April 2025 Mounjaro Starters - Thread 4!

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I have the worst mental block with the spelling of this medication!! Almost did it wrong again but THINK it's correct now. Obviously 3rd time's the charm!!

Great work / losses / NSVs so far everyone!

Week 10 Day 1
SW 16st 9lbs
CW 15st 4lbs

Total loss - 1st 5lbs (5lbs of that this last week! Which I was very surprised about! It had been my first week at 5mg but I’ve dropped back to 4mg this week to manage side effects as have a busy week at work).

Have to say despite the site reactions 5mg seems to be working beautifully for me. Enough suppression that I’m not snacking but enough appetite I can get two small meals and plenty of protein in each day. I am totally off the booze, and I’m literally in the wine industry so it’s wild to not fancy a drink or hanker after another glass when I’ve had one.

I took my first jab on April 11th weighing 99.3kg, 10th dose was last Wednesday and as of this morning I’m 86.1kg. 13kg (29lbs) gone in just shy of 11 weeks feels incredible and I feel so much better for it. Clothes are fitting comfortably and a few are too big.

I’m not keen to go up to 7.5mg with SE as they are so long may this last!

SW 99.3kg
CW 86.1kg
TW 65kg

It’s the last day of my holiday today and two weeks since I last jabbed. I’ve noticed a bit more hunger today, but still getting full pretty quickly.
I had planned dental surgery at the end of last week, and am currently on a course of antibiotics which has kept me off the booze, but annoyingly I’m not allowed to do any exercise (other than gentle walking) for a week.
I’m looking forward to my next jab, and it will be interesting to see where my weight is at. I’ve been fairly good with food over the last two weeks. I’ve been able to resist all ice creams and deserts quite easily, and walked miles and miles, but I did drink alcohol almost every day until Friday. I’ll do a quick weigh in Wednesday morning, but won’t take too much notice because I’m definitely puffy with the heat.
Im going to try injecting 2.5mg every four days for a couple of weeks and see how that feels, instead of going for the 5mg. This will hopefully hold off the nausea. I will report back!

W11d1.

SW - 13st11.8
CW - 12st6
just under 2lbs lost this week. Little frustrating as mid week I was down to 12.4 so have jumped back up a bit.
total loss - pretty much 1st6lbs
GW - 10st

Got a 7.5mg pen in the fridge. Am I right in thinking 6.25mg is 50 clicks? Hope everyone is getting on okay

Having been sailing along fairly happily until now the side effects have really hit me this week! I’m on W3 of 5mg (jabbed on Sunday morning) and I haven’t been great since. Acid reflux Sunday night (first time I’ve had that) and barely ate anything yesterday as I just couldn’t manage it due to nausea. Feeling much the same today. I’ve had some electrolytes and am focussing on staying hydrated.

It sounds to be reasonably common for it to hit about this point, I think the MJ reaches a steady state in your system after about 25 days on a dose so hopefully once it levels off for me towards the end of this week I’ll be OK. The weight is dropping off of course but I was quite happy with my previous 1-2lb/week and still being able to eat! If it stays like this I think I might need to reduce dose.

I feel your pain - W3 got me too! I reduced to 4mg and changed to injecting in the thigh and it was much better.
However I’m going to try 2.5mg every four days from tomorrow and see how that goes.

I think I’ll see how the next few days go and make a decision at the end of the week. I have managed lunch (miso soup with some extra noodles and veg) so that might sort me out, if it does I’d like to persevere with the 5mg and see how next week goes - otherwise I might try your split dose strategy as well!

W12D2
SW 80KG
CW 67KG
GW 58KG

Still bumbling a long and losing 1kg per week (or a little less) so I'm happy, I can really feel it now and all my clothes are getting too big! I'm avoiding shopping until I get to GW but may need to either get a belt or new trousers at the very least!

@Bigfatsunandclouds I’m aiming for 67kg - which still leaves me overweight on paper, but at the lower end - so well done!

I'm now overweight not obese so YAY! But due to my height still on the upper end!!

W11 D7 - Jab day but i've experienced a 'whoosh' and have now hit my goal weight. This puts me at the upper limit of the 'healthy' BMI range - my provider is advising i go a bit lower but i've decided i'm going to try to get there in maintenance rather than trying to continue to lose (hopefully that makes sense)!

All my 'skinny' clothes fit - unfortunately i can't find new clothes to buy as i'm rediscovering my old wardrobe!!!

I am going to continue to stay on 5 and try to 'maintain' to see what happens naturally. I will however, try to get back to sensible eating (more than what i have today) and also try to cut back on the exercise to a more sensible level.

Some stats:

Weight lost: 34 pounds since starting - hitting top end of my healthy BMI
Further weight to lose (based on providers advice): 3.5 pounds
Current Pen: 5mg

One of the things thats really helped is that i started the journey BEFORE i started on mounjaro for a couple of months. So having started the exercise and eating healthily etc made the move to WLI easier and also helped accelerate where i am!

Congratulations @hotshota ! You've done so well. How are you feeling about it all??

A bit shocked as I was expecting to be going at it for a bit longer to reach my ideal weight but know that it’s just step 1.
Now comes the hard part!

I want to get to a point where I don’t have to rely on it but think best if I titrate down or stay on it for a bit longer

Brilliant @hotshota
please keep us updated!

I’m sitting in an airport lounge surrounded by free food and alcohol. Can’t have much alcohol because of antibiotics, but I really like the look of the food and can’t fit anything in! Even after two weeks since my last jab, im
still getting full incredibly quickly!

@hotshota fantastic!! That is so excited that you are at your goal.
think you are the first of the april jabbers to reach it? It must be so a fantastic feeling but also maybe a bit unsure of how the next phase will go.

keep us all posted on your plans and what is working for you.

Better loss this week and another 2 pounds down.
Sw- 16.2
CW - 14.5

hoping by my anniversary - start July will be in the 13 bracket.

hope all are having a good week and well done all - love reading the updates - really lovely :)

Congratulations @hotshota, well done! 🙌. I do think it’s almost the scary phase to come 😖

I have just sneaked into the 10’s today (official weigh Friday) and am 25.6 BMI so not too long to go to goal for me 1/2 stone. I will also be upper end ‘normal’ BMI but don’t really want to lose lots more than that.

Fantastic @hotshota , I do think you are the first from this group! Please keep us updated on your journey.

Im now 1st 5lbs down so half way there.

Congratulations, @hotshota ! 🎉🎈🎆

I'll be super interested in how your maintenance goes - please keep us all updated.

I will be taking my last dose of my .5mg pen this morning. Loss has been slow over the past three weeks and must say the food noise in the first two weeks was awful. It was only after my 3rd dose that I have experienced less food noise, and hope that this coming week will be the same.

wilk make appointment to get my next own in the next few days and tempted to go to 7.5 mg. Anyone on 7.5 yet?

Please could someone work out this dose for me?
15 clicks from the 7.5mg pen plus 1.5ml of the 5mg pen ( bonus dose and a bit more than I expected to be left over)
Thank you! 😊

Wk 10 D1 and 10kg down ... Whoop whoop

Still on 2.5 but will move up next pen

Made the mistake of getting dehydrated on Sunday as frantically busy in a hot office for 10 hours and simply didn't drink enough ... Felt the effects big style on Monday so won't do that again!

1.5ml/0.6ml x 5 = 12.5mg dose from 5mg pen

15/60 clicks x 7.5=1.875mg dose from 7.5mg pen

Did you mean 1.5mg rather than ml. Otherwise taking all that together is 12.5+1.875=14.375mg dose.

No it was ml (liquid) in the syringe 😊