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!

Jag and weigh day!

W6 D1 (week 2 on 5mg)

SW: 16st 5
CW: 15st 2
Loss this week: 3.4lb
Total loss: 1st 3lb

I've broken the first stone 🥳

I'm genuinely shocked that I've lost 3lb this week as it has been the weirdest, hungriest week. I've needed a lot of willpower but at the same time I know it has still been working as my cravings have been for carbs not sugar, and I've not wanted to binge. Yesterday I was going to have a pizza for dinner, decided to just have the Asda Vegetable Supreme and only marginally go above my calories, but by the time I got it home I just didn't want it at all.

I can't believe I'm so close to the 14s!!

First NSV for me today. I think I’m about 11 pounds down now, I’ll weigh in on Tuesday but this morning I tried a pair of old size 14 jeans on that I could just about still squeeze into before I started on the injections but now they are so much more comfortable round the waist.

OMG had the worst nights sleep. Been out last night for a meal with extended family. It was the day of my 2nd 5mg jab. All stodge on the menu so i went for a pizza. It came and was massive! I thought oh god how am i going to get through this! Ate a third and said id take the rest home. No alcohol. Absolutely uncomfortably stuffed.

all night ive had a solid belly, gurgling, tossing and turning, acid. Up and down all night. Having to sleep on my left side

never doing that again! Still feeling effects this morning. Do you think its because the pizza was so rich, ive been pretty much clean eating for the past 6 weeks!

Good morning.
Week 7 Day 1 for me, I had my 3rd 5mg dose last night.
I'm losing about 2lbs per week at the moment.
SW 15st 3lbs
CW 14st 4lbs.
I'm happy with 5mg, so I think I'll stick with it for my next pen, unless I start to get hungry towards the end of the week.

I was like that on Thursday night after having a mild curry, rice and a small bit of naan bread. I woke at 1am with a gurgling, bloated stomach and awful burps. Was finally sick and felt much better after that. I’m not sure if it was the curry or the naans, or maybe a combination of both?! Hope it doesn’t happen again!

I'd think so.

I started last few days of Feb and I've lost a stone! My last 5mg is on Wednesday.

I went out, couple of drinks, came home and had curry ready meal... I'm still tasting and burping it 😭 it was a posh Sainsburys one too 😂

I have omeprazole prescribed anyway, but even that didn't touch the edges.

I think it def has to be low fat, non spicy! Before that I was eating a lot of eggs, fish, salad and veg. Pretty boring but kept the acids at bay!

Yup I went out for a curry last night - had chicken shashlik to avoid too much oily sauce. Ate about half a portion and was up all night with my tummy gurgling and rumbling. Had two glasses of wine and the headache this morning is absolutely not worth it. On the plus side, down another pound!

NSV: put on my Uniqlo XL cord drawstring trousers with the double knot in the drawstring from when I last wore them (when they were too tight) and they are comfortably loose now. Have retried the drawstring!

This is week 5 for me. Moved up to 5mg yesterday. Had my usual poor night’s sleep on jab day. Still burping last night’s homemade curry (tiny portion). Felt a bit queasy yesterday evening and this morning. Suppression is high. Feeling positive,

Tbh if I have a curry in the evening I can often end up like this even before MJ lol. I try to avoid eating later than 630 or 7 tbh especially spicy foods

Isn't it wonderful!

I broke in to the 13s for the first time in years!!

7 weeks for me? I think?....

14st10 lbs starting
13st9 lbs now.

At my heaviest I was 15st8!!

I'm 5'8 so fairly tall. I can definitely see it in my face now. I'd forgotten what I looked like slim... It's strange!
I'd like to get to 11.7 as that, with my height and body shape will be slim. Although I was 9 stone in my youth!

On that note, I'm going to mow the lawn for my exercise today 🤣

Loving the NSVs still - they keep you going!

I have adjusted the straps on my dungarees 3 times since I started! (worn daily for dog walking - oh the glamour!)

What's an NSV please?

@TheBuffetInspector a NSV is a Non Scale Victory. A positive change that isn’t your weight.

Just checking in for my weigh in.

Highest weight - 16st 9.5
Mounjaro SW on 15.3.25 - 14st 12
CW - 13st 6.5

Loss this week: 3.5 lbs
Total loss on Mounjaro: 19.5 lbs (1 st 5.5 lbs)
Total loss overall: 45 lbs (3st 3 lbs)

Have done 4 weeks on 2.5mg and 2 weeks on 5mg, taking my third 5mg dose today. I have a 7.5mg pen to move up to after I finish the 5mg But 5 has been working pretty well so far!

Hi Everyone

Week 7, Day 1 for me today, 3rd 5mg dose. Still loving it but back to being FREEZING cold.

Not ordered next pen yet as not sure if I'm sticking with 5mg or moving up, right now I'm happy with 5mg but know that can change.

Still eating well, in a calorie deficit and there's nothing I can't eat. It's interesting reading how some people react, for me the jab just stops the constant hunger and obsessive cravings which is life changing.

Putting off weighing until I go to order next pen, I feel I've lost quite a bit and definitely out of the obese category. I bought a pair of jeans which do up, my next target is for them to fit properly!

Lovely to hear everyone is doing so well!

Did my 2nd 5mg jab last night and feel much better today than I did last Saturday!

I've lost 2lb this week, 1 stone in total. I'm really pleased with it and definitely feel slimmer and better in myself. Still freezing though!

Non scale victory

Weirdly, it’s only my legs that seem to get cold- I’ve had a Nanna blanket on my legs all week when I’m on the sofa but my word, they are like ICE!

I weighed myself yesterday and no change which I'm perfectly happy with! Definitely gaining muscle and toning and losing fat though.

NSVs -

1. Measured my waist and it's 27 inches 😱
2. Complimented a teenage girl on her hair colour without worrying about how embarrassed she'd be to be complimented by the old fatty punk with pink hair (she actually looked chuffed so it was all good!)
3. Went into the communal laundry facilities yesterday (I live in a HA block of flats) and an older woman was upset because someone had popped her dry laundry out of the machine and on the top of the stacked dryers (over 6ft high) and she couldn't reach. I clambered up to retrieve it for her with no hesitation and no shame at being all flabby and ungainly

I think i hadn't realised quite how much of my imposter syndrome/wanting to blend in was about my preconceptions about how I was viewed by others in society. It feels amazing to just be unapologetically me.

Thank you @Mounjaronewbie25 and @Burnserns I never would have got there!

Plenty of those, I gave up smoking just before so:

Blood pressure down

Lots more energy

Skin looks brilliant!

I genuinely feel a lot more confident with 1 stone off (2 to go but I'm feeling positive)

I'm feeling positive! 😂

Yep 50 years old, no idea menopausally but having lots of gynae problems. Just quit smoking, was terrified of piling on the weight...

Feeling positive!!

My NSVs ❤️

Day 12 back on MJ. Feeling good for the most part.

SW: 13st 13.5lbs
CW: 13st 6.5lbs

So 7lbs lost but I suspect a lot of that was water weight. I've been pretty bad at eating this week but have had a very busy and stressful week.

I've bought some frozen protein ready meals from aldi for lunches at work this week. I really don't have time to meal prep atm so just need convenient choices. I'm getting married in a few weeks and hoping things will settle down afterwards. I've ordered another 2.5mg pen as I really don't want to move up just before my wedding.

Wee update from me at the end of my 5th week.

Stilll on 2.5mg (but on a 5mg pen now, taking 30 clicks). Suppression definitely stronger on 30 clicks of the 5mg pen which is weird, but true for me so far!

SW: 16.2st
CW: 15.1st
GW: 12st

Aboslutely thrilled not only with my loss so far but zero bad side effects. I track absolutely everything in Nutricheck which I love using (My Fitness Pal was a chore).

I cannot believe I'm nearly in the 14s!!!!!!!!! I've not been in the 14s my whole adult life - and I'm 48. 😵

Feeling my clothes getting a bit looser and weird NSV of the week is noticing the shape of my knees emerge!

I've been walking 30 mins every day but getting back to swimming tomorrow which I can't wait for because it always makes me feeling strong and amazing afterwards. I just need to find a decent brand of swim cap that actually keeps my hair dry if anyone has any recommendations!

Quick question I was very nervous to inject as I hate needles, but the pen makes it easy and I barely feel it go in. First month I didn’t do the bonus dose as worried about it. I tried to overtwist the pen but it just broke.

But as I need to be on MJ for many months to get to the weight I want to I am wondering about saving some money by doing the bonus dose with a separate needle.

so to people who have done this, how easy is it, what needles did u use and how much did it hurt compared to the pen needles.

I have done the bonus dose. Ordered needles online and it felt the same as the pen - although I felt nervous (no idea why as it was fine) if you search bonus dose on here you will find more info.
I am thinking I will be moving up again to 7.5mg. I have my 4th dose of 5mg on Tuesday (will also do a 5th) and whilst I'm still losing, I have been feeling some old food noise creeping in.
Lost 1.5 stone so far but I have a lot more to lose than most on here so I imagine I'll be on this for a while!

I’ve literally just done the 5th bonus dose from my 5mg pen. It was so easy using the syringes bought online. I made sure to use one of the disinfectant wipes to give the end of the pen a bit of clean and then poked the syringe through the red bit. I extracted 0.6ml which is one dose and then jabbed in my thigh. I think the needle was slightly thicker than the ones you get with your pen but I didn’t notice the difference.

Hi everyone!

Been busy but I'm still on track. Decided to stick with 5mg for the next pen (next week).

The 7 week weigh in:

SW 210.4 lbs
CW 186.0 lbs

Lost so far: 24.4 lbs or 1st 10.4, which I think is decent!

Clothes fit so much better now and are even starting to feel a bit loose. Wearing my size 14 Zara jeans today, which I haven't been able to fit into in a while! So that's all positive to me.
Hope you're all getting on ok :)