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!

I had my 6th dose yesterday morning of 2.5mg.
It's just not working. I'm tempted to do another injection tomorrow morning of 1.25mg to take me up to 3.75mg and do that dose going forward (I have a 5mg pen on the way)

Has anyone ever done this?

The manufacturer guidance says don't inject within 3 days of your last injection. No experience with the boosting but just be careful about your timing.

Hi - I don’t know your history from the last month but why didn’t you go up from 2.5mg to 5mg at the end of pen 1 if 2.5mg wasn’t working for you? That’s what I did even though I lost 7lbs on the first pen. 2.5mg is not a therapeutic dose - it’s meant to get your body used to the drug. The guidelines recommend moving up from 2.5mg to 5mg after a month.

so yes to answer your question I would be giving myself another 1.25mg or even 2.5mg asap.

Anyone else's eyes still bigger than their bellies?

I'm really hungry and ready for my meals but when preparing I'm not getting my portion sizes right 🤦‍♀️

I'm always in my calories but I'm either stuffing myself (still need to work on this) or throwing food away which I absolutely hate doing! It also means my calorie intake isn't accurate as I've thrown it away.

I guess it's something I need to work on going forwards.

Loads of people haven’t moved up if 2.5 is working for them. Guidance is just that, it’s the thing that works for the majority but there will always be outliers on either side of the ‘normal’

2.5 stopped working for me as well as I wanted. So this week I gave myself 2x 2.5mg at the same time. I injected one side of my belly button, put a new needle on and injected the other side. Absolutely no side effects apart from being cold which has been normal for me since starting MJ anyway.

Does anyone have any experience of how to inject into the arm?
Ive heard it can give better suppression but i cant work out how to do it myself.
Also I have the contraceptive implant in one arm. Would that effect it??

Put your hand of the arm you're going to inject into onto the opposite shoulder. Then inject into the fat bit x

Yes, that's also a new experience for me: I sometimes just can't finish what's on my plate (which is a thing that I never experienced before MJ). I mostly keep leftovers for later.

Anyone else having crazy dreams? I have had quite vivid dreams since starting (10th week) This week they have been particularly unhinged!

Yes! Getting wilder and wilder. Last night was a cross between my ordinary life and me being central to 'Whitehouse down' 🙄🤣
woke up in a right tizzy this morning 🤣

I've just had a vivid, strange dream too!

This week's weigh in - lost 2lb this week.

SW 15st0.8
CW 13st7.2
GW 9st
TL 1st7.6

Stuck to 5mg for a second pen but can definitely eat more. I still can resist snacking and don't always finish meals so it's going ok. I ate quite a lot on Mother's Day as my children treated me to a meal out. Overall, it's feeling positive.

I lift my elbow up above my head then stick it into the underside of my bingo wing.

Week 9 (I think) weigh in! Still on 2.5mg and just started my third pen! Although, this week I have been hungrier, so I was questioning whether this was the right decision!

• 1lb loss

Total loss: 24lb

It's been period week and where I've been averaging on 2lbs loss, I always struggle more around period week! So I'll take the 1lb!

6 weeks until we go on holiday... how much more can I lose before I go?!

SW 16.9
CW 15.4
TW 12.00 or under

Week 6 for me and just done my 2nd injection from my 5mg pen, only lost 1lb this week, would have liked a little more but the weight is coming off slowly.
I’ve been very lucky and had no side effects on the 5mg apart from not sleeping properly and strange dreams.
I have a 7.5 pen in the fridge ready to go.

Start of week 10 for me.

Sw:116.5kg
Cw: 103.3kg
Loss this week: 1.3kg
Total loss so far: 13.2kg or 29lb or a coyote which I believe takes me to just over 2 stone now.

Just started my second pen of 5mg ,its still working well so I will reassess in 3 weeks about moving up or not. 99kg is so close I can feel it, I'm determined to be below 100 by the end of this pen. I literally do not remember being below 100, it could have been 15 years.

Feeling much better now my cold has gone, managed a circuit class and a 1000m swim this week with more planned for next week.

I have a meal out next week, it'll be my first proper meal out since starting and I'll need to be very careful about what I order since I do not get on with fatty food at all now. I'll be browsing the menu before.

Love reading everyone's updates and posts, it really helps me keep up the motivation through the harder times 😁

W6 D7 weigh in
SW 96kg
CW 87.5
GBMI 22.5

I have lost 8.5kg so far in 6 weeks. 1.4kg this week. I can’t quite believe it. I thought that it was wearing off this week - I've had a stressful week and ended up doing a little comfort eating, which shows I haven’t kicked my old ways and I’ve been feeling a lot hungrier (though I’ve been bad a drinking water this week). Had decided I would go up to 3.75 today, as I thought I wouldn’t have lost. Given that I have I’m thinking about staying on 2.5 and trying to work on breaking those habits even when it’s harder. I inject in the evening, so I’ve got the day to think it through.

I’ve had more pain from my plantar faciitis this week which is another factor, but maybe I’ll see if it settles down.

Well done to everyone doing this

I guess the whole lose 2 stone before people notice is true. Just after posting I'd lost 2 stone I went into work and got my first comment about my weight loss from one of my lovely colleagues. She's an older Indian lady, the kind that doesn't take any rubbish, I'm the same age as her kids and she was so sweet and funny about it 😁

I'm kind of buzzing from it, it's paying off and it's not just me that sees it now

Week 6, second dose of 5mg today. Weighing monthly so another 3 weeks to go until I have some more data. I find that keeps me focussed and stops me obsessing about losing and gaining pounds/water weight here and there.

I have felt good this last week. Slight diarrhoea after a rich meal out. Fairly high suppression until yesterday evening. Eating two small and healthy meals a day. I am appreciating Biomel chocolate cereal bars and Purition nut bars - both low sugar, good for the gut and very good to have with fruit if I am out and about with work. I just don't feel like sweet things, crisps, carbs. The feels of craving and being starving hungry have gone. I'm enjoying fruit and veg and lean protein more.

Last week, I managed to avoid both the headache and the low blood sugar wobbly feeling by drinking electrolyte drink most days mid morning and by having a good porridge breakfast on the day before my jab (normally I skip breakfast and don't eat before noon or after 7pm).

Joint pain is definitely easing. Skin is lovely and clear!

Ordered 7.5mg pen yesterday. Stuck with pharmacy2u thinking they always dispatch Thursday to arrive Saturday...

Hasn't even got clinicians approval yet 🙄

Weight has been up and down by as much as 5lb this week! I was totally constipated though and I started taking a hefty dose of progesterone because I can't stop bleeding. It's not working! I knew my belly felt hugely bloated though, so I'm not going to dwell on it.

If you weighed the food I ate this last week it wouldn't weigh 5lb 🤣

22lbs (9.9kg) off since Feb 12th and a NSV in the form of a too-tight-last-summer sun dress fitting nicely this morning. I’m happy. BMI 28.8.

Also, I am the lightest I’ve been since my second pregnancy in 2005.

I am not drinking enough water and I’m still eating too many white carbs, but other than that I’m doing well. Moderate alcohol, loads of salad, veg, fruit, tuna, eggs, cheese, lean ham, seedy bread. Exercise.

I’ve struggled with weight since I was 9 and started comfort eating to deal with physical and verbal abuse from a parent and being dumped by my best friend. I’d spend my pocket money on crisps in the village shop and then I’d go to the post office to buy more crisps and eat them all in my bedroom. I’d use food to deal with issues after that but I did manage to break that habit some years ago. I just stayed obese!

Week 8 Day 1 3.33mg (40 clicks)

CW 86.9
SW 96.55
4 day week weight loss 0.7 (I returned from holiday so couldn't weigh last Friday)
Total loss 9.65kg, which is exactly 10% of my starting weight

I was expecting to lose .6 because it was a 4 day week, so I am pretty much spot on.

I did my first body pump class today and enjoyed it. I do about 16-20 hours a week of swimming and walking but hadn't got any weight/resistance training in my exercise schedule. I have been trying various things/classes and hated them all, so I was so pleased to enjoy body pump. Hopefully this will stop bingo wings as I continue to lose weight.

Last year's size 16 t shirts are like awful huge shapeless tents on me (even though I have enormous boobs) so I will definitely need to buy new ones. Can people recommend good quality t shirts suitable for large boobs/small waist. It needs some shaping/to be fitted else they just look awful. I prefer slightly longer length as well as it balances out the boobs.

beginning of week 9

I decided to stay on 5mg for 3rd pen so first jab today

SH 161cm no change
SW 95.9
CW 87.8
Loss 8.1KG
Start BMI 37 current BMI 33.9

I think the suppliers really push titration to be honest - I'm with MedEx and they suggest it every time, then in small print it says 'or you can order 2.5mg you loser.. ' OK it doesn't say that last bit but they clearly want people to motor on up the doses.

Well, 7.5mg is a bit stronger! Took my first one yesterday morning as usual, total suppression for me. It's not what I had on the first 2 pens, I was hungry but managed to reduce intake well. Now, I couldn't think of anything worse than eating. Off to the shop to try and find something that is appealing!

Also, sulphur burps are back, along with acid reflux and a constant taste/smell that is quite unpleasant. Fingers crossed it gets better or i am in for a bumpy 4 weeks 🤣