Mounjaro October starters - Thread 4

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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 😀

Yes! Between reducing my own intake, I've also realised that my family are eating healthier - they'd eat the crisps etc I'd buy but I'm just not buying them (just don't think about it) and they don't even appear to have noticed.

We too are about £20 a week down and when you add the cost of a couple of lives of cake I'd usually have when we meet friends after school/on the weekend, I reckon that pays for the MJ (and losing weight, feeling better too).

As I'm *not normally a chocolate eater

@HansHolbein Thank you, I did order some anti-sickness tablets that I’d read about on another thread (Cyclizine hydrochloride) I’m even quite scared to take those now 🤣. Hopefully what you have read comes true and it passes.

Jab day for me. Number 6. I've done 3.75mg after a bonus dose last week of 2.96mg. I have been so ravenous since Thursday I've been struggling not to eat everything. So hoping this slight jump to 3.75 makes this week a bit better. I lost 1.8lbs this week. Smallest loss so far but still happy with it given I've eaten more. A notable NSV is my blood pressure has just dropped into the green zone. Really chuffed with that. Another NSV is my watch strap is getting loose!

Well done everyone on the losses, no matter their size. And sending lots of encouragement to those who are struggling to get the scales to reflect the effort. It really is variable.

Oh and I meant to ask as I can't find it... someone on here recommended a site or app where you can see how much mounjaro is in your system by day according to when you had your jab. I thought it was called 'Shotily' or something like that but I can't find it. I thought it could be useful for when I got so hungry I wanted to eat the entire contents of the fridge

It’s Shotsy.

i find it quite good for tracking and telling the amount of Mounjaro in my system. It’s quite unexpected.

Honestly we're more than £20 down... DH is on Mounjaro as well and we're eating waaaaaaay less than we have done. Also no takeaways and not in the pub, so easily £80+ a week saved in food and beer. Appalling.

Only seems to be for Apple products, no option for Android.

So halfway through week 4 - due to take my first dose of 5mg next Wednesday. I’ve lost 9.5lbs since starting my MJ journey 3.5wks ago, and 13lbs since I submitted my weight and photos to get my prescription 5.5wks ago (it gave me a kick to try and start eating healthily and exercising more before I started taking my prescription 2 weeks later, so I lost a bit beforehand).

SW (when submitting photos): 16st 2.5lbs
SW (on day of 1st jab): 15st 13lbs
CW: 15st 3.5lbs

I’m visiting family this weekend for the first time a couple of months, and today 3 different people have told me I look like I’ve lost weight! I don’t think it’s too noticeable yet, still in usual clothes size 16 but they just feel a bit roomier, so nice that there’s obviously some difference!

I can’t wait to get under 15st and see the number 14 on the scales. I haven’t seen that in 2.5 years when I weighed myself just after my son was born, before I piled the weight on!

I took my fourth 5mg dose on Tuesday, and have been struggling - next to no suppression, starting to 'look' for food and could feel my weight about to stagnate, so took the bonus (5th) dose last night. Woke up this morning feeling VERY topped up. Still able to eat, but back to looking at eating as a necessity rather than a boredom buster / distraction.

I'll wait a full week now and start with the 7.5mg that's waiting in the fridge.

After a very active day yesterday I weighed myself this morning - totally 32.2lb down. Might go back up a bit tomorrow but that's fine.

Our starting weight is almost identical. I'm just into my fifth week and a fraction ahead of you (just over 15lbs) so it sounds like we're in the same place and losing at the same rate! Like you, I'm also excited to see the number 14 on the scales. I've had a couple of people comment on my improved appearance too. I do think it's made a difference. To be fair a stone is a lot! I'd love to lose another stone by New Year but that might be a little over-ambitious...
I've decided to stay on 2.5mg for another month as it's working well currently, and I could probably do with the increased suppression over Christmas when there's more temptation around!

I understand the effects will probably start to wear off. But after two doses, just about to take my third, I am feeling such a dramatic change in me- going way beyond physical appetite suppression.

I just have inner sense of emotional satisfaction and peace. Nothing has changed about my life, but I feel more secure, more peaceful, more content, more grateful. I feel there's not something inside me that needs fixing.

I just had a session with my therapist... and it was really interesting- none of the stuff that has been causing me distress feels that distressing anymore. The one that really blew my mind is that I am someone who tends to feel guilt about things that aren't actually my fault. That seems to be gone for now. I couldn't find my guilt today, which is a very habitual feeling for me. My therapist actually joked that she feels redundant!

I also spoke to a friend of mine who said how we talk about Mounjaro (reduction in noise and compulsiveness) is very similar to how it felt for her going on ADHD medication. I know someone on this thread also talked about changes to her adhd Symptoms.

I am really sorry to hear that some people are really struggling with side effects or not feeling much positive impact though...

All this I think underlines that we are only at the beginning of understanding what this drug does / doesn't do and why....

Happy Sunday everyone.

I am supposed to be ordering my next pen soon. I can't decide what to get. I've had great results on 2.5 and little side effects but am only doing dose 3 on Wednesday.

I don't want to order a 2.5 and it stop working, but equally don't want to move up to 5 because of the potential side effects.

Doesn't help they are both the same price!!

Anyone done 5 and then gone down to 3.75 if it was too much?

Ah thanks @Witchlite - the bit I want is on the paid bit! Annoying! Never mind. But thank you.

@financialcareerstuff It's incredible isn't it? I'm the one who feels like it's making a huge difference to my ADHD brain. Everything is just.... quieter, calmer, clearer. In some ways I'm more 'meh' but I only really mean that about the negative stuff, like you've described about the guilt. It's like the volume on those negative drags in my mind are eased. But I'm still motivated and not 'meh' about the positive stuff. In fact, because the general noise has quietened down I've got greater bandwidth for the positive stuff. It's amazing to me!

I felt the same so ordered the 5 and will either do 30 clicks for 2.5mg or 45 for 3.75. At least as they are the same price I won't feel guilty if I have to throw some away after 30 days.

@MissSmith80 i think you are right. They are the same price, so if I have to bin some it's not cost me any more.

Thank you 😊

Hi, the amount of Mounjaro is on the free shots page. It shows that week (grey shadow) and as I put in daily weight the comparative weight loss - Yellow bars

I’m def finding I’m calmer and less fidgety!

Fifth injection last week, and I wimped out and only did 40 clicks (about 3.3mgs). My suppression has gone down these past two weeks, but it’s still manageable. So I’m not yet sure whether I regret not doing the full 5mgs.

I’ve lost 8 kgs (down from 90) which is obv great in only a month or so. And my clothes feel looser. But I still feel SO wobbly in my tummy and thighs, so feel a bit depressed.

Well done on all the loses everyone!

It's jab day for me tomorrow, week 5. I've lost 1 stone ish (will weigh in the morning) I'm not sure if i jab 5mg or 2.5 or meet in the middle with 3.75. I had a really bad week of side effects last week after doing 2.5 plus half the bonus dose and only just feel ok today, so a bit scared about tomorrow jab. I'm thinking do 2.5 and if I feel ok then do 3.75 the week after or even too up another 2.5 after 5 days if the suppression wears off.

I’m officially a stone down! I did a little dance on the scales this morning. Super pleased.

Aww that's amazing!! Well done 👏

Decided to get some steps in today instead of wondering around the shops and took the kids up Glastonbury tor.

Extra steps to help the weight loss 🤞🏻

I also have ADHD and I feel things are calmer. I do wonder if a lot of it is because I find control and reward motivating so for me to see the losses on my scales is really driving me forward and motivating me. The intrusive thoughts are quieter for sure though

I cooked huge Sunday roast for our family and the neighbours today - so a houseful ☺️ I struggled to eat much at all.! It's quite bizarre I just don't fancy anything. I'm expecting the shaky/sickly feeling again tomorrow morning..hence me being mindful what went in. The struggle is real, mon-Fri I can control what goes in as I'm pretty much alone, I am however finding it hard to eat much and the pressure to so in front of others is immense! Anyone else finding that? I've told no one I'm using the jab as I don't want the judgemental comments from others.