Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 5!)

[Mounjaroday]

Welcome to the latest thread, all WL warriors welcome as always.

Congrats to us all for our achievements and NSVs so far. And props for all the support, encouragement and kindnesses throughout.

Feel we’re breaking the back of this now! Base camp is firmly in our rear view and we’re climbing on … will some start to see the summit in the distance, over the course of this thread? That is pretty darn exciting!

No matter what your pace, and if you’ve lost a microwave, a tin of paint or 192,000 bees: well done!

xx

@ivegotthekeyivegotthesecret please tell me more about macros?

@strongermummy have sent you a message 😊

The ups and downs of Mounjaro and the interaction with our normal body processes is so insane. I've posted before about the struggles I had last week to keep on track and that lasted up until yesterday - the day I got my period. Today I absolutely couldn't finish my dinner and overall for the day I'm under my calories. Even though I felt those struggles I did actually manage to largely stay on track calorie wise, I didn't binge at any point, and my cravings were for carbs and not sugar. So even though I felt like it wasn't as effective, in hindsight it clearly was but I just needed a bit more willpower. The thought of eating heavy carbs today isn't appealing at all so it's all change! At least now I know I need to try and work with those carb cravings.

I'm on my 2nd pen of 5ml dose. I can eat everything I want still....maybe a bit of suppression but not a great deal.

Still slowly losing weight despite this, but looking forward to going up a dose to see if that helps me more.

Will update weight next week x

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I am delighted.

I bought myself some little fake diamond huggie earrings from Vinted to celebrate (at least my ears aren't fat and I won't grow out of earrings as I continue to lose!).

Though I am wearing some size 12 M&S cream jeans today. They are a bit tight around the waist, but I'm hoping they will loosen through the day.

Another 3 week plateau for me :(

As with last month debating whether or not to go up a dose but on balance am thinking no, to stay on 7.5 one more month to see if I get a drop without it - both last month and the month before that, just after I ordered the next dose up, I dropped a few lb in one go.

But I am tempted..

Congratulations @WoolerOwl

Morning all

Now on week 14, got golden dose left of my 5 mg pen, then will stay on 5 for the next one. I switched from Med Express to Medicine marketplace for the last pen and this one, and have to say am impressed with the service and quick delivery.

I stayed on 2.5 for the first 10 weeks, but was scared of the 5mg so did the next 2 weeks on 3.75 before going up and thankfully it's been fine.

SW - 13st 4
CW 11st 3

so pretty much 2 stone which I'm happy about. I've lost every week, usually about 2lbs, and so far it's been pretty plain sailing. My goal weight is 10 st 7 but once I'm there I'll probably make it 9st 13 as I really want to get under 10 stone.

Feeling a bit p*ed off as STS this week. Not idea why, I've still been active and eating well. I really wanted a loss on my final week but it's not to be.

I'm also worried that I won't be able to keep losing after MJ but there's no way I can afford another month.

I did do the golden dose for the first time. I'm actually quite annoyed that I didn't do it before as it was really easy.

Will post my final weigh in next week.

@ThatJoyousHazelDuck feel your pain. I’m heavier than I was at the start of the week despite having eaten like a bird and exercised. Very, very annoying!! Stupid scales.

Hope you stay with us for the rest of your WL journey after next week?

Week 10 finished and I have lost and gained the same pound all week. So looks like I’m heading for another plateau.

7.5 is not giving me the suppression I have been used to - by the end of the week I’m running on fumes and my capacity to eat chocolate has returned. Although tiny amounts and within my calorie allowance, it’s interesting that I no longer am repulsed by it.

I have one more week on 7.5 after this one and I think if I feel the same by the end of the pen I will push on up to 10mg.

its been a long slog so far and I am benefiting from the stone or so that I’ve lost in terms of energy, NSVs etc but I continue to be daunted by the fact that my bad habits may return. I may well be someone who doesn’t respond better until a higher dose or it may be that this is just the way of it for me whatever dose I’m on.

I'm going on holiday in June and even another half stone off would be great before then to give me a bit of a boost.

I will try not to be downhearted. I have stopped watching insta reels on thin women and their ‘what I eat in a day on MJ!’ Videos which all seem to show them scarfing down daft amounts of food and still losing.

Hey all, 2 x non scale victory this week. I'm coping with the sudden heat ( 'feels like' temp is 29 here today) a lot better than usual and i'm sweating a lot less. I hate heat and summer in general but Im not quite the red faced sweaty blob i have been before 🥵!
Last years summer clothes which must have been v tight are now loose or very loose.
Scales have been teasing me all week, just wanna see a number with 13 at the start, but no, exactly 14. 00 twice and today 14.05!? I sure its fluid retention from heat, but so bloody close 😩

@Mounjaroday the ideal scenario would be to stop focusing on a number one a scale but years and years of that being the measure is hard to shift.

Of course, I'll still be checking in, good or bad (but hopefully good 😊)

Hi All

i wonder if I could ask a little advice.

Bit of background first. I had been on Ozempic from May last year to January. Wegovy wasn't available in Ireland, and so I could only take the max dose of Ozempic which was 1mg. I went from 205lb to 185lb in the first 12 weeks, and then didn't lose any more. i knew this might happen. 10% weight loss is about average for the 1mg dose of Oz/Wegovy.

In February this year I swapped to MJ. As it is eye wateringly expensive in Ireland, my GP gave me a prescription for the 15mg pens straight away. He advised that I count the clicks and start on the 7.5mg dose, as I had tolerated 1mg of Oz well and use up the pen over 6-8 weeks (four doses of 7.5 and then two doses of 10mg, or eight doses of 7.5 if I found that it worked well for me). I asked about using the pen over the four week mark, and he said that the medication is perfectly safe to use after the four week mark but some people find that it loses a bit of its effectiveness after 7-8 weeks of being open. If that happens I should order my next pen.

I was a bit nervous about starting at the 7.5mg dose so I titrated upwards a bit slower. I lost nothing in the first three weeks (not surprising since I had already been on Oz) and lost 10lbs in the following three weeks, when taking 7.5mg dose. I took my fourth 7.5mg dose last week. The pen has now been open for seven weeks.

Over the past ten days I have lost nothing and have found less suppression and lots of cravings for junk food. Do you think my pen has just lost it's effectiveness and I should order a new one? Or has 7.5mg stopped working and I should move up to 10mg? There's still 10mg left in the pen, along with a golden dose of 15mg. I'm loathe to throw that much medication away but it's pointless taking it if it's not going to work.

@lastapache I guess if your Dr has advised it’s safe to use, then I’d probably crack on with the final dose/s first but sounds like you might need to deep mentally for a week or two to resist those cravings.

But then again, because you have it on prescription maybe just order a fresh pen?

How much is MJ in Ireland out of interest?

The scales finally moved again this morning.

Can’t remember who on here suggested drinking more water, but I massively upped that yesterday.
Must have been not drinking nearly enough before as I’m 800g lighter than yesterday.

Will remember to keep drinking from now on.

Checking in end of week 10
SW 96kg
CW 84.6kg
CBMI 30.4
GBMI 22.5

i had to jab a day late this week as my pen hadn’t arrived, so Saturday is my new jab day. Stuck with 3.75 mg and I’ve lost 1.5kg. I’m so pleased!

Ive had an NSV of needing to buy new bras as my back size has gone down 🎉 (though not cheap 😅). No one has commented yet, but I’ve gone from an 18 to a 16/14 (can fit in a few 14s) and I’m so pleased to be fitting in summer dresses from a few years ago.

Hope it’s been a successful week for everyone

I'm sitting here in my goal long shorts of last year which are quite loose around my hips and lower thigh/upper knee. Am I happy? No, I'm looking in the mirror and thinking hiking isn't doing enough for my bum. I knew that of course but this should be a NSV. I need to get back to weights but have to do a core recovery program for a couple more months.

A slow week of loss for me (just a few lbs) but I'm sure it'll catch up over the next few days. The heat doesn't help.

Anyhow 1.6mg every 5 days (means I'm on around 3-4mg) is working superbly still so I'm very glad about that.

I'm grumbly but shouldn't be. There's a lot of positives here.

I think I’ll just order a fresh pen. I think even if I went to the 10mg mark it’s probably lost its oomph. I’ll have to white knuckle it for the next few days. Weighted myself this morning and am up two lbs. Sure we live and learn.

Pharmacies in the Republic are charging €290 for 2.5mg and up to €500 for 15mg. It’s daylight robbery, and very short sighted of them. You can send your prescription to a pharmacy in the North and get it couriered down for half the price. It’d be even cheaper to get it from the UK but customs have put a stop to that cos Brexit and stuff. You can import from the North though.

Weekly Check in :

Start Weight 247.8lb on 1/2/2025
Current Weight 203.9lb

Total lost 43.9lb

Doing ok, Sticking with the 5ml pen for at least the next 5 weeks, although may increase the dose to 6ml / 6.5ml if feel like the effects are wearing to quickly.

Honestly, body wise, i don't feel too much different - less swollen if that makes sense? Did have a NSV of being able to wear a ring i had long abandoned so must be shrinking somewhere!

Had a couple of days of upset stomach and the dreaded Sulphur burps, but this was my own fault really, ate more than i should have or needed including a ill advised Chinese takeaway.

Hope everyone is doing well and hope you all have a great Bank holiday weekend in the Sun xx

Starting week 14 for me

Sw:116.5kg
Cw: 99.6kg

Total loss so far: 16.9kg, 0.7kg loss this week so glad I'm moving up to 7.5 as the last few days have seen a return of the junk craving. Luckily I still get full very quickly but it's always lurking in my thoughts lol. I managed a cinema trip with no snacks after work though, just a bottle of Pepsi max as my treat.

Just done my first 7.5 this morning and already feeling a bit of nausea and very thirsty similar to my first 5mg jab, nothing too bad though.

Best news though, I am under 100 kg for the first time in probably 20 years, I don't ever remember weighing this little and I still have a long way to go. My next big goal will be to get below 86.5kg which will take me into the overweight bmi. I'm hoping to maintain around 3kg off a month so aiming for that by early September.

My mum and sister both noticed the other day. My sister asked for a selfie with the t-shirt I was wearing and I just did it, I've never been one to just take a pic of myself and send it but I'm finding I don't hate how I look anymore, again still have a long way to go but also made so much progress already. I told them both about mounjaro, what it is, how it's been etc, both were great about it but I didn't think they would be judgy anyway.

Keep it up everyone, I love reading all the updates, it helps me keep going too.

Weighing in a day early this week as I'll be away over the weekend. Jag day is still tomorrow and again can't decide whether to stick on 5mg or go up a little bit as it's a 7.5mg pen.

SW 22/02/25 - 16st 5lb
CW 02/05/25 - 14st 6lb
Lost this week: 2lb
Total loss: 1st 13lb

My first mini goal was to lose 2 stone by this coming Tuesday, only 1lb to go to hit that 😬

I have lost almost 2 stone (more than 13% of myself) in just over two months and still nobody has noticed/said anything.

Are there are foods people used to love but you can't motivate yourself to eat, even though you (sort of) want to?

Crisps for me. My diet is generally very healthy so crisps were my goto vice. Now I've lost interest in crisps. It almost annoys me because I used to really enjoy eating them.

I think people comment less on others bodies now, incase they say the wrong thing. But I'm sure people are noticing and thinking you look well or healthy or whatever. Soon you'll have lost so much they'll have to ask!