November starters thread 3 - the one where we get eggy burbs 😂

[Mounjaropen]

Follow on from this thread kindly started by @keepcalmandgiveitago

www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5210618-november-mounjaro-starters-thread-2?page=40&reply=140196790

Hey Mounjaropen, I’ve noticed a raised resting heart beat too (aware of it particularly early morning when waking)
Is that something we need to be concerned about do you think? Or just one of those things that can happen /part of the course with MJ

I started on the 5mg on Sunday and have been feeling a bit under the weather (mainly nausea) but nothing like some of you have been having, thankfully. Not sure whether I’ve got good suppression or if the nausea stops me eating but it’s working either way.

I also went to the cinema (Gladiator 😆) and didn’t snack which is totally unlike me too, especially for such a long film! I just had a few Smints so I’m feeling virtuous!
I’m up to 10lb lost now so I’m hoping the 5mg is going to be good for me.

Take care all of you who are feeling rough. Hopefully it’ll pass and you’ll see some good losses.

Yep been drinking plenty of water. Common side effects are low BP and an elevated HR - hence why I was worried when my BP was up. It might be that I can’t tolerate coffee on MJ tho.

Listed as a side effect so don’t worry (unless you feel you are out of rhythm or something more serious)

No coffee 👀😩

Using MFP. Is Noom any good? Thought it went well beyond normal meal tracking and advised what foods suit you etc?

I'm in w3 d2 too and feel the same... alreay thinking about breakfast!! First 2 weeks I couldn't get anything down, so this is different.

How much does your weight go up and down day to day? I've thought about daily weighing but have done it a few times and everytime my weight has gone up a tiny bit since Saturday, so I worry it'll dishearten me! I'm mostly weighing to stay motivated and see progress, as I know I am eating really well and follow a much better lifestyle at the moment.

Noom gets you weighing daily so that’s what I’m used to. I lost just under a stone in May/June using the app but then summer holidays and post grad final assignment stress meant I lost any will power and put it all back on! I do like the app but not planning to pay after my 3 months is up.

It classes food as green, yellow and amber so the idea is to eat lots of green foods (low calorie but dense foods - eg grapes) then some yellow foods like chicken breast and wholemeal bread then a little red food - cheese/chocolate. Then there are psychology based lessons. I got on well but then realised I needed additional help.

I use nutracheck for logging foods and weights. I find it much easier than mfp as it’s mostly UK brands, it’s about £27 for the year

We all seem to have come down with a bug in our household so yesterday ended up being jacket potatoes with leftover bolognaise.

Todays meal plan is:

Porridge
chicken caesar salad
Steak with onion purée and steamed veg

Im already 3 coffees in thanks to a 5am get up from the toddler but the 2 litre water bottle is filled and ready for the rest of the day

Anyone take the bonus dose of 2.5mg and regret it ? Really struggling this week ans not lost anything 😴

I haven’t been doing the bonus dose. Although I have decided I will take my injection on Saturday even though I currently feel horrendous on the chance that I have a bug. I won’t be doing the 5mg though, im going to count 30 clicks and do 2.5mg from my 5 mg pen. Either way I think 5mg is just too strong for my body

Morning all. Another day where I am still not in the next stone bracket. I could cry at this point. I’ve not even lost half a stone in 3 weeks, I’ve lost nothing in 2 weeks, or at least nothing I haven’t put straight back on the following day. I’m the size of a fucking house and I can’t even lose weight properly using medication designed exactly for that purpose. I feel so useless and fat and disgusting. I counted my cals yesterday strictly and I consumed 1398. I walked over 12000 steps. And what’s making me worse is I have an unavoidable night out tomorrow where I won’t go overboard but I’ll have two or three drinks and I know that will set me back another week or so. I’m thoroughly fed up. I’m paying a fortune to stay as fat as I would without MJ. At this size the weight should fall off and it isn’t. I thought this would help me be a better dieter and I really thought it was, I no longer snack (or want to really) and my sweet tooth is so under control. But I’m still useless at getting slimmer and if possible even more fed up about it because that should be changing and it’s not.

Ugh. Sorry everyone. This isn’t meant as a look at me I need sympathy post. But I did need a rant and I just don’t know if it’s worth me continuing.

You poor thing. You are not useless but something is amiss. Would it help to post exactly what you are eating?

So second morning wake up after 5mg but bizarrely I have tummy rumbles again. HR and BP is down and I’m on the lemon and ginger tea this morning so I’ll see if it coffee that was the issue. Back to exercise this morning 💪🏻 DH is away for 2 nights but forgot to tell me so risotto is off and I’ll have steak and mushrooms cooked with butter and thyme served with a rocket salad with a few plum tomatoes as my main meal at lunchtime today plus fruit salad, my usual 4 mejool dates and a handful of pistachios.

@JasonTindallsTan i hear you and I’m so sorry you are having such a hard time 😞😞. I don’t know if you want advice but 3 weeks in is such early days. What dose are you on? It’s really encouraging that you are managing to eat less and I bet if you keep it up over time you will start to see some changes xxx

Haven’t kept up with the thread but today marks 4 weeks since I started.

Today, I got down into the next stone bracket. That was my first goal! 🙌

Next goal is to get to a stone, which I’m hoping to do before Christmas. 🤞🏻

I’ll hopefully be using a needle to get the 5th dose out the pen tonight if all goes to plan.

Know how you're feeling @JasonTindallsTan ..... I'm nearly at the end of my 5mg pen (strictly belong in the October thread) and I've lost 13 lbs..... I know its not to be sniffed at etc etc but..... I could have lost that on any other diet without the huge expense (that I have to scrimp and save for each month). The only plus for me at the moment is that I don't feel starving all the time. £150 ish a month for a loss of 1 lb per week, is a lot of money. Can't imagine how crap I'd feel if it wasn't even the measly lb x x But I shall persevere for a few more months and hope at some point the few lbs add up and make this worthwhile

Hope you feel much better today. Take care of yourself

It was a waste of time for me. Better to go straight to 3.75 in my opinion. I only did it because my delivery was late and it was really annoying.

Sorry you’re feeling this way. It sucks doesn’t it. I was the same - good start then hardly any movement for 2 weeks. Now on week 6. But in case this is a vague glimmer of hope - I’ve not been happy at all with my losses over the past few weeks and was disappointed to see only 2lbs off in the last week. Weighed myself again this morning because for some reason I’m feeling ‘smaller’ and have lost another 2lbs - so I think my period and water have delayed the scales. Psychologically that minor change and knowing I’m 12lb lighter (almost a stone) is making me feel more positive about this whole process. My appetite suppression is still pretty low but I’m trying to have faith in 7.5 and above. Hang on in there!

Joining you in disgruntled solidarity! I’ve lost 0.5lb this week. Week 3 is officially up tomorrow, although I jabbed late so might not take the next shot until Friday. I’ve still got my period and on Mondays and Tuesdays I eat late because I have exercise classes that finish at 9 and 8.30 respectively. So it’s hard to see any change on the scales the mornings after. I think on Mondays at least I’m going to start having dinner at 5 before the class starts at 8. However, yesterday as an experiment, I ate three oatcakes, scrape of butter, thinly cut cheese and tomatoes plus a handful of salad, a generous dollop of hummus and some pickled beetroot for lunch, then for dinner homemade chicken and potato soup. No bread with it. That’s it. Oh, and a few cups of tea with milk. Maybe 800 calories? Maybe 1000? But definitely not much. I’ve ordered the 5mg but not had a dispatch notification yet. Fingers crossed for it! I was intending to do the bonus jab but not sure now - will see how week 4 goes and then decide.

Is 5mg the first therapeutic dose or is it 7.5?

Mind you, it might also be the time of year - don’t think I’ve ever even tried to lose weight in December before! And in an NSV, I still haven’t had a single mince pie, whereas in previous years I was buying a box every other day and eating them two at a time, heated up in the oven with double cream on top.

Woo hoo! 🙌

Ladies if it helps I’m on week 5 and I have lost a stone. In week 1 I lost 7.5lbs, week 2 nothing, week 3 nothing and then I didn’t weigh week 4. I weighed at week 5 and I was at 10lbs total loss then a few days later after my period had gone I weighed again and I was at a stone total loss. So weight loss for me is certainly not weekly or steady! It seems to drop in chunks randomly

@Mounjaropen your menus sound delicious

I am making carrot and red lentil soup for lunch