November Mounjaro Starters

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Hi, I've just been prescribed Mounjaro and it's being dispatched in a few days.

So I was wondering if there were others starting soon who wanted to have a chat.

Morning all! The weekend is in sight!

I’m on W3D4. My suppression seems to have left the building altogether, but making sure I don’t throw in the towel. After my grumpiness yesterday I really fancied fish and chips for dinner but managed to swerve and made a lentil and bean chilli instead. I’ve got leftovers for lunch so that is sorted. Some protein yogurts are arriving with Ocado too so hoping that’ll help. Tonight is a beef casserole in the slow cooker. Have lots of veg to have alongside.

Back to thinking about food 🙈😅

It’s interesting how we are all reacting so differently to MJ.

Went out last night had starter and main only. Skinny, or skinner friends, had a pudding but I was absolutely stuffed at that point plus only had one glass of wine. I fessed up to being on a diet so was trying to be good but did not mention MJ. This, of course, triggered lots of diet advice especially from the two healthy weight ones. One of them eats barely enough to keep a bird alive and sees eating out as a treat. Anyway I survived key challenge so hopefully that bodes well for the Christmas madness.

end of week 1 weigh in and I am 1.7kilos down, motivated and very happy 😊. Really hoping I can stay on 2.5 for a while. For me when dieting 6 weeks in is where it all goes tits up as I have lost a stone and am bored and hungry.

I have a load of work travel over the next few weeks and really confident MJ will help as things like that are when I veer wildly off course and then take months to get back in the zone.

I am not sure what to do about Christmas as flying extremely long haul to somewhere very hot so assume I would need to fridge my pen when there and staying with family who I REALLY don’t want them or my DC to know I am doing this. I am torn between taking 2 weeks off ( going for 3 but could jab the day we go) or trying to fudge it as something else in their fridge, as I would enjoy my holiday more with this lovely feeling of freedom around what I eat and drink.

W1D3 here. No real side effects yet except dry mouth. Still nervous of them suddenly appearing. Any nausea gone. I felt a bit hungry I think when I woke up, but then went on school run, and still haven't wanted to eat anything. I could with no issue but I don't need or really want to.
This is revelatory. It's all been in the mind all along hasn't it? (I'm very sure my Nobel prize will be in the post for coming to this conclusion, probably 100 years after everyone else )

Just took my first jab, eek! Excited!

Start weight: 12.6
Goal weight: 9.10 (BMI 24.9)

Ah good luck @TooExtraImmatureCheddar . We have the same start and goal weight just about

Hi ShaunaSadeki I’ve had a look online and you can get tiny travel fridges for medicine like insulin - really compact and usb powered (looks pencil case sized or slightly bigger), so you could take your pen with you and not have to go without doses in a hot country! :)
I am keeping it discreet from my wider family too (my DH knows and is supportive) so is great to know there are gadgets like this out there

here’s an example I found:

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Week 1 done, 2lb loss - happy enough with that as it's early days. My main take away is there will be no more empty calories going forward from the alcohol I have previously been drinking. With that and the MJ the weight is bound to move in the right direction.

I forgot to take my jab yesterday so just took it this morning. Zero suppression and I can eat my way past it but my eating was so dysfunctional before that anything is an improvement! I'm on week 4 due to start 5mg next week. If I get bad side effects next week I'm ending the experiment but at least it broke me out of a really bad cycle of several months eating awful rubbish.

I’m not telling my wider family either - Mum would immediately start catastrophising and be convinced I was about to drop dead like the woman in Lanarkshire, and I’m not admitting to the rest of them that I’m clinically obese. DH knows and is also quite interested - we can’t afford to both be on them at once, but he’s going to watch me and then maybe try them when I come off.

I’ve just took my 4th jab. I feel fine apart from a headache but I had that before I injected. My next pen is dour to arrive today and some insulin needles. I ordered 5mg but am not sure if I’ll use it. I might try 3.75 first. I’m planning on using the 5th bonus dose. Am I right that that is usually 3.75?

This is amazing thank you @KeepCalmandGiveItaGo

I might order some insulin needles as I have about 1.5 doses left in my 'empty' pen. Good as new! If I get insulin needles I don't need to do hard turn is that right?

Just had to do my next order, I'm going up to 5mg as I've not had bad side effects (touch wood) but on the MedExpress form it asks if you have used weight loss injections in the last 4 weeks... obviously I have and they know as it's a reorder but did they mean with another provider? Possibly over thinking, I'm just worried it'll flag and delay the next lot, although I have a while.

Injection no 3 tomorrow, I'm definitely eating less and not thinking about food as much as I was but no weight lost so far. I was a bit worried I wouldn't as I've been trying for a long time to lose weight (intermittent fasting, calorie counting) and no matter what I have not lost so much as a pound in about a year, even though I've had decent stretches of time of being 'good'. My DH started injections a week after me and I just know he's going to be one of the lucky ones who loses half a stone in a week!

I did my first (2.5mg) injection this morning.
SW 107kg (BMI 39.3)

@TooExtraImmatureCheddar I'm glad to see I'm not the only one starting today.

My hopes: that I'll develop long-term healthier eating habits as well as lose weight in a sustainable way.

My fears: that I'll get adverse effects which I'm unable to tolerate, or that I won't lose any weight.

Good luck @ThreeBootsOneGlove and @TooExtraImmatureCheddar!

Week three and I'm feeling pretty ropey. The suppression's definitely back (yay!) but I've still got some food noise. I had a bad night with DD and usually I'd be reaching for food for a boost. Instead I'm just exhausted and feel a bit sick thinking about food.

This is what i thought as well and wondered if it lasts longer if stored in fridge ? Does anyone know ?

2.5 kg down after week 1 which is a really positive start. Trying to introduce a healthy breakfast into routine and up exercise. Snacking broadly eliminated thanks to MJ.

Mines arriving tomorrow. I really hope it works. Ive been 14 to 15 stone for the last 20 years since menopause and Im so tired of it. All my joints hurt. Im a gastric band fail so that was a waste of money, I paid for that.
I had to send the pharmacy photos of myself in skimpy clothing to prove my weight. They must all have PTSD now 😂

I went to my eyebrow lady today. ‘Ooh you’ve lost weight!’ She said. 🥰🥰🥰

We all need moments like these to keep going even when the scales stay put.

The video of shame! We have all been there. I imagine the pharmacist have a large lady top 10 🤭 Like you I need this work. Great support on these threads

@Hundredthmillionthdiet
I think if you keep the pen in the fridge the contents can be used until the expiry date on the pen.
If you allow it to come up to room temperature you need to use it within 30 days.

@Jabtastic

I bought insulin needles from Amazon. I have used them for all injections. I've never turned the dial on my pen at all.

When you draw the liquid into the insulin syringe the plunger moves down inside the pen with it.

Well done on all the losses!

Thanks. I worked it out. Week one is day 1 jab. Your 5th week jab would be on day 28 so you can still use the extra dose before the 30 days.