Mounjaro October starters - Thread 5!

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

@lickycat ive barely had a drink in the last couple of months, just not fancied it at all.
Happy to be driver though so fine with me.
I had a few at my works Christmas do and a couple of glasses of wine at dinner with friends about a month ago but no side effects after.

I’m moving up to 7.5 this weekend, @ApolloandDaphne - I’m finding suppression really disappearing after about day 3/4 and by days 5 and 6 I’m really thinking about food a lot and I’ve been reaching for things that aren’t any good for me. Not even because I really want them, im not going overboard but I really want more suppression over Christmas and new year. I’ve had 40 years of eating what i want over Christmas and new year, I don’t feel hard done by, I just want the weight gone and I’m more than happy to stick on this journey properly!

I’m on second dose of 7,5 and it’s really good for me so far. 5 wasn’t great the first two weeks, but the last two weeks of it was fine, 7,5 is excellent, so my body obvs adjusting as it is meant to.

I will move to ten at the right time, ie in just under 3 weeks, although will try to do the bonus dose, so maybe 4, and then hoping to stay on ten mg and for that to be my optimal dose, for however long it takes to hit target, and then titrate down, see if I can maintain on 5. That’s the plan, but let’s see.

my doc says if falls off as you move to the higher doses, that’s when the magic happens, and was another half pound down this morning, so let’s see. 🤞

I know the steak and mushrooms wasn’t bad but Iv obviously done something that has triggered the ‘you have been naughty’ feeling I’m having. I think it’s because when I got home I had some Reese’s snack mix which I shouldn’t have had!

Im sure I will wake up tomorrow and the feeling will be gone.

Except from what I ate earlier Iv only had had some orange juice and a cup of tea, not long after I posted I started to feel sick and Iv had the most horrific smelling burps all evening… so I haven’t felt like any food at all.

Currently sat snuggled on the sofa, exhausted.

@ApolloandDaphne don't worry, I'm still stuck on 2.5mgs and feeling a bit worried this evening.
Today at lunchtime I went with some friends for a carvery. I only had a small dinner to start with as I wasn't very hungry - turkey, 2 roasties some veg - no stuffing or Yorkshire. I ate less than half of this but started to feel really sick and had terrible stomach cramps. To my eternal shame I threw up in the car park and once home was vomiting and having diarrhoea all afternoon. I'm O.K. now but wondering why this happened - I'm usually very robust and not prone to this kind of thing. I don't think it's a bug and I'm worried that the MJ has done something to me and perhaps I should stop taking it? Has anybody else experienced anything like this?

I've got my 2nd 5mg pen waiting in the fridge, doing bonus dose tomorrow from current one. I felt that suppression was good on 5mg so in no hurry to move up

Your symptoms don’t sound great @recklessgran I
think you should contact either your doctor or your prescriber asap and seek advice. I really hope you’re ok -
please let me know how you get on x

Mundane update for accountability 😀

Took my 10th dose yesterday and went back to 2.5 mg after too many awful side effects on 5mg. Hoping this will settle better.
I’ve lost another 1 lb in the last 3 days making my total weight loss 2 stone and 2 lbs in 9 weeks.
SW 15 stone 1 lb
CW 12 stone 13 lb
GW 10 stone 3 lbs

I've stayed on 5mg for 6 weeks now, I'm finding it gives me suppression all week so no need to increase dose yet. Most likely will stay on it until after Christmas then move up if suppression drops. If I increased now I would barely manage to eat, don't want to risk side effects too. I'm losing weight consistently too although it's always been slow with me, 12.5lbs in 10 weeks but I'm a size 14 startee 13st 1lbs so harder to shift.

Jab 11 done yesterday so far;
3x2.5mg
5x3.75mg
3x5mg

The scales have been fluctuating loads this week, settled on a 4lb loss which is brilliant and means I achieved my goal of 2st loss before Christmas!

Weigh in number 10
SW 21st 9lb
CW 19st 9lb
GW 12st 6lb
2lbs off this week
losses so far; 4, 1, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4
So a total of 28lbs/2st!

@recklessgran how are you doing this morning ?

Weight losses are amazing ladies 🙌🏻

That's incredible @WafflingDreamer well done!!

I've had a restless night 🥴 woke at 2am needing the toilet.. managed to get back to sleep but I'm feeling quite off this morning! Presumably the 3.75mg has kicked my arse.

Morning @EVK and everyone - thank you for your concern. Most odd but I'm O.K. this morning. I've e-mailed MedEx but whatever their response I've decided not to jab again this side of Christmas as I can't risk being under par. I'll start again afterwards with micro-dosing on 1.25mgs if need be. I'll wait for MedEx's response and see what happens today. So far I just feel a bit off but vaguely normal if you get me - just a few burps and a bit of a headache. I'm going to be very careful what I eat today but honestly don't think there was anything unhealthy in the plate of food that kicked all this off yesterday or what I ate the day before. I'm not bothering with the G.P. at this point as I expect I'll get "told you so" judging by last week's carry on where they refused to share my medical records with MedEx. [ I just uploaded them from my online portal so I still don't understand their stance on this.] Hope everyone else is O.K.

@recklessgran, glad you’re feeling better. I don’t blame you, I would definitely wait until after Christmas before jabbing again. It’s not worth the risk, you don’t want to feel rubbish over the festive period
@WafflingDreamer yay to 4lbs and 2 stone by Christmas!

Jab number 12 for me and an unexpected 3.5lbs off this week!
SW - 19st 2.9lbs
CW - 17st 7.1lbs
total loss 23.8lbs - I’m hoping to reach 2 stone off by the new year, seems an achievable goal.
I've been pretty consistent with losses:
3.7, 2, 1.8, 2.2, 2.2, 2.7, 1.3, 2.6, 1.8, 3.5.
clothes are starting to feel big, I love seasalt clothing, especially their linen tunics and they are all getting too big which is bittersweet as they are so expensive! I need to start trawling Vinted to see if I can replace them.

I ordered a second 7.5mg pen rather than a 10mg this time round.

Fab weight losses everyone!!

Week 8 for me and I've lost 2 pounds this week, taking me to 26 pounds, hoping to lose another 2 next week to hit the two stone mark, madness!

SW 15.6
CW 13.8
GW 11 ish

Going to jab the bonus dose tonight, have got insulin needles to use as with my first pen it broke. Then I have another 5mg pen to continue you.

Have dusted off the peleton bike and plan to get back into exercise this week.

Glad you’re feeling better today @recklessgran , your plan to give it a rest during Christmas is good. I think you could still try ringing your GP anyway as they may offer some tests.
Fab updates and losses everyone.

Good to hear you are feeling better today @recklessgran i think it's wise to have a little break over the festive season so you can at least enjoy yourself!

@recklessgran I’m sorry you’ve been feeling poorly. I agree Christmas off is a good idea.

Thinking of you @recklessgran !

Great losses!

I too had an unexpected 3lb loss today - I was away this weekend and although was sensible with what I ate, I enjoyed hotel breakfasts and a 3 course meal so it was a surprise this morning.

That takes me to half a pound off 2 stone - would love to break that mini-goal this week if I can and it feels achievable.

I jabbed with 5mg last night (have been using 3.75) to try and bring my day forward from Tuesday.

Woke up this morning with full suppression and feeling nauseous but have been sipping water and feeling a bit better now. Reminded me what a powerful drug this is.

Take care @recklessgran

I've not lost anything now for 2 weeks. About to do 4th 5mg jab, so upping to 7.5 after that. I can have a good loss week when I eat a lot and this week I have felt like soup. Oh well. Suppression not great on 5mg for me and the first 2 weeks I had horrible sulpherous belches, indigestion and of course constipation. It settled down this last week.

Onwards and downwards!

Interesting programme on Radio 4 earlier today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00260wv?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Well done everyone!

I feel much better today, burps have stopped.

Making a roast chicken tonight 🍗

I have ordered my next pen from IQ, although I’m still taking 5mg a week from my 7.5mg pen but I wanted to make sure I had a spare pen for over the festive period and into Jan as I feel like the pharmacies will be very very busy in Jan with everyone who wants to try it now waiting until the new year!

Sw 93kg
CW84kg
GW 60kg

I had my first jab at 7.5mg this week. Yesterday I started doing horrendous sulphur burps. They honestly smell of rotten eggs. Has anyone else experienced this and if you did was there anything that helped?