked well for me and I plan to continue titrating up very gradually by a couple of clicks a week.

So far I've lost 23lbs, v happy with that.
Thanks for listening!

Welcome @Bumblebeehum. That’s an amazing loss!

Thanks @EBoo80, I'm not really seeing yet - I need last years winter coat to fit me properly!

Hello twin 👋🏻😁 I'm anticipating being on this for life - but I say that from the recent bitter experience of having lost 80+ pounds in 2020-21, having made ALL the lifestyle changes, loving my new size 12 body, investing in an expensive new wardrobe in clothes from shops I'd never been able to shop in..... and then having one stressful year and piling three stone back on in a matter of months and not even going that crazy with food in order to do so. I'm too long in this game to think life would be any different for me post MJ!

Happy Sunday everyone.

I've had a midweek weigh in today and I've lost 2 pounds since Thursday, which is unusual for me and I think period related. I'm so excited as it takes my weight loss to 25lbs in total (some pre-MJ) and is 15% of my bodyweight. It also means I'm under a stone away from a healthy BMI which was my first goal.

I am so happy. I been trying so hard to achieve this and got nowhere.

Ooooft I feel awful!!
Had mild side effects on 2.5mg which eased quickly but was a bit cautious so did 2 months on 2.5mg.
First dose from 5mg pen on Wednesday evening (40 clicks so 3.33 mg if my maths is correct!) and have been unable to even think about food since Saturday morning. Combined with diarrhoea and shivers. It feels like when I had morning sickness (it is absolutely 100% not!).
urgh. I’ve got a PT session tomorrow so hoping I can eat soon!

It's a great feeling isn't it, to suddenly feel like this is actually doable!

Yes, it’s exactly that. This has given me the support I needed.

End of week 8 and I lost one
pound, bringing me to a total of 23lbs off. Very happy with that as if I hadn’t started on MJ I’d be floundering having started and restarted the same diet umpteen times getting nowhere.

I ended up taking the 5mg dose and happy to say the nausea was much less and didn’t last so long. I was feeling quite hungry by day 6 but even with eating a meal out I managed to be “good” as I stopped eating when I felt full. And I’m forgetting I had a small cake with my coffee when meeting friends too. I think for me that’s what it’s all about - not feeling I have to avoid treats at all. It’s like you just know when to stop and not overdo it.

Thats me 12st 5 now and back to my lightest ever adult weight.

Lovely posts @violetsunrise and @SpiderMother. so glad it’s going well for you.

Feel like I’ve spoken too soon - I’ve started my second pen of 2.5mg (mistake I made when ordering, thought I’d done 5mg) and I’m not feeling anywhere near as much restriction? Has anyone else had this? Last week I was satisfied daily, only real side effects were sulphur burps and I felt really good. I’m actually even wondering if I did something wrong and didn’t even take it? Anyone else had this? Should I titrate up and do a 3.75mg for the next couple of weeks and then move on to 5mg when I order my next one?

@GoldieLocks09 thsts annoying for you. Im
on my 2nd 2.5 pen and I’m still getting really good suppression to the extent im forgetting to eat sometimes! Not like me at all.

just got back from a bbq at friends house and ate so much less than normal. A few breadsticks and dips, a couple of Doritos (normally would have had loads!) and two sausages plus salad. Now have horrific diarrhea!! Not good. I guess the sausages were too fatty or maybe too many carbs…..

You could double dose the next two making 5mg and using the extra dose if you wanted too go to 5...

I was wondering about taking more from the 2.5 pen just in case it starts to subside. So rather than a bonus dose, get more than one dose each time. Would that work with the usual needles?