April 2025 Monjourno Starters - Thread 3!

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Hopefully the title is correct this time!

Is there something he’s concerned about? Or because of the price? It is a huge amount of money each month. I haven’t saved on my food shopping, but have saved overall by not going out for food as much - which is something we did a lot of and it adds up

A bit of both really, he wasn’t keen on me starting originally having reservations about the possible health risks, the money is a factor too although lesser so, another of his worries is me getting carried away and taking it too far, which isn’t unwarranted to be fair to him as I’m quite extreme in nature if that makes sense 😂🙈

I’ve never been as hungry as I am on 5mg 😂
I only moved up a dose as suppression was starting to wear off on 2.5.
To be honest, I haven’t heard many good things about 5, but at least I’m having no side effects.
Roll on 7.5 in 3 weeks’ time!

Oh, and someone else mentioned fatigue. My experience is that I’m sharp and energised for work, so during the day I am absolutely fine. But my evenings are a write-off because I’m shattered.
Thank goodness my kids are teens. I wouldn’t fancy having little ones at home.

Yes, I used 3.75

NSV!!! My size 16 jeans fit!! I was a good size 18 a few weeks ago!

Week 5 Day 3 today

SW: 222lbs
CW: 212 lbs
GW: 154 lbs (unimaginable)

week 1: -5lbs
week 2: -2lbs
week 3: -1lb
week 4: -1lb
week 5: -1lb

just started my second 2.5mg pen and I’ll stay on that all the while I’m losing.

I’m very happy to plod along at a pound a week because I see this as hormone balancing medication rather than a diet, so I’m also not calorie counting but eating healthily and well. At 1lb a week I’ll get to goal in a year from now which is amazing considering it took 20 years to go on after the birth of ds1!

That's great news @NinetyNineRedBalloonsGoBy!

I got into some old jeans this weekend too (although Size 20 to 18) - it's a great feeling! Roll on new week new losses 😎

SW - 11st 12lbs
CW - 11st 3lbs
GW - 9st 12lbs

9lbs off - I think that’s only 1lb this week but I’m a bit constipated…
Impressed I lost weight over the bank holiday/my birthday weekend!

I’m still on 2.5 but the first fortnight of starting off I felt tired, my energy levels have picked up now so maybe your body needs to get used to the higher dose

I’m a daily weigher and I’ve noticed slight weight gain the days after I’ve not drank as much

Nsv - I’ve had 2 comments about losing weight in the last week 😃

I have a very boozy foodie weekend coming up and am a bit flustered about how I am going to cope with it without drawing attention to myself

Im 12lb down in my 6th week. Did 4 on 2.5 then about 5 days in a slightly bungled golden dose then a 5mg. Last two days I've had so much suppression I realised at 10pm last night I hadn't had any dinner and had some rice cakes with homous as a late lunch at 3pm. No SE from. 5mg. This morning I made myself open s protein yoghurt but only had half. Feeling really positive

Something I was thinking about today is that, you know, it's normal to be overweight. Most adults are overweight or obese. I keep seeing people talking about eating "like normal people" on Mounjaro. In fact, it's normal to have this problem. So there's really no need to feel like it's just you, or that other people won't understand. Most people are experiencing this issue nowadays. Half a million people are on these injections in the UK right now, and likely 10x more will be over the next five years. The people you are hiding this from are probably hiding it from you, too.

You don't need to tell anyone you don't want to, of course! Of course! Your body is your business. But maybe think of a way to signal that you are a person who can be told?

We need as a society to start recovering from the toxic madness of the obesity epidemic. I think we can do it, all of us, just a little tiny piece each.

Needed to share my excitement, I'm officially back down in the 13 stone bracket!!! Lost 2.4lb this week which is nothing short of a miracle given how much I had (and gave into) the pre period munchies last week!! Was convinced I was going to put weight on this week...
Last time I was 13 something was 2.5 years ago so really happy ❤️

I'm following along with a month long squat challenge and had a long walk before work today. Onwards and downwards!
That's 17.4lb down in 5 weeks 🎉

W6D2 (5mgx2) - dropped 1stone 1lb.

SW 84kg / 13st 3lb BMI 33
CW 77kg / 12st 2lb BMI 30

I am pleased with that although its been a bit complicated as dropped 10lb W1&2 and then nothing until last 10 days which felt like a loooooong plateau.

I am not drinking enough water or doing enough steps - so I will focus on those habits now that the body has relented to the MJ - I thought I would be one of the non-responders at one point and the first 10lb was just water - but it seems we finally have lift off.

W5 D5

SW 13st 7lb
CW 12st 7lb
GW 9 st 13lb

Total loss 14 lbs

Got my stone today! Still on my first pen as I took the bonus dose. I’m going to stick with 2.5mg for now as my loss with this pen averages at 2.8lb a week which is as fast as I want to lose. I am definitely still suppressed. Get full quickly and am not particularly fussed about ‘treats’ or alcohol.

My period started yesterday and interestingly, I did feel snacky in the run up to it - I’ve never noticed this before but maybe it’s just been hidden by the fact that I felt snacky all the time!

I feel like I’m relaxing into things a bit more now. I’m worrying less about will it work because it is working and I feel like I can trust the process a bit more. I hope 2.5mg carries on working for me. I think I’m going to switch supplier this month though so may order a 5mg pen and just take 2.5 out of it if I’m not ready to go up.

Well done on the stone!!!

I know what you mean about the snacky feeling pre period, I had the same last week and it was driving me mad. Felt like the jab had totally stopped working that week. Jabbed again last night so hoping it'll kick back in tomorrow like previous weeks🤞

Yes - I was really thinking it was wearing off and worrying because I’d bought another 2.5mg pen but it’s definitely working again for me now so hopefully it will for you too. I also don’t mind having to use a bit of willpower now and then… because I’m already thinking about how I will cope with maintenance.

A quick 5mg update - I jabbed yesterday morning, so far I’m feeling fine. It’s 12.50 and I’m only just starting to feel hungry. Just had a couple of protein muffins and that’s plenty,

Yay! I start my 5mg on Thur 😬😂

That's exactly how I felt last week and exact the same with the new 2.5 in the fridge. In previous weeks I'd jab Monday night and it would take till Wednesday morning to properly kick in so hoping that happens tomorrow morning

Was that your first 5mg?

I also felt like it was wearing off last week & had a bit of chocolate on 2 nights that I wouldn’t have previously wanted & really felt like snacking!

So I wanted to up my dose a bit and hoped to get 3.75 out of the golden dose that I took Friday.
I only got 0.70ml so just under 3mg and was thinking I might struggle this week.

Then I got my period Saturday! (Never know when they are coming)
So maybe it wasn’t wearing off? Either way I have been fine this week so either it wasn’t wearing off & was just due to my period or the small amount extra in my golden dose has done the trick!

If I feel the same by Friday I may just take the 0.70ml again from my 5mg pen rather than even the 3.75mg as I was keen to keep as low as possible while it’s still working!

Hadn’t even considered it my be down to my period so thanks for the insight!

Glad it helped! I’m quite good at tracking mine and I have a cycle that’s like clockwork so it is easy to see if there are trends around it. I do wonder if there is some sort of hormonal interaction going on with the WLI in the week before our periods - just noticed a lot of people talking about PMT symptoms.

It was probably a typo but just checking that you know if you take 0.7 ml from a 5mg pen you will be taking 5.8 mg…. A full dose is always 0.6 ml regardless of the strength of the pen….