Mounjaro February to April 24 starters - Thread 4

[ObsidianTree]

4th thread!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5207564-mounjaro-february-to-april-24-starters-thread-3?page=40&reply=141722167

First appointment available for oushk is July, can I still place an order before then??

@Flapearedknave yes. Do the consultation and in the notes say you have booked but in July. Confirm you can send them all info. They’ll email you back with any questions.

Awesome! Thank you!

Nightmare. I left it late reordering this month and IQ Doctor have just told me they have no stock of 15 mg or 12.5. They expect more in "in a week or two". This is annoying! I had heard there were issues but I thought they had resolved.

Now checking if my previous place have any stock and will take me back. IQ Doctor say I can take a break of up to 4 weeks without needing to step down to 2.5. Which is ironic as they also delayed my approval because I had left too long between orders.

@KeepUndercover I hadn’t heard of the problems with supply. Is it only the higher doses affected?

Yeah, 12.5 and 15. I'd seen some passing mentions of it but not loads so I'd sort of dismissed it as not a big issue. Bit of a mistake. Monj.co.uk is suggesting everyone makes sure they order in good time.

Thanks @KeepUndercover
I was going to go back up to ordering 10mg (to use smaller doses from) but sounds like it’s not affected so I should be fine waiting to order.

IQ Doctor have limited stock of 10mg too now and have reserved that stock for existing customers. I had an email today from medicine marketplace saying they had some stock of 15mg

Yikes. It's getting bad then.

I saw on Reddit about the US ordering from the UK. I think this has caused our stock problem.

I ordered from zava a few weeks ago and it was delivered. Although a few weeks ago is a long time! I think I also saw Oushk say they have stock.

Hope the stock levels get sorted soon. I'm contemplating ordering a pen in May but I do have enough left for 2 months so don't really want to! Also, don't want to contibute to the problem. I assume people are panic buying!

I had problems ordering from family chemist on Friday as 12.5 and 15 were out of stock. I’ve just tried now and my order went through but price has gone up about £30 for same pen which is annoying.

Got my 15 this week from Asda but no click and collect, only delivery for first time. I’m really struggling now though. I don’t seem to be losing anything, I can eat quite a lot and occasionally overeat. I still feel rubbish on the first day but with no weight loss. Bit of a worry going forward. Wonder if it will eventually stop working for me completely? I’m still just in the overweight category as well so not like I have reached the end of my journey.

I think as there are shortages of the higher doses people are grabbing any when they see it in stock. (At least judging by the FB groups I’m still on).

I get it. I really do. I remember how terrified I was when we were waiting for the 5 and 7.5 to even be released over a year back. 😂

@TryingToHelpBut I don’t want to roll out the trite advice but it may be a back to basics reset time?
You can’t rely on MJ to stop you wanting to eat non-nutritious food and suppress forever. Months into maintenance I have those days too. I really have to remind myself that wanting rubbish means my body is missing something. Normally water of all things.

I still have very good suppression. But I also exercise, prioritise protein and track. I have to eat more to exercise and tone. (That’s a head fuck in itself after years of don’t eat!)

It’s not that it stops working totally. Though we do become accustomed to it, hence the increases.

Good suggestion @FlappyFish @TryingToHelpBut i can overeat without issue now. food noise is quiet but not gone. So I need to do a reset. Use what suppression I do have. I feel some bad habits have crept back.

So that went quick! today is my 12 month anniversary. I’ve lost 5st and 31% of my body weight. I have a 365 day logging streak in my fitness pal. (That might be my best achievement!) I’m wearing a size 12 Jean, whereas I was a 16 and actually avoided jeans. I’ve been maintaining since Christmas. Let’s hope I can say I’ve successfully maintained this time next year.

I’m still taking MJ at 2.5mg, never went up. I have a stockpile of 5 pens. I’m not sure when is going to be right for me to stop. My BMI is 23.5 so I stayed with MedExpress. Exercise has alluded me but I do need to be more active.

Best thing I’ve done, putting my health first. And thank you to all the contributors here, it’s helped me no end.

Quoting my own post so I don’t have to retype my recant history. I am taking mega doses of iron and a few vitamins and starting to feel a bit less tired already so am thinking about exercise and long term maintenance again.

I have been ordering from The Family Chemist for six months. Yesterday I had to send new photos for a review. I am a bit worried they might cut me off although I definitely don’t look like someone abusing Mounjaro. I have ordered 6 10mg pens in a row (I got up to 15mg when losing) though so am clearly not trying to cut down. I am not losing on 10mg now though - I feel like it barely cuts my appetite even on Days 1-3.

I need to track my food and compare to my energy usage from my watch. Start exercising and build up. And then try 7.5mg for a few weeks. Am not averse to being on MJ forever but 10mg is quite a high maintenance dose and I worry ‘the rules’ will somehow mean I get cut off. I won’t find out if my order has been accepted till next week. I do have three 10mg pens in the fridge though.

@Choux

I'm maintaining since Dec of 10mg, and apart from a weird 4lb loss one week have maintained. I felt 10 was too high so have used my last 10 pen to count clicks and worked down to 7. However in this time I've been away alot so an 3lb heavier over 4 weeks. I was hoping to get down to a micro does but it does not look like I can do that!

I've ordered another 10 and depending on my weight in tomorrow, may go up to 8mg.

Eek. I'd not really planned for this but the fear of piling it all back on is making me still fork out for the pens.

@Notsuchafattynowgoing away a lot and being out of your routine often results in a weight gain. I came back from Easter 4lbs heavier. In the past of would have carried on as usual and some of that 4lb gain would have become permanent gain. And over about 10 years that turned into 50+ lbs to lose.

Now I have lost the weight I m trying to be aware that all treats need to be ‘paid for’ by either a few days of being stricter or more exercise. Just as the little small decisions to have an extra biscuit or seconds of lasagne added up to slow but steady weight gain, saying no sometimes to treats and building a bit of exercise into your day can really help with maintenance. Easy to type, not always easy to do though!

@Notsuchafattynow same here. I thought I’d be done by now but after months not ordering and using up some of my stash, I started buying pens again due to the fear of piling the weight back on. I now have 2 x 7.5 and 2 x 5mg in the fridge but still no plan as to what to do regarding maintenance/cold turkey.

my diet is still shit too so I haven’t changed my outlook on food which was the main point of continuing this 🤦🏻‍♀️

It's so lovely to see some activity on this thread again - it'd gone so quiet I'd got out of the habit of checking in.

All going well here. I've been maintaining (sort of) since November. I've been reducing dose very gradually from 10mg to 4mg. Weight had continued to drop but I seem to have found some stability now around 9st7lb/BMI 20.4 (I was properly measured recently and was an inch shorter than I thought so all my Renpho stats got worse!).

I was beginning to wonder if the dose was now too low after a pretty disastrous 10days around Easter when I seemed to be eating everything in sight and not feeling any effects. But after giving myself some time off weighing and worrying, I discovered I'd gained less than two pounds and I lost that within 3 days of getting back on track with OMAD and low carbs. This has confirmed for me that MJ is still doing some pretty heavy lifting in the background, on my metabolism, etc as previously I'd have easily gained half a stone or more. Which, in turn, confirms for me that I need this medication for more than weight loss reasons and I'm on it for life.

The stock issues are worrying and although not directly affected, I've decided to build a stock of 5mgs by buying every 4 weeks but using each pen for 6x4mg (which is my limit for risk). I was hoping to manage finances by microdosing on 2.5mg pens and ordering every 6/7 weeks but I'm not confident that more shortages aren't inevitable given the increased number of people starting, privately and on the NHS.

Maintenance continues to be challenging, therefore, but I've at least recently learned that, like naturally thin people, it's fine to have a few 'bad' days. And that even if I don't feel the jab is doing anything much anymore in relation to appetite and satiety, it's still working.

I wanted to move to 12.5 but reordered 10 as I’d left it a bit late and they were oos with oushk. I’m bmi 27 so not really able to pharmacy jump now, will make sure I’ve ordered in good time next month.
im around a size 14 but keep thinking I’m an 18/20.
im considering a tummy tuck next year as two emergency c sections and then weight gain have left things in a bit of a state.
it’s amazing really the success we’ve all had in this group over the last 12 months.

Thank you for all the eloquent posts on body image and maintaining. I totally get it. I’m feeling really fat at the moment as I’ve put on a few pounds and have to keep telling myself I’m still four stone lighter than I was just over a year ago. I asked for a size 10 in a shop recently and got a slightly sceptical look from the assistant, which brought back a lot of insecurity (the size 10 fitted - ha). My confidence is not deep!

I have decided to stop doing my previous 2.5mg on and off (two pens since December basically) and do a couple of months on 5mg. I am worried my weight has started what could be a creeping up and although it’s under half a stone at the moment I want to check it. If it seems that 5mg keeps me stable then I may just have to concede to using MJ for a longer period of time.

Oushk customers might be interested to hear that the infamous, increasingly toxic FB page has been taken down (the maintenance one is ok and very polite and sedate in comparison). Some shenanigans going on with members who aren't actually customers it seems (colour me surprised...)

@Wonkypictureframe the body image thing is so hard isn't it? I still don't feel 'thin enough' and can very easily revert to hiding myself/my body like I used to. I still haven't worn my new size 10 shorts for example. And I find people remarking on my weight loss excruciating - I hate knowing people are looking at me, even if it's probably not critically, and feeling that it's ok to pass judgement or comment. When I was obese, most people would keep their opinion on my body to themselves, out of politeness I guess, but now it's a free for all it seems.

It’s hard isn’t it, KK? I mostly don’t mind people commenting but some people I barely know at the school gate have made comments that were quite intrusive whereas some people I’m quite close to have said nothing at all, and my reactions can be quite weird I was off work with stress last month and did actually get asked, very kindly, whether my weight loss was a result of that by someone who hadn’t said a word till then - part of me still has that ‘I wasn’t THAT big’ feeling other people have talked about so thinks it’s possible that people just haven’t seen I’ve lost weight and that’s why they don’t comment!

The Oushk page is quite fighty, isn’t it? I’m not on FB often so I miss a lot of it but there always seems to have been a recent barney when it does pop up!

I had to mute the Oushk page. It got ridiculous with people treating it as customer service and all trying to be the best loser. I’m not surprised it’s been taken down.

We are all in very uncharted territory really. I have never, ever been this thin. I do have more treats now, but it’s in place of something, not in addition.

I am very much aware that MJ does the heavy lifting in the background as @KrankyKumquat mentions above. Between doses and hormones the rush of noise and eat, eat comes flooding in. I won’t go up a dose. I need to learn to live with that. I’m all for the medical solution to weight loss, but I can’t cut everything out. (I am on 10 in maintenance).