Mounjaro / Wegovy with > 5st / 30kg to lose: Thread 5

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Thread FIVE of this lovely community. Anyone using weight-loss injections to lose more than 5 stone or 30kg is very welcome to join us, no matter what stage of the process you are on.

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Oh no!! Hope you're OK! I'm regularly covered in bruises from bumping into things - at least being bigger provides more padding 😃

Hope you don't have too many bruises tomorrow - the day after is often worse, isn't it?

Ouch @InfoSecInTheCity. How are you feeling now?

Ankles swelling but everything moves in all the directions it's supposed to , just with a few more twinges so I'm confident it's not broken, I've done that to a few different bones so have a good idea of how it feels, I've just twanged it.

I'll dig out an ankle support from the first aid box and take it easy for a few days. I have a dinosaur print plaster on my skinned knee to compound my feeling of childishness.

@InfoSecInTheCity the ankle sounds very ouchy, I hope it settles down soon.

I had a small NSV today, I had to go by train for a work meeting and realised that my backside fully fitted within the width of the train seat, with room to spare. So when another person sat next to me, I did not make any contact with them or have to squeeze myself over as much as possible to avoid contact. A small thing, but it was pleasing!

I think a dinosaur plaster is just the ticket! Hope you feel better tomorrow @InfoSecInTheCity . As an absolutely inveterate bumper-into-things and faller-over, I do recommend arnica cream. I don't know how it works but it definitely does! Also arnica pills after operations to help heal faster. I'm a very un-woo person, but it works for me.

This post is my daily reminder that it takes time
Sw:108kg
Sw with mj: 100kg
Cw: 79.8 kg( 4x2.5mg then 20x 5mg)
Mini goal: 75kg
I never thought I would be able to bend down again but mj has helped me achieve this. @Ke11 I changed my jab day to Thurday evening and found the best supression for the weekend with this.

I've lost another kilo this week - now I have lost 23% of my starting weight.

I need to find scales that measure body fat too - After I had lost the first 10kg my gym scales told me I was 47.8% fat. I'd like to know my new number.

How do scales measure what type of weight the weight is - I've often wondered this as have never tried them! <goes off to Google>

Morning :) weigh day after my first week of 5mg and I’ve lost 4lbs! Bringing my total to 15lbs since starting MJ, 22lbs in total.

SW:18st 5
CW : 17st 4
GW: 12st 7

Yay @claudiawinklemansfringetrimmer !

I've decided to stick with 5mg for another month - am feeling good, no food noise and high suppression, so hopefully I can get another month out of the dose before moving up. Feeling very treacherous as I've gone with another supplier - based on the monj website. Seems daft to pay £50 more if I stayed with Med Express and I didn't want the stress of trying to get someone to use my code!

I've sent the most horrific photos possible so hoping the order will go through OK (it's with ID pharmacy who seemed the cheapest for 5mg at the moment)

I have these @RobinEllacotStrike and find them pretty good, currently £10 off (sorry for the Amazon link).

They pair with an app where you can see all the detailed info. Includes weight obvs, BMI, BMR, body fat % and mass of subcutaneous and visceral fat, muscle mass, bone mass etc. I don't know how accurate they are but the weekly readings make sense and I can see that lean body % improvement coincided with strength training.

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I have no idea - but the fancy scales at my old gym professed to measure everything. Now I can't access these scales I need to find similar - maybe boots!

@MooBaggage I always try to get a really unflattering pic and, until it is approved, am on edge in case it is rejected. Then, when it is accepted, I have a minute or two of absolute outrage!
I don't know if this link will work and you may have seen it before but it amused me https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJyEQdM/

Brilliant 😁

I'm slightly gutted that the photos I took today are distressingly similar to the ones I had to send MedExpress back in the first week of January - I look like a lifer in Prisoner Cell Block H 🙄😁

I decided to start a new folder on my phone of MJ photos though - so hopefully I can look back in a year's time and marvel at how different I look now....!!

I wish I had taken more pictures of myself last year, I really have so few that are not chest up, at the most flattering angle.

I did find one from 2020 when its quite possible i was more than 21st as my face is virtually unrecognisable. I wonder if that was a really brief period of not even looking at a scale as I genuinely had such a shock - when I started MJ, I did have a double chin but it was nowhere near that bad!!

I stood in a mirror with a friend yesterday for something else and did a double take - for better reasons! I looked so much slimmer than how I have been seeing myself! It was definitely a good outfit but it was such a nice feeling!

That is one of my goals - to go to the football and not feel I am squeezing onto the seat of the next person. Well done it must be a great feeling

I now have my first lot of mounjaro and am excited / nervous to get started. Does anyone have any advice on when is best to take it? I'm hoping to time it so that any side effects will mostly fall on the weekend, but I'm not sure how long it will take for the side effects to start (if I have any).

I've always taken mine Thursday evening because I picked it up from the chemist on a Thursday lunchtime. I did the same as you and tried thinking through all the possibilities but as the ultimate answer to every possible scenario was 'I don't know' I just decided to do it.

You can always shift the day down the line, it's ok to take it a day earlier or later if you need to to amend the schedule.

I take mine on a Monday evening, which has worked well in that I'm with DP at the weekends so if we go out for meal/have a drink, I feel more able to enjoy it, but still don't over-indulge! During the week I'm on my own so can eat v small meals and be boring on my own 😄

Any side effects I've had tend to kick in the next day and last for Tues/Weds - this has mainly been feeling nauseous and only since moving to 5mg - it isn't as bad now, but the first week of being on 5mg was rough! Luckily I WFH and was able to feel sorry for myself and lie down in between meetings...!

I initially took it on a Monday as that was when it arrived and I felt it was the right time as I work Sunday night so my theory was I arrive home once the kids have all left for school so I had peace to inject and then would sleep for a couple of hours.
A few months down the line I felt that actually I wanted my highest suppression whilst I was at work Friday and the weekend. I'm a nurse and having minimal suppression whilst around treats and being tired was really tough. I've now started taking it on a Thursday and that works great for me so far.

I take mine first thing in the morning. Just what works for me and means I'm not likely to forget. Side effect wise for me these have been pretty minimal and tend to be limited to being cold alllllllllllllll the time. I sleep with a wool duvet, 4-5 other blankets, pyjamas, wool socks the works. DH has taken to sleeping in the spare room with the fan on and ds (he's 11) has seemingly dispensed with the need for both nightwear and a duvet full stop.

Morning ladies

I ordered and will start my second 5mg pen today and I think I should have gone up to 7.5mg.

Admittedly I did start my period yesterday, but I've been hungry and actively looking for food for the last 3/4 days. I've been eating 'good' foods as that's what is in the house, but I've noticed my portion sizes are creeping back up.

Can I do more clicks on my 5mg pen to up my dose a bit or will I have to carry on with the 5mg for a month and see how I get on. I've done so well up to this point I don't want to ruin all my progress.

SW 20.5st
CW 18.11st
TW 12.7st
Total loss to date 30lbs/13.6kg/2st 2lb

Being cold is my side effect too - chilled to the bone.
Apart from when I am in a hot flush.

I pivot between chilling cold, and full hot sweat.

If I'm lucky I get "normal" temperature for a few moments in between 😁

I'm used to it now.

@CanIGoHomeNowPlease I'm always hungry in the 5 days before I'm due on, even on MJ. I eat more but make sure the 'extra' is protein, so beef jerky, boiled eggs, cottage cheese etc and I up my veg side with meals. At least on MJ I'm not craving the chocolate that usually would have made up half my food intake before!

I've completely lost all my appetite and am slightly worried I'm not eating enough. e.g. today I haven't had anything to eat at all yet and really don't want to. I'm having a big protein drink in the afternoon and usually start the day with a fruit smoothie (haven't today - couldn't face it) and then a very small meal at teatime. I think this probably isn't enough, but don't know how to make myself eat - this is a new problem in my life...

I'm still doing lots of weights stuff and when I do eat, it's always protein rich, but am still a bit worried I somehow need to up my food intake. Very glad I've ordered another batch of 5mg - definitely not ready to move up to 7.5mg!