Late April starters - thread 3

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We’ve filled another thread already, with fantastic support as most of us reach week 3 or 4 and think about pen 2! Thread 3 now as we enjoy the unexpected early summer and move into our second month of Mounjaro, lighter in both scales and mood.

Afternoon all, and congrats on those further losses!

Week 5 day 7 for me - I weighed a day early and finally reached my first stone!!!!!!! I think I’ve lost 2.5-3lb this week which is amazing.

Welcome @GeraniumRoseblushand congrats on the loss so far. I feel the same as you - I managed to get 3mg golden dose out of the 2.5 pen and have had good control this week, I can eat my meals but not needing to snack and still losing a decent amount so no need to go up really but I’ve got a 5mg pen next so I’m going to count clicks and try 3.75 and happy to stay on that for as long as it works (as long as I don’t have horrid SE). I don’t feel like I need to go up to 5 at the moment and also worried about feeling crap as I’m still feeling quite fatigued for the few days after jabbing.

@Hawkmoth I love pico di gallo!

@AbundanceofKatherines @Sheldon4kreally helpful holiday chat, I’m sure this sort of thing will effect some of us sooner or later so good to hear some potential solutions to keeping the pen cool whilst travelling.

Has anyone moved their injection day? I started on a Wednesday but since going up to 5mg, I find I’m feeling exhausted on Thursdays and can’t really face eating until the evening. Wondering about switching to Fridays.

I've been with Voy for the last 2 months but I am thinking of switching suppliers if I go to 5mg as with Voy the pen is £199.

What exactly do i need to do? Cancel with Voy the week before the pen is due to be sent out and Search for other suppliers? I'm just a bit confused about the process!

@Sallycinnamum give Voy notice that you want to cancel and then just contact another supplier and make an order.

I switched from MedExpress to Pillsorted and I paid about £105 for my 5mg pen (using a discount code from monj.co.uk). I had to send them a photo of my previous prescription, a photo of my passport and do a video of me on the scales + doing a twirl. It did take about a week for me to receive my pen, so make sure you leave plenty of time in case of delays.

@PeachSnail thanks for that.

I think I've got a prescription with Zava for £105 once I've sent the supporting information so much easier than I thought!

I was hoping to stay on 2.5mg but I might as well give 5mg a go although I'll be starting with 3.75mg just to be on the safe side.

I must remember to cancel my Voy plan now!!

Hi all. Well done to all who have lost. Just thought i would let you all know about my first experience of somebody being negative about me taking Mj. Six people who are close to me know i am on this medicine, all supportive. A friend i had not seen for a few weeks saw me today and commented on my weight loss so i told him i was watching what i eat, doing a 40 minute walk every evening and taking Mounjaro. He acted like i had told him i was taking cyanide. After me explaining how it was helping me and him not listening he started again with "i just think.." But i cut him short with "Let me stop you there, i really couldn't give a fuck what you just think. I am doing weight loss injections and they are working and i am delighted. Now be off with your negative shite" He didn't really say much after that!

@AbundanceofKatherines thanks for checking in 🙂 I’m doing better at eating which is great!! I’ve had a massive headache today… though it’s looking to thunder here so could just be atmospheric pressure , I get that sometimes 🤷🏻‍♀️
annoyingly I’ve developed what I can only imagine is tinnitus at bedtime. Turns out that can be a MJ SE 😵‍💫
hope you manage to find your groove with eating through the suppression x

@Hawkmothhope you also find your groove with eating though suppression. I’m week 2 day 4 of 4@5ml and I’m starting to manage 3 very small meals per day, and am finding if I can power through the first bite I then get a bit more into eating.

@GeraniumRoseblush welcome 👋
I think a few people have stayed in 2.5 as found they don’t need to increase. I think the advice is move up if current dose stops working as well? im at 5ml and will stay here if I can, as am very susceptible to mega suppression which isn’t ideal.

@bridgetreilly your holiday sounds fabulous 🤩

@RubyJunohope you are managing ok, that fall sounds nasty!

@toobusytocleanim going by the way my clothes feel and ignoring the scales when they aren’t budging ! So many reasons for fluctuating numbers but the jeans don’t lie!

@violetmondays congrats on the first stone 🥳🥳🥳

Welk done to everyone for the losses and NSV’s , this thread moves fast and I’m sure I’ve missed lots.

What a fabulous, positive bunch of absolute queens (and 1 king @Scousebloke 😉) we all are!!!!

@Hawkmoth I am also ready for week 6of 2.5mg but this week Iv not lost any thing, have had a flu type thing the last few days and zero energy- but all Iv wanted to do is eat! Today I had more food that i probably did all of week 1 combined 😂😂
someone mentioned that maybe I could get 2x 3+mg doses out of the last two does of the 2.5 pen if I use the extra doses but my tired brain can’t work out the maths or mechanics of that- can I take a full 2.5mg dose then half of another- will It allow this? Then use needle syringe to get the remaining half dose and the golden dose to make up a 3mg something dose?!
il still need to do tomorrow jab at 2.5mg first though.

@Ricoletti, sadly not my holiday! But I agree it sounds fabulous.

Ahh sorry @bridgetreilly.. I’m getting muddled! @Sheldon4k.. YOUR holiday sounds amazing 🤩

awful headaches all day… just had an electrolyte sachet and feel a million times better …

why do I keep forgetting how magical they are 🤣

@ellieinfrance how did your second 5mg go? I'm due to take mine but can't face it!

Well done everyone !! and @Scouseblokeglad you told your friend where to go. It really is best to be careful who you tell, people judge and gossip behind your back when it’s none of their business.

Im having really strong suppression on the 5mg. Recovered from the first day after my jab where i had bile burps. I found a remedy for the burps on another thread. Take one large peppermint oil tablet first thing in the morning on an empty stomach ( i bought these for £12 in Holland & Barrett) i now only burp peppermint flavour ones which is a relief and peppermint is good for constipation and stomach cramps.

well done @toobusytoclean @Sheldon4k @violetmondays

@Sheldon4k your trip sounds amazing!

@bridgetreilly yes I did and it was fine, no issues. my first dose was a Thursday and the following week I did the Friday because I decided Fridays worked better for me

@Scousebloke good for you!

I'm on the struggle bus today, the scale is not moving this week which is making me feel crappy and stupid things are being stressful and making me want to binge watch movies and eat my feelings and avoid it all. I got super hungry at dinner time and wanted to eat the entire kitchen but I think it was actual hunger because I hadn't eaten because I was trying to ignore the food noise, I made chicken stirfry with lots of extra chicken and the ravenous hunger went away but I would still quite like to eat pringles. And chocolate. And m&ms. Because that will definitely fix everything and not make me feel worse. Oh and ben & jerrys. This is the first time in weeks that I've wanted any of these things. Sigh. I definitely need to work on finding better coping mechanisms now that I'm not using food.

Weigh in day tomorrow, not feeling very hopeful about that this week. And 5th dose, eeeeks, not nervous, it'll be fine, it's the same medicine just a slightly different needle, it'll be fine, other people have done it and survived to tell how easy it is...

W5 D1 today. Took my first 5mg last night. Got a migraine late afternoon today but quite a bit of googling tells me MJ isn't linked to migraine, so thinking it might be a coincidence with recently stopping the contraceptive pill and my hormones being all to pot.

Other than that all has been ok, no other SEs so far. Suppression has been good and no food noise.

Ive had a bad headache come on today too and my vision went blurry, hopefully it’s just low blood sugar so will eat a little more this evening.

@PoisonIvy89 stay strong, you’ve got this. Old habits definitely die hard so well done on resisting the comfort eating. Are you due to move up a dose? That may help, it did for me after a week where I only lost 0.1kg and was craving crisps.
@Ricoletti i too find an electrolyte drink makes a headache go quickly. I don’t need it every morning, but certainly in the mornings for the first couple of days after jabbing.

@PoisonIvy89 I feel really hungry today too , I have eaten well ,but not out of control but there is still time. And I had a beer. And loved it.

@violetmondays @Ricoletti thanks for your expertise! Sounds like its fine to take any increase slowly if suppression is good so I'll see what I get out of my golden dose, and then see how the weekend goes after that!

Bit nervous about doing the golden dose for the first time tomorrow, eek!

@Scousebloke I’m sorry you got lectured!

a well meaning friend (one of very few who know I’m using MJ) was ‘joking’ about me taking the ‘easy route’ today 🙄

i also don’t give peoples uninformed opinions air… basically said that’s fine, you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to 💁🏻‍♀️

@toobusytoclean Thank you. I was planning to stay on 2.5 but I'll see how the next weigh in is and might move up if it's a low loss again

@Zebracat maybe it's good to exercise our willpower occasionally, maybe the mj gives us test days so that we know we can stay on track and in control when we eventually stop taking it

@GeraniumRoseblush tomorrow is my first one too. are you going to try to force the pen first or just go straight to the syringe?

@Ricoletti yup it's super easy and the mj is doing all the work for us, it's just melting the excess fat right off us, one quick jab and we are all a size zero 😠

@Ricoletti you dont have to use it if you don't want to. 😀
That sounds very dismissive. Lovely x
@PoisonIvy89 good luck for weigh in tomorrow

I don’t care if it is an easy route. None of the hard routes have ever worked for me. I take medicine for a ton of other things, not all of which are weight-related. But if this one medicine helps me come off any or all of them, I’d happily take it for the rest of my life. Sod what anyone else thinks.

I think I’ll maybe move to Thursday next week and Friday after that. Although I am on 5mg for 3 months (NHS repeat prescription) so maybe my body will just get used to it. Hmmm.

SW 14st 8lb
CW 13st 5lbs

Morning everyone!
End of week 5 for me and 3lbs off! Thrilled with the progress and can’t wait to see a 12 on the scales.

I’m away this weekend on a special family trip so I’m delaying jabbing until Sunday evening, I don’t want to spoil this long awaited celebration for my family with any possible side effects.

It’ll be week 6 for me and I have a 5mg pen, I’m still deciding what dose to take. I had planned to go to 3.75 but I’m getting used to managing my hunger and I don’t want to lose that by masking it completely. It’s a habit I’ll need in the future if I want to come off Mj.