May Starters Thread 2 ~ heading into summer!

[SussexLass87]

Hi all...as the first thread is filling up I thought I'd start No.2

Come along to share experiences, vivid dreams, nausea remedies and celebrate eachother's successes...❤️

@Fatrosrhun
How are you getting on?
I'm frustrated atm as just tried to join voy introduction Google meet, waited 15 mins and still wasn't let in.
Used chat function and they said sometimes there's a delay in letting people in and offered to book me in at a time "more convenient for me" err actually right now is a time convenient for me!!

has anyone stay on 2.5 for longer than the first 4 weeks? I have great appetite suppression (w3d5) that I physically have to remind myself to eat. I go away with work mid way through W4 and don't want start w5 on 5mg and risk side effects whilst on a conference or worst still on an 11 hour flight!

In your shoes I would be staying on 2.5mg, a friend of mine stayed on that dose for a couple of months as was working well for her.
I also would not want to up a dose at a time where any side effects would be difficult to manage.
But no I've no direct personal experience yet!

W1D5 here. Still no side effects apart from sleep disturbance. I wake at 1.30 and 3.30 every night without fail and at 3.30 it takes a while for me to get back to sleep.

Not much in the way of food noise suppression. I have hunger pangs at mealtimes but I do feel full sooner than I did before.

@GherkinsOnToast I’m the same, W4D3 and have another 2.5mg for my next month x

a very interesting read, I plan to do this like the first Lady, stay on 2.5 ml for aslong as possible, see how much loss happens just on this dose and potentially stop there before withdrawing. Interesting article for sure, nice to see a positive one xx

Week 3/ Day 7
Food noise must be high today and suppression all but zero.

I bought sweets and scoffed the lot.

Feeling bad. And Sad.

Tomorrows another day @SignedUpAgain

Agree @SignedUpAgain - it's just one day. Be kind to yourself 🌸🌸

@SussexLass87 @Dutchhouse14
You're right and I have 4th dose tonight.

Literally I have avoided all shops since I started as I didn't want to risk it.

But I was parked outside, posting a letter. And had them bought before I could stop.

Grrrr

Next week, it might be worth doing your jab early in the morning instead of at night -- I did last week, and it really helped with those 'last day' moments of temptation. Don't beat yourself up 💐

Does anyone have a link for amazon for the needles that fit the mounjaro pen?

I'm bit overwhelmed looking at them all and just want to know I'm ordering ones that actually fit 🙈😅

Or are the pens engineered so you can't just keep turning them for a 5th dose is that why people use syringes??

W3D3 and the suppression is high. I haven’t had my dinner yet and dont like eating too late, but really don’t feel like eating tonight. I’ve had about 800 calories today and was aiming for about 1400kcal a day, but will just skip dinner tonight.

@GherkinsOnToast and @26dX I’m the same. Last 2.5mg does next week and then I don’t know what to do. So I rather in a dither ordered 2.5mg and then 5mg (which was expensive) because I couldn’t decide which dose is best and I have a holiday coming up. The pharmacist called me today to discuss why I had ordered both doses (so they were checking!) and I discussed my concerns and she was fine for me to use either pen and keep/ store the other one depending on which dose I used.

@SignedUpAgain similar situation with me on D6. Tomorrow’s another day 🤷‍♀️. When do you next jab? I’m 5pm-ish tomorrow.

Ok I ate about a 3rd of what I usually eat at dinner and have no inclination to eat anything else so far….
Not that I am not mildly hungry mind, just that I’m not actually craving anything. Normally by now I’d be jonesing for chocolate or something sweet.
Im indifferent.
Thats awesome that it’s minimised menopause overnights! I’ll check in tomorrow and see how I slept

Hi, I’m still unable to log onto the app or web site. The customer service lady said it might take a few days! Which leaves me no access to any information at a time when I really need/want it. Today they sent me a “rate how we dealt with your issue” email. So I did!

Anyway how was your first 24 hours? I’ve felt ok. No side effects. Haven’t felt particularly suppressed but have had a good day food wise. Eaten good healthy food in small portions.

@Mounraine
My next dose is tonight. First 2 weeks I did late at night before bed (around 12-ish)
Last week I forgot and did it first thing the next morning.

Have ordered the next pen already for weeks 5-8

@MorrowTreasure I'm sorry you're also going through it too. Maybe I just had high expectations. I will not give up though and just try to make good food choices until I move up to 5mg 🤞

Hello all!
I will get better at responding, I read all the thread!

W4, D1, 2.5mgs.
SW - 15st
CW - 14st 3lbs.

Feeling amazing in myself, more energy and have already got some old clothes on that I'd given up on.

Having a bit more food noise and hungry episodes so looking forward to going up to 5mgs!

Starting week 2 today 🎊 just ordered my next pen as am going away and will need dose soon as I'm back... decided to go up to 5mg as didn't want to risk wasting £130 if the 2.5 isn't doing much by time I start next pen in a few weeks...

And my day 4 of week 1 allllll my hunger was back 😅🙈

Wk 3 day 4 - I haven’t lost anything for a week now but I feel lighter and exercising etc so I’m not going to panic. Def in a calorie deficit but am eating my cals so I guess that’s good…..

Morning all!

Wk2d6 for me but I’m doing my jab tonight as I want my regular day to be a thurs. Unlike last week I’ve still got good suppression, ate a little more than have been yesterday due to circumstances & have woken up still feeling stuffed!!

going to weigh tomorrow!

also have really swollen glands in my neck but hoping it’s a viral thing rather than anything related to MJ.

anyway have forced myself to make a smoothie with added protein powder & a chicken salad to take with me so hopefully I’ll be able to enjoy both of them later!!

hope everyone has good day & any side effects are manageable!!

I ordered 5mg pen for my next but if still feel like this will just do 2.5mg from that next month!

Hello everyone. I’m W1D5 and so far, so good apart from not being able to 💩

I have been hungry on and off all week but normally when I’m hungry I just eat whatever I fancy but this week I’ve been able to swot those thoughts away. I’d normally have a ‘treat night’ on Thursday or Friday and start planning it on a Wednesday. I’ve had zero desire to do that this week so I’m not going to.

I realised yesterday that it was really working when I was at a buffet lunch with limited healthy choices. I opted for a cheese sandwich and within minutes, felt like I’d swallowed a brick. It just sat like a heavy lump in my stomach all afternoon. Bleurgh!

One unexpected side effect is feeling a bit bored. I hadn’t realised just how much food dominated my life. I love cooking for myself and others and all of a sudden I have a sort of ‘what do I do now?’ feeling. I’m sure as I start to lose weight I’ll adapt to that new way of being.

After 1 week, I think I’ll be on track for a 4lb loss this week.

Week 2 day 7
Start weight 21 stone 2.75
Current weight 20 stone 11
Total loss 5.75 pounds.

Feeling really disheartened. Week 1 I lost 8 pounds, the next day almost 4 pound put back on!!! The last 6 days have lost 1.75 pounds, so now heaver than I was this time last week.
I've paid for nutracheck and am logging litterally everything that does in my mouth. They set me 1600 calories a day in order to lose 2 pounds a week, I'm on average eating about 1300. Not sure where I am going wrong