March 2025 Starters Thread 3

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New thread as I am sure we will fill thread 2 up by the end of today!

Welcome back everyone and well done for all the losses. Some have 5-6 stone to lose, some have 2 stone and me I have put 4 stone but looking at the BMI chart I could lose 6 stone and still be in the healthy range.

Has anyone found themselves being less tolerant of certain things/people since starting Mounjaro?

I’m not out to start fights but I have found I am completely unwilling to accept some of the cheeky fuckery that I would have done in the past to keep the peace. I now have no problem calling someone out, no longer avoid confrontation, and am happy to say no to something I don’t want to do.

I’m not complaining but was wondering if anyone else has noticed this bonus side effect? (I’m taking my 2nd 5ml injection tomorrow) I definitely feel more powerful and in control of my life. Long may it continue! 😊

Morning all, awful weekend SE wise.
W4 D4. Spent all of Saturday night amd through the night on the toilet and again last night until around 2am this morning. Considering I haven't eaten much not sure how I kept going. I must have lost a lot of water as lost 4 pounds since Friday. Really hoping it settles now. Supression is high so I've turned to Slimfast shakes. My fault msybe as i used around 1mg from golden does to hwve 3.5 so did it too early as Supression had really fallen. Have a good day everyone. I have my 5mg pen to start on Friday, but think I'll go up to 3.75. How many clicks?

3.75 woukd be a 3/4 dose so would be 45 clicks.

sorry about your side effects I know how awful it can be. Not sure I understood what you meant about the dose you took, when you say you did it early, how early do you mean?

arebyoj using the Shotsy app? If not I recommend it. It predicts/tracks how much MJ is actually in your bloodstream based on the injection dates and doses you record. It would help you see what level you hit after this dose, if it was early it could be higher that you anticipated and that might be what triggered your SEs.

Be careful using Slimfast shakes on MJ, they have bulking agents in them to keep you fuller for longer and they can cause constipation.

Yesterday I eat macaroni cheese and snored and slept fitfully throughout the night. It's either cheese or gluten or both. I have an autoimmune disorder anyway and chat gpt says it's common to have dairy intolerance with that.
im going to miss my cheese 😔

thanks I didn't realise this

week 4 injection I injected slightly more than 2.5. So had my last pen dose then around 1mg of golden dose.

SW 10 stone 10 lb (borderline obese)
TW 9 stone 4lb (healthy bmi) and then go from there
CW 9 stone 11lb

It finally came off! Last week I was moaning about how my weight loss had stalled and I was ready to give up thinking mj just wasnt going to work for me (I'm defo an over thinker and over reacter, if that's even a word) so 3lb loss in about a week and half which I'm very very happy with. I'm 1lb off a full stone loss and now in the 9 stone bracket too.
Really appreciate reading everyone else's journeys and reassurances, it really does keep me going. Well done to everyone for their losses big or small and if you're like me and weight loss has stalled despite doing the same things....keep going, it will come off!

Congratulations @Amjam2025 well done for persevering:)

I'm now on W4, so my 4th dose of 2.5mg. Still haven't had suppression and cessation of food noise that I did in week 1 but I do think I'm losing weight and finding it easier to manage my food struggles. E.g. yesterday I had a protein shake for breakfast and was hungry again about 2pm. Made a chicken stir fry, couldn't eat it all, followed by some chocolate. I felt uncomfortably full and like I had binged. Even a bit sick. Couldn't eat anything for the rest of the day.

What was interesting to me was still feeling the urge to eat, despite zero hunger. It made me realise that I have a strong emotional or nervous system drive to eat when I don't need food. Before MJ I would have been able to eat more and would have thought of these urges as actual hunger. I would have wondered why I get so hungry even when eating healthy, filling meals. But now on MJ I was literally unable to eat more, so it was easier to recognise those urges to eat as being unrelated to hunger or nutrition.

So that's a valuable insight and something to keep working on! I know that a lot of people use food as a way of calming their nervous system and feeling safe. I think this is probably true for me. I've been using Nicole Sach's work on chronic pain to try and regulate my nervous system more in order to teach my body to stop urging me towards food. It's all a slow process! I do feel MJ is helping with that as it's giving me the space to observe what's going on for me.

Planning to move up to 5mg this week if I can get a pen here on time! If not, I'll try for the golden dose from this pen.

@Amjam2025 - I think you're maybe a bit like me, your starting weight isn't so high, but a high BMI because we're on the vertically challenged side of height! So overall fewer pounds to lose compared to a lot of people, and reading some of the threads of those who started their journey earlier, the weight loss is a lot slower when you start at a lower weight, and a lot less linear. So glad you're starting to see that shift, and don't get disheartened.

I on the other hand need to have a word with myself. After doing so well for the first few weeks, I didn't eat that mindfully at all last week. A combination of lots of meals out for work (mostly set menus where it's hard to avoid super calorie dense food). And my DD is home for the holidays, I'm super careful how I behave around food around her because like many teenage girls, she's surrounded by too much negativity about body image and weight even though she's super fit and super slim. So I've probably eaten too much volume and too much calorie dense food. I was actually sick this morning because food had been sitting in my stomach overnight - first time that's happened to me. Also lots of wine at the work dinners. And because I've been so busy it's been super hard to fit any exercise in, I only did one workout all week, and very little walking compared to a usual week, running between meetings in Ubers instead.

Result - yup, I put weight on this week 😂

SW 10st 4.6lb/144.6lb BMI 25.7 (prescribed MJ because of diabetes risk and hideous waist measurement)
CW 9st 8.3lb/134.3lb BMI 23.7 - 10.3lb down, 38.7% of target achieved. (Still overweight because of ethnicity)
GW 8st 6lb/118lb (26.6lb total target loss, 16.3lb to go) BMI 20.9 (low BMI advised as target by doctor)

Loss by week:
W1 5.5lb
W2 1.3lb
W3 0.7lb
W4 3.3lb
W5 0.5lb gain.

FFS. I know it's only half a pound, but it's annoying!

It does go to show that anyone who says MJ is cheating is talking out of their arse though - it takes effort and a change of eating habits even when your appetite is suppressed. Eat even relatively small amounts of calorie dense food and consume loads of wine whilst on it, and you still won't lose, and possibly even gain.

This week should be better - much less busy at work so can fit exercise in, only two meals out so eating at home more.

I feel like this week is going to take more willpower than it has so far. I jabbed last night on day 6, having jabbed day 8 last time as we're we away. So just reverted back to Sunday evening jab. It was the 5th dose from the pen so just shy of 3mg I think. Not feeling much effect as yet and snacked totally unnecessarily last night.

If I get to weds and am struggling I think I'll use a top up dose from my 5mg pen.

I feel like it's a common theme fir many of us to give up when the initial liss slows dien, as it does on all "diets" and I really want to get past that stage. I think the next couple of weeks are crucial to this.

Morning 🙋🏼‍♀️

I’ve just done my 4th dose too, I still have enough in the pen for a full 5th dose and there’s a little extra too.

I’ve been eating my normal healthy meals as always but finding I can’t eat as much as I used to, my portions are normal sized portions. I’ve been feeling blocked up a lot and struggling to go 💩 some days. I’ve had very few SE but the one I hate the most is the insomnia. I’ve had 4 sleepless nights since starting MJ.

What you mentioned about the brain wanting food is something I’m still doing in the evenings, I’ve been having some cake or ice cream every evening and way more then I should. I don’t expect to lose any weight until I can nip that in the bud. I have lost 1lb since I started but paying no attention to that.

I think our brains crave the dopamine hit from eating yummy food and it’s about retraining yourself to not need that but boy is it tough! Like any other addiction but worst in my opinion as we can’t go T Total, we need food to survive.

I’m going to order the 5mg pen and work on that night time binging. I might do a 3.75mg dose for the first week to slowly ease myself in.

I’m quite happy with the slow pace, I don’t want a drug making me so sick I don’t want to eat. I want to learn better eating habits knowing that if I ever stop MJ, I have control!

I’m glad we’re at the same weight/loss needed and stage in the process 🙏🏼

Well, here’s a little before and after. Left is current, right is 5 weeks and 1 stone ago. I don’t think the change is massive but I can see my bra fits different, bum and tummy both look more flat.

Can definitely see the difference @FrozenFractal well done!

Be careful with adding more, I think MJ peaks after a certain amount of time, I can’t remember how long but I’m sure it’s around 48 hours. You’ve already dosed more than normal this week and I’d allow time for your body to adjust to that before starting the 5mg pen.

Also remember most of us are on month 1 at the lowest dose. It’s a learning curve, take it slowly and allow time for the process to work. You don’t have to lose weight every week for a diet to be successful. We should all still be here next March either still losing or maintaining 😉

Woweeee well done!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Your current pic would easily be my goal 😂

I haven’t done pics like this cos I don’t want them to exist anywhere in the universe 🤣🤣🤣

Try a magnesium glycinate supplement for insomnia, make sure it’s glycinate as some of the other types are more for moving things along in the digestion department and we definitely don’t need that!
I like the Viridian Brand.

side note that magnesium is the only supplement that I take every day and that I recommend to everyone, it has changed my life tbh, I had awful anxiety and it’s helped so much, we don’t get enough if it in our food anymore as our soils are so depleted of minerals

end of week 2 for me, with a loss of 3lb.
really pleased as I’m now comfortably in the next stone bracket.
NSV - friends have noticed loss in my face! Can pull gym leggings up without having to jump or lunge to get them in place!

Personally I think it’s okay to have some treats - it's unrealistic to think you can cut them completely. If I were you, I'd focus on having sufficient meals during the day and then allow yourself the option of a small treat in the evening. If you're not actually hungry, the treat will be a genuine choice, and you might find yourself starting to not always want it.

Food is so difficult. I've been addicted to other things and gone cold turkey. But food is always always going to be part of my life, so learning how to stop addictive behaviours, binging and restricting, is really key, I think.

Magnesium helps me with sleeping. I take a combo with l-threonate, taurate, and glycinate. I also add l-theanine. I take l-theanine with my morning coffee, too. Since listening to Stacy Sims, I'm also adding a daily dose of creatine. She says it takes 3 weeks to really feel the effects, but one of the key benefits is better sleep.

I also find eating sugary things in the evening makes my sleep worse and I'm more likely to find it tricky to fall asleep.

But overall, it sounds like you're doing great! I might also ease in to 5mg by doing 3.75 first. I can imagine it could feel like a jump!

I did 3.75 last week as I was going away and didn't want to risk too many SE - I've stayed the same 😥- so I might go to 5 next jab - to be fair I've been away and have done way more exercise than usual and also been quite constipated and haven't had as much water so it may be a blip (fingers crossed) but I am marginally in the 12s haha

Thanks lovely I’ll have a look at what’s in my multivitamin first as I know it contains some sort of magnesium.

I’ve tried several types of magnesium over the years for muscle tension, one knocked me out so much I could barely stay awake and the other did nothing 🤣

Due to go away next month to Cyprus and worried about the sun exposure, I don’t want to burn!

Has anyone missed a weeks dose and felt fine when back on it?
currently taking a dose on a Sunday but will be traveling on a Saturday morning and back the following Saturday evening

Definitely agree! I’ve bought some protein chocolate pots and from today I’m going to have one an evening as a ‘replacement’ for binging as a starting point. They’re big and actually yummy but 0 sugar. Fingers crossed I can manage a week but it feels a little scary and I don’t know why. Sometimes I used to feel like the only thing I have to make me happy is food and if I take that away my life will be even more miserable. I have ME/CFS and feel awful every day so I guess the sugar hit and mindless eating gives me an escape from the pain and fatigue.

I take vitamin D, multivitamins, feverfew (migraines) and recently bought an electrolyte supplement that I’ve been taking since starting MJ. I’ve tried so many over the years to help the ME/CFS but nothing does unfortunately. I’m going to look into magnesium again though. I bought some not long ago from Nutrition Geeks but it did nothing

Snap let’s ease into the 5mg, I really don’t want to lose weight quickly cos my thighs and belly are already looking wobbly 🤣

I haven’t read anything about issues with sun exposure on MJ.

Buy a factor 50 SPF for face and body and you’ll be fine 😝