Starting mounjaro

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Hi all,

I have just ordered mounjaro and feeling really nervous about it.

I have gained 7 stone since having my first daughter nearly 7 years ago 😳. I’ve done slimming world numerous times, calorie deficits and working out but I guess I lack the willpower and give into binge eating my problems away.

I wondered if anyone on mounjaro can offer any advice/ what to expect side effect wise if any. Also did you do anything in the time leading up to it to prepare that you think helped?

thanks

Just took my second 2.5mg dose on Thursday. No adverse effects so far at all. I do have much less of an appetite, have to force myself to eat! Trying to drink more liquids, still working on that part. Good luck!

I would read the information available on the website of the pharmacy that you ordered from to learn more about Mounjaro, how it works and what side effects can happen. You'll get various comments here, which can be great, but can also be potentially inaccurate.

I didn't do anything much before starting as my order arrived pretty quickly. I suppose I had started a calorie controlled diet for the week before, so I was already eating less crap which may have helped. I didn't get any real side effects on the 2.5mg dose over the first four weeks.

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Theres other threads on here that detail a lot of helpful information atound Mounjaro including common side effects, getting the 5th dose out of the pen (v useful considering the cost of each pen) etc. whilst these are for people who started their journey last year the info is still current and relevant. Good luck!

You will need to make sure that you get plenty of protein within your reduced eating to preserve muscle.

I've tracked and recorded calories and protein. I make sure I have bought protein yoghurts and sliced meats as well as a protein sauce for my evening meals.

I have found tracking calories each day interesting as I can see my average over the week and compare to my weight loss.

Of course you don't have to track calories and lots of people prefer not to but you should try to make sure you are eating enough protein to preserve muscle during weight loss. Strength training is also supposed to help with this.

I have also found I fancy fruit more while on Mounjaro.

I have taken either a multivitamin each day or had some of one of those liquid iron and vitamin supplements. I also bought some collagen to add to the odd drink. This was in response to reading that some people start losing their hair taking weight loss injections.

I am only aiming to lose 1-2lb each week (although initial loss in month one was more) to try to avoid muscle loss or hair loss.

Good luck!

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