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! 😂

You're the same as me, I hope we're both in the 15s next Saturday!

According to one website, I’ve lost the equivalent of a garden trimmer or a large Persian cat

Are you quite tall? Sometimes it doesn’t show until much later if you are tall but more often I think people try not to mention weight loss unless prompted. I’m sure you’re looking fab!

Thread 3 😲 checking in! Thanks @Mounjaroday

Counted clicks for my 1st 5mg as I've been happy with the loss and the suppression and being at events next week i dont fancy being away with side effects. DH was wittering because I wasn't doing it properly but was placated slightly when I mentioned MN 😂

SW: 183lbs
CW: 173lbs
GW: 140-145ish
Loss equivalent: A bag of spuds 😬

I don’t think people comment on weight loss so much nowadays. After chatting to a (what I thought was heavily pregnant) colleague a decade or so ago and asking her if she was going to go part time after the baby (oh the HORROR, I can still see her face, her eyes welled up and I wanted to just throw myself out of a window for causing her such pain) you wouldn’t be able to drag a comment about someone’s weight out of me with a team of wild horses 😆

I was lurking on various mounjaro threads for the past few months before I actually started, and saw quite a few comments about periods going awry, becoming irregular, disappearing etc. It’s not on the list of side effects in the leaflet (presumably because it’s not a side effect that a man could get!) but I’ve definitely seen it mentioned a lot.

Someone asked about random weight goals in the last thread

So, my recent starting weight (96.6) was the highest I have EVER weighed. 3 years ago I was about 74kg, but over the years my weight has gone up and down between 74-89. Luckily I haven't been such a heavy weight for all that long in the grand scheme of things, so hopefully this will be positive in terms of body/skin getting back to normal.

89kg My previous weight that I would get to and think things are out of hand, intervention needed

83kg The weight I have seemed to sit at the most, so my own personal average

74kg 'My' skinny weight. Even though this is still firmly overweight with regards to BMI, I think I look good at this weight, as I am a true hourglass, plus carry a fair bit of muscle due to all the exercise I do

66kg I don't think I have weighed this since I was a teenager/young adult. It would be a miracle to get this light, and would judge on how I seem as to whether I want to go this far.

Commenting for the placeholder 😊

I'm on my final week of 2.5, my 5 is in the fridge and I do feel like I need the extra. Changing the day i 💉 to Thursday so my weekend is hopefully clear from side effects.

Got through a children's party today without a)inhaling all the leftovers and b)drinking a shed load of wine after finishing the tidying up. Don't even know myself....

When do you order the next pen? Im halfway through my 2.5mg pen, WK3 jab is Monday but also going to do the 5th dose

Hi, please can I join? Started Mounjaro yesterday. Lots 3st 4 on Wegovy last year but stopped in July as the side effects were bad and gained back over a stone. Hoping MJ will work for me!

SW: 13st 12
GW: 11st 2

I took my third dose on thursday and plan to do the 5th. I have my 5mg pen in the fridge. I got it early as I was changing supplier.

Morning, weekly weigh in:
SW: 15.5
CW: 14.7
Don't know about target weight. It’s been decades since I was a healthy weight tbh. I find it hard to imagine. And not me! A mindset shift needed, now I have started to believe that I could do it.

Final 2.5 jab tonight.

Have a good week, everyone.

Hoping I can sneak in and join even though I technically started in January (31st)

Start weight 18st
Week 1 - 11lbs
Week 2 - 4lbs
Week 3 - 7lbs
Week 4 - 5lbs
Total loss - 1st 12lbs
Current weight 16st 2
Target weight 12st

I've just had my first 5mg. Tbf I probably could have stayed on 2.5 for longer but I bought mine as a bundle so I have 5, 7.5 and 10 already in the fridge.

Agree with the poster above about the benefits to mental health. It hasn't just turned off the food noise but all the anxious little thoughts that normally swim around my head.

I hiked yesterday and managed to skip the crisps I often impulsively buy on my way home because I have "earned them.“ Even cooked chips for DH without stuffing some in my mouth in the process. These were conscious efforts - what's the point of all this exercise and paying out for Mj if I sabotage it with food.

Felt fine last night but feel a bit more tired than I normally would for the hike distance and overall effort this morning. I still had a couple of snacks on route but will keep an eye on refuelling.

I don't have any random weight goals but I want to see my cheek bones and collar bones again.

And even though clothes sizes in shops are so variable, I'll be glad when I can try on clothes in shops knowing if I don't buy something, it's because I don't like the fit or the look rather than the clothes being too tight or not flattering...

I’m joining the thread as could definitely do with something extra to hold me accountable.
Just did my third dose of 2.5 yesterday.

SW - 13 stone 3
CW - 12 stone 8
GW - 9 stone (approx)

I’ve ordered the 5mg pen to start after my final dose of 2.5
Still trying to decide whether to try and extract the bonus dose but it all sounds so complicated so feel intimidated!
So far I’ve had pretty good suppression, and minimal side effects but haven’t been tracking my calories or anything. I eat pretty healthily anyway - my problem has always been late night binging and seem to have no desire to do that anymore.
What app are people using to track, and how do you know how much you’re supposed to eat?

Hope everyone has a good week!

I've taken my last 2.5 and have another 2.5 pen in the fridge as I was feeling ok BUT yesterday and this morning I definitely have more food noises and now wish I'd gone up to 5mg - any ideas what I can do?

Could you not just take 2 doses of the 2.5 @Zazu44?

My new scales arrive tomorrow, I'm braced to accept the difference 🤣

Not an official weigh in day today but I have to post that I saw a 14st at the beginning of my weight today and I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw that! Also got through two birthday parties yesterday without having any of the pizza/chips/chicken nuggets/burgers/cake at either one! Even when I was directly offered some that the kids hadn’t finished!!! Major achievement for me and I feel like I can see some differences in my body shape already. So happy. 2nd dose taken and feeling good about things for the first time in a long time

Not enjoying the constipation!
Have been taking psyllium husk all week, finally went today but still got a heavy feeling in my belly.
Scales showing a 1lb gain this week so far but official weigh day not till Wednesday so I'm not stressing.
I had ordered some dulcoease which should have been delivered yesterday but Amazon have decided to run off with my delivery and now they "may" arrive Monday

Good morning everyone

jumped on the scales this morning and showing -3lbs overnight, it’s definitely all water as I have been up weeing all night.

I am trying not to weight frequently as this can make or break my day.

Anyone else struggling to sleep on MJ?

I am allowing myself come carbs each day for breakfast, one slice of soda bread, hopefully this keeps me on track

I have low carbed many times in the past and can lose weight quickly but inevitably cave after about three weeks and binge all the carbs and stop, ending up heavier than I started.

Trying to understand myself and do better on this journey

Have a good Sunday

Congrats all on the various losses. It’s quite game changing isn’t it!

I had my last dose of my first 2.5mg pen this weekend. I’ve stuck with 2.5mg for the next one because I’m happy to be losing slowly and steadily and really don’t want to risk major side effects. Work is hectic and I can’t afford the stomach problems some people are reporting. I’m also finding that the hectic work life combined with effective suppression means I can very easily forget to eat during the day and I’m worried 5mg would make that more likely. Fingers crossed 2.5mg is still effective for the next few weeks and it was the right decision!

SW - 15,7
CW - 14,11

The weight equivalents are hilarious. To date, I have lost a vacuum cleaner.