Mounjaro - 10 Stone or more to lose (Thread 3)

[TheFunkyDuckling]

Thought I'd kick start a new thread for this oh so supportive little group, as the last thread was reaching it's limit.

Ordered a Chinese last night, my usual would be a portion of egg fried rice, some chips and beef with green peppers and black bean sauce. I didn’t fancy the chips so didn’t bother with them, had some of the rice and beef for dinner, some for lunch just now and there will be enough for dinner tonight!

Is a real eye-opener to how much I used to eat and will save me a fortune! 😂

I came to the same conclusion @TheZingyFish - when I was pricing up the Mounjaro and trying to decide if I could afford it or not, I took an honest look at my accounts with Just Eat, Uber Eats etc. The month before I'd spent over £200 on take-aways - it was always me who wanted them, but I'd get them for the whole family to camouflage that! I am genuinely financially better off now I'm on the jabs (though my salmon fillet habit is getting expensive!)

One of my new favourites are the chicken skewers they do in Iceland. I absolutely love the salt and pepper ones, tasty, easy and lots of protein, but yes the savings on takeaway will pay for the injections.

Well that’s my first jab done! Am I right in understanding that now the pen has been used once I don’t have to keep it in the fridge?

That’s right.

I’ve been out with friends. We went for burgers. So I had a burger but not chips! I pinched 5 chips off the others.

I feel stuffed! And they both noticed the weight loss!

Mine has. I went back to 5mg after only one prescription of 7.5mg.

Congratulations on taking the first step. I did my first jab today too!

@Quitepossibly and @FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping you’ll both find yourselves thinking that every twitch or niggle could be related to Mounjaro for the next couple of days, and wondering if you’re thinking about food, which of course you are as you’re constantly checking to see if you are 😂 hope it all goes smoothly

@Iwouldratherbesinging I already am! I've sneezed several times this evening (I did yesterday too) but still wondered if it was due to MJ!

This is going to be the worst part for me I think as I have quite bad health anxiety! Have already had some heartburn.

Week 7 weigh in today, and another 2lb off. My losses seem to have steadied at 2lb a week, so if I can maintain that momentum, I'm happy.

SW 22st 8lb
CW 20st 10lb
GW no idea

Onwards and downwards. Have a great week everyone

10th jab day, 9th weigh in day. Only 1 lb down this week, but that's fine - it evens out from the weird 4lb loss last week, plus I have been away for a few days too (and wine was involved.) Still on 2.5mg from a 5,g pen, still working fine so I'll stick with it. Question - has anyone changed the day of their jab? I'm going to Spain in July, and we fly on a Thursday, come back on Weds. If I can take it the day before we go it'll save me having to transport it (I currently jab on Fridays). Should I do it gradually, move it to a Thursday for a couple of weeks and then to the Weds?

SW: 307lbs
CW: 276lbs
Goal: ???

@eibbed999 I've done exactly that a couple of times without issue. If I am on a stable dose, I might bring the day back a bit quicker if I do this again.

I did that @eibbed999so that now I jab on Wednesday from my original Saturday. I moved up a day each week over 3-5 weeks.

It’s been fine.

I have a question about getting a 7.5 dose from a 5mg pen.

I’ve done the 4 from my pen and have the residue extra left - how many ml would I need to make it a 7.5 dose? (My next pen is 7.5 so it’s thought I might just make the jump!)

My maths isn’t great but I’m thinking it should be 90ml. Does that sound right to the mathematicians among you?

0.9ml from a 5mg pen would be 7.5mg, yes.

4th jab this morning 💉

SW 19st 9lb
CW 18st 0lb
GW 🔮

Hope you all have fantastic weeks 💕

I changed from Monday 9am to Wednesday evening/Thursday morning. As long as there have been 72 hours since you injected you can just move it. I moved to a Friday morning for one dose so jabbed twice that week and then the following Thursday morning. Now I switch between Wednesday night and Thursday morning depending on what the kids are up to and when I have some peace! It works well for me as I work Fridays and weekends so it means I have good suppression whilst I work.

Have you got some Gaviscon or similar? Bisodol tablets are also good to suck.

Not 90ml!

0.9 ml is correct. So just under 1ml.

I’ve got some Rennies which did the trick. Sitting here now feeling surprised that I’m not starving and desperate for lunch, and that at no point this morning have I felt tempted to have a biscuit.

Thanks @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOneand @SilenceInside

Yes, 0.9, not 90!!

Today is my Week 46 weigh in, and moving up to 10mg seems to have done the trick and I have lost 1.3kg this week (2.9lbs), and no side effects either so far. Currently 86.6kg or 13st 8lbs, from my starting weight of 22st 12lbs.

Such impressive loss - both in this past week - and overall. Well done!!