Mounjaro DECEMBER Starters Thread 3

[Slimwannabe]

Just starting up a new thread!

We are very similar in starting and current 😁well done on your loss!

SW: 261.4lbs
CW: 201.4lbs
TL: 60lbs
TW: 175lbs?

I've just hit 60lbs lost. So so chuffed with myself as i've never been able to stick to any diet previously. Not sure where i want to end up weight wise as i've never been the size i am currently 😱
Just started being able to get into 14's which i'm amazed at👏

Love this thread, you are all an inspiration to keep at it!

I may have spoken slightly too soon about tolerating 5mg better this time round. Fatigue, a headache (that's new) and no appetite even 5 or 6 hours after a small meal. Either I'm coming down with something, or my body is still finding a full 5mg dose a bit challenging.

Ooo cool, another MJ twin. You've done really well although you must be taller than me, I'm 16/18 ATM (aiming for size 12 ish)

I could write an identical post. Headache and fatigue are in full force, and struggling to find anything i want to eat. I think I'll go back to my trusty 3.75 next Tuesday and hopefully feel human again.

Oh no Juno and Orange! Hope the headaches ease quickly.

No loss again this week. I'm still stuck above 11st.

These scales are refusing to budge!

Im really pleased overall with the weight I have lost though. On week 3 of 10mg pen. My suppression is high and I am staying in deficit and have been very active.

Just need to keep on . Wont go lower than 1200 cal a day - I feel light headed if I do.

Another 1.5lb off despite the holiday, so 44lb total. Doing a second 7.5 pen as really enjoying this dose, but food/exercise have gone a bit off plan as I have a stinky cold and have no energy for anything but sofa nesting!

@Slimwannabe hope you feel better soon. Make sure you're drinking enough fluids and get some rest.

Thanks @JunoRoma - have spent the best part of three days in bed drinking tea, so daily steps are dire - but I also have zero appetite so just doing my best sloth impression and feeling lucky it's a bank holiday.

The high suppression, headache and fatigue I had last week eased on days 5-7, so this evening I've bravely (foolishly?) gone ahead and taken 5mg for a fourth consecutive week.🤞🏻

This week I will have been on Mounjaro for six months now - I feel that surely my body should be able to tolerate a 5mg dose by now.

If the horrible gastric side effects start (as they did in the fourth week last time I tried 5mg) then at least I'm not working this week, and I don't have any plans that can't be rescheduled.

Week 25 weigh and jab
SW 15 stone
CW 12 stone 6
TW 9 stone

pleased to start losing again after a long plateau. On 12.5 with strong suppression and mild periodic nausea. Not planning to go up for a while. Focusing now on this 6lb to get halfway to target, and hit 20% of my weight lost!

You are brave @JunoRoma - I'm hoping you have a pleasant side effect free week.

My 5mg last week wiped me out. Did have another excellent 1.5kg loss but i dont want to deal with headaches, fatigue and no interest in food for another week. I was even debating about going back down to 2.5 this week, but instead injected 3.75 today. Its half term here and i need to not be too lethargic.

@frogpigdonkey yay for breaking your stall and wow at being so close to losing 20% of your weight

Week - i dont know anymore

SW 90.2kg
CW 77.2kg
GW 70kg

My current bmi is 27.7, and I've lost 14.5%. I feel like the target is within reach, maybe another 2 months and I'll be looking at maintenance.

I need to catch up with all the posts properly but, for now... the stats of the week...
W26D07 - I've been on MJ for 6 months!!!!!
Loss this week: -2.2 lb
SW: 263.4 (BMI43)
CW: 196.4 (which is 14 stone) (BMI32)
TL: 67 lb
TW: 13st (BMI30), 12st (BMI27), 11st (BMI25)
Current dose: 10mg (pink)

Hope that you're feeling okay on the 5mg, @JunoRoma!

Thank you @Slimwannabe it seems OK this week so far apart from some mild constipation, but I don't want to speak too soon...

Hey lovely lot.

Just catching up. I'm on week who knows.

Im injecting about 4mg now. (50 clicks of 5mg pen). Suppression is massive. I've never been good at tracking calories (and I'm sure I'm well under 1200 a day some days). Need to up my fluids too.

However. Start weight was 14st 9 BMI 46
today 12.0.3 lbs (so close to seeing an 11 st on the scales!) and BMI is 33.

I was slightly worrying about MedExpress cutting me off at a point later for maintenance, but to even hit 28.2 BMI I have to get to 10 stone! That's forever away yet. And they will keep prescribing so long as you stay at a BMI of 23.5 or above.

I'm not sure what my target is. I still feel big at the size I'm at now. And ironically still wearing the same size work clothes (although now massively baggy!).

@MerryChristmasYaFilthyAnimals I've set my initial target as BMI 27.5, which for me means losing 30% of my starting weight.
If / when I reach that then I'll see how my body feels (and looks) and then set a revised target if needed.

Another 1.5lb off (seems I'm in quite a predictable and repetitive calorie defecit groove), so after 6 months here are the stats:

SW: 273lb, BMI 48.4
CW: 227.5lb, BMI 40.4
7.5mg (second pen at this dose)
1800kcal a day, aiming for 90g (vegetarian) protein
10k steps a day
3lt water a day

Hope everyone is feeling well and side effect free going into June!

@Slimwannabe that is great progress both this week and so far overall.

I've had a good week, with suppression and satiety at the sweet spot in the middle, and thankfully no unpleasant side effects. Planning to take 5mg again tomorrow.

That's great news @JunoRoma, glad the 5mg has finally settled for you!

Just about 6 months in, and everyone is doing so well! I find this group really helpful, lovely to know I’m not alone!
SW 104kg
CW 86kg
on 3rd 7.5mg pen, but only now can tolerate the full dose!
Broadly pleased with progress except I am starting to suffer the dreaded hair loss. My basic nightmare. Does anyone have any ideas? I’m well hydrated and maximising protein, although often hard to eat enough.

@shrinkingfi I've heard people recommend biotin and collagen although I can't comment personally how well they work as haven't had issues with hair loss myself yet.

W27D07
Loss this week: -2 lb
SW: 263.4 (BMI43)
CW: 194.4 - so I've broken into the 13 st range!
TL: 69 lb
TW: 13st (BMI30), 12st (BMI27), 11st (BMI25)
Current dose: I injected 10mg but then topped up 1mg extra on Saturday as I was really feeling the hunger and cravings, that tiny extra bit did the trick. I'm going to do 10mg again today and then if I need a bit extra later in the week I'll add it on.