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 ☺️

Hello! I've been absent for a bit because I've just been getting on with my new life as a normal eater!

SW 16 st 6
CW 14 st 9
GW 10 st 7?
Weight lost 1st 11

I had a major plateau week 7 & 8 but I'm trying to trust the process. Started losing again now. I find it bizarre that the plateau means I weigh EXACTLY the same for days and days.

Still not got many side effects although if I eat something really fatty my tummy objects. Did my first 7.5 injection last night.

Well done everyone on your amazing work!

Just ordered another pen despite horrible constipation. Have got a load of stool softeners too, the glamour!

Can anyone recommend an app to make a chart thing like the one posted upthread?

Still on 2.5, afraid of worse side effects if I up it!

Does anyone else get this fuzzy foggy head, slightly dizzy feeling? I've checked my BP when I'm like it and have a couple of dextrose tablets. Not sure if it's lack of sleep last night either as that was minimal. Although that was because I was feeling dizzy and was scared to go to sleep. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Week 5 complete and another 4.5 lbs down taking my total loss to 19 lbs. Just did my 2nd jab of 5mg. Had full suppression all week which I’ve loved, it’s meant I could just eat my meals and not be even thinking about what to have, what time to have it etc, I’ve just actually eaten my meals at the same time and looked forward to them mostly. But much much smaller portions as my appetite is low.

I have also been enjoying translating my weight loss to packets of butter - 45 at last count!

My size 14 jeans fit me comfortably now and I’m into the 13 stone category now. Both warranted a little dance this morning.

SW: 14st 13.2lb
CW: 14st 6.6lb
total after 6 weeks: 6.6lb

Today was 3rd dose of 5mg pen, so entering 7th week. I know slow and steady is good, but this is going to take forever!

I'm hoping to be in the 15's by the end of next week so earlier today I decided to look back on Fitbit at when I last weighed under 16st and it was April 2022 which coincided with a big holiday. Decided to look back at pics from then and remembered I took two identical pairs of jeans (one light / one black) which haven't fit me for a while but I still have packed away somewhere...so I am going to dig those out and hoping I fit into them!

Jealous! Tried on some size 14s today - I'm well into 13 stone and just a 16.

Admittedly I am both a short arse and menopausal of belly. 😁

Omg, I love this. I'm at 32 packs 😂

I do - when I stand up I go light headed. So I do it a bit gradually!

Was it my screenshot, from 9.16 am today? It’s an app called Shotsy.

5mg update folks! This dose was not what I was expecting and was quite underwhelmed with it, 1st week great suppression then went south after that. Today I extracted the bonus dose from my 5mg pen and got exactly 0.7mg. It's safe to say that I have yet to experience the suppression like I have today, I have eaten, however just a few spoon/fork fulls each time I am looking forward to my next 7.5mg pen which arrives any day

FYI I think i am going off wine too, it hit hard today 😂

It's so amazing that some of us are already on 7.5mg, it feels like we just started yesterday. Well done to everyone and it's always lovely to read this thread with all the updates.

End of week 8 and this was the first week that I've had side effects, Wednesday was rough with burps and diarrhoea however by the evening I was already feeling fine and so far so good so I hope and pray that's the end of it.

@Losingthetimber , I’m so jealous that you’re losing weight from your belly first. I’m shrinking everywhere else but my belly 😳. I’m now doing lots of abs exercises to help the process

Weight and jab day for me and I just took my 3rd 5mg. This week I've lost 1.75kg (3.8lbs) with the slow loss in the last 2 weeks, it seems I've now had a whoosh. I didn't do anything different so I guess some weeks we can't lose a lot whilst the body adjusts whilst we lose more other times. I have a new 5mg pen so I'll continue on that till after Christmas.
Stats so far

SW: 87.1kg (192lbs)
Goal: Maybe 60kg (132lbs)
CW: 75.30 (167lbs)

Total weight-loss in 8 weeks 11.8kg or 26lbs

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I’m ridiculously tall, the fat is more spread out 😂

Is anyone on HRT and MJ? I’m probably going to start with a mirena coil and patches in the next month or so. I’d love to know anyone’s experiences - good, bad and ugly, so I’m prepared.

Me. I’m on patches and MJ. Not much to report. My MJ side effects have been very mild and my menopausal symptoms steady.

Thank you - that’s reassuring.

I have the Mirena coil and on HRT patches. It's been fine, and I think the unexpected period was due to weight loss.

I have the contraceptive implant and HRT. @FuckOffGerms. The only peri effects that I would consider is more down to eating less on MJ is dizziness every now and again, brain fog and fatigue. I do need a lot of sleep at night (10hrs) and sometimes an afternoon nap.

I'm 43 but peri hit me really hard earlier this year. I'm eating protein and weight training 4 or 5x a week to ensure I don't lose muscle mass.

Thanks @ohforfoxs - I am looking forward to the mirena stopping my periods!

I definitely think my exercise routine will need to change, @LumionaMoonsplash and I’ll need to add weights somewhere.

I think it’s also worth getting some scales that track all your data, ie muscle mass, bmi, fat, bone density etc, the eufy ones are on Black Friday sale on Amazon, I got mine for about 25 quid a week ago, half price I think, and they blue tooth to your phone, so you can track, your data every time you weigh (ie dont need to manually input to apps)

doesn’t matter if they are 100 percent accurate or not, like the ones at the gym, what’s important is you can see trends, increases and decreases.

so I can see how much fat I lose and how much muscle mass I lose or gain by comparing today v a week ago. Of course a week isn’t any form of strong data, simply that’s how long I’ve had the scales, but it will give me an important steer as to what’s going on with my body.

I've tried them all 😆
Patches were OK but supplies in lockdown were hard to get hold of.. switched to femoston tablets. Now on femoston conti 1/5mg and best I've had.