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...❤️

Hi all, I started mounjaro this week, and if it’s okay I would like to use this as a kind of diary to log how I am feeling etc. I took first jab yesterday, not really sure if I feel anything yet or when anything is supposed to kick in but when I made my coffee this morning I ignored the chocolate in the fridge, that could just be placebo though.

i am not actually sure if I feel hungry, I don’t have any rumbling in my stomach or feel hungry but I do feel that I should eat something but more just because that is what you are supposed to do, I’m not really in the mood for anything though.

I know it’s early but no side effects felt yet, slight headache but no nausea or stomach issues.

@cherrybobbins - Hope you’re feeling better now . Commiserations to all those suffering side effects , and big welcome to the new starters.
@Seahorsesplendour and @DidILeaveTheGasOn - thanks for the info re Weeks 3 and 4 .
I’ve just weighed at the local Boots and lost 1.5lbs , making 8.5lbs in 3 weeks and two jabs ( reasons why 2 not 3 are upthread …)
So the least loss I’ve had, happy though.

But the REALLY exciting news is DPD are delivering my next pen between 1pm and 2pm today !! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

I still don’t have any side effects or much suppression after my second jab. I asked the AI Voy coach about it last week and they said it can take a while to come on for some people. But I’m currently enjoying eating healthier and like what I’m eating. I will probably need more suppression help later on. I kind of don’t want too much. I want to eat healthy food rather than needing shakes because I can’t eat.

YESSSS @ElsieJay!!

@ElsieJay hurray!!!!!!! 😆

Yay!! About bloody time eh 🤣 What a faff you've had 🤯

Fabulous news @ElsieJay I was looking at the missed a dose section of Voy and they say to speak to a clinician if you miss more than 2 weeks of MJ as you may have big side effects. That may apply more to higher doses- if you’re on 2.5 there’s nowhere to drop to.
But I thought I’d mention it to you.

Just had my first IRL friend tell me she's on the pen, and I excitedly got to say "ME TOO" 🤣

I confided in another friend last week, built it up in my head, and she looked blankly at me "What's mounjaro?"

Was all worried about judgment and she hadn't even bloody heard of it 😄

Thanks, that’s good to hear. I’d love a code if you could message me please.

Forgot to say that I actually changed supplier with my second pen and have gone with MedExpres. Ordered Monday and dispatched today should be here by Saturday. That’s for a 5mg.

So weird how some people have been kept hanging!!! I have a discount code if anyone wants to try them just pm me 👍

YESSSSSSS !!!!

@Fatrosrhun - It’s 12 days , so fingers very firmly crossed!
I was lucky last time, just very tired and faintly nauseous,so hoping it won’t be too bad this time around.
Thanks to everyone bearing with me on this saga 🤣.
Onwards and downwards we go !! 🥁🥳

Yay @ElsieJay ! Glad you’ve got your precious back 😁

Sorry I’ve been quiet. I’ve been away with work so I’ve had little time for exercise or managing my protein and food intake or anything else. Had to make do with what I could have. 😬🫣. Suppression is still about so I’ve been eating just in small quantities of whatever I could get. Neeed to get back to it today or I’ll have lost all my (minute) muscles!

Hello to all the newbies!

Oh goodness, W1D5 and the constipation has hit! Realised yesterday that I hadn't been for a while, struggled for the morning, then went shopping in the afternoon and in a store suddenly realised that I fairly urgently needed to go. Made a hasty exit and got to the nearest public loo (local museum!) which even more fortunately were empty. Massive blowout there, sorry for TMI and then a smaller one later on when I got home. So I didn't take the Senokot which I had bought in Boots as I didn't think it was necessary anymore. Now today I've got exactly the same thing and I'm beginning to panic about going on holiday on Sunday which involves a car, plane and coach journey. Beginning to regret having started this week at all!

So I’ve ended up having to call in sick today as I was up all night again. Still no better 🤦‍♀️

@DidILeaveTheGasOn that does sound delicious thanks for sharing!! Think that might be recreated in my house this weekend!!!!

@ElsieJay pleased you've got your pen now ---- but if the photo is you I think you might be slightly underweight! 😂

That doesn't sound good sorry to hear. Are you sure it's the injections and not a bug etc?

Getting to the end of week 4 for me.
New 5mg starting tonight. ( I inject before bed)
And weight in first thing tomorrow

I don't have the huge losses that people in the media, and on here seem to be getting. And I'm super heavy to begin with. Bit disappointing really, so trying not to over think.

Does anyone else get excited about jab days? I'm only on week 4 so it's still all very new and interesting, but I literally just look forward to Friday morning every week now. Literally like a little kid 😅

So I’m now 5 days into second pen and still feeling “off” but much better than a couple of days ago. I’m not sure I want to inject again on Friday as i don’t want this horrible nauseous feeling. I’m considering a half dose. Has anyone tried this?

Try not to be too disheartened @SignedUpAgain ! 2.5mg is the starter dose and any loss is still a loss! Have you tried taking measurements or photos to compare, we all know the number on the scale is NOT the whole story!

I do @Iggy35! Funny isn't it!

You're right - it's just annoying listening to my DH going on about all these people he knows who have lost lbs easily, and there is me with nothing to show for it.

I assumed since I'm huge, I'd be the one with the drastic losses in the first few weeks. But no.

Anyway you're right of course any loss is a loss and actually it's relatively easy so far. I do feel quite a bit of nausea which stops me over eating. But overall I don't feel like I'm deprived or anything.

I think I might have lost about 5 or 6 kilos which I think is around a stone. ( weigh in is tomorrow)
Not that you'd notice.

@SignedUpAgain a Stone is a huge loss. You should be proud of getting this far .. weight gain and loss is hugely personal and everyone is different. I have 4 st to lose (w1D6) but since I didn’t put it on overnight I guess I’m not going to melt it off either! I have given myself 6 months and hopefully will lose at least 3!