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, swimming at the weekend, sometimes tennis and trying to do a walk each day (10.000 steps ideally but doesn’t always happen), feel like I should be doing weights

I got about the same dose from the 2.5mg pen but haven’t felt any difference, almost regretting not just going to the 5mg pen but I’m working on my willpower!

Haven’t noticed any difference with the sex drive.

good luck for tomorrow

I was tempted to stick at 2.5mg, but have started to feel a bit hungry, and probably ought to be on the minimum "proper" dose, so have increased. That said, I was a bit wimpy and went off piste with 40 clicks (3.3g, I think/hope). I can REALLY do without any side effects at the moment!

Had another nice loss this morning, so at the start of W5 I'm now:

SW 90kgs
CW 82.4kg
TW 72 (ish) kg

I had my first 5mg on Saturday afternoon and I’ve been totally fine all week. Only started getting a bit peckish today really. Had chicken, baby corn and peppers in the oven for tea. With a TGI Fridays glaze dip! I don’t usually eat much veg but I really fancied it. I couldn’t finish it though. My weigh day is tomorrow but the loss has slowed now. Will be lucky if I get 2lb off. Exercise wise I do 2/3 weights sessions which I really enjoy.

There has been some brilliant losses so far. Sorry to all of the ones that have been feeling poorly with it. Hopefully it will pass soon.

I ordered my first one with them on a Sunday and it didn’t arrive until the Thursday, I was expecting it to be quicker tbh

No appetite this evening 💁🏼‍♀️ I had soup for lunch and I've been drinking water ever since. Made everyone fajitas for dinner and had a nibble on some spare chicken but wasn't feeling it.

Just took some peppermint oil capsules.
Not sure why but I feel so bloated tonight. Stomach is big and feels hard but unsure why as I had a couple of chicken sausages for dinner, a fruit & protein yogurt smoothie for lunch.
A treat size chomp this evening.

I’m week 5, day 2 of 5mg. I was really nauseous this morning, but thankfully seems to have gone now.

Really strong appetite suppression - I forgot to have lunch so had a cereal bar mid afternoon and ate half of my tea this evening.

Not a good day. I am at the end of week 4 and suppression has been waning all week. Today I felt like my old over eating self with constant food noises. I ended up eating a snickers and 2 Baileys truffles. Not really excesive but I am so angry. 2.5 mg has done very little for me except prepare me for the 5mg on Saturday, so fingers crossed I will feel as good as I did on weeks 1 and 2. It was wonderful to feel motivated and positive. Today I just feel like crap😥

So today was week four weigh in day and I have like at 12lb… which has Sen me go from obese to overweight and well into the realm of a healthier lifestyle!

I have dropped a dress size and already feel better.

I didn’t go for the golden dose and moved to the 5mg injection this week but noticed that med express had actually given me six needles instead of the four I had with my 2.5mg pen so I think that if suppression is good this month I would try for the ‘golden dose’ as I keep the injection the fridge to help preserve the active ingredient.

Please don't let one day ruin it all, stick with it and be more mindful of food choices. You've got this 🙌

I've woken up with a terrible stiff neck but the sickness/shaky feeling has subsided thankfully. Jab day tomorrow! I'm off to do an aqua aerobics class this morning and then have a long sit in the steam room at the gym. I don't work on Fridays so this is a little treat for me. NSW for me this morning - my Apple Watch strap has gone up a notch because it's becoming too loose 🤩

Have you been to the loo??

Yeh, no problems on that front in the last few days. woke up and it’s back to normal now

These dreams on MJ are crazy.

It starts off in my great nans house who died 20 years ago, I then get an electric scooter to the charity shop (never rode an electric scooter in my life😂).
I go in the shop and I notice a friend in her own house opposite the shop, I go in and she now has 5 kids instead of the 1 I thought she had.
I then go back to my scooter to go back home but someone warns me it’s been tampered with😲 as there is a symbol on the ground 😂 I get on it anyway and end up going past some police officers who usher me into the bank near them as they needed to look into something.
Armed robbers come in and they open fire as they want my scooter😂 I pretend to play dead on the floor while they continue to shot everyone.

My alarm just went off. Bizarre! The ‘friend’ in my dream wasn’t even anyone I actually know either 😂

Hi can I join you all? Started on 9/10 have lost 13lb so far and that’s with a week abroad for half term. I was reading these boards for months before I decided to go with it and after seeing all the positive results. I am so pleased with the results so far. Gained weight after pregnancies and never got it off, reached my pregnant weight (non pregnant) and despite trying everything I’d always lose that first 10lb and then fail to go any further and put it back on again and more. The shocker was realising I’d put 2 stone on in the last year alone! Fed up of feeling frumpy and conscious in my clothes, just wear the same baggy things. Decided I’m going to book in at John Lewis for new clothes when I get down to 11st. I also have lots of lovely clothes in my wardrobe that I haven’t been able to wear for years. I’m on 2.5 and ordered another 2.5 as it’s working well so far.

sw 14st12lb
cw 13st13lb
gw 10st7lb

Well done @Mrsmajeeka - that is an amazing loss!
I decided to stay with 2.5 for my second pen- hope it is the right decision as I have more ‘food noise’ so need to use some will power (which is no bad thing as I will need this moving forward)
weigh day today and 2lb lighter- which I am pleased with as I have had my birthday which included an Indian meal, some cake, Prosecco and chocolate!
SW: 17 10
CW: 16. 8.5
GW : 🤷‍♀️

Take My 2nd 5mg dose this morning saw strong effects last week so hoping for the same this week. Lost 4lb this week 1st 6lb in total now. So all going well - 9 days till holiday so hoping for another 3lb by then.

Weigh in day today - have lost 3.25lbs this week and have broken into my fourth number barrier.

I have lost 30.75lbs in total.

Weekend is usually when I drop weight as I’m so active, then I go back up a bit on Monday / Tuesday and then stay there.

I attribute it to trying to control 650kg of very excited horses across open countryside most weekends 😂 Good for cardio and the muscles even though I feel dead on a Sunday.

Such amazing losses well done to everyone! W5 D2 for me and I've hit my 1 stone loss this morning... so so pleased to achieve what seemed so unachievable a few months ago

Wk 2 day 5 - Well I’m feeling well and back to normal mood wise. My appetite has returned enough that I can eat sensibly but not so much that I want to demolish a sharing bar of Tony’s.

Since starting MJ on 24th October I’ve lost 7.6lb which is amazing. I’ve only had two shots.

I can now fit into my clothes more comfortably. I had some leggings that were my “usual size” and I couldn’t fit into which I’m wearing right now which is a pretty amazing feeling.

W3D1 and a total of 10lbs down!

I was so disheartened yesterday as the scales said I'd only lost 1lb in week two, but I popped on the scales this morning and boom - another 3lbs missing.

Scales have been a bit ropey, so not sure if it's my weird body or the scales.

Hi. Hope it’s ok to join you, just found this thread after a break from MN.

I’m reading about your incredible losses on MJ. Has anyone not had initial loss? I’m about to take my 4th dose of 2.5, so almost 3 weeks in, and I’ve lost the grand total of 2lb. On the one hand at least there has been a turn around in the scales after a long struggle since perimenopause started. But it’s quite disheartening, especially as I don’t really understand why. I’ve felt the suppression and the lowering of the ‘noise’ that I’ve seen described in this thread (and to be honest, I’d take that even without any weight loss - I hadn’t realised how much the noise was weighing me down and controlling my life/behavior, it’s such a relief to switch it off!)

Anyone else not seeing huge losses?

Glad you’re doing better.

I did 5 weeks on 2.5mg and lost 3lb. Didn't notice any suppression or quietening of food noise.

Took my first 5mg dose at about 5pm yesterday, waiting to see if it will kick in...