Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 3!)

[Mounjaroday]

Hello wonderful people!

Looking forward to hearing how we’re all getting on with your Mounjaro journey, and the general good chat!

W5D4
SW 103.9kg
CW 94.8kg

I’ve lost a small dog. Has anyone seen it? Next goal for this week: goodbye Kenwood stand mixer! 😂

Just parking this here, it was my last comment on the previous thread!

W4 D1

SW: 14st 12.25
CW: 13st 12.25

First stone off!!

First 3 jabs I used my thighs, this time I done my stomach. Have ordered my second pen, another 2.5mg, but will see how I go this week, and if I need to change to 5mg. Just worried about side effects as I'm away working the following Monday-Wednesday.

Hi @Maro11 and welcome! Don’t worry, not everyone feels lots (or even any) suppression at first. I didn’t. I now do have suppression (end of week 3), but it’s not high. Bonus is, no side effects. 2.5 mg is just supposed to be a loading dose to get your body used to the therapeutic doses later. Some people (and many on the threads) have great suppression straight away (lucky devils!)
That can bring its own problems though - trying to make sure you get enough calories and particularly protein in.

Everyone has different experiences, but stick with it, and these threads - they are a good support. Good luck!

Welcome to the new posters! 👋

Thread number three already !

I think people refrain from commenting on weight loss these days. It’s seen as impolite I think. And I suppose you can never know whether someone has lost weight due to illness or bereavement. A topic best avoided!

Morning all!

Some fantastic losses this week, well done everyone 😊

Weigh day for me too, and about to take my 3rd 2.5mg injection.

Mounjaro SW on 15.2.25 - 14st 12
CW - 14st 3

Loss this week: 5 lbs
Total loss: 9 lbs

Hoping I might get into the ‘13s’ by next weigh in!

My suppression seemed to wear off earlier this week. Will be moving up to 5mg when current pen is finished. Have it in the fridge already as decided to change providers, so ordered the next pen early.

Thanks for the new thread!

@zerofucksgivenever I lost a good 3 stone 2 years ago and nobody said anything apart from my mum when I asked her directly. My husband said he couldn't see any difference. He's not the most observant sort but I mean, come ON.

I do think people don't want to mention it in case it's due to e.g illness but there's no way they won't have noticed on some level.

W5 D1
sw = 13st 11lb
cw = 12st 13lb
tw = 11stone (ish)

Really happy with that. Apart from what the scales say, I feel lighter and I'm moving more easily. My clothes are starting to feel looser too. I don't mind catching myself in the mirror now.

I moved up a dose today. I've had 3.75mg this morning and will go up to 5mg next week. Side effects for me are minimal; no nausea, diarrhoea, burping, feeling cold etc. Constipation is my only issue.
I can eat spicy food, fatty stuff, rich stuff, whatever with no adverse effects. But I do try to eat healthy stuff and don't really snack at all.
(can't believe I wrote that last sentence)

Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaroday

Hi to newbies 👋🏻

I think people comment way less about weightloss now, I certainly wouldn't anymore, and at least I won't be asked if I'm expecting (few years ago now, but never to be forgotten 🤣)

I'm W3D3
My next jab I'm doing a day early (jab 4), then as much bonus dose as there is (5th jab), then 3.75 (6th jab)out of my 5ml pen. We go overnight to Manchester 3 days later and don't want to have side effects (which is why I'm bringing it a day forward) then I'll move my days back to a Thursday after we've been away and I'm confident of side effects.

I like to plan 🤣🤣

Just thought I'd leave this here...😂

Place marking in the new thread! Hi everyone 👋🏻.
Weigh day tomorrow but week 3 weigh in was 16lbs down! 💪🏻.

Period week this week, so trying to give myself a pep talk about it may not be a bit stagnant this week!

Happy new thread.

Decided to jab early ro move my day to Saturday.
Downloaded shotzy so can see that puts me at 3.75 this week which I'm happy with as next Saturday is my first 5mg shot so can see how it goes.

Took my third jab this morning (slowly moving it to a Friday evening) will weigh tomorrow as I forgot this morning but I'm noticing some clothes feeling looser. Reckon I'm maybe a stone down, or at least very very close to it.

Still feel it's more willpower required than others have. I DO fancy stuff a lot but if I walk away the absolute obsession with the thing does away.
Still had two cookies today without thinking..my kids made them, so I intended to have one...only realised on last bite of second that I'd even lifted one, so still some bad habits to break.
Still struggling to get the protein and having to resort to shakes/yogurts some days just to get me close. It's mostly disorganisation.

Aim for this week is to get protein up.

Today's observation, I was in a few different shops and noticed prominent pepto bismol stands in many of them.

Interesting 🤣

Took my second shot Thursday and my suppression has gone up if anything. By the end of the last week I started to get bits of hunger but still able to avoid snacking etc. Woke up today feeling like I had eaten a Sunday lunch so full. Managed a tiny portion of high protein yoghurt. And just had a small cup of chicken soup I had to force down. Not sure if I dare go up to 5 mg next month tbh. Will see how I get on next week. I suppose I could order 5 and use clicks to take less maybe. Will see how much hunger and if any food noise comes back at the end of this week. No real side effects apart from odd bits of light nausea and the odd mild headache. More wind than normal but no sulphur burps.

Thank you @Mounjaroday for a new thread 😊
I was wondering if anyone else has had periods vanish? Was due 2 weeks ago but nothing... Keep getting little bit of back and lower tummy aches and thinking its about to start but nothing! I dont think ive had dramatic loss so far, 8lbs in 3 weeks so not that.
I'm mid 40s so could be that but strange coincidence.

@zerofucksgivenever I lost 3 stone in 2 months a few years ago. I was very ill and struggling to eat. When I was finally able to emerge from the house, people kept telling me how well I looked, which I assume was a comment on the weight I'd lost.
Anyway I got better, and started eating again, and put some of that weight back on, which is why I am here now.

What made you change the place you jabbed? I'd be interested to hear if you feel it's made any difference

First day of 5mg today!

I think I’ve lost 1st 2lbs in my first four weeks. My scales have become unreliable - so I have a new, fancy, Which recommended, set on order and due tomorrow.

Prefer to jab on a Sunday but I brought it forward last week so my first 5mg would be Saturday morning this week, just in case I have side effects. I’ll be back to Sunday next week, so an extra day ro manage.

SW 21st 5lbs
CW 20st 3lbs
TW no idea yet

Really pleased with my progress, but slightly despondent at how big I’ve allowed Myself to get and how long this is going to take for anyone, including me to notice the loss anywhere other than the scales.

Hello just marking my place here !

Thank you to whoever mentioned the shotsy app it's amazing .

Really annoyed, took my third 2.5mg dose earlier today and have no suppression. It was decent the first 2 weeks. Did notice this week it was starting to wear off by day 5ish but thought once I had todays injection the suppression would come back.

Dont think I can do this on just willpower alone for the next 2 weeks.

New scales have arrived and this afternoon they weigh me 8lb more than I weighed this morning, literally wiping out my losses. I know I just need to get my head around this, and hopeful when I weigh in morning, naked, it won't be quite as bad 😢

I better combination of being later in the day and wearing ordinary clothing will account for most of that change. Fingers crossed for you!

Did my 2nd 2.5 jab last night, so W2 D1 for me today.

SW 15 11
CW 15 6

TW not sure yet!

I've lost 5lbs in week 1 and am really pleased. No side effects so far. It's been so liberating not thinking about food constantly and being able to make healthy choices, actually wanting healthy options! Have struggled a bit with drinking enough so I'm going to try harder with that this week.
Only felt slightly hungry once on Friday afternoon, but just hung on then enjoyed my dinner rather than snacking. Can honestly say I haven't missed crisps, cakes or pepsi max!

Hopefully it will continue this week!

😊

@mysparkleismissing I changed location site because I read you should alter it.

Haven't noticed any difference. No side effects, but I've only had 2 days of constipation the whole time anyway- lactulose helped with that.

Had a tiny pain in the injection site that lasted about 10 seconds, and that's it.

I had good suppression on my thighs (if you believe location can affect it- I think it's more of a case that the medication builds up in your system) so hoping for the same.

Hi all 👋
first weigh in; although I did take my second dose a day early

Real SW 18st3 lost weight due to gastro issues but have been a yo-yo for years. Last time I was a healthy BMi was over a decade ago. Weight loss plateaued and I considered MJ but my narc mum’s voice was in my head mocking me for not being strong enough without it…anyway I have to have major surgery soon and that was the trigger for me to try it.
oh my days, the difference! The food noise, the OCD, intrusive thoughts, suicidal ideation: I feel as though the weight loss is a bonus because the difference in my mental health has been so drastic! That’s why I took it a day early: the intrusive thoughts came back, followed shortly by the food noise. I worked in neuropsychiatry before I became sick so am off on a side quest researching the mental health changes MJ can have.

Anyway, back to today:
SW 16st8
7 days later: 16st1

Next week I might actually be in the 15s!

Loving all your updates and hope you’re all having a good weekend :)

This was my second injection of 2.5 and it's the hungriest I've been by far since last weekend. I've stayed around my 1500 calories all week but went up to 1800 today and although none of it was junk I feel a bit disappointed in how hungry I am. I know hunger itself is completely normal and ultimately probably desirable but this felt almost like the bottomless pit hole I would feel when bingeing.

Trying to focus on the fact the 'food noise' is still so far substantially decreased so the binge didn't happen - I was with family last night and they all had takeaway but I just didn't fancy it so stuck to my plan, and I still haven't touched a crisp, sweet or chocolate besides a dark chocolate and ginger biscuit some nights in a week now, and nor have I wanted to.