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 ☺️

I'll take it @EVK think I'm going back to bed after the school run.. 🤦‍♀️ thank goodness for remote flexible working!!!

I will have to buy some of this cream. I’m starting to look like a bloody pin cushion as I inject twice a week😂

also I hope you feel better soon.

Iv woke up full of a Cold today and I have to go into the bloody office which has annoyed me. I’m also running late and I’m over due my b12 injection so I’m exhausted.

Hello everyone. I’ve been following along with interest whilst I’ve been away for two weeks. I took my bonus dose yesterday. So that’s two 2.5 mg pens completed. I stayed on 2.5mg due to the holiday. I’ve now lost a total of 6 pounds in 10 weeks. I actually lost a pound this week (since my return) and stayed the same on holiday.
On holiday I had some nausea, indigestion and burps. I also didn’t feel hungry and had quite strong suppression - couldn’t finish a meal. I did drink alcohol so I’m surprised I didn’t gain weight.
I’ve got a 5mg pen in the fridge and think I’ll do 45 clicks for 3.75 mg next Sunday rather than than going straight to 5mg.
I’m a slow loser but I’m also pleased that I’ve actually been on holiday and haven’t come back a few pounds heavier which I normally would do!

@letshavetea - let us know how you get on with higher dose- I’m also interested in the answer to the question about what happens to the pen when you take a reduced dose - do you end up having to do the ‘hard twist’ for the fourth dose and does that mean you can still get a fifth dose or not?!!! 🧐

Weekly update from me..

Lost 2.5lb this week.

5’5 33yo PCOS
SW 16st 2.7lb BMI 37.7
CW 14st 5.8lb BMI 33.6
TL 1st 10.9lbs

I take it as prescribed. Moving to 7.5mg next week. Still no side effects 🤞

The best thing that has happened this week is that my period came, all by itself! That’s probably the first time in about 10 years.

Love reading all your updates. Not posting much as having an intense time at work 🙄

I used a 5mg pen for 3.75mg and got 5 doses without doing the hard twist.
Considered doing the hard twist for a 6th 'bonus' dose, but would have exceeded the 30 day window, so didn't bother.
Gone up to 4mg with my next pen and intend to get 5 doses out of this one too.

Morning all,
Just catching up on the thread!
I’m 6 wks in 1st 2lbs down and on 5mg.
Deciding whether to stick with 5mg or go for 7.5mg as I’ll re-order this week. Has anyone noticed anything on the 7.5mg dose? Not sure if anyone has started that dose yet in here?

I’ve just been away for the weekend so thought I’d weigh in to face the damage before the week begins! Turns out I’ve lost another 3lb! I was expecting a gain or even to stay the same! I did make good choices but did also have a few crisps and a couple of chocolates- I haven’t really touched them since I started in October. Good lesson to me that I can actually eat, enjoy my food and lose weight!
SW 17st 7lb
CW 15st 11lb
i haven’t been in the 15s for 7 years! At my heaviest I was 18st 1lb. I am absolutely over the moon!!!

Well done sunblocker!
I had a 2.2 official Monday loss but was annoyed because the scales were showing a 2.8 loss for four days and then reverted so I'm not a stone down any more, should be next week though

SW 11st 11.2
CW 10st 11.6
Target 9st 7

Omg just had the worst night!

On my 8th week and have been slowly loosing a couple of pounds a week so all good. 4 x 2.5, 1 x 3.2 bonus, 1 x 3.75, 1 x 5mg so far.

Was due to do my second 5mg dose yesterday but was pushing it back to today as still had relatively good suppression (and really want to push it back by a day a week so that by Christmas I will take it Boxing Day)

However went to the pub and had a couple of glasses of white wine, came home and really didn't feel like eating so had the smallest plate of gnocchi with tomato sauce (literally a side plate half full) and then later in the evening a bit of apple strudel and double cream.

Well at 3am I was up for several hours with excruciating stomach pains....
All I kept thinking of was the PP who had suspected pancreatitis, and the other woman who was in the news having died in connection with WLI.
I took a couple of Omeprazole (I do have precious for these kind of stomach problems but haven't had them this bad for over 10 years, when I ended up in A&E with suspected gallstones, was scanned and there was none) Finally got off to sleep around 6am.

Woke up at 8.30am and have a thirst like anything and (sorry TMI) diarrhoea, which makes a change as I've been so constipated for the past 8 weeks!

I suspect the alcohol plus the high fat foods I ate were such a shock to my body having been eating so much more healthily lately, it just sent my stomach into a spin.

Now unsure what to do about my jab, I'm already a day late, and still feel so rough I'm not worried about suddenly eating loads and putting lbs on.
Anyone else had this kind of thing? Should I delay another day? More to the point can I delay another day?

Gosh that sounds awful @killamounjaro I hope it passes quickly. I don't have any advice re jab, except maybe doing a lower dose?

@surreygirl1987 Yes me! It’s very odd, I had nothing for the first month but the last few have left a large, red swollen and itchy lump, like an insect bite. I think it’s fairly common I have read about it in another thread.

Hi all

Just checking in

W7D1 for me, 4th week on 5mg. I already have my 7.5 pen and debating whether to go up next week, or have bonus dose of 5. Suppression is still pretty low, only lasting a few days, and no significant side effects, might just go up.

SW 17'10
CW 16'13

Slow and steady and I am hoping I might get to a stone off next week, but its generally been 2 pounds off a week, so might be the week after.

I had to have a recent blood test, as part of a general health check up and they tested for various things. The only thing that came up was low iron levels, but not serious, so I need to increase my intake of green veg etc, so I am hoping that will help me feel fuller for longer and eat other food less.

Well done to everyone with losses!

@killamounjaro Ugh that sounds awful, you poor thing. I have been in the same position and have realised I can’t eat any fat or the same thing happens to me. I would have thought delaying another day would be ok if you wanted to; I have read about people going on holiday and deciding to have a week off so I wouldn’t think another day would matter…but I’m no expert! Hope you improve soon.

@EVK - thank you. I’ll report back on my progress with the 5mg as I work through it. I’m thinking if I’m okay on 3.75mg then I’ll go to 5mg the second week, but I’ll see how I am re any side effects.
I’ve never done the hard twist because even reading about it made me concerned in case it didn’t work! So for the bonus doses for my two 2.5 mg pens I used an insulin syringe and needle (bought from Amazon). I had no problems with this method.

Well good thing it is injection day today as I felt very hungry this morning.

This week’s update from me.
Today I had my 8th dose - 5mg
I felt pretty nauseous and tired for about 3 days this week but on the other hand, I had a good weight loss so 🥳

This week I’ve lost 5lbs making a total loss so far of 1 stone and 11lbs
SW 15 stone 1lb
CW 13 stone 4lb
GW 10 stone 3lb

Feeling so happy about the success of this after spending a year losing and regaining the same few lbs over and over again. can’t believe I’ve actually lost 25 lbs!!

It’s not linear is it? Such a lesson there as I always get so upset if I don’t lose every week but I’ve had a couple of much slower losses whilst eating exactly the same!

My motto is "it's not linear" at the moment! Mainly because I felt ok yesterday morning on my Covid recovery and by the afternoon I did not... reckon I'm due a scales whoosh by weds 👀

Aww @killamounjaro I feel your pain!! Awful feeling isn't it. I've had not tummy pain but boy do I feel sick 🤢 did the school run and went back to bed for a couple of hours as i was awake at 4am this morning being sick. I'm convinced the wine didn't agree with me or the food for that matter!! I literally can't stomach anything. Little sips of water - praying it dies down by this evening. Hugs to you, it's really unpleasant. I'd hold off a day, won't hurt and will give you a chance to get back to some sort of normality.

Lost another 2lbs this week. Really delighted as I was away for work and ate out one night as well. Am also having wine at the weekends.

One thing I did notice when I was away was eating to have something to do. I wasn't hungry but had breakfast and lunch because I needed to pass some time.

I'm sticking to 3.75 for the third week. Might go up to 5 next week. As also planning on skipping the Christmas week one!!

@Pegsmum @rockingbird @PurpleMunchkin thanks all.

Haven't eaten all day as still feel lousy, had a couple of cups of tea and that will do. Am definitely delaying the jab until tomorrow and won't be eating high fat foods for the foreseeable future!
Hope all of you are feeling ok

Poor you! Sounds horrible @killamounjaro

TMI alert....

Well my plateau ended at the weekend. I went to the loo 4 times! I was storing it up apparently!

Sorry that is gross.

First 5mg today! Hoping for no side effects I have a really full on week at work.

Have a great week x

Had my last shot of 5mg and the sulphur burps have started 🤢

Pay back for the constipation easing, so can't complain 😄

I thought I’d lost the thread! Found you 😁
poor you @killamounjaro, hope you have a better night tonight.
weigh in and jab day tomorrow, I was ponding moving up to 7.5mg but I’m going to extract the last dose from the 5mg pen.
I think my poor hubby feels like he’s now on a diet, he suggested a take away yesterday but I just didn’t fancy anything. I did tell him to order and I’d have something off of his plate, he’s also used to me making something nice for dessert on a Sunday, I haven’t made anything or baked for weeks! We compromised yesterday and bought a ‘dine in” meal from M&S so he was happy 😊

some good losses from everyone!

I gave developed a pain in the lower left side of my back (injected 5mg yesterday), do you think I should get it checked out?