March 2025 Starters thread 4

[TheSpoonyNavyReader]

New thread for all of us.

Thank you for allowing me to rant, share our ups and downs. Our group blows my mind of how we are so supportive of each other.

I'm in a plateau as well, haven't lost much in last couple of weeks. Hopefully the bonus dose this weekend will help, as it will be slightly larger.

Catching up on all your threads! Well done everybody on their losses and don’t worry about plateauing it does happen and it will come off on the scales soon. W8 day 5 for me but haven’t actually had a jab this week (I messed up ordered too late) so relied on willpower (good test for when I come off it I suppose). Jab due to be delivered today. If I don’t gain over the weekend (am going out tomorrow) then I will have lost 2 pounds this week which means just 2 more to go for my 2 stone down! Fingers crossed

Weekly weigh in

SW 18st 7lb
CW 17st 5lb
1st Mini Goal 16st 13lb

Weekly numbers;
5,3,3,2,1,0,0,2

After two weeks of staying the same I lost 2lb yay! But another period started randomly today only 2 weeks after the last one 😩
Possibly could've lost more but feel so bloated today.

Great to see all the losses and NSV's and well done everyone we've been at it for 2 months more or less and still going 💪

Don’t worry @mumofmanydaughterofoneits totally normal to have peaks and troughs. I lost 1lb, then stayed the same, then only lost 1lb, and had to try hard not to feel defeated like you, but then this week I’ve seen the scales suddenly shifting a lot more again. (No change in dosage, diet or routine).

im not going to give numbers because tomorrow is official weigh in day but if nothing peculiar happens today/tonight then it lots like I might hit a total of 2stone lost tomorrow 🤞🤞🤞

also I just spent a little time admiring this graph in my scales app….

Loved reading everyone's comments and updates.
I've had a strange week this week. I've had days where I felt like the old me (starving and just want to eat all the time, can't satisfy my appetite) and other days where I've found it very difficult to eat. Somebody else said something similar, sorry I can't remember who.

I jabbed my 4th 5mg dose Wednesday evening as I've been gradually moving my jab towards Thursday in time for my holiday during May half term. Tuesday was a rrgular day, ate 1200cals, during the day on Wednesday I ate LOADS, probs more like 1700 cals then Thursday morning felt fairly normal, had breakfast and then couldn't eat for the rest of the day! Today, have been hungry this morning so ate more than a normal morning but now feel absolutely stuffed. Really don't know whether to stay on 5mg or move up to 7.5, I suppose I could get the 7.5mg pen but count clicks. Weight loss has slowed a bit, not sure if its because im nearing my initial goal of 9 stone 4 (im currently 9 stone 8) or if its because i need to move up and recallibrate. If you have any thoughts, please let me know! :)

So end of month 2. I’ve lost 2 stone since 1st March so thrilled.
I had a wobble over Easter weekend and didn’t feel the suppression was great but this was my first week on 7.5mg and it’s working well.

Afternoon all, 6th weigh in today and I’ve lost -4lbs. Total loss is -26lb

Wk 1: -12lb
Wk 2: -41b
Wk 3: -1lb
Wk 4: - 31b
Wk. 5: -2lb
Wk.6: -4lb

5mg has been good up to now. No adverse side effects, still cold though. Suppression is still excellent, and food noise is zero. Hope you all have a good weekend.

I have just done my jab, and I have changed my injection site to my arm.

I need a woosh of weight loss and everyone told me to change my jab site.

As I said earlier my weight is jumping around some days I have put on 3 pound and then the following day I have lost 2 pound.

Its the first time I have felt sick after the injection.

Hello all, can I join please? Started on the 26th March;
sw: 97.8
cw: 90.4
gw: 80kg

I have just moved onto the 5mg pen and my weight loss seems to have stalled. I weigh daily and one day it’s 90.8 next it’s 90.4 and I’m not eating over at all but my fluid intake hasn’t been very good so I’m working on that. Still happy with the 7kg loss though but frustrated the scales aren’t moving more. Suppression is really working as well.

Oh, that's a pain, Spoony! I hope it makes a difference and the sickness wears off.

This week (2nd 5mg) has been much better SE-wise. I inject on a Monday and it's becoming clear that Wenesday night is when I need to be wary. This week's fun was being positively fizzing with trapped wind. It's something I was prone to pre-MJ anyway but Deflatine usually sorts it. This time Deflatine, Pepto and Gaviscon did very little and I ended up downstairs at 1am forcing some peppermint tea down (I've never liked it but always have some in the house for guests). Did the trick though. And better than sulphur burps and diarrhea at least.

I'm down another 2 lbs since Monday, at least. Only 3 lbs away from 15 stone bracket now. 😀

Just done jab 8 (5mg). Lost another lb this week, so that’s 17lbs altogether

have been unwell due to sinus infection this week so bit knackered and craving sugar to boost me up a bit.

SW 14.11
CW 13.8
slow and steady but I would normally have given up by now.

ordered another 5mg pen for next week. Will try to get the golden dose, failed last time!!

well done everyone on their progress so far!

Week 7 day 1

Had my second 5mg shot this morning and I must say that suppression on 5mg is scary. In the past 3 or 4 day I have barely eaten 1 meal a day. After said meal just bit of fruit is enough to keep me full until the next day.

This!! It's SUCH a revelation!

I've just poured myself a glass of wine, but....I dont want it. What is this witchcraft?? I last had a glass a week ago. 2 months ago, I was drinking 5 - 7 bottles a week!!

Today I've has a yogurt. A sainsbury salad for lunch. And chicken and veg for dinner. Not one snack. 😱

@Illbefinejustbloodyfine absolute witchcraft! I'm on my 3rd, yes 3rd day with the same bag of malteasers 😱

I can't even eat chocolate. I have no taste for it at all!

Jab day for me today I’ve gone for 2.5 for my second pen weight loss has been ok so far 110kg down to 102.1Kg in 5 weeks (that 0.1Kg is bugging me - I should have had an extra wee beforehand).

Food suppression is still good I have zero inclination to eat crap in an evening and can pay for fuel without buying chocolate.

Downside is still the lack of reliable bowel movements I’ve gone from pre MJ having an upset stomach 4/5 times a week to being constantly constipated and emptying 2/3 times a week if I’m lucky and eat a lot of dates - I really can’t do prune juice or prunes. I’m genuinely concerned my colon may stop working entirely moving up to 5mg next month!

Feeling a bit despondent tonight. After all of the talk about using MJ as a way to reset eating patterns rather than just relying on suppression. Tonight I’ve not had much suppression and really badly reverted to eating too much in portion size, which has always been my issue. Think it’s going to be a gain week based on tonight. This isn’t a cheat at all and I don’t want it to be. But it’s a hard journey to get rid of this weight and fat.

Been offline for a couple of days working away so looking forward to catching up on everyone’s losses.

but … drumroll …. It’s finally happened … week 8 day 2 … for the very first time …someone has said ‘oh Ruth you have lost loads of weight’ unprompted- old friend I haven’t seen since Feb.

I think 'resetting eating patterns' is just that - talked about and an aim for many on MJ, but I don't think the research backs it up. It's possible for some, but many doctors and much of the research on MJ see it as a life-long medication, like many others such as BP meds.

Jab turned up at 10am this morning so took it straight away (well 3.75) and boy oh boy do I know about it tonight feel so so nauseous. Haven’t missed that feeling the latter part of this week! Fingers crossed it wears off over night otherwise I might be in trouble at the nail salon in the morning!

I had a bite of a bar of chocolate yesterday and normally I'd power through whatever it tasted like and however awful quality. but Mounjaro 'emperors new clothes effect' lifted the veil and I realised that, apart from the dark brown colour, I may as well be chewing chalk. Had to spit it out!

my go to delicious sweet snack is the tik tok craze of a date with a teaspoon of peanut butter and dipped in dark chocolate and put in the freezer! Highly recommend!

im a bit panicked at the moment as I feel I am loosing too fast as just under two pounds a week and just under ten per cent of bodyweight in nine weeks. I may take a break for a week to allow my stomach to completely settle down.

End of week 7, second 2.5mg pen
SW 13st 7lbs
CW 12st 1lb

Lost 1lb this week which is a loss, influenced by end of period I think, same as last month. Steady progress and loving the graphs in my apps :) Generally keeping to my calories, need to do more exercise but NSV wore shorts this week and felt good. In fact I generally feel so much better - less heartburn, don’t wake up with hip pain.

I’ve ordered another 2.5mg pen as it’s working for me, I don’t feel like the effects are wearing off particularly and side effects minimal, so seems unnecessary to rock the boat!

Week 7, jabbed on Wednesday with 5mg. Feel like a bus has hit me today! Hope it passes soon. I’m sleeping soooo badly too.

SW: 70kg
CW: 61.4kg
GW: 50kg

I’m now seven weeks in, on 2.5mg and will continue with 2.5mg for a third pen.

I’m finding it difficult to get in enough protein. I don’t each much protein in general as a rule and have upped it massively since starting mounjaro, but I just don’t much like protein sadly. I am even sick of my favourite prawns, and chicken breast is so blah. I need to change up my recipes. If I have another chicken and veg stir fry I think I may turn into a chicken!

But really I can’t and shouldn’t complain as I am losing. Not dramatically, but steadily. And for that I am very grateful! BMI is now 27.3, which is real progress from 32 when I started!