Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 4!)

[Nicecuppatea2025]

Welcome one and all to the next instalment of our magical weight-loss journeys!

Good luck over the next few weeks. Loving all the ongoing support and encouragement.

Has anyone seen a badger? I’ve lost one!

Not sure if it’s the dose or the injection location but 2nd week of 5mg and the food noise is creeping back.
ordered another 5mg pen so hopefully it keeps working for the next 6w.

tried thigh this time as I’d read less side effects which has been true but then also less suppression so I’ll go back to stomach

Oh dear, weigh day today, and despite dropping a couple of pounds in the week, they've gone back on and I've lost a grand total of 0.4lb. Had my son's birthday this week so more cake and party food than usual, but also started on HRT this week so really hoping that's not going to mess up my losses.

Jan day this morning, week 6 so starting second week on 5mg. Weighed in this morning and I’m 2lb down in a week which is so encouraging. Looks like I’m going to be a slow and steady loser rather than someone who sheds tons of weight every week but I must get used to that. I’m impatient by nature and I think weighing every day ( even though I’m happy with that as I can track fluctuations better) doesn’t help with that impatience!

small NSV today - a bra that had always been a bit tight went on with no problems and feels completely comfortable!

Weighed this morning, another kg off which in old money takes me to under 12 stone which is a big one for me.

SW 13 stone/82.6kg
CW 11 stone 13/75.7kg

I'm really pleased but also a bit worried. I've ordered a 7.5mg pen and this is really the last one I can afford. I probably won't get near a healthy weight within the next pen so I'm hoping that I've built up enough healthy habits to keep me going.

Even just losing this first stone has been a game changer in terms of how I feel, the NSVs of clothes, jewellery fitting etc are great. I have noticed my mood is a bit temperamental at times but that might just be me! Anyway, I'm going to worry about that another time and enjoy my successes now 😍

It's so great reading about how you're all getting on, i know it's not always the best updates but this little community is so supportive ❤️

I am loving my stomach reducing! Caught a glimpse in the mirror this morning. Although ive not reached my first stone loss yet (keeping the faith its going to happen anytime!!!), i definitely feel different in myself mentally and a more flexible reduced swollen (iykwim) body! I had a down day Sunday. I went out for a walk, forced myself, felt so much better. Ive been listening to Miss Me podcast with Lily Allen & Miquita Oliver- various topics but really funny and relatable content.

Took my third 5mg last night and was a bit sick first thing this morning. This happened with the earlier two doses too. Very small amount, and I felt better immediately. But all the same…. Ughh.

I weigh tomorrow and I think my progress will inform my decision about whether to increase to 7.5 next. I don’t want the sickness to become unmanageable. But at bmi 29.5 I’m worried about plateau and losing motivation.

NSV here- did my waist measurements today and have lost 3 inches in the last month!

That is excellent!

Honestly think a lot of that was water weight/bloating but I'll take it. My fave PJs are hanging off me now!

Will you come back down the doses or just stop? Hope its given you the start to keep up good habits like you hope x

Loving all the NSVs! Well done gang!!!!

I did a little table for my own journey
Need to add in that in Dec I was 15s 10 (99.7kg)
And in Jan 15s 8 (98.8kg)

NSV! Someone just asked me if I’d lost weight - ‘you can really see it in your face!’

Hurrah! Slab face begone!

Right so I've decided to stop weighing regularly as I'm so close to my target (and tbh want to slow the weight loss right down and lose the last couple of kgs slowly and sensibly). So I'm focusing on NSVs from now on!1

NSV no.1 - told a random stranger her kids were incredibly cute at a supermarket checkout queue (they were - smiley little curly haired toddler twins!). Previously I would never have said anything like this due to a combination of wanting to blend into the background and worrying that a parent would think the fatty weirdo wanted to steal (or possibly eat!) their child. She really beamed in response so it just felt lovely to be able to say something nice like that without feeling like it would be automatically unwelcome 😊

NSV no.2 - at yoga, one instructor makes a point of remembering people's names and commenting directly if they're doing well. When I started a few weeks ago the best I got was 'great child's pose, Feb2025start!' (for anyone who doesn't do yoga this is basically slumping on the floor in a 'rest' position 😅). I just got 'beautiful plough pose, Feb2025start!' Before this my spare tyre would have got in the way too much for me to attempt anything like a plough! And yes I realise she was just being nice/doing her job but it still felt good.

NSV no.3 - I've had to bin some of my L/XL leggings - even with the stretch factor they were falling down as I walked!

NSV no.4 - I bought a nice pitta with falafel etc to take away and happily ordered extra garlic sauce and fries cos I fancied them with no lingering feeling that the person would be judging me as a greedy fat pig (although I couldn't finish it anyway 😬)

I am loving these wins and NSVs!! Absolutely smashing it everyone. 🥳

I've lost 16kg and this morning I put on my partner's weighted vest with 10kg in it. Oh my god! I could barely make it to the end of the street with it on. No wonder my knees bloody hurt all the time.
I've still got about 38kg left to lose as well. My poor joints!

When I took the vest off I felt light as a feather though !

Coming to end of week 5. I stayed on 2.5 and am still getting great suppression and no food noise maybe a tiny bit at the end of the week. I have lost 1st 4lb and starting to feel so much better. I got some on sale jeans before Christmas as they were really cheap, but got home and could not fasten them. I kept them as a first target and final tried them today, they fit perfectly and comfortably and someone asked me if I had lost some weight today yay. Loving just feeling so much better and I am eating better. Also eating more veggie food, I was a veggie for years in my teens, really valuing my food and eating better. Loving all the wins on here, here’s to ev1 losing yay

I think I'm just going to stop, which is scary! I'm going to start logging food intake from now on so that I can look back and remember what worked well.
Luckily I'm really active and ive got some big events over the summer so training will be intense and hopefully help to keep me in check!

Absolutely loving the NSV. Mine are that

• I have bought some size 14 jeans and they fit
• on teams calls i don't hate myself 🤣
• put my coat on today (it's cold 🤣) and it felt so roomy, not worn it for a couple of weeks.
• and I am loving enjoying my food, but being able to stop when full (does that count 🤔)

Well done on all the weight loss and NSV everyone.

My NSV today is that we’re going away this weekend. I haven’t not spent hours fretting over what to wear, trying things on and discarding them because I look ‘horrible’ or because they no longer fit because I’ve gained weight. I haven’t spent the last x amount of weeks planning exactly what to wear to hide my belly or my bum. I’m not dreading going swimming with lots of other people.

This must be how other people go away, just pack their clothes because they know they fit and look good! Just another way food and my weight absolutely controlled my life that MJ has freed me from.

Is anyone else having ridiculously vivid dreams? I’ve never really dreamed much (or at least if I have, I haven’t remembered my dreams) but for the last couple of weeks I’ve been having some really vivid dreams. Not particularly nice ones, either. I’m really hope it’s a side effect that wears off over time!

Yes! I didn't get them until I started 5mg.

Not nightmares but unpleasant and weird. Sometimes they have really angry vibes. I often forget what I actually dreamt but I'm left with the feelings from them for the morning. Bizarre!

I was already having lucid dreams from peri so nothing changed.

Same

WI day for me. I've lost 1lb this week.

4 weeks on 2.5 = 10lb lost
4 weeks on. 5 = 9.6lb lost

SW 15st0.8
CW 13st9.2
TL 19.6lb

Sticking with 5mg for the next pen.

4th 5mg jab today

SW 95.6 Kg
CW 88.5

Total 7.3 loss

BMI Start 36.99

Current BMI 34.14

this last week has been the slowest at 0.4kg so a little disappointed but a loss is a loss!

I opted to stay on 5MG for the next pen which should be arriving in the next day or so and hopefully will get back to 1-1.5 kg a week.

Week 7 weigh in:

• 1lb / 0.5kg

Overall: 11kg / 24lbs / 2 stone !!

It's period week and I always have slower losses when I'm on my period! So happy with 1lb off!

I've also had 1 takeaway and eaten out once! Although tried to make better choices when out!

Need to order my next pen today. I've stayed on 2.5mg and it is working for me, with a touch of will power, which I think is good for me! I am tempted to order 2.5mg for a third month...!