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!

I've just extracted the extra dose from my first pen. It was a bit fiddly at first and I managed to bend the needle (used a separate one to inject) but then I remembered that someone had suggested injecting 0.6ml air into the pen before extracting and that worked a treat. I managed to get 0.7ml out so squirted some down the sink and injected into my thigh.

Definitely worth it, not least because that means I have a few extra doses in the fridge so when I reach my goal weight I can titrate down really slowly without worrying that I'll be cut off.

I bought syringes and needles from UKMEDi. Ten syringes were £4.99, ten wipes 99p and ten needles £9.99 (I should have bought 20 as I used two today). Plus p&p

Thanks for the warning @NotsosunnyShropshire

Hi new thread

I am struggling a bit - even though I have graduated my doses more slowly I am still spending a couple of days each week with sulphur burps and general gassiness. The suppression is ok the first few days but due to the nasty taste in my mouth I am finding myself eating things like crisps. It’s hard to put together healthy meals during this period. I did buy some Rennies which help a bit. Then when the burps wear off the suppression does too.

I have lost a little more weight (1st 4.9lbs) so I guess I have to play the long game but it just feels a bit depressing.

I find 4 a day works for me! 🤪

Just taken jab 6 and my first 3.75mg dose.
I always weigh on a Monday so will see what tomorrow brings. I was away with friends this weekend so was more challenging to count calories and I did have some wine so will see what happens.

Checking in to the new thread! W5 D4 and I am 1 stone down. I’m now away travelling for a couple of weeks, so let’s see how this goes. Have been weighing in every day to try to shift my fear of the scales, so now flying blind!

I took my first dose of 5mg yesterday but I just can’t bring myself to leave what seems like loads in my 2.5 pen! Can anyone recommend any needles and syringes from amazon please?

I have another NSV - my finger nails are growing brilliantly! Not sure if it because im not temped to nibble them as not hungry 😆 or something else??

Evening all, just checking in to the new thread. I'm due to weigh in and take my weekly jab tomorrow morning. Although I've received my new 5mg pen I'm going to try and extract the golden dose out of my 2.5mg pen with a syringe. Hopefully I'll get a little over 0.6 so that it will act as a bridge before upping to 5mg. I've found I've had much better suppression this week (W4) with no food noise creeping in on the last few days.

For those who've expressed disappointment at little loss, I'm with you. So far I've been a slow loser on Mounjaro, even though I lost almost 3 stone within a few months a few years back (slimming world, and I put it all back on again 😢). I'm trying to view any loss as a good loss though, and staying positive that I will get there eventually.

Can you explain the air thing please?

I managed to get 0.7 last time but had to get help from a friend as it was so fiddly

Before I inserted the syringe, I pulled it back to about 0.7, then inserted the needle into the pen and depressed the syringe, so there was air and liquid in the pen. When I pulled the syringe back again, I made sure the needle tip was in the liquid rather than the inserted air.

Because of the extra pressure in the pen cylinder, the liquid was pushed into the syringe.

I'm sure you know this, but you can't keep the remains of all the pens ad infinitum and use them weeks or months after they've first been opened.

Happy Monday 😊 hope you all had a nice weekend.

I did a weight check this morning after my 2nd 5mg jab on Friday and honestly I'm so happy. I think 5mg dose is suiting me much better. Another -2.5lb since Friday which is more than I lost in a week on 2.5mg so I'm really pleased. Let's hope it continues because I'm really enjoying seeing 15st something on the scales for a change and actually feel that seeing 14st something is actually going to happen 😊 I never thought I'd even dream of getting back into the 14st bracket again.

Took my 8th dose last night, have lost a total of 22lbs in total, have said goodbye to two different stone brackets and I am 6lbs away from my first mini goal which is a 2 stone loss and officially under my booking weight when I was pregnant (by 1lb) and the lightest I will have been in 4 years! My BMI will have also reduced by 5 too 🙂.

I did 5 weeks on 2.5 because I was going away the 5th week and the plan was to do two weeks on 3.75 before moving up to 5 but decided to stay on 3.75 again this week as still losing at roughly a rate of 2lb per week so steady and healthy, I always have the option to move up to 5 next week if anything changes.

Posted on wrong thread 🤣
SW 80kg
CW 70kg
GW 58/60kg

I am going to stay on the 5mg next pen I think as I've had really good suppression (sometimes too good) with no SE this far and losing steadily. Exercise has felt HARD every time though but I'm not beating myself up about it and taking it easier, I always feel like this when losing weight and this is no different. As soon as I feel less tired I'll up my exercise again.

Had a bit of a disaster weekend. Was out at a function with work (which is always a pretty boozy affair!). The Aperol Spritz's were flowing, however, after a few hours of drinking I got the the worst headache/nausea/heartburn.

I think I've come to the conclusion that me + alcohol + Mounjaro do not mix 😅I'm a secret jabber so I'm going to have to get my excuses ready for next time. I just do not seem to enjoy booze now.

On the plus side, a few people commented on how much weight I have lost, so that was a nice feeling.

I've been using Nutra Check calorie counter app to track what I'm eating. I found it quite useful as I realised at the beginning of the Mounjaro journey I wasn't eating enough calories/protein, so helps me keep tabs. It's quite good as you can scan barcodes too for sandwiches etc.

That's not what I meant. I meant that if I receive a pen every four weeks and use one every five weeks, after, say 20 weeks, I'll have used four pens but received five. So I'll have an extra pen in hand, so to speak, which would give me five doses after I've stopped ordering them.

Yes, that makes sense!

Hi everyone. I am on week 5 day 5 and for the first time, I'm starving! Really regret buying a second pen of 2.5. I definitely have enough needles to do this, but does anyone know if I can do this instead: I have 3 more 2.5 doses in my pen. Can I do two weeks of 3.75 instead (over two injections) then move onto my 5mg pen? Or will the pen lock after a certain amount of injections? I hope that makes sense!

I think the pen locks after a certain number of clicks hit doses but I’ve never tried counting clicks so I don’t know for sure.

could your period be due? I had a random hungry day - regretted ordering another 2.5 mg and then my period arrived and I’ve been fine on 2.5 mg ever since!

Wk8 Weighed in yesterday & stayed the same which I'm a bit gutted about. Trying not to overthink it, I know I ate in a deficit so will keep going & hope I lose something next week.

SW 16.6
CW 15.6

Felt very tired & a bit unwell last Monday (W7D2) but feel great today (W8D2).

Slowly but surely!

The pen locks after a certain number of clicks. I used 3.75 for my first dose and just drew the rest out with a syringe.

I don’t notice any difference in my appearance yet, but someone at work said they could see I’d lost weight. It was lovely to hear!

Checking into the new thread. W8D6 and I’ve just had quite a rough few days. Heartburn at everything, poorly tummy, constant dry mouth.

jab 6 today - lost a pound.

risking going back up to 3.75 - prey I don’t shit myself 😂

sw 16.2
cw 14.12

just hoping to make it through the week and to lose 2 pounds if I can 👌

good luck all x