Mounjaro October starters - Thread 5!

[Fizzleawayy]

Thread 4 is nearly full so making the next one so we can all carry on chatting ☺️

Thank you for the new thread @Fizzleawayy

SW 19 stone
CW 18 stone
Target - skinny bitch

It is so good catching up with everyone and their weight loss. I lost a stone in the first 3 weeks and then nothing since. Just moved up to 5mg so hopefully that would change. No side effects yet, apart from the dreaded constipation that has been a feature all the way through. There must be another stone waiting to emerge because of that!

With the Medexpress discount codes, can you use one each time you order (provided it is a different code)? I am waiting to see if the price match works.

[Referral code removed by MNHQ]

have a really good evening all!

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I ordered these. They are a little longer than the pen needles so I went for a fat bit of my stomach.

@AnneinEdinburgh yes, you'll get a new code every time you purchase from MedEx - I do hope they honour your price match! I got a credit from them this morning for £49.98 after submitting my claim yesterday so hopefully you'll hear soon. You might have more luck posting your code on the special Mounjaro referral thread which is where people post their codes and people wanting to start look for codes to use - this is the latest one;
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/promo-codes-bargains/5210186-mounjaro-discount-codes-thread-2?page=3&reply=140112929
You did great losing a stone in 3 weeks! I'm stuck on just over ghalf a stone coming up to 6 weeks in but I'm old and on levo so I'm in this for the long haul.

Thread 5. Wow!

I was doing well - although have feck all idea how much I've lost because the very specific bit of floor I used to put the scales on no longer exists! (We're doing a new bathroom)

I had an operation last Wednesday which would have been my jab day but I obviously didn't. Then I was feeling a bit rough afterwards so kept putting it off and finally did it yesterday. But it just doesn't feel like it's working the same. Perhaps I'm not in the right frame of mind like I was before and need to attempt to find that space again!! I'm really hungry and I want wine. 😩

4 days into my first 5mg and the suppression has finally lifted enough for me to look forward to my (small portion) of dinner -
I’ve not felt in the least bit hungry since Saturday and in fact I’ve really had to force myself to eat small amounts a few times a day. I don’t want to fuck up my metabolism by starving my body so I had just made sure I’ve stayed hydrated and fed even though I’ve not felt like eating at all.
Finally today I had a bit of an appetite and enthusiasm for my dinner!

I did my first 3.75 on Sunday night after 5 x 2.5 and the suppression is too much, I'm having to force myself to eat. Has anyone gone up and then dropped back down? Appreciate there's a build up in my system too but my loss has been steady/decent on 2.5 so I might drop back down on Sunday

Jab day for me today.
Stomach aches and explosive diarrhoea stopped last night. Scales show 1lb lost this week but I feel lighter.

Total loss 1st 1lb
SW 23/10/24 16st 2lbs
CW 27/11/24 15st 1lbs
GW …………….. 10st 2lbs

What's the name of the app again? For tracking how much is in your system.

Shotsy

I’m full of cold and usually I’d feel sorry for myself and eat loads, but I’m not really thinking about eating.

Same, it's a combination of the cold and MJ I think but really don't fancy much at all. Been trying to graze to get enough calories in as hardly ate yesterday and felt so cold

I’m pretty sure Iv got laryngitis and just feel crap too. Utterly exhausted today but I had stuff to do so couldn’t just stay in.

I thinking had between 800-900 calories today and I’m done for the day.

and about 300 of those calories are on some of a caramel kinder Santa😅

300 was on my dinner (which was healthy)

and the other 261 calories was on 6 McDonald’s chicken nuggets for lunch. Thats pretty much it all day.

I edited my own post and I still didn’t manage to correct some stuff! Serves me right for always posting from my mobile.

Thanks for the new thread! The support I've had from you all has really spurred me on

Very similar stats. It's been a LONG time since I was 10 stone but I'd so love to be that weight again!

I went up to 5mg but found it too much so went back down to 3.75mg. I'm going to stick to that now until the suppression wears off.

SW - 79kg
CW - 71kg
GW - 65kg (I am very short so can't carry much weight)

I'm still struggling to prioritise exercise, particularly in busy work weeks so am a bit worried about losing muscle mass. I need to increase my protein intake too.

Is anyone finding that they are getting very bad tempered on mj or is it just me? I have ost my temper several times with my undoubtedly irritating teenage son, but that isn't like me. Maybe it's because I haven't eaten enough, though I'm not hungry. Or maybe ism just a grumpy bag!!

Thanks @lapuf I've downloaded it. It's good to track everything.

@AnneinEdinburgh yes! Tonight I was going on at DH about how loud he was eating and caught myself sounding unreasonably grumpy with my mum earlier. I wonder if it's hunger that we don't know we have?

@surreygirl1987 it took a long time to put on all these extra stones. I am chuffed to bits to lose one of them and feel it's achievable to get another one off by the end of 2024. It's exciting isn't it!

Morning all, thread 5!

End of week 6 for me 4.5lbs off, total loss 30.5lbs.
Still on 2.5mg and happy with the balance of enjoying food but not craving junk.
I’ve given myself a 4 pen target, have just ordered pen 3 so hopefully things keep going as they have been 🤞🏼

Does or did anyone else get this? My period cycles are pretty standard 28 days. I have found for years that 2 weeks before I’m due on is when full on cravings kick in. If I’m on a diet, that will be the week I break the diet and binge, every single time. It lasts for up to a week and then goes away until the following month.

Since starting this I have had 1 week where my suppression didn’t feel as high and I had a lot more food noise and now I look back, it was the exact same week.

I thought it was just the MJ not working properly now so I changed my dosing schedule when really it was probably my body going haywire with hormones that week.

Well done! Fantastic!

I'm on my third 2.5mg week and constipation is fricking awful! I'm drinking lots, reduced carbs and high fibre etc. thinking of coming off it before I get proper fissures. Don't really want to start using laxatives and stool softeners.

Plus the whole family has been ill and thinking of suitable dinners for us all on top of that is driving me over the edge

Yes, I’ve always had this, 2nd half of my cycle I’d have all the sugar cravings and lots of water retention. I’m now on HRT but the cyclical rather than continuous, so I still get the 2 weeks fine and 2 weeks craving, and I’ve noticed it’s similar on MJ.

I can see clearly on my tracking app, that so far (6 weeks) I’ve had really slow loss with lots of fluctuation, then 2 weeks of pretty much solid weight loss, and I’m now back on the 2 weeks slow and fluctuating. I’m off to the shop to buy a load of fruit to see if that satisfies the cravings.