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.

Well done on the 11.5lb loss. Hope you hit your 1 stone mark soon

I'm W5 D3, took my 5th jab as a bonus dose a few days early as feel 2.5mg is not working as well anymore. But still managing to lose, but def hungrier!

SW 89.5kg
CW 83.9kg
GW 75ish kg

So nearly 6kg down which I'm happy about and can really see the difference. Clothes are feeling much more comfortable and some are getting loose. Happy to be loosing fairly slowly as don't want to lose muscle. Have found it harder running the last few weeks but also been a bit ill so it could be that. Trying to increase protein intake.

5mg pen arriving tomorrow so will use that next week for the first time.

I'm about to take my first 5mg dose tomorrow. Still finding suppression quite good but waning on 2.5 but feel ready to move up. 12 lbs gone in 4 weeks despite Christmas so I'm super happy. So glad I didn't wait till Jan to start. I'm finding protein and limited fat helpful, trying to eat veg but finding salad in particular causes indigestion- radishes repeated for hours! But happy on my journey so far

I'm also taking my first 5mg dose tomorrow. I've been so hungry the last few days. So really hope the 5mg helps!

I started my 5 pen this week - much better suppression. The last couple of weeks of 2.5 had minimal effect.
I'm also very pleased I started in 2024 as I nearly waited till after Christmas. I'm 22 lb down now and no longer morbidly/class 3 obese (now 'just' class 2 obese😂). My goal would be 'just' overweight!

@TrinityWaves That's good to hear that the suppression is better on 5mg. I'm due to start my 5mg pen on Monday and looking forward to it.

I'm not actually sure what dose I took this week - did 2.5mg on Monday then failed getting the bonus dose out my pen using the twist method (plunger wouldn't push down) so ordered insulin needles and used rest of the pen up on Thursday. So probably around 5mg altogether.

Definitely better suppression this week so hoping for a better loss than the 1lb/week I've been getting.

@CatRash - you might have even got more out as I'm sure there's slightly over 3ml total in the pen. Good luck on the 5! I've had a couple of weeks where the loss was only 1.4 lb too.

@TrinityWaves well done on the loss, and on moving down to a lower BMI zone.

My first week on 3.75mg: suppression is significantly stronger than I had on the fifth week of 2.5mg. I feel full after a small amount (lunch was carrot sticks and houmous) and I'm not feeling hungry again for several hours.

Ideally I'd spend more time in a middle ground somewhere between this and the minimal suppression (stomach-rumblingly hungry three hours after breakfast) I was getting in weeks four and five of 2.5mg.

Due to do my first 5mg jab this evening, keeping my fingers crossed for minimal side effects. Lost 16lb total over five weeks, so am very pleased, especially with Christmas being in the middle.

SW: 273lbs
CW: 257lbs
GW: 154lbs

Some fabulous losses on here ! Well done everyone.

Hiii! I started on 8th December. Just taken my 5th Dose of 2.5mg (a little over 0.6ml was left!). I already have my 5mg waiting. Has anyone started these a little earlier? I feel the 2.5 worked really well to start, no side effects apart from feeling sick on the first dose, but not im feeing hunger quicker and food noise is back at little. Any advice would be great.

SW:129.6kg
CW:126kg
GW: 100kg (first goal)

That's interesting as I've never had this level of suppression. It's much better on 5 but willpower and avoiding habits still involved. I think I would like to experience what you're describing so I can find my perfect dose level. Although this middle ground I'm in is actually probably more helpful for brain re-training in the long run.

First 5mg done today. Felt suppression almost immediately (aware this could be placebo effect!).

Stats
SW 15s 0lbs
CW 14s 2lbs
TW ?? Thinking 10 stone but a long way to go!

Still feels like a miracle drug to me. Like so many of us I have tried for years. I know what I need to do to lose weight, I always have, just feels like this drug helps me to actually do it. This point of losing about a stone is where I often relax, plateau then give up so I'm hoping the suppression will help me push on through rather than gaining and losin* the same stone over and over again!

SW - 182lbs
CW - 166.2lbs
GW - 148lbs

15.7lbs total loss

Hi all, after 6 weeks of lurking I decided to finally post.. I've been finding this thread so helpful and just wanted to share my journey so far to add to it all. I started at the very end of November and had some amazing losses in the first 3 weeks, but then the lead up to Christmas completely took over and I was eating far more than I should have been. Although I was disappointed to have stayed the same weight for 2 weeks in December, on reflection I am actually amazed because normally at this time of year I would be piling it on! I have weighed myself today and am so chuffed to have lost over 2 pounds since Friday (my first 5mg jab), as I am definitely not feeling restricted - I am eating things I want/like but then this amazing mechanism seems to just click into place and I can stop when I'm full! This medication has been an absolute revelation to me and I'm so pleased I made the decision to start this journey.

I haven't told anyone that I have started Mounjaro, and that does feel uncomfortable, but glad we are able to share here.

Week 1 (27.11.24) - 182 lbs
Week 2 (03.12.24) - 177 lbs - 5lbs
Week 3 (10.12.24) - 172 lbs - 5lbs
Week 4 (17.12.24) - 168.5 lbs - 3.5lbs
Week 5 (24.12.24) - 168.5lbs - 0
Week 6 (31.01.25) - 168.5 lbs - 0

W5 day 3. Crossed a new stone barrier this weekend and that's pretty exciting.

SW 14 stone 3.8
CW 12 stone 11.8
TW 11 stone

So 1 stone 6 lost so far, without it being hard work

I ordered early, concerned about Christmas post delays and went for the 2.5 pen again. I should probably have got the next pen up, but I've still got pretty good suppression on 2.5 so it'll be interesting to see how it goes as I go through this month

@BeeBee5 - welcome, we're on a similar timeline although weight wise I'm about x1.5 of you 😅 (and my target is 168lb/12st)

@frogpigdonkey - that's relatable as I often give up around a stone, or just after! This is the biggest loss I've ever had.

@TrinityWaves Ah thank you, it's great to meet someone on a similar timeline! Did you go up to the 5mg recently too? Are you finding it very different from the 2.5? I think I'm having slightly more suppression, but still able to feel hungry and enjoy nice food - hoping it stays this way!

@BeeBee5 - yes I did 5x doses of 2.5 pen (including the bonus dose) and started 5 pen on Tuesday. Better suppression than 2.5, the 2.5 wasn't that strong the last couple of weeks. But same as you, still get hungry and want certain foods. I'll order my 7.5 pen next week and can see myself needing this in Feb.

@TrinityWaves I think it's a common issue! If you read the general weight loss threads you see this. Very few of us are fat because we don't understand it, it's just harder than it sounds to do it consistently!

Quick question, I'm counting calories (use nutracheck) which takes into account levels of activity etc. and am going for a 550 deficit each day, which if I am at my PC all day takes me to about 1250 calories... In general what's everyone's cal deficit. I seem to have stalled, even though sticking to plan, week 3 day 3 Ta

Mine is 1200, and weight loss has also stalled. It actually went up 2lbs between Xmas day and NY day, but that is hardly surprising.

I only lost 0.6lbs the week before but have lost 11.1lbs in total
I am on W6 D5 and 1st week of 5mg

@ThisAmpleFawn honestly I don't know. I think I'm averaging about 1200-1500 but it's very variable because my suppression is so great some days I struggle to get much down. I don't think I'm averaging more than 1500 a day over each week though

I did my 2nd injection of 5mg Friday night and been having problems 😢Sorry for following tmi.

When on 2.5mg I was really constipated. I was a little worried going up to 5mg would make matters worse, so last week took one mild laxitive, this was the day after my 1st 5mg injection.

The following day, I went to the toilet 😊 but then I went completely the opposite and started with diarrhoea - at the same time Dh had sickness bug, so I thought I must have caught the bug as well.

Friday the diarrhoea stopped, so I thought problem was solved. That night took my 2nd 5mg injection and by the following morning the diarrhoea was back full force 😢
My appetite has literally gone, I am forcing myself to eat but can only eat really small amounts eg half a yoghurt and within 30 mins I have to run to the toilet.
Also had really bad heart burn for about 24hrs after the injection.

5mg is definitely not working for me, so want to try 3.75mg but not sure how I measure this correctly x

I'm eating 1700-1800kcals a day; dropping to 1200 wouldn't be sustainable for me in the long-term/if I stop taking MJ.