Mounjaro October starters - Thread 3

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A new one as no 2 was nearly full.

Welcome to all the new starters here, I wish you all best on your weight loss journey x

@rockingbird I’m not finding it difficult to eat at all but I’m not hungry inbetween and I’m consciously eating less than is in my plate and eating slower - i’m satisfied a lot quicker than I think I’ve been before which has surprised me as I’m not snacking.

I had 2 boiled eggs and 2 seeded toast for dinner, feel nicely full now and won’t eat again until probably midday tomorrow.

also though, dh usually does all the cooking but there’s one night a week he’s out and I cook - tonight I found it really hard as I had to make a decision about what to eat which I hated because I wasn’t feeling hungry but knew I was quite under my calories for the day so needed something. Without any cravings or fancy for anything it was tricky!

@Fizzleaway1 Today much better, thanks. Back to not caring about food and forcing myself to eat. I just had the prawn salad and I feel like my stomach is going to explode. I did notice that the day before jabbing yesterday and yesterday I was feeling a bit… bingey. I didn’t do it but it definitely swayed me to order the 5mg today. Like people say, 2.5mg isn’t even a therapeutic dose..

@ItsMintUpNorth Glad I’m not the only one. As lots of people are coming up to their GW and needing maintenance, I don’t think it will be long before other prescribers follow suit. They will have to. They will want the custom!

@rockingbird I definitely feel like that a few days after the jab. I can’t be arsed to eat. As the week goes on I want to eat something but I don’t know what. I was walking around Sainsbury‘s aimlessly earlier. Normally I would know EXACTLY what I was going to get.

That’s what I had dippy eggs and toast!

I did make a nice salmon dish with roast tomatoes and potatoes with salad for lunch (benefit of WFH - I just chopped it up and threw it in the oven)

First jab done! Thanks so much everyone for all the advice and encouragement 😊. Was really nervous but I'm so glad I've found this forum of like minded people to talk to x

@Tigerlily08 If you can I’d speak to someone urgently. It may be nothing but in the leaflet I got with my pen it said one of the more serious symptoms to look out for was sudden stabbing pains in the upper abdomen, as it can be a sign of pancreatitis. Of course this is very rare and likely not, and it does also say this is usually be accompanied by diarrhoea and/or vomiting. But may be better to get checked sooner rather than later! Hope you feel better soon - nothing worse than being ill when you’ve got little ones!

W4 day2
SW 11st2lb
GW 8st 10
CW 10st7lb

Not much suppression this week and no side effects at all!

I ended up bringing my jab forward by a day, firstly because of the awful side effects i had the first few weeks, i really need my jab day to be Sunday or Monday when i am less busy at work (rather than the Wednesday that i started on) so thought to bring it forward by a day each week or fortnight, and secondly because i was finding by day 6 the suppression was wearing off.

What a difference this week, although i am still eating less as i want to embed good healthy eating habits i have noticed the supression just isnt there in the same way.
I will be doing the bonus dose next week with insulin needle and hopefully it will be a bit more than a 2.5mg dose. I ordered a 5mg pen for next month - and depending on how next week goes, may bridge the gap with 3.75mg for a week or two, in the hopes that i dont get knocked out by the side effects again.

Welcome to all the new October starters, good luck in your WL journeys!

Pleased it not just me (in a nice way @TheChosenTwo was thinking about boiled eggs which I don't mind at all normally. I'll have them for breakfast.

I’m very new to this, is there a thread for meal ideas? I’m in the office tomorrow and for once don’t have any leftovers to take in! Racking my brains for any kind of fridge picnic I can pull together because I’m up early, swimming and going directly to the office so don’t have much time to prepare anything.
I’m crap at feeding myself tbh, fine if cooking for lots but if it’s just me I can’t be bothered to put any effort in.
Dh has ruined me!

What about gusto?

W2 D5 and half a stone down. I'm gobsmacked. I feel slimmer, not bloated or gassy. I've been eating 3 small meals a day and have really enjoyed eating nutritiously. My meal plan has fallen into this;

Breakfast is porridge and milled chia with milk and vanilla sugar with a teaspoon of dessicated coconut. This is delicious, tastes like custard and coconut tart. If I fancy savoury instead it's 2 scrambled eggs on 1 wholemeal toast.

Lunch is homemade veg soup with a protein roll.

Dinner is flavoured chicken thighs or pork steak or salmon with veg.

Snack on fruit and yogurt.

I have loads more water now instead of the gallons of tea. My energy has dipped quite a bit and I've been less motivated for the gym this week, I'll force myself to go tomorrow.

Does anyone have any recommendations for probiotics?

Week 2 finished and a 7lb loss, total loss of 15lbs so over a stone. In disbelief. I’ve felt hunger the past couple of days which has been nice after super strong suppression of the first week, still no food noise.

3rd injection today, I’ve alternated between my thighs so far - has anyone switched to stomach and noticed a change in side effects?

@Missreginafalange I’ve been using optibac

For work, because I don't want to feel overly full, I literally do take a fridge picnic. Lots of little bits. I work out the calories and can eat all of it of I want but I usually bring a few things back home. I'm a lazy 'cook' so my sort of things are porridge sachet for breakfast, then muller protein rice pudding, jogurt, pepperami, fridge Raiders, babybels, some fresh and dried fruit, an alpen bar... At lunch I open my bag and chose what I fancy x

I did my thigh the first time and my stomach the second. Zero side effects with either. I did my thigh first and I got a massive bruise which is still there. Not even a mark on my stomach so I will stick with that.

Well I tried and failed to eat last night, the salad came back up. My personal life isn't helping I don't think so I need to get grip on that!! I stepped on the scales this morning as I was curious and not surprisingly I'm 7lbs down 🙈 I'm actually quite worried as that's a massive amount in such a short space of time and the sickness feeling I have is making me feel so shaky. I have work commitments and deadlines looming today so have to keep my head in the game so to speak.. I'm contemplating pressing the pause button and taking some time off work next week as I'm just not functioning well.

Fantastic losses everyone - week one for me I’ve lost 4.4lb. 🥳 I’m delighted feel so much better already.

week 1 done for me too & I’ve lost 5.6lb. delighted with that. also looking forward to 2nd jab as although i was still making good choices it was definitely getting a bit more difficult.

I’m on W2D6 and have lost 10lb, now 11.5 stone. Delighted as for last couple of years I have lost a few pounds then put it back on, I know it’s mostly water weight but joints etc ache less and less brain fog.
I have been eating at least 80-100g of protein and doing weights as research shows that well over 40% of weight loss can be due to muscle loss. No point losing this weight and not maintaining our muscle mass as not good for health and won’t look good in long term.
At 58 and menopausal I feel like this is the magic solution I have looked for for 30 odd years . After a few days mild nausea for my first jab have felt great since.

@Tigerlily08 how are you today? Please do contact a health professional as your symptoms don’t sound great and should be assessed, pancreatitis is not something to ignore. Hopefully they are related to your liquid diet but could be something else. I really hope things will all be well and you’ll be able to start eat small amounts of solid food which hopefully help.

@annedawso im in a similar boat with menopause and years of struggling to lose a few pounds. MJ really is fabulous- it’s like the secret switch has been flipped and now sensible eating seems easy. I’d love to know what weights routine you’re doing. I’m back at the gym as I’m also very conscious of the need to do some resistance exercises!!! At our age loss of muscle doesn’t need any more help!

@Tigerlily08 hope you are feeling better.

I don't feel any different I don't think..?

I am not sure of that's a good thing or bad thing. 🤷‍♀️

Took my 3rd 5mg last night a day early as is my routine. Feel fine this morning.

Have done my daily weigh in and feeling positive for my official Friday weigh in tomorrow 😬