Mounjaro DECEMBER Starters Support Thread 1

[OnTheMJ]

I've seen many suggestions to start a December started thread. As it's almost December, I decided to kick it off. This is a support thread for anyone who's just started or about to start their Mounjaro journey. It's always nice to chat with others at the same stage and encourage each other. I'm not very chatty myself due to disability but feel free to have a party here everyone!

What's everyone doing? Have you started? Mine is arriving today. I'll be starting on 1st december as I want my injection day to be sunday and have about 8 stones to lose. BMI is 41. I went with Boots first because of name but I'll likely be switching to a cheaper provider for my next order.

I have Renpho scales and absolutely it loves to insult me 🤣

I’ve just taken pictures to put in my hidden album - hope to see some improvements

I went through my wardrobe this morning. I seem to have gone down half a clothes size on my waist and a whole size elsewhere.

Some of the clothes I've been wearing for the past few years are now looking a bit tent-like on me. I'm keeping hold of a handful of them (those that were difficult to find) and the rest are going.

I had kept hold of a handful of items which were slightly too small and I now fit into them comfortably.

I need to buy a few bits in the next size down, just to have a functioning wardrobe, but I'm not going to go overboard - I've only lost about a quarter of the weight that I need to lose.

Day 2 week 4. Christmas fell not long before my next dose so I was able to eat more than I had been, including 3 chocolates and a pudding. It showed with 1.6lb on the scales but this morning that was gone and I have gone down a trouser size to be comfortably wearing 14's now :)

SW 14 stone 3,8lbs
CW 13 stone 2.2lbs
TW 11 stone

1 stone 1.6lbs lost so far in 3 weeks 2 days which I'm really pleased with :)

I was worried I'd messed up with more than a few chocolate helpings at Christmas so weighed today and phew! Lost 2lbs. It has to be the awful d & v I had afterwards but I'm just happy I didn't gain. Jab day again tomorrow for Wk 5.

@EggyBurpsNotEggyBread I'm hoping for the whoosh for you too x

Thank you @OnTheMJ x

Ooof, totally fucked up my jab yesterday. Had just finished injecting and then DP startled me and I jumped and pulled it out really sharply. Only a tiny bead of blood but big bruising today. Still, I held it in for a good 5 seconds after injecting so I imagine I got the full dose.

Ouch, that sounds painful but if you got the button all the way down it'll have gone in!

I did my 5th/bonus dose of 2.5 on Tuesday with a syringe and the bruise from this is pretty bad vs before.

SW 94.2
CW 90.3
GW 74

No change to the scales for me, the fatigue has been horrific this week. On Boxing Day I was up at 9am, back in bed asleep for 11am to 2pm then again 5 to 7pm and out for the night by 9. 5 day mini break and I’ve literally done nothing but rest.

Back at work Monday so hoping to get my steps up and use that as a distraction.

I am loving reading about everyone’s tips and results!

I'm at the end of week 2 tomorrow morning.
I lost 5lb on week one and look like I've maintained so far this week. But normally Christmas I'd put on half a stone. So I'll be ok with maintaining.
Food shop tomorrow and back on protein and veggies.

I don't quite get the bonus dose. How do you know there's enough for another full dose in it?
Annnddd if I go up to 5mg but only half dose to keep at 2.5, will it let me do more than 4 injections? I'm just trying to work out next steps.

Maintaining over Christmas is still great and you may find a bigger loss next week comes too!

How do you know there's enough for another full dose in it? The pen is designed with a bit left over for priming. Each dose is 0.6ml and the pen has about 3ml in there, so some of us extract out this extra dose to save money.

Annnddd if I go up to 5mg but only half dose to keep at 2.5, will it let me do more than 4 injections? Yes, it will but the pen only lasts 30 days once open. Some people on 5mg pen will do 2.5 twice a week instead of 5 weekly. If you only do 2.5 once a week, you're only going to be able to use it 5 times as it'll expire (although there would be liquid still left in there of course).

Oh, that's tough, hopefully as your body gets more used to the med you won't have such fatigue :(

I think maintaining over Christmas is good, last year I put on 5lb from Christmas day to NYD!

@MerryChristmasYaFilthyAnimals here is guidance I got on bonus/golden doses on another thread that I found really helpful:

Part 2

Hi all and happy Christmas, just checking in after the festive blow out. Congratulations to all of you who have had good losses.

I'm on w5 d3, I'm down just under 6kg. Got about 15kg more to go but at current loss rate I should be minuscule by the time my birthday rolls around in March.

I saw my GP who had suggested I continue with the 2.5 dose as it seems to be working well for me. So I have a few scripts for that and also one for 5 in case it stops being effective at a low level. She has used MJ for the past 2 years and is a big advocate.

I managed to get my 5th dose out by wrestling the top of the pen around, it was a bit of a fight but I won 😂.

I seem to get a bit nauseous and diarrhoea on day three, so that's nice.

Happy new year to everyone- have a great night.

I haven't checked in a while as just been busy with Christmas. Hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas!

Effects are definitely wearing off on 2.5 so think I might inject 2.5 + any bonus dose tomorrow and then I have my 5mg pen ready. I don't have a lot of side effects tbh and can eat/drink everything still with no consequences.

SW 13st 3.8lb
Week one - 7lb loss
Week two - 1.6lb loss (bit disappointing but weigh in was just after a weekend at my Xmas party where much gin and alcohol was consumed!)

I'm not expecting a huge loss this week as I've had chocolate, sweets, alcohol, mince pies etc.

I'd just be happy not to gain this week tbh!!

Jab 5 done. That's the bonus dose for me. I managed to twist it hard enough (used teeth to get it going first, then continued twisting by hand) and injected as usual so I'm happy I didn't need a syringe this time. Only took a minute to do. I also saw someone on tiktok do the same way and it looked so easy so I tried it. 😅

Did another weigh today and still on 2lb loss. That's a total of 14.3lbs for me. I'm so happy to have lost my first stone! This stuff is amazing despite the d&v, nausea, etc! Thankfully I've been fine since then but it seems I experience the most side effects within 3 days of each jab, then it settles.

On to 5mg next week!

@OnTheMJ what bit did you twist? The usual bit that you twist to get to 1?

Yes that one. @NonVedoIlMare

I'll see if I can find a video of how to twist it.

Managed to find one or 2 so I chose this one as it seems bit more detailed. The bit he's twisting is what some use pliers or teeth to twist first, then hand to twist the rest till it gets to 1.

How to twist the kwikpen for the 5th/bonus dose.

@OnTheMJ well done on your loss so far!

I tried getting the extra dose from my 2.5 this morning but it just wouldn't budge at all so took my 5mg! First time injecting in the stomach too so will see how it goes!

15.4 lbs loss in the first 4 weeks on 2.5 so happy with that! And lost 1lbs this week which is a Christmas miracle!

Thank you @OnTheMJ and @mjjourney.

I have one more dose left. Think I will order the 5mg and then if I can get the bonus does will use it otherwise go straight to the 5mg.

I think I have lost bugger all so far. Need to go find some scales to reweigh.

However I do feel some appetite reduction. But I need to really make more use of it to actually eat a lot less.

@mjjourney Thank you and congrats on your losses! 😊 So sorry you weren't able to get the 5th dose. Many people also use syringes to extract the dose from the pen as it seems easier for them. Perhaps for the 5th dose of your next pen you can try that? x

@NonVedoIlMare You can also try the syringe as well to extract if you can't do the hardtwist. Sorry you haven't lost yet. Hoping 5mg gives you the big one! x

W5, D1, planning to take my bonus dose of 2.5mg this evening. Lost another 1.5lb this week, for a total of 13.5lb over four weeks. Utterly delighted to have lost despite Christmas.

SW: 273lbs
CW: 259.5lbs
GW: 154lbs

Now just need to get through New Years and then all is back to normal.

Well done on the losses!

Thanks for the video @OnTheMJ 👌x