Mounjaro October starters - Thread 4

[JustKeepsBreathing]

Number 3 was almost full so hope it’s okay to start a new one @YummyCookie

This is a fast moving group but so useful 😀

Thanks for starting.

Thank you for the shiny new thread @JustKeepsBreathing !

Thanks for new thread

Hello all

Did anyone else lose the plot over the weekend?! We were out with friends and I went a little nuts - pizza, wine and pudding. The full works and I was hungry. No one is going to guess I am on Ozempic! 😏

Weigh in today and down 2 pounds which is a miracle but definitely time to head to 5mg for me and hope it drowns the food noise, the side effects are ok and helps me keep focus on long term, sustainable weight loss (with some treats here and there).

SW - 14.1
W1 - 13.10
W2 - 13.8
W3 - 13.6

Goodluck to those weighing in today. Slow and steady is my mantra this week.

Threads are flying by!

Is anyone having mental dreams? Last night I dreamt that I was pregnant, then another dream I was smoking crack… in another one I was in a room full of people looking at paintings! What the fuck!

I had dose 4 of 2.5 mg yesterday and think the effect is wearing off a bit as I was thinking about Haribos last night.🤣

3 weeks 1 day from starting treatment

This week I’ve only lost 1.5 lb making a total loss so far of 12.5 lbs
SW 15 stone 1 lb
CW 14 stone 2.5 lb
GW 10 stone ultimately (mid-range healthy bmi)

It’s been a tough week… terrible constipation that gave me sciatica 😳
Now everything is ‘moving’ 😳😳 (tmi) again Im stuck indoors…
Top tip check you are eating enough fibre and drinking enough water!!!

Hoping I will start to feel more normal again soon.

SW - 85kgs
CW - 79kgs
Christmas goal - 77kgs
GW - 66kgs

Total loss to day - 6kgs in 4 weeks

Only lost 0.5 kg this week, but was away for half term and am pretty constipated so that can't be helping. All in all, pretty happy.
Have just taken jab 4 of 2.5mgs, will see how it goes and decide what to do next week when it comes - will definitely use the bonus dose using insulin needles so only have to decide what dose.

This week I need to continue with my strength training and drink more water.

Good luck everyone

This made me chuckle 🤭

Checking into the shiny new thread! Thank you x

I didn't quite lose the plot at the weekend but I had half a hot dog which was apparently a dreadful idea and the first time I've had any bowel issues and I'm on week 5. Then Sunday night we had pizza at work, i ordered chicken wings to join in but still had 1 slice of pizza which had the opposite effect of the hotdog and left me really constipated and bloated.

I went up to 3.75mg for my 4th injection as I found the effects of 2.5mg wore off after a few days and I was finding it so hard not to eat rubbish.

Well done, love these updates and someone weighing in on a Tuesday too!

If you like dates, I have been adding them to the porridge in the morning which has been helping with the joy of constipation. As has drinking bucket loads of water.

Hi all mind if I join. I'm 4 weeks in now.

Sw 17 st 2lbs
CW 16 st 5 lbs
Gw 11 st

That goal weight for me has always been so unattainable following a variety of diets throughout my adult life ( including general eat less move more). I now see it as an actual possibility. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of me on holidays with my kids next summer and not trying to hide my body from the camera.

I've been using prune pouches for the constipation. I found they really helped

@HansHolbein yes I’ve been having really vivid dreams. Some absolutely horrid nightmares as well. And some plain weird. Last night I dreamt giant ants had invaded my DCs bedroom!! As in the size of dogs!

Oooh I hadn't thought about my dreams, but yes! Quite strange vivid dreams! I dreamed I was living back in my old apartment with my ex husband, but in separate rooms, and the roof was falling in, with water pouring through... very symbolic!

My Second dose was 36 hrs ago, and I'm in the zone when I have to remind myself to eat. Just can't feel my own emptiness, but I know I must be empty. I haven't weighed in yet.... maybe tomorrow.

Amazing work and love the idea of photos next year!

Has anyone found MJ triggers their migraines or they’re getting more frequent/worse migraines on it? I get debilitating migraines with aura and I had one last night out the blue. I’ve had them my whole life so I’m pretty good at knowing what sets them off now, and none of my usual triggers were in place to set it off, and it’s not the right time of the month for me to get one anyway. Very blindsided by it. It was a mega migraine as well, aura was horrific and I was so out of it, it floored me and I’m still not feeling well today. I’m on W3 of MJ just about to take dose 4 tomorrow. I’m really hoping this is just a freak coincidence and not the medication building up in my system affecting my migraines, as my migraines are a dealbreaker for me. I’ve always said if they get worse or more frequent on MJ then I will have to stop taking it. Anyone else with migraines, how have you found them on MJ?

Is anyone else setting little, smaller goals for themselves? I am w3d4 and 0.7 from my BMI going from obese to overweight! I have not been in this BMI category for at least 8 years now. Planning a little celebration of perhaps some new jeans or treating myself to my nails done at that point. I would usually celebrate with food so I need non food related ideas! Xx

I did my bonus does last night. I only got 2.5 as when I tried again for 1.25 the pen was empty.

I get hemiplegic migraines as I have an issue with the fluid around my brain. I haven't noticed them any worse on MJ. I did speak to my consultant neurologist and the nurse specialist before starting and am sending them a headache diary every month to make sure it's not causing any adverse headache effects

Thanks for the new thread!

Oh my yes the dreams! I've had some crazy strange ones.

And wow, I thought it was only me that finds their sciatica aggravated by constipation after a doctor once looked at me like I had three heads for suggesting it. It also gives me left hip pain. I have severe hyper mobility if that makes any difference at all. I dunno.

Thanks for the new thread!

I haven’t had a migraine since I started MJ whereas previously I’d get multiple per week.

W3D5 and have increased strength training and cardio. Feeling hungrier as a result but still no food noise re junk cravings, so eating healthily has been manageable.

Thanks for the new thread!

@SunQueen24 and Mysticmaiden how is your anxiety today? Hope it's subsided a bit.

And hope you're feeling better too! @rockingbird

Totally agree on the weird dreams, it feels like watching Netflix in my mind every night. I keep waking up at 3am and not being able to go back to sleep. Any tried and tested things that help with sleep?

Otherwise the food side is going well, and no real cravings yet. Coming up to the first month down on Thursday and excited to see the total loss. I managed to fit into a pair of jeans that were super tight, which is amazing 🥹

Yes thank you for the new thread. Just catching up!

I am on day 6 of wk1 at 2.5mg and have lost half a stone so far, though at nearly 19 stone I have plenty to go. I don't know when to order the next pen and whether to stay on 2.5 or go up to 5 - how did you decide, was it when 2.5 was no longer working? I am going to change the pharmacy as Superdrug was about twice the price of MedPro - do I need to start at 2.5 when I change provider or have people just told the new provider what you were on already? At what point are you ordering a new pen? I have 3 weeks left, am I ok to order a new one to have in stock or should I leave it a bit?