Mounjaro August starters thread 8

[Blondeshavemorefun]

Thought would do a new one as 7 nearly full

Welcome all.

Been 3mths now since we started.

Happy Friday! @Blondeshavemorefun well done on 3lbs!

Week 13 weigh in for me, first week of 7.5 which has been fine for side effects but suppression wasn't quite what I was expecting. 4lbs off this week. I cannot believe I am only 2.5lbs away from 4 stone! That seems crazy to me.

SW 19st
CW 15st 2.5lbs

Have a good week everyone

@AdeloreSmore I measure every 2w or so - so will do tonight

I'm also in cms😂 as looks better a high number yes but shows better loses

Love your chart. Mines on a bit of paper

@Changinghabits1973 for me the magic number seems to be 10

Only taken 3mths + lol 2.5/5/7.5 didn't seem to do much and I think I skipped the bonus dose of 7.5 to go to 10 as was fed up and made a 10 out of it so wasted 5 if that makes sense

Now Having losses every week and I have suppression. Not all the time. Seems to kick in day 2/3 usually

But I also felt awful last week on think day 3/4. Never felt like that and literally couldn't eat and felt sick

I know many of you that's normal but I didn't like it

Sounds to me you need to go to 10 if 7.5 isn't working now for you

I'm going to stick at 10 I think for another month

Wow 4lbs @4pink1blue You pipped me to the post 😂 well done

@NippyCrab sending love to little pup today 🐶

Wow @Blondeshavemorefun that is a fantastic overall loss! Specially given you have had less of the miracle effects of MJ compared to some of us.

Congrats @NippyCrab , @Ithinkimrincewind and @4pink1blue too.

Good luck @ChunkyMunky . I have fingers crossed that the increase doesn't make you feel bad.

I thought I'd try not to track every morsel this week in my blessed calorie tracker, as I'd managed not to do it while I was away last weekend and still lost. I got to yesterday evening and felt absolutely wiped out. After much wondering why this might be, I decided to put in the food I've been eating and I'm under-eating. How mad is that. I can hardly believe I am typing those words out, but there we have it. So, I think I'm going to continue to track to ensure that I am getting 1000 calories a day and 80g or more of protein.

Great results everyone, @ChunkyMunky , I'm sure that slight blip will be lost again next week.

2 lb off for me. I'm on my 2nd 5mg pen and had have been slow and steady at 1.5 lb a week until now, but have lost 3, then 2 on the last 2 weeks. Suppression is good, and no side effects to speak of .. i know I'm very lucky.

13 st 13 in Jan 24,
SW 12 st 13 last week in Aug
CW 11st 9
GW 10st (and will then revaluate)

@changinghabits1973 Gosh, i wish i could advise, that sounds bloody frustrating. It's so weirdly individual isn't it. I'm on my 2nd 7.5 pen and its working just right - for me! Suppressed a little bit but able to eat 3 meals a day. I don't think about food, but when i make it I can eat it. I am however fully aware that this could all change tomorrow for no apparent reason. I think the official line is I'm Winging it!!

I am 53 and still have pretty regular bleeds. But the peri menopause symptoms that were really awful at times have completely gone with MJ. Completely! I think at least, though probably metabolic/hormone changes I’m unaware of.

Will have a proper catch up in a sec. Just jumped on to say I’m STS, argh! Dithering whether to jump from 6 to 7.5 or 7. Would even 6.5 make a difference?

@MargoLivebetter 1.1 was via sw and that took 3mths to lose

But I've added the two weights together now as mfp just does total weight loss

I do think 10 is my magic number tho. Finally.

@wohmum well done on loss and great on a lower dose

So weird how all diff for us all

@FlappingMadly sorry sts but also good not a gain. Did you lose last week or it's a plateau now

I would go to 7.5 - they do say use the whole dose and once a week for best results

Hello, I am just quickly on to say congratulations to everyone and I will read back later and reply. I'm going to do 5mg lol it makes sense, then again I might chicken out and do another 3.75 or 4mg 🙄😂

This is mega outing for anyone who knows me or knows of me and my dogs but little baby girl says hi and thank you for all the lovely thoughts about her. The x rays were clear and look great, the latest is muscular so referred for physio, finish antibiotics, she's on Gabapentin for pain and Vet thinks she has a viral infection as her temp was again 104 today.

@NippyCrab she is a beauty!!!! So glad that she is on the mend.

Awww my little crustian. She is beautiful @NippyCrab

@NippyCrab oh super she doesn’t have anything skeletal or majorly wrong. She is a beauty! Absolutely gorgeous!

@Blondeshavemorefun @wohmum and @4pink1blue fab losses whoop! 💃💃💃

Well, in the end I jabbed 6 again I am suppressed , very much so today, Butt still can eat and have no nasty side effects (so far) including constipation. I had a good loss last week, so am okay with STS.

I'm the same @FlappingMadly. Undecided what to jab on Sunday as although I have suppression and am within 1200 calories each day, I just don't seem to be losing weight. Maybe 500g in 2 weeks.

I'm hesitant to go to 7.5 as the suppression is there on 5 (or just under 6mg I did on Sunday) and I'm not having nasty side effects. I'm just not losing weight.

I wanted to stay on as low a dose as possible as although I'm 30lb down, I still have a LOT to lose.

I stuck on 0.5 lb a week for about 2-3 weeks when i first started 5mg, but now it seems to have really kicked into gear .. if the suppression is still there I'd stick with it 5 i think. but it is so different for everyone

I would go up poppy as not losing weight

I didnt have suppression and was eating 1200 ish cal and losing a lb. Or sts

Now on 10 I'm actually losing weight every week

@poppym12 i have a lot to lose too.i try not look at the full picture 😱 For me as well as losing weight it’s seeing what a calorie controlled day looks like and getting used to it and laying down good habits.

Omfg. A NSV but kinda is a SV one as well

I redid my bmi. I haven t since started

I was 37.9 and in 'whispers' super obese and the 2nd pink block

And now I'm 31.01 and in obese

But tottering on the edge of overweight

Another few lbs and will be in total yellow

Does happy dance !!!

Tho

I still say I wasn't super obese

Yes fat /over weight possibly obese but don't like that term

But super obese is an insult imo !

Oh the black dot isn't showing on previous pic. It is now

I have a 5mg and a 7.5 in the fridge so I could use the 5 as 5 plus a bit extra to go up slowly rather than jump in at 7.5 and risk feeling rubbish.

It's really all gone to pot since that stupid illness.

@NippyCrab - she's a stunner!! I really hope she's better soon.

I'd go up slowly if you're sensitive to side effects @poppym12. I found 4.3 made me feel rotten, went down to 3.75 for a while and have crept up again to 4.5 and seem ok so far. I think if you're still feeling suppression it's better to treat the stalling as just a temporary hiatus rather than any dosage failure. Having said that, I totally get the frustration!

Very pleased to see your pup @NippyCrab - she's so pretty! That sounds such a high temperature, no wonder she's felt rough, poor thing, having that over a few days.

Congrats to losers and a reassuring squeeze to stay the samers and slight gainers. We're still going strong, it will work.

Fab @Blondeshavemorefun ! Huge difference!
What app gave you that beautiful graph?

It's the one I always see at the chemist so I googled it

Hopefully this link will work

waistawayuk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bmi-chart.pdf

I find the basic nhs one too plain and all are obese

Obv some are more obese then others

I still don't think I was/am super obese

Very pleased you had a good loss this week @Blondeshavemorefun!

I managed to lose 2lb, which is great obviously, but then I realised this was the most exciting of all the 37lb I've lost so far as it means my BMI is 29.8!! Woohoo!! It's probably about 5 years since I was in the overweight category. I was so pleased when I realised I almost skipped out of the house! I now have to focus all my efforts on not having an annoying random gain next week 😀

Yay @weaseleyes !!