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

I've lost track of who has increased doses and is now on 7.5? Just wondering how your finding it, compared to 5mg?
Ive just ordered the 7.5 pen, but i've been using my 5mg pen as 6.25 doses the last 2 weeks and feels like quite a nice dose (although weight loss has remained at exactly the same pace, but zero side effects and cake voice suppression is good still)
Pondering staying at 6.25 for a while longer or trying 7.5...

I’ve stayed on 5mg. It’s a tricky one. I feel a bit nauseous, fatigued, and chilly the day after the jab (I take it late at night) but the food noise appears on day five.

I need to go up to 7.5mg I think, that’s how MJ works after all, but I’m nervous of the side effects becoming worse because at the moment they’re very manageable with a cardigan and chewing gum!

I'm also going up to 7.5mg this weekend as the 5mg is too hit and miss now in terms of food noise. I'm also worried about the side effects as it took a good few weeks for them to settle on 5mg.

I also have his weird sensation where even though I've clearly lost weight and look slimmer in my clothes, out of them I feel like a huge deflated balloon just now. A lot of work still to do.

I loved week 1 of 7.5mg @FunnyCrabDance- the perfect amount of suppression in that I just didn't think about food all day, but was hungry at meal times, and no side effects.

Week 2 I've had more nausea and a bit of a dicky tummy- it seems to have settled a bit now (jabbed on Monday) but the suppression isn't as consistent. Interested to see what week 3 looks like!

When I did MJ last year I only got as high as 5mg so this is the highest I've been so far.

Jag day sounds so much more fun

i Imagine @HoratioBumtest driving jags all day, pondering which model is best for them and their smaller booty !!

I had my first 7.5mg last Friday after a few weeks on 5mg and it hasn’t felt massively different so far but I remember feeling the same after going up to 5mg. It was week 2 that I started to feel more side effects and suppression. I’ll let you know how I get on after my second jab tomorrow evening.

Thank you!! Yep. Lost over 8kgs now so
CW 70.7kgs
and over the 10% mark.
cannot wait for CW to start with a “6”!.

I'm also feeling very impatient. Whyyyy do we have to do it so slowly?! I mean I know why but urgh. I put it on much quicker than I'm losing it I'm sure.

Hope your evening is going better than your day @Mounjaroday

Also had a rough day at work. I don't drink so I had a huge slab of millionaires shortbread (as well as my daily pastry!). That's done some damage to the weekly deficit. I'm sure a glass of wine would have been better for me!
Normally I would punish myself by not eating dinner but I'm not going to tonight. I deserve to eat dinner and my body needs nutrition. Food isn't a reward or punishment, it's just fuel. That's my new motto lol

I’m still on 5 but probably going to do 6.25 tomorrow out of my 7.5mg pen as the food noise is definitely ramping up by day 5.

Was going to go up a dose last weekend but I had the In-laws here for the weekend so was worried about feeling unwell.

I am nervous about increasing the dose as I was very nauseous when I first went up to 5 and had to drop back to 3.75 for a few weeks.

Fingers crossed we are all ok 🤞

I've decided to up my calories a bit. It's going to slow down my weight loss to 1 lb a week but the additional carbs and glycogen storage really helps me function better.

Suspect I'll be on here until around end of October but still planning to come off Mounjaro in July/August. Will see how I go of course. 🤷‍♂️

Had a horrible evening, have been throwing up since I ate dinner 2 hours ago. Unsure if it's the MJ or I'm coming down with something but I feel rotten and am still in my budget hotel!

Hope you are feeling better today @sweetpickle2

This is so frustrating! If I can gain 2kg overnight why can't I lose it overnight?! I know this just happens sometimes but it's very annoying.

It’s infuriating Zibb!

I hope you feel better this morning sweetpickle

SW 118.8 kg on 27/2/25
CW 103.9kg

hope everyone is well, completely forgot to jab this week, can’t believe that happened, anyone else?

Anyway done it now, plodding along, have a party in July and holiday in September to keep me focused

Bra extender be gone!!

I took 7mg last Sunday and have been really feeling a lack of hunger.
I'm desperately weighing, waiting for

• 1lb loss which will give me a 2stone loss
• bring my BMI under 30
• send my weight into starting with an 11

I've had the most awful upset stomach, stomach cramps and sulphur burps overnight - I've been on 5mg for 7 weeks so don't know why. I don't understand this medication 😩

I am just a bit fed up.

7.5 feels good to me in terms of suppression etc, no major side effects (just feeling cold really) but I haven't lost any weight at all in a month.

I have been 2lb into obese for a month and just really want to dip down into a BMI starting with a 2

Started jabs 10th feb weight was 90.1kg now 85kg.

Had the last 5mg jab in the back of my arm last monday and boy the side effects came back (although minimal hunger suppression). Due to start 7.5mg next monday and will put it in my tummy.

Deliberatly not gone that low on calories as happy to do it slowly. Hoping for a bit more supression next week though.

Weigh in and jab day for me

Sw:116. 5kg
Cw: 98.7kg
Loss this week: 0.9kg
Total loss so far: 17.8kg

Im impressed I lost that much this week, I think that must be the effect of going up to 7.5. I've been on holiday from work so I've been out and about seeing places, doing things, eating stuff etc. But I think all the walking(at least double my usual daily step count) has helped since I haven't been to the gym this week.

It has been so much easier to walk around and do things this week compared to before I lost the weight, my feet don't hurt as much and recover so much quicker, I able to walk further, I don't eat a massive meal while I'm out etc. I had pad Thai while I was out yesterday which is one of my favourite meals and to my eyes it seemed like a regular portion that I previously would have finished and gone back for dessert, but I couldn't even finish it, I was so over full at about 75% finished. I still need to work on visually what a correct portion is.

I am so determined never to see 100kg again. I love seeing the changes in my body, my legs, my hands etc.

So far on 7.5 I haven't had any issues really, it's been similar side effects to 5mg. I feel like it is lasting the full week now, I'll see how it goes over the next few weeks.

Ill be back to my usual food and exercise next week so I'll see what that brings in terms of weight loss since it'll be more of a realistic take on how 7.5 is working for me

So bloody irritating, Zibb! Feel your pain: I gained overnight. Stupid lying scales.

@Mounjaroday I’ve discovered this mystery - usually in my case it’s when i need a crap ( tmi) or have had a hot drink ! Next day I can suddenly lose 0.6kg!!

A hot drink! That’s a new one on me - I must keep an eye out for that as I like a cup of tea before bed.

Ive just ordered a 10mg pen for next month. 7.5 did very little for me this month - to be honest it felt like I did on 5mg towards the end when I started to feel hungry all the time.
Going to reevaluate once on 10mg because if I feel the same way then I may come back down to 7.5 for a bit. I didn’t intend to race up through the doses but so far I haven’t felt entirely happy on any of them - although SEs have been minimal - just feeling cold a lot and constipation occasionally.

@HoratioBum yep quite bizzare - I weighed myself this morning and was90.4 - had a big mug of tea and weighed myself again afterwards ( as I had forgotten I had already done it - lol) and was 90.6 - thinking about it though fluid must weigh a decent amount and hadn’t had time to be peed out!! That’s my theory anyway