Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters

[Mounjaroday]

Just started Mounjaro? Friendly chat and support right here!

My starting weight: 104kg
Would love to lose 30kg over time

Have just started the first dose - no side effects so far. Appetite has disappeared. Cautiously hopeful about the future!

Good luck to anyone else starting their weight-loss journey too. Would love to hear from you!

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I'm due my 2nd injection tomorrow. It doesn't seem to have worn off yet. Does anyone ever leave it an extra day to eke it out or is that a daft idea?

I am on day 5 since my first jab on Friday morning and for those who are nervous, I didn't even feel the needle going in my stomach. No side effects aside from feeling a bit colder than normal and some odd aches.

Good appetite suppression and absolutely no cravings for chocolate, biscuits or crisps. Didn't even have a glass of wine over the weekend. I haven't had the feeling of being full sooner though.

FInding it hard to be constantly thinking of high protein, low calorie meals - feels like I am obsessing more about food than before (though a different kind of food). Weigh day on Friday.

Well done on the losses so far and the newbies (still a newbie myself)

I WI this morning 1st half week on MJ. I jabbed Fri but wi on Tuesdays (don't have scales at home)

Gonna stick to KG as much as I'm a pounds and stones kinda girl the kg does the decimal point, stones and KG don't.

SW: 95.5kg
CW: 94.2kg

W1 -1.3kg (1/2wk on MJ) 2.86lbs

In answer to previous posts I didn't overindulge before I started I was calorie counting already but didn't want to inject with a stomach etc full of rubbish food.

Well, I've just been approved by Oushk. I had to send one more photo but they've approved.
I'm planning to inject Thursday evening. I need to eat sensibly for 2 days now and start upping my water. And plan some food/meals.
You all seem to be doing so well 👏🏻

@Ilovelemonandsugarpancakes i used to do body pump and absolutely loved it. If it's anything like where I went, there's always newbies and the instructor will have a chat and keep an eye on you, they also show modified versions of most exercises to make it easier/harder. For the first few sessions you could always stick to quite low weights to get a feel for it. Just do what you can and enjoy it. I'll be getting back into it and swimming once I'm a bit further in and stable on dose and side effects.

I'm the same with wfh and grazing when in the kitchen! I haven't had the urge since my first jab though, I'm really impressed!

My order is stuck somewhere in Royal Mail's systems..😥

Was hoping it would be here today but now not even sure if it will get here tomorrow, so annoying as trying to juggle which days to WFH and which to go into the office around it.

Can someone point me in the direction of the referral code thread, I have one for MedExpress to add, however I can't find the one people have mentioned.

Is it a thread or something else?

Thanks!

how do people find shopping around?. Im due to order my 2nd pen but can no longer find a discount code that works and with medexpre55 its £50 more than my 1st pen

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@partyfoodpickingpiggy I so wish I'd measured my waist when I started! Particularly as a lot of the loss I've seen so far has been water weight/bloat around my stomach so I'm guessing I've lost a couple of inches at least...

@DistantVworp I've ordered my next pen already (wanted to change prescriber for a better price) and have gone for 5mg. Although I've seen pretty decent losses and minimal side effects so far on 2.5mg I can definitely tell that the suppression wears off halfway through the week, so want to see if upping the dose makes it last longer... I figure that I can always give myself half doses for the rest of the second month if my first jab at 5mg disagrees with me!

@ClaireMarieJXN I switched from Oushk to Pillsorted for my second pen for similar reasons and it was fine. Just had to send an updated full body photo and my prescription and it was processed really quickly. I want to decide on one prescriber and stick to them for the next pen so am thinking about Medicine Market Place as that seems to have the best consistently low prices on the larger doses.

@ForHardyKhakiLion discount codes should be posted on threads in the Money -> Weight loss promo codes section. Codes posted on support threads will be deleted.

Thanks, I'd been looking in the wrong place! I knew they weren't for in these threads, and didn't want to post in the wrong place!

I had a bit of chocolate this evening on the train home from work (horrendous day at work) - it tasted bizarrely awful! I’ve not eaten enough today by far, I’m away to try and get myself to eat something.

Well done @partyfoodpickingpiggy @Mounjaroday @Roxymama @mysparkleismissing and anyone else who has weighed in that I've missed! Fabulous losses..
I'm on day 6 today so will weugh in tomorrow am and take 2nd dose. An observation..day 1 and 2 I didn't know if it was working, 3 4 5 and this Morning I was fully in the zone and no food noise whatsoever, then tonight I almost feel back to my old self. I 'could' binge chocolate but have chosen not to.. so I'm not sure if that means it is actually still working a bit!! Anyway I'm glad my next dose is tomorrow. But it got me thinking already about maintenance and I really don't want my old ways/feelings to come back! Anyone else really felt it wear off?

Week 2 is plodding along OK.

I definitely didn't eat enough fibre over the weekend though 😕

The children at school can order pancakes for break on a Tuesday and they smelt so good today. I picked up a spare one and then realised I was still full from the banana I'd eaten for breakfast, so didn't have it. It's so much easier to make good choices.

I love seeing everyone's losses and feel confident that it will happen for everyone when they reach the right dose for them. It's just a waiting game.

@sc0ttishlass funnilly enough in week one I did feel suppression wear off towards the end of day 5 and day 6. Not enough to crack out the party food or anything like that but I was aware. Towards the end of the second week suppression was still as strong as day 1. So maybe it's because it's building up in my system but who knows!

@MJSpideySenses well done on resisting the pancake! it definitely makes it easier doesn't it. My dog is enjoying getting the left over kids tea instead of me shovelling it down my gob instead.

@MJSpideySenses I'm with you on the fibre issue. I'm not sure whether it's the MJ or the drastic change in diet or probably a bit of both but I've been seriously constipated.
Apart from that I've had no other problems as I head towards the end of wk2. I think I will tolerate 5mg ok when it's due but I'm just taking it day by day and trying to listen to my body.

Thanks @partyfoodpickingpiggy It sure does. You'll be putting the dog on a diet next! 😉

Thanks for the solidarity @Herefordian but commiserations too. I haven't had any other problems. I will take care to always eat enough fibre now. I'm planning on moving straight up to the 5mg when the time comes too, if things continue as they are.

Hello, can I join?

Started with my first jab last night after a fair old bit of procrastination about ordering and just cracking on. It was a lively start, the needle stung, the injection site was sore and red immediately. Excellent, I thought - if I’m allergic to this I’ll be doing an EpiPen chaser!

Anyway, popped an antihistamine and all was well this morning. No side effects, and no appetite suppression whatsoever. Feel exactly the same.

However, I have already lost 7lbs in a week, as a result of the shock of doing THE FAT PHOTOS 😂

SW:15.5
CW:14.12
Goal: Dunno, 12? Should be around 10.10 max. Haven’t been that for 30 years..

Good luck everyone - it’s great hearing the stories!

Absolutely starving tonight 😢
first injection on Saturday and I’ve been fine, until now!
I’ve eaten 3 meals today and a snack, I feel like I could eat a scabby horse, I feel so hungry 😢😢😢

Hi all I'm on week 1 day 3. I've had no suppression at all. I'm eating less but that's through sheer willpower at the moment. I woke with diarrhea this morning followed by another bout late morning and figured things were changing but here I am still hungry 😅 I feel like everyone seems to get an instant suppression and that hasn't seemed to have happened for me. Has anyone else had the suppression kick in later in the week? I know I'm only on the loading dose but it's just a bit of an anticlimax when youve got yourself all worked up for it, taken the plunge and the only difference is a dodgy belly

@Laf90 I am on day 6. First 2 days I didn't feel any different but I must have been as I managed to not eat anyhing I shouldn't have which is unheard of. Days 3- 6 i felt most suppression at times, like I couldn't eat anyhing..day 7 feel like I coukd eat rubbish stuff again but haven't. I've been reading something about the fact that tye dose leaves your body by a percentage after a while in that at end of week 1 you only have 25% of it left but you add more in week 2 etc etc so hopefully it will kick in then. Have you been drinking the 2+ litres? I've found that has made me full a lot of the time (again unheard off) x

Is there somewhere it specifies you must make sure you drink 2 litres of water a day? I do have a few glasses of water, but not 2 litres, maybe I need to concentrate on that!

someone up thread asked about delaying the next jab for a day or 2. Id be interested to hear about this. I feel like I’m doing this a bit blind. I’m going on holiday in April, I leave on a weds, for 9-10 days and I don’t want to take the medicine with me. It will be too hot and I’ll be moving around. My jab day is normally Friday, I was planning to delay injecting, and inject before I leave and immediately when I return home…. This may be totally not recommended. I feel a bit like I’ve been given this medicine but with no one to ask any questions of!