Question about second pen order

[Ifeelfat]

I lost 3kg or 5.9lbs in first week. Felt a bit sick and tired but manageable.
second injection Saturday and no ill effects this week at all, still feeling suppression.

time has come to order next pen.
my question is, do you go up automatically or stay at the same dose but risk ‘wasting’ a pen if the dose stops working just after the start of the second month?

advice please?

Too early to tell, you don't need to order a pen yet if you've only just done your second injection. First week it's common people drop a fair bit of weight.

I tend to order the next pen when I do my third injection. You could order a 5mg, and see how you go. The manufacturers intended schedule is to move up to 5mg after at least 4 weeks on the 2.5mg, and I don't see any reason not to follow that schedule. I would only consider not moving up if you are finding the 2.5mg really hard to manage with lots of side effects.

so would you not stay on 2.5 (MJ) if there is weight loss & suppression on that? do you think 5mg is better? I've heard 2.5 is really only for preparation but during my first week I'm having excellent suppression so ... (it might change as I am literally only in the first week of the journey!)

I moved up to 5mg after 4 weeks on 2.5mg, I had weight loss and suppression for those 4 weeks although I did feel like it was reducing a bit in the 4th week. So I was ok with the fact that my next pen was a 5mg one at that point.

I don't think there's any "better" or "worse" option, it's down to each person to decide what suits them. You can always move down or up the following month if it turns out not to suit you.

I ordered the 5 pen quite early as 2.5 and 5 are the same cost with my provider (seems to be with quite a few). You can always do a lower dose (half the clicks on 5 = 2.5). I did x5 doses of 2.5, weeks 4+5 the effects were minimal. I went straight onto 5mg with my 5 pen and it's better.

Thanks all. I’ll leave it a week or so and decide. TBH I can’t believe it’s actually working - I think it’s mainly not drinking a bottle of wine a night over Christmas that’s caused the loss so far, but time will tell.

I moved up to 5mg after the first pen (I do five shots per pen). But then I have stayed at 5mg - took my 16th shot last week.

i moved up because I read 2.5mg was just a loading dose but to be honest looking back I probably could have stayed low for longer. Below is my weight loss graph with the injections and strength

@Ifeelfat I started on the same day as you and have been wondering the same thing. I lost 5.5lbs in the first week and I’m going to wait until after my 3rd jab to decide but I’m leaning towards the 5mg as I can also use clicks to lower the dose if needs be.