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April 2025 Monjourno Starters - Thread 3!

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QS90 · 27/04/2025 10:17

Hopefully the title is correct this time!

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IncessantNameChanger · 11/05/2025 14:31

Bellsize · 11/05/2025 10:52

I will be ordering my 3rd pen shortly are most people swapping suppliers to get discounts? Any issues with this?

I stopped supplier and didn't factor in that it would take longer to be checked and approved. So do it well in advance of when you need it

Pepperwaggytail · 11/05/2025 15:25

WinterOnItsWayOut · 10/05/2025 23:34

@Squiffy01i would get your iron levels checked. I had similar symptoms )and heavy legs walking upstairs) and was properly anaemic!

I get restless legs and feel like my legs are fizzing after exercise and iron tablets always sort it out.

Pepperwaggytail · 11/05/2025 15:34

TC4 · 11/05/2025 09:09

It’s hard to decide isn’t it

I have this dilemma too next month (away for two weeks and they don’t know I’m doing this) so im going to move jabs over the next few weeks till I get to a Wednesday and then jab just before I go (it will be at 3am!) and then I’ll be ok for the first week and will go without the second. I’m hoping I’ll be ok, I figured it’s a good test of my resolve, but also it will be good to see how long the effects actually last.
im due to jab my second 5mg tomorrow morning and I’ve still got amazing suppression so I’m going to push back a day or possibly two and see what happens to the suppression and weight loss. If I get really hungry or put a bit of weight on (daily weigher) I’ll take the dose.

Summerbay23 · 11/05/2025 16:31

Just did my first bonus dose with syringe from 2.5 pen. Don’t think I got much more than the 0.6mls maybe 0.7. It was very easy to do though for anyone who hasn’t done it yet.

I weigh on a Monday morning so will see what tomorrow brings.

Schoolsec · 11/05/2025 16:44

Think I’m getting my first 5mg from Boots. Still had to be ordered though as they didn’t have it in store.
Peed off at the counter though when handed over private prescription. Pharmacist says in loud voice to woman next to him “are you doing these Mounjaro prescriptions?” Big queue behind me. He then says (equally loud voice), “ you’ll have to pay for it!”. Seriously, no privacy, bloody ignorant 😡😡😡

SausageRoll90 · 11/05/2025 18:24

@Bellsize I think some people do swap around suppliers to get the new customer deals just do it in plenty of time. I think the only thing if if your BMI is now under 30, you need to prove you've been using it or something. I don't fully know but I've read in other threads about it so may be worth exploring if your BMI is under 30 now.

If you've not used ZAVA before and want to give it a try then drop me a PM for the discount code ☺️ full disclosure I get discount too if you use it but absolutely zero pressure.

Potato1234 · 11/05/2025 18:51

@wordywitch interesting and relatable!

Squiffy01 · 11/05/2025 20:15

@wordywitch interesting reading. Can completely understand not wanting to advertise but I can not imagine keeping it from my husband or having secret surgery and keeping that from him 😱

just shows how much weight effects everyone I guess, the lengths people go to and how ashamed and secretive it can all be.

Potato1234 · 11/05/2025 20:36

@Squiffy01 i can’t keep anything a secret from my husband, I overshare everything 🙈. But he doesn’t judge, like others do!

MissCreative · 11/05/2025 20:41

Doidontimmm · 11/05/2025 10:30

I would say it’s the exact same. It’s that that’s helping me. Before taking the jabs I thought all day long about food, snacks, when I could next sneak in chocolate and now I just don’t! I’ve had 3 Freddos and a mini Easter egg in 6 weeks compared to an amount I’d be too ashamed to admit!!

You are not alone! Before the mounjaro, my eating was completely out of control - not with savory foods though - all thoughts were on deserts and cakes and chocolates

PinkCatInATree · 11/05/2025 22:01

MissCreative · 11/05/2025 20:41

You are not alone! Before the mounjaro, my eating was completely out of control - not with savory foods though - all thoughts were on deserts and cakes and chocolates

Whilst I had all your savoury foods, toast and butter, crisps.

I was at an afternoon tea with clients today and one sandwich, one pastry, and a scone with fresh strawberries (no cream or jam) was both plenty and sociable ... Before MJ I would have been clearing the table or at least wrapping it in napkins to eat on the way home.

Potato1234 · 11/05/2025 22:05

Does anyone else get “full” after drinking water?

Squiffy01 · 11/05/2025 22:05

I’ve really struggled yesterday and today with being hungry and wanting to eat but don’t know what. Have definitely eaten too much today.

wonder if that means I’m needing to up my dose to 7.5 for my next jab. Or maybe it means I messed up the golden dose.

Potato1234 · 11/05/2025 22:07

PinkCatInATree · 11/05/2025 22:01

Whilst I had all your savoury foods, toast and butter, crisps.

I was at an afternoon tea with clients today and one sandwich, one pastry, and a scone with fresh strawberries (no cream or jam) was both plenty and sociable ... Before MJ I would have been clearing the table or at least wrapping it in napkins to eat on the way home.

Toast and butter! Don’t think a day went by without me having this… no interest in it now which can only be good as the amount of Lurpak I got through was sickening

QS90 · 11/05/2025 22:12

@Squiffy01 Are you getting enough protein? Since tracking my macros, I've really noticed how getting enough or not makes a difference. I definitely didn't get enough previously and wonder if that made up part of my eating problem!

Not to state the obvious, as sure you know protein is important! It's just that for me, I find that if I don't pay close attention, I can easily forget to have enough.

I wonder too about nutrient deficiencies, now that we've all been eating less for several weeks - do you take vitamins?

That said nothing wrong with going up to 7.5mg, if you think it will be helpful.

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QS90 · 11/05/2025 22:14

Potato1234 · 11/05/2025 22:05

Does anyone else get “full” after drinking water?

Honestly, I haven't found this. Great though if you are!

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Potato1234 · 11/05/2025 22:16

QS90 · 11/05/2025 22:14

Honestly, I haven't found this. Great though if you are!

It only happens day 2 and 3 but feels strange!!

Squiffy01 · 11/05/2025 22:18

@QS90 i probably don’t get anywhere near enough protein, I don’t track what I’m eating in anyway so don’t know for sure but protein has never been something I focus on so shall start trying to get more into my day.

I don’t take vitamins no as when I was listening to the Zoe podcast one of the drs they had on said the majority were a waste of money.

QS90 · 11/05/2025 22:19

Re the article @wordywitch honestly, I'd be a bit peeved if my OH went to Turkey for surgery, without mentioning it 🤔 I'd wonder what else he was hiding, if he could casually keep such a big secret!

I agree with PPs though, it just goes to show the stigma and shame attached. Hopefully one day, people will look back with amazement, at the lengths people thought they had to go to.

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QS90 · 11/05/2025 22:31

@Squiffy01 It's mad how many protein foods you need, to get enough. Something else I didn't really realise, is that foods I thought were "protein", such as cheese, only have a tiny amount of what you need. You'd need 300g(!) of cheddar to get your minimum 60g.

If you don't want to track what you are eating, perhaps make sure you are eating two large portions of meat or fish every day, and that will probably be enough. I had a large fillet of salmon for lunch today, then another at tea time (as two in the pack), and that was almost 50g. Alternatively, invest in some protein shakes. They're not especially delicious, but get the job done and then you don't have to think about it for the rest of the day.

Re multivitamins, I have heard the same as you, that most of the goodness just gets peed out. BUT, I wonder if it's still worth it - even if you only absorb say 10%, presumably it will still be beneficial? I don't know for certain, but as they work out around 6p a day, I figured there's no harm in having them.

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JMSA · 12/05/2025 00:25

Squiffy01 · 11/05/2025 22:05

I’ve really struggled yesterday and today with being hungry and wanting to eat but don’t know what. Have definitely eaten too much today.

wonder if that means I’m needing to up my dose to 7.5 for my next jab. Or maybe it means I messed up the golden dose.

I can’t wait to go up to 7.5.

5 has been worse for me in terms of hunger and food noise than 2.5!

SeaDippingandLattes · 12/05/2025 07:14

3 pound lost this week!
sw 16.1
cw 14.13

i only started to feel well on Friday evening. Due to take next jab now. No idea what to do as have an hour to decide before work. I can either take 2.5 from the 5mg which I was ok on previously. Risk the 3.75 again (but don’t really want to try that this week). Or I can leave it until I’ve worked away Thursday and take a later dose Thursday night when I get back. I am toying with the 2.5 idea but I don’t want to spend 3 days in bed again this week as can’t risk it financially - what would others do? Husband thinks risk the 2.5 as I was ok on that for first four weeks. X

Pepperwaggytail · 12/05/2025 07:36

Potato1234 · 11/05/2025 22:05

Does anyone else get “full” after drinking water?

Tea fills me up! I often wake up hungry, and actually I’m thirsty! I read somewhere that the thirst and hunger areas of the brain are very closely linked and it’s easy for the brain to send the wrong signals. So you think you are hungry but you are actually thirsty.
Have to say my mouth is so dry on these jabs that I’m constantly drinking, and my skin has never looked so good!

Pepperwaggytail · 12/05/2025 07:55

So we were away this weekend with friends who were taking us out for a meal. They both immediately noticed how much weight I’d lost, and said how good I looked which was lovely of them.
I did really limit the drinking, because I’m just not feeling the love for it, rather than because I was trying to be good. So I had wine and soda, then later in the evening I just asked for soda and kept topping my wine glass up. My friend got very drunk so I don’t think she noticed!
we had a shared starter which was great because I could just pick at it. Then for main I had a Caesar salad because I was already full 😬. Fortunately everyone’s meal portions were HUGE (ridiculous really) so none of us ate it all. Plus everyone else had eaten crisps and snacks in the house beforehand, plus a garlic bread and nachos starter. Makes you realise how much normal people (as in not taking Mounjaro) can actually put away! 😵‍💫😂
The next day we went for a long walk and she went on and on about how much weight I’d lost (in a nice way) and I couldn’t tell her the truth! In fact, people are definitely noticing now, you can see them looking a bit more closely. That article that someone kindly shared has made me even more determined to keep my Mounjaro journey to myself!
I had my adult sons home on Friday and even THEY noticed my weight loss. I’ve just started running again (very tentatively) so they put it down to that. The pen was safely tucked in the salad drawer in the fridge! Where they would never dream of looking 😂
Gosh this has ended up being a longer update than I planned. Have a great week everyone 🥰

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