Mounjaro October starters - Thread 3

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A new one as no 2 was nearly full.

Hi Autumn1610, I'm experiencing exactly the same as you, also same weight loss goals. I'm on day 17 into 3rd injection and I'm as hungry as ever this week, even had half a lb on this morning. No weight loss or effects of any kind. Couple of times I thought it was working but maybe placebo effect. I was glad to read your post as I thought I was the only one. I know we are supposed to be patient but with all the stuff I read I would have expected something. I've ordered the 5mg dose so fingers crossed something will happen when I start that. Wishing you luck.

Hi all, is anyone doing 3.75 injections? I’ve finished my 2.5 pen and wondering whether to go straight to 5 or step up to 3.75 for a month. I’ve lost a stone on the 2.5 in a month but food noise and hunger is beginning to creep in so I defo can’t stay on 2.5. Would appreciate any advice!

My injection is now a day overdue and the suppression has waned but still maintaining a calorie deficit.

I feel like this will help me on my journey overall if I can atleast feel my reliance is entirely on the drug. I just didn’t want to take my next jab and dinner with a friend a) alert suspicion and b) be unenjoyable.

I don’t have loads to lose and hope MJ can be one tool of many rather than my only one. Hope that makes sense. Also hope I can make the pen last longer!!

I have a friend who is maintaining and uses MJ like this. She has a shot around her life and will go 1-3 weeks between jabs now.

Tbf I have to say my willpower is better at the moment (it's been shocking lately), simply because I've spent all this money on the MJ so I'm determined not to let it be a waste... 😄

@CH1968 ita hard when your seeing others having big losses on 2.5mg each week. I know it’s about being patient and things affect everyone differently. I’m on my first week of 5mg and I’m still struggling to notice big differences in appetite. I am 3lb down I think. But when I see people with the big losses and a stone in the first month I would be halfway easily to my goal. I’m going to give it 3 months and if I’m still not seeing a difference on 7.5mg I’m not sure if to call it a day. Your not alone in the slow loss club always welcome to message if your struggling

@CH1968 @autumn1610

I'm taking my first bonus dose later today so will be beginning week 5 and not noticed any suppression yet, still weigh the same as when I started.

Really hoping 5mg does something when I start next week!

Thanks Autumn, I'm definitely on the same page as you with goals and experience so far. 3lbs is good so maybe it's starting to shift for you, fingers crossed, even a slow loss is good. I'm going to do the same as you and give it another couple of months, it's too expensive to be taking for zero results. I also struggled to decide to take it in the first place as I'm very cautious about meds or drugs of any kind so a big step for me to take the decision. However I've battled weight since my early 40s and now in my mid 50s and post menopause its just wore me down. Ideally would love to lose 2 stone but even a stone would make me very happy. Best of luck and I'll check in with you again to see how you are getting on. Thanks again.

I take my dose on a thursday so i have maximum suppression over the weekend, when im most likely to have indulgent meals & snacks. my days 5-7 im busy in work those days so i dont get the opportunity to over eat through the day.

w2d2 for me & would say the suppression isn’t as strong as last week 😔
going to a friends tonight for a few drinks and armed myself with some healthy snacks. I haven’t had a drink on this yet

I've been doing mine Monday or Sunday because I still want to be able to enjoy the weekend and WFH I snacked a lot!!!

I've got my next pen (5) but am going to try a bonus dose from the first one and I'm going up to 3.75 first.

Weigh day for me. 4 weeks in and I am a stone down (6.3kg). I’ve got my 1st 5mg due on Sunday. Pleased with things so far. I’m less hungry this week compared to last week. Only side effect is constipation.

I injected 2.5 then hard twisted and counted 30 clicks for the additional 1.25g x

No additional side effects at all - suppression seemed to last longer which is better for me :-) - good luck.

I did my last 2.5mg then hard twisted and did another 1.25mg with 30 clicks taking it to 3.75mg. There was still some left at the bottom of pen.

I've done week 4 this week and definitely got less suppression but am cautious to go straight to 5ml due to the side effects I had for the first 3 weeks. I'm hoping the bonus dose will be over 2.5 and closer to 3.75 for next week. Then I'm definitely doing 3.75 after that (got a 5ml pen already to go) This week has been really good for practising good eating habits, drinking more water (instead of reaching for the biscuit tin) and getting loads of exercise. So even though the food noise has crept back a bit, I hope not to put weight on, even if i don't have the same loss as previous weeks.

Wow 🤩 that's amazing! Well done.

Amazing! Well done! I am moving to 5mg week after next so really pleased to hear to major effects!

Ha! I hear you re waste!!!

Brilliant!!

Finished my 2.5g and did 3.75mg from my new 5mg pen last night. If I don't have any side effects I'll move to 5mg next week.

Weigh-in this morning and disappointed to have only lost 0.6lbs last week, though 11 lbs over the whole 4 weeks. This sounds better than it actually is though, as I gained an entire 7lbs during a holiday in Sept, so I'm only 4lbs lighter than I was at the start of Sept. So it's all feeling very drawn-out at the moment. But then I am extremely impatient. Just got to give it time I suppose.

Don't feel any different on the 3.75mg really - no additional side effects but no additional suppression either. Hopefully moving up to 5mg next week will kick things into action a bit.

My losses:
Wk 1 - 4.8lbs
Wk 2 - 3lbs
Wk 3 - 2.6lbs
Wk 4 - 0.6 lbs
Total - 11 lbs

SW: 226.4 CW: 215.4 Height 5ft7in

Wondering when I might start feeling any difference in my clothes. Mine don't feel even slightly looser yet!

Hi all, I’m sorry to ask as I know it’s already been mentioned a few times but I can’t find the links anymore. Which syringes are used for extracting part doses from the pen? Preferably one with a short fine needle! Thanks 😊

@killamounjaro thank you, I am going to do the 3.75 if I can get that much out as my bonus dose!

Done my bonus dose, only got 0.71ml out so I guess about 2.75mg, was kinda hoping for more to prepare me for 5mg but I'll take it!

How do you get 3.75? I thought it was 2.5 then 5?
I've taken my 3rd week of 2.5 do far

On 3rd week of 2.5. Also doing a vlcd. Lost 8lb so far. Wouldn't sat it's stopping the food noise though. Hope the 5 is better.

@Mrspinknails to get 3.75 out of a 5ml pen you do 45 clicks (a full dose is 60 clicks - round to the number 1)