January 2025 Starters Thread 4 Let's lose some more!

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Oh, I didn't even notice but I must have done it as well. Look at where the strap is worn out:

See, I begrudge paying for salads when I go out 🤣 I can make a salad at home.

It's the little things that really make me happy 😊

start of week 5 today for me and my 1st 5mg today. Had lost 10lbs in 3 weeks but have gained 2.5lbs this week 😭. Has anyone else gained when it’s their time of the month? Feeling abit disheartened tonight x

@Constantdieter do they do any kind of burrito bowl or naked burrito? That's my dish of choice (a veggie though). You can usually manage the 'ohh I'm stuffed bit once you get to the rice.

I also resent eating salads when I'm out.

i was looking at Cloud too, what’s their approach to maintaining @Jins ?

It’s here https://www.cloudpharmacy.co.uk/guides/mounjaro-maintenance/

I read it that when you reach BMI 22 you can go onto a maintenance dose and if you creep up to 24 they will be on hand.

Oushk seems to have a maintenance plan as well so I need to do a bit more reading

Yep I extracted the bonus dose from pen 1 which worked out at 2mg, injected that then straight after did 30 clicks of pen 2 (2.5mg so 1.25mg) total 3.25mg 😊

@Jjsmum2007 so I'm confused, if you have a 2.5mg pen will you drop down doses again?

If you use your new pen the same day as the bonus dose and it has to be used within 30 days, doesn't that mean some pen will be wasted anyway?

Can someone explain this to me?

Agh, went for a walk last night with a couple of friends, ended up with getting dinner in the pub. Totally shocked every main course meal bar one was 1100kcal or above. Then a Thai vegetable curry for 570. I did go for the curry but was having a minor panic when I was looking through the menu! I'm glad they now put the Kcal on there. Starting to realise how much I would have been eating! With pudding that could be 2000 for one meal!

Yes calorie count is a blessing and a curse really. Was travelling, thought that oh I'll get this little blueberry muffin for breakfast at the airport. Almost 700 kcal! No way will I use most of my daily allowance on this.

@HeavyHeidi i noticed the first place to lose weirdly was my wrist. My apple watch went from hole 3 to hole 6. Glad i’m not the only one, so strange how our body’s work

Sorry didn't mean to confuse you! I'm not going back down to 2.5, am using the 2.5 to do an in between dose of 3.75 as didn't want to jump up to 5mg. Doing 2.5 (60clicks) + 1.25 (30) = 3.75mg (90).

The pen only has ro be used within 30 days if not kept in the fridge. If it is refrigerated it keeps for 12 months 🙂

Week 8 day 1 only 1.4lbs lost this week, which is a little disappointing. I feel quite puffy today though. I've gone up to what I think is 4.33 dose, 52 clicks of the 5mg pen. I've had such bad side effects before I didn't want to go straight from 3.75 to 5.
SW 223.6
CW 204.4
GW 140

6th dose last night, 2nd on 5mg.
Woke this morning to my period so I wasn’t sure I wanted to weigh in as I’m usually bloated at this time of the month! But I figured I’m going to have my period every month so just get on with it, and I’ve lost 4lb. So that’s 21lb in 6 weeks which I’m really happy with.

Went out with friends the other day and they were talking about a mutual friend who started a new diet in the new year and how well she’s done, how much weight she’s lost quickly. I stayed very quiet as no one knows I’m on mounjaro except my family! I know from previous times it will take around 3 stone minimum before my weight loss begins to be noticeable to others, then I’ll decide what to say.

@Jjsmum2007 oh right thanks. I thought once the pen was started it was 4weeks not matter how it was stored. That's handy to know.

Unfortunately I've noticed my last MedExpress pen only has a 6 month expiry anyway, expiring in August which I was disappointed with.

I need to order my next pen and a wondering whether to go up to 7.5 or stick to 5. On my moving average I’m losing 1.3 lbs a week. Which is a good amount, and between 1-2 like in the instructions, but I was hoping for 2.

thinking about it, I might do 5 another month while I get used to the portion sizes (still not quite there) and see how I feel at the end of that month.

Week 7 day 1 Second dose of 5mg last night.

SW: 13 st 7
CW: 12 st 3

So I have just about lost two pounds this week. It’s been a tough week for various reasons, but I’m glad I got a loss.

I have read posters experiences of slimmer friends being unsupportive, but I have the opposite problem. My slim friends are great or disinterested. I have two friends who are larger than me, and they are both clearly riled by me taking WLI.

I don’t talk about it in a general way, but answer any questions politely. I have noticed them talking A LOT about how well they are doing on WW/whatever and I am pleased for them, but I don’t think they are pleased for me.

Not sure I am explaining very well. One of them spoke to me in quite a challenging way about how could I have qualified for the jabs when she is so much bigger but doesn’t qualify. I reminded her of my very high cholesterol levels and that I was obese, even after losing a stone. They know I am paying, and they have similar disposable incomes. I do feel like there will be some Schadenfreude if I fail.

So I must succeed! And never regain more than a few pounds!!!

No you are correct, once it's been used it does have to be used within 30 days.

Same! 😂

I got sent 5 needles in my last pack - has anyone else had this or is it just a mistake! Perfect for bonus jab I guess?

Ouskh seem to send six @YourMerryLemonWasp , I've read somewhere else that you can get a dodgy one and need to swap one.

It is definitely advised not to use beyond 30 days once a pen has been started.

I've had 6 with all three pens from medex so far.

another unexpected side effect, my shoes are too big! And I haven't lost that much weight, am just around my 'regular' chubby weight where the shoes previously fitted fine. Must have been also some inflammation/water rentention thing?

W6 D5 and I’ve reached the milestone of half a stone lost!

With a BMI of 26.9 I’d not qualify anymore which is a bit thought provoking as in all honesty that 7lbs has made no difference in real terms. No improvement in sleep apnea, no change in clothes size, no visible change in me at all. I’ve lost an inch off my waist but nowhere else and with a waist/height proportion like mine it’s only a tiny step in the right direction. Body fat is still in the (very) high 30s.

I know from previous weight loss attempts that at BMI 25 anyone looking at me would be surprised that I fit into the normal range. BMI 22 is about right for me and that’s about 8 stone 9 which feels a long way away.