Mounjaro August starters thread 9 (OMG)

[NippyCrab]

Hey, since we are nearly at 970 posts i thought I'd take a turn and start a new thread...

So welcome everyone to our amazing August starters MJ super group ❤️

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Forgive my intrusion but I would love to see some positive stories! I'm only on week 5 and am a bit underwhelmed so far, having lost 9lbs in the first ten days, then bounced up and down ever since! Just started 5mg pen tonight - I took 45 clicks as a staging dose.

Place marking.

Hair looks lovely @NippyCrab !! Love the fringe and colour!!

@Jabtastic the first pen is only really a starting dose so hopefully now you're on 5 (assuming you went up) you will start to lose a little more. We've all lost at really different rates on this thread but everyone has been doing great. Some ladies have already reached their goal weights. At my last weigh in (week 13) I had lost 48 pounds (9 of those were pre starting MJ) good luck!!

We've been going since August - and at 4mths depending when started

We have some amazing losses between us all and all have lost weight

Well done my august aunties 💖

Ive asked mine to be deleted @SilverSprings510

so not confusing as posted it after @NippyCrab Literally must have been seconds in it as wasn't there when I posted 😂

I will do thread 10 as and when we get near the 1000 mark of this no 9 thread

Guessing in a month or so depending how chatty we are

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Back again!!

Thread nine! The thread numbers go up, our numbers go down :)

@NippyCrab Your hair looks gorgeous (and inspiring me to have a shift away from my own ashy blonde...)

I'm hoping tomorrow will be a non toilet day

Usually have no suppression and hunger on day 7 thur so will be interesting if I can eat or not

Then WWJ day on Friday and my bonus so will see what I can withdrawn from it

Dropping in from holiday to mark my place on the new thread. Hard to keep up with the last thread as WiFi is rubbish here. Food choices are also pretty poor (low on veg, high on rice and chips). I'm eating a lot of omelette.

I've taken the plunge and gone up to a full 5mg and thankfully feeling OK with a lot of suppression.

No idea whether I've lost anything. Will have to wait till my return to reunite with my scales. I haven't noticed my holiday clothes feeling any looser.

Place marking! Thanks for new thread ✨

Hope you're having a nice time @20bloodypounds

I'm lurking here, thank you for the new thread Nippy

@NippyCrab Thanks for the new thread. I love your fringe and colour, Im not allowing myself a hair cut till I have lost a heap or weight so look like an unkempt yeti at the mo! So glad your girl is getting better by the day. Vet costs are crazy arent they! Yipee for being a shotsy tester!! You will love it, do let me know when they are ready to launch it, I need it on my android!😊

@Azuresky68 You look fantastic, you really do!😊

@Jabtastic You had a great start! Your body might just need a breather to readjust, then you will likely get a whoosh and now your on a higher dose it will probably start to kick in as it begins to build up in your system. Weight loss is so very individual, even with MJ. Do you have much to lose? Are you tracking calories, eating good nutritious food, drinking plenty of water etc? All these things will affect your losses. We are a real mixed bunch, whilst we all started in August we are all on different levels of MJ, some have gone up each time and are now on 10mg while, lightweights like me and a few others are still sub 5mg! You will find what works for you. Try not to compare your losses to others, just keep on doing your best. Good luck!😊

@Blondeshavemorefun Hope you have a poo free day and can et something nice😊

It will be interesting to hear about latest experience on 10 for you. I had full suppression for 7 days on my second jab of 10. Going to stay on it. Good luck with weigh in!

@MabelSpan thank you so much..I feel amazing! Only 9.5 pounds to go do hoping to get there by end of January. I am escaping to the sunshine for Christmas and NY ...no Christmas pudding for me!!

@Jabtastic you're still in the early stages and please remember this isn't a magic wand, your body still needs to take its time to adjust to a new lower weight. You still need to lose weight safely and steadily.

Please read this and go easy on yourself, consistency and patience is still needed with MJ.

www.secondnature.io/guides/mind/motivation/weight-loss-plateaus-explained?campaignid=8918399894&adgroupid=87186600622&adid=411990390160&gclid=CjwKCAiAv_KMBhAzEiwAs-rX1JrbfsoA0UO8-3riolFSbAYpPhquqQ8aN_GpoGFbtCDSy8OoLYJUAhoC0m0QAvD_BwE

Placemarking. Congratulations to all the awesome August MJers, roaring our way to Christmas with our slimmer bodies and healthier eating habits!

Quick wave to say hello! I started my 7.5 pen yesterday and so far, more or less OK - one side effect I've noticed has been the occasional twinge in what I think (?) is my digestive system but could also be my wonky ovary which I suspect is related to 'slow digestive passage'. So a reminder to myself to drink a lot more water to keep things moving on through...

Otherwise losses nowhere near the magnificent successes of you lot - it's still very slow and steady, but tracking in the right direction. Onwards and downwards!

@Azuresky68 I've been on 10 for a month. Bonus Tom

Think the 2nd week I actually had suppression for a day and literally nauseous and couldn't eat

Last 4 days or so felt awful. It must have been a bug rather then mj as feel ok now

But staying on 10 as lost think 8lbs on it so don't see the point in going up as now have had suppression iyswim

@NippyCrab vets are costly but well worth it for your brats 😂. Hope today goes well

@20bloodypounds braving 5 !!! 😂😂 Hope goes well

@Jabtastic 2.5 is only meant to get body used to it. Many don't feel anything till higher doses esp me lol

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You have lost weight - best thing is to weight once a week - track calories - drink water

Are you in a group for your dose /month

Obv welcome to hang with us but we have all been on it 4mths heading to 5

Chatting to people at same level really did help us all - hence we are on thread 9 for our month 😂

Tho we all started at same time we really are diff tho how we all respond so you really can't judge by how others cope

I'm on 10. Would normally go up as they advise ip each month but I've found what seems to work - as long as no bugs lol

Others are 7.5. Some 5 as have suppression and lose and then we have our wimps 😂😛😘 who are over 2,5 but building up to 5 - bless their little cotton socks

Waves to everyone else

I thankfully feel much better. Must have been a bug

As usual I am starving as day 7

So eaten porridge and kept it down or up depending what end I'm talking about ha ha

Glad you're improving @Blondeshavemorefun! 4 days of ghastliness does sound a bit much to be MJ alone.

@NippyCrab your hair is so glamorous! I'm contemplating having a fringe again as I have a rather low forehead which I'm keen to cover up. I haven't had one for years as I have a wide jaw and a round face shape, and having a fringe as well might have made me look like a rather gormless emoji. But now I'm beginning to see the odd cheekbone in amongst the wrinkles I might be tempted to give it a go next time I brave a hairdresser.

Ah, here you are!

Lovely hair @NippyCrab. Mines been thinning for years now and I'm thoroughly sick of it. Thinking about buying a hair topper or something.

Hope you're having a lovely holiday @20bloodypounds.

Weight loss bloody slow here, 2nd week on 7.5. I honestly think that the best loss I had (apart from the initial one) was after I'd been away and had eaten 3 small meals per day. I'm sticking to 1200 calories (or below) and nothing seems to be budging but after I ate more, I lost weight. Bizarre.

@NippyCrab thank you 😘

Realised that I have forgotten to jab. Deliberately took a jab 2 days late as was away for a long weekend, should have jabbed yesterday or even the day before if I wanted to move slowly back to my usual day. Remembered this afternoon.

The food noise thing is so strange. I was hungry yesterday and working in the office so decided to pop to Pret. It's full of it's usual Xmas menu which I normally love. And I was willing to buy it, but looked at the nutritional info and just thought that none of it was worth it. Very bizarre. Am hoping so much that I can hold onto these better eating habits.

Losing weight slowly but surely. My DH has been given the Mounjaro on the NHS (he has lots of health problems). He went to the chemist to get given his second prescription and they had doubled it - 4 5ml pens instead of 2. He pointed it out and the pharmacist told him to take them! Have to say that he is getting no information via the NHS, he's literally just been prescribed the pens. All his knowledge is coming from me via these threads.

Sad I missed the hair photos too!

Still feeling pretty ropey...

Positive of losing weight, brought my daughter a coat for Christmas. There's nothing to her but she insisted she didn't want it to be fitted etc. so I ordered a M. Just arrived and I tried it on and it fits me so definitely need to send it back as she's more of an 8-10!! So now I'm thinking even xs! God I hate online shopping when you can't see it in person!

Still going, despite being stuck on a 3 week (so far) plateau. Hoping for a woosh soon! Just over 3 stone down over all, so can't complain too much.