April 2025 Monjourno Starters - Thread 3!

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Hopefully the title is correct this time!

3.75 seems to be working some magic for a few of us! Right I’m off to jab!

I am curious about MJ and WLI in general and would like to know if you need to keep pens in the fridge? I am going away for a week in June. Would I bring pens with me? Do you inject every day? Thanks

You keep the pen in the fridge until you use it for the first time. Once it’s been used you don’t have to keep it in the fridge bit your are supposed to discard it after 30 days.

you inject once a week.

depends when you holiday falls. You could potentially inject just before you go and as soon as you get back. I’ve just been away for two weeks.. kept my pen in my makeup bag.

@Pepperwaggytail what pen are you taking next? Are you going up to 5mg?

W3D1

Slightly disappointing weigh in as 1lb on despite well within daily calories.

5lb overall loss though (just with 6lb last week and + 1lb this week).

Still undecided about next pen as feel utterly exhausted this morning after jab last night but maybe should get 5mg pen and do the 3.75 dose.

Those of you taking 3.75mg are you effectively getting 6 weeks out of the 5mg pen?

So usually 5 x 5mg dose = 25mg in pen.
25mg \ 3.75mg equals 6.66 doses?

Is that right? Thanks

Checking in! I've officially finished my 4th week and today is the beginning of week 5! Overall I've been really pleased with Mounjaro so far. To begin with I decided just to do the jabs and low carb, by week 2 I changed my mind after reading so much about calorie deficit etc. Now I am logging everything i eat and drink on MyNetDiary and keeping my calorie intake as near to the recommendations as possible. I also bought a cheapy smart watch from amazon and was horrified at how few steps I was doing! So I've upped my steps to between 8k and 11k a day. I've had no physical side effects apart from really vivid dreams! I'm also sleeping so much better and the little patches of psoriasis on my arms are shrinking which is fab! Jab wise started 5mg last Thursday, which was my 5th jab (I moved my jab day from Sunday to Thursday to maximise suppression over the weekend) and so far so good, no side effects.

Weigh in results are:-
Week 1 - 9lbs
Week2 - 2lbs
Week3 - 3lbs
Week 4 - 4lbs

@Rosiejovi well done - those are great losses 👏

Feeling really down today. After a 2kg loss last week, this week (week 4) has been much harder. I can definitely tell that I am no longer responding as well to the 2.5mg dose as food noise and sugar cravings returned and it’s been a struggle. I’m on day 2 of my period so know that’s contributing to my cravings and low mood, and I stupidly stepped on the scales this morning to find I’ve gained 1.8kg since last Thursday! I know that some of that is bloating from my period but I do think I’ve gained a bit this week as well. Ugh, so frustrating.

I was going to do my bonus dose this week but now I’m thinking I really need to go up to 5mg asap and maybe should just skip faffing with that and go straight to my new pen. But part of me knows it would be silly to waste it and this is not a linear process and I need to chill a bit. Not sure what’s for the best… 😕

My weight loss is very slow. On W3 now and the suppression isn’t great and my sugar wanting has returned too. I’m going to inject 3.75mg on W4, then go up to 5mg.

We’ll get there. It’s a journey 💐

I found myself picking at sugary treats last week when I was on my period, I didn’t gain but made sure I kept up with the water, I took the golden dose on weekend and felt really rubbish yesterday and ate crappy but today I feel back to normal - just thirsty but the hunger isn’t there and I’m not fancying sweet stuff.
might be worth still trying the 2.5 golden and then moving on.

Can I ask a daft question? I was BMI 31 when I started a few weeks ago and think Ill be under 30 before I order my next pen. Will they still let me have it? I dont want to stop until I get into a healthy BMI after years of battling (and losing) with my weight. Im using Mayfair (mainly because thats who my friend uses but she has a higher BMI than me so not at the 30BMI point yet)

Week 4 day 1:
SW: 80KG
CW: 74KG
TW: 60KG

I am feeling good and looking forward to starting my 5mg pen next week - I have found I'm using will power a lot more but still losing! Might do 3.75 for 4 weeks though as I'm a little worried about side effects.

I was worried about this but med Express still prescribed me 5mg pen - I think once you're on it they allow you to continue until you are a healthy BMI.

Well I did the golden dose this morning and got about 0.9 out of my 2.5 pen which is now completely empty. It took three goes to do it, I did change the needle then extract and then injected a bit more (cleaned skin each time). I’m now really confident with injecting, and none of them hurt, in fact I think it’s easier than faffing about with the pen!
My aim has always been to stay on the lowest dose that works for as long as possible. So here’s hoping the 3.75 brings a bigger weight loss this week (with no side effects) 🙏 I’ve got a 5mg pen in the fridge ready for next week.
It’s now 12.30 and not felt anything so far, and I’ve just had a happy half hour trying on some jeans that were too tight 2 weeks ago! 😎

Have been feeling a bit light headed today. Maybe not drinking enough water so shall have to make an effort to up that.

don’t weigh in until Thursday but getting so worried I won’t have lost anything this fortnight. I just so desperately don’t want to be fat anymore.

@Squiffy01 i know what you mean. If my side effects aren’t better with pen 2 I’m going to have to give up.

I’ve been saying Mount Jaro like a mountain before I ordered 😂

Just checking in, W2D7 and 3lbs down this week. Total loss of 8lbs. Jab number 3 tonight.

I started having less suppression too with 2.5mg - I did take the bonus dose, but took it early, at 4 days. Obviously not as cost effective as waiting the 7, but it worked well for me. When my 5mg arrived, I took it a day early too.

Did my first 5mg last night, and suppression is way, way up today, so don't be too disheartened x

I am now in W2D1 - had second dose last night. I lost 6lb last week:

SW: 12.6
CW: 11.0
GW: 9.7

I have ordered another 2.5mg pen from MedExpress as I seem to be having good suppression and have also ordered some syringes, needles and wipes from UKMEDI as recommended on another thread, for the golden dose.

I'm struggling to get enough protein into my diet. I've been having nuts and milk with my muesli and berries in the morning and today I had cauliflower soup and some smoked salmon. I had a small amount of protein kefir but found it hard to eat even that, it was so rich, so might try a protein drink instead. I have just had a dozen almonds and will have a small portion of dinner with the family.

I gave myself 3.75mg for my third dose, from my 2.5mg pen. So then for the 4th dose yesterday I only had 1.25mg left, instead of the full 2.5mg. So I injected that, then got the golden dose out with a syrynge and used that as well.
Could you maybe do that? I didn't want to waste what was left in my 2.5mg pen because I knew with the golden dose there was enough for a 3.75mg dose at least.

Thank you for the reassurance from those who replied to my last message, I’m feeling a bit better about it now and have decided I’m going to do my bonus dose and keep hold of the 5mg pen for next week. I let my emotions get the better of me this morning but I think it’s just a bad day. Onward and upward! I hope everyone else has a good week ahead.

Protein drinks work well for me. I've been using The protein Works diet meal replacement shakes once a day anyway for a couple of years because the fibre helps keep me regular(!) and theyre high protein-low sugar. But since I've been having some nausea this week after upping my dose to 3.75mg, they've been very good for getting some nutrients and protein into me without making me feel sick.

I've swapped to Lidl High Protein Greek Yogurt rather than protein drinks because I try to really limit UPFs in my diet. Has to be the plain one though, it's Nova score 1.