Mounjaro DECEMBER Starters Thread 3

[Slimwannabe]

Just starting up a new thread!

Weight update: have lost just over 38 kg which is 6 stone!

Hi all, I’ve been having a dodgy stomach for the last couple of days too. I’ve got two pens left and then due to cost I’m going to have to wean off the MJ. Went up to 12.5mg and my bowels didn’t like it 😂💩. On a positive note though, I’ve kept a grey pair of tweed trousers for over twenty years and Ive been desperate to get into them for all that time!!! They’re on me this morning and I can do them up. Not quite enough to wear them comfortably yet but it’s amazing what losing over 30 pounds can do!!
Just out of interest, anyone thinking of doing Wegovy instead?

W40D07 and been fine on 7.5mg, stuck to calories but hungier than on 10mg.
Loss this week: -1.8 lb
SW: 263.4 lb
CW: 168.8 lb so almost at original target of 12st (168 lb). I actually got called 'slim' a few days (I'm not slim obviously, still in overweight category) but feeling very happy at this size now.
TL: 94.6 lb
TW: 11 stone, ?10 stone

@JunoRoma wow! Well done!!!

@Slimwannabe ermmmm, maybe some chocolate, a hot dog, and some chips. It's definitely worse if I eat greasier foods. Trying to get back to protein now.

@Lindy0070- great news on the trousers. What a win! I've not tried wegovy. I'm sticking to MJ (if I can stop with the churning stomach!)

@TrinityWaves that weight loss is incredible. I'm also like you where I'm not sure where to stop. I'm now 10.13, but would like a little more I think.

My dc go back to school this week so I'm hoping I'll have a bit more spare time to spend in the gym.

@MerryChristmasYaFilthyAnimals i had exactly the same a couple of weeks ago, was fine on 5mg for a month or two, then suddenly i had my first sulphur burps (vile) and liquid poo. After 2 weeks of this i went back down to 4.5 and its seemed to ease!

On a positive note though, it did break my stall and restart my weight loss. So yay for that i guess.

@Slimwannabe Yeah I've completely run out...didn't realise everyone was stockpiling and panic buying until I went to order my pen and by then everywhere had sold out - whoops 😅

Now entering week 2 of a forced hiatus...not sure what MedExpress are doing tbh.

Feel like I'm in limbo...I already have a pen on order with MedExpress. I'd like to do that pen and then probably move to WeGovy. But until I get that pen I can't put that plan in action. If I don't hear from MedExpress today I might just do an order elsewhere for another pen at the higher price then I can switch to WeGovy after both pens.

I don't know lol....

@CatRash - ah, that's so frustrating but MedExpress do seem to be awful when there's issues (like the current Pendemic!) I hope you can get one soon.

@MerryChristmasYaFilthyAnimals thank you and it's tricky to decide a goal, 11 stone for me is a BMI of 24.9 so 10 stone would probably be more ideal.

@Lindy0070 - awesome on the trousers!! (less so on the tummy issues!!)

@JunoRoma - woohoo amazing!

@OrangeDonald - it's been much harder during the hols for me to get to my exercise classes but hoping to be back in full swing next week, too. Glad you could find a positive outcome of the side effects and at least started losing again!

voy are being really slippery! They just will not tell me their new prices even though I know they have been published. They say they’ll tell me of any ‘change’ within 7 days of my order. It really feels as though they are trying to hide something and I’m losing trust. After all this time it makes me think it’s time to move on!!!

Juniper gave us the new prices last week, and they don't let you bulk-order pens, so I'm hoping all will be well. They are giving a loyalty discount, which is nice, but cost of my pens will be pushing £300!!!

New number on the scales today. Im only 3kg away from goal weight. But my waist to height ratio is now in the green healthy zone.

Im thinking that its probably time for me to start reading about maintenance - so if anyone knows any good articles, podcasts, etc please recommend them to me. There seem to be lots of options; titrating down (although im only on 5mg), spacing doses to every other week or 10 days, etc and i can see myself getting confused.

I managed to get a 15mg pen from
juniper just before the prices rose, so now I have 2 full pens and 1 dose left of current pen. No idea what to do after this…I’ve still 1.5 stone left to target and that’s only 11 weeks of med left…not sure I’ll manage that.

after hitting a sort of plateau in August (although I was on holiday during this time) where my weight more or less didn’t change give around 2lbs off the whole month, I tried injecting in thigh last Wednesday(injection day) and have lost 4lbs this week! I normally inject into tummy but was looking into ways to stop a plateau and read that changing up injection site may help.

@OrangeDonald well done on your healthy waist / height ratio!

Having complained that the last three weeks of 5mg felt less effective, this week I only took 4.6mg and it feels like it's working normally again in terms of not feeling hungry until it's nearly time for the next meal.

I'll be starting a new 5mg pen next week and hope to spilt it into 6 doses (approx 4.2mg per dose). Usual caveat that I'm aware this will mean using it for 35 days and I'm comfortable with that.

STS again this week. Thats 4 weeks maintaining.. still on 10mg. Still have 7lbs to lose...

I dont want to cut calories lower than 1200 and am exercising loads.

Another plateau is frustrating though.

Wow!!!!

That’s amazing!! Well done you 🎉👏🏻🥳

Hello Mounjembers!

W41D07 for me!
Loss this week: -1.6 lb
SW: 263.4 lb (BMI42)
CW: 167.2 lb (BMI27) so I've just broken into the 11 stone bracket 🥳. I'm at my original goal (which was 12 stone and fit a size 12).
TL: 96.2 lb
TW: 10-11 stone
Dose: so I'm down to 7.5mg, 10mg was my sweet spot but here we are. I'm not placing anymore orders so using up fridge pens.
Size wise: I'm a 12-14 now

I've put all my 'fat' clothes up into the loft, most of these were a 22 (18-24 overall).

@TrinityWaves 🥳 on reaching your initial goal!

I've stayed the same this week, which is good. I started a new 5mg pen last night and hope to split it into six doses (e.g. five doses of 4.2mg and one dose of 4mg).

That great as you're at goal!

Dragging the pens out to taper down is the way forward, I think, too!

@TrinityWaves well done for getting to goal.

@JunoRoma let us know how you get on tapering down the doses. I think we've been on a similar dose throughout, so I'm curious how you get on.

I need to order a new pen. I'm lucky that i can afford it, but it still makes me grrr that 5mg is now over £150. Especially since my weight loss is averaging under 1lb a week. I'm hoping that now the summer holidays are over i can get back to regular gym trips and eating very healthily to lose my final 3kg. Im so close to target yet it still feels painfully far away.

Well done Trinity thats fabulous!

Wk41 STS

Still 10.7 been here for 5 weeks.
Maybe this is just my happy place. Bmi 25.1.

I cannot really complain!

Omg! Jumped on scales this morning and.... Ive lost 2lbs overnight!

My scales show 10.5 which gives me a bmi of 24.8!!!

Finally ... I have a healthy Bmi!

I am so delighted ! Here are all the emojis!!

🙂🩷🥳🥳🥳🥳🎊🪅🎉🥂🙌

Jab 40, STS this week. That’s two weeks in a row now. This’ll be my third jab today on 12.5mg. My weight seems to be stagnating again but I’m noticing my hair falling out more lately. Anyone else having this problem on the higher dose? I’m a bit worried as I’m taking Biotin supplement.

Happy healthy BMI day, @Goinghome25 !!! That's so wonderful!

Lindy, the hair loss seems to go up and down for me, I don't know why. I'm taking iron and biotin etc etc and am barely losing weight anymore, but I do notice a lot of hair in the shower. On the other hand, my hair doesn't seem thin, so perhaps there's just more turnover now I have a high protein diet?