June 2025 Starters - Mounjaro (title edited by MNHQ at request of the OP)

[Potterson13]

Hi everyone!

I started MJ around this time last year, but due to costs and unforeseen family circumstances, I fell of the band wagon and took about 6 months off. I’m now a stone heavier than I was. I am back and ready to go again. First pen, back to 2.5mg, arriving tomorrow or Friday.

I found the last thread I was on very supportive so wondered if there’s a few people around who want to join me!

I am a bit hungry this morning on W2D2. I also found that more drops of liquid came out of the pen after I did the jab yesterday than the single drop on the first jab so I’m wondering if I did it wrong. Although I followed the instructions… 🤔🤔

although maybe I just need to eat a small breakfast and see if I feel full. I had chicken and asparagus for dinner last night so trying to go low carb and I guess I’d usually be STARVING the morning after a low carb dinner.

@Potterson13 I think I’m on a similar feeling on alcohol to you. I would like to be able to enjoy a couple of glasses when I am out but a) not drink more than a couple and b) not drink at home only when I’m out. I’ve purposefully got no plans this evening or tomorrow evening so I’ll see how well I do…

Good luck to those starting today/this weekend. Great to see our June community growing! I have only told DH and my bestie and have one friend on MJ (who suggested I try it) so it’s lovely to have this gang to chat to on this journey.

I went out for drinks and dinner last night and it was a REVELATION.

Couldn’t finish it, got a doggy bag, stuck to one cocktail and two glasses of wine…no starter, no pudding. Picked at a couple of the nibbles more for the sake of not being too obvious as previously I’d have been the one who cleared the bowl.

Thoroughly enjoyed every mouthful, I really tasted it rather than racing through it. Still full this morning. It was so lovely to focus on my friends and not the food (although it was a great restaurant, my focus was on the company not the desserts passing our table).

Is this what people without weight and food issues feel like?!

Good morning, i did my first jab yesterday morning and by evening suppression was really strong. Feeling dreadful this morning, absolutely exhausted and just want to call in sick and sleep the day away 🙈 managed a bit of toast and made a chicken salad sandwich for work but have no desire for it lol. Going to sip water and hope the exhaustion passes

Morning! Weigh in day and 2nd dose for me today. Lost 4.4lbs which I'm chuffed with (even on slimming world I always lost 4lbs in my first week, it seems to be my magic number!!) Stats:

HW 16st 10 (235lbs - 106.6kg)
SW 16st (224lbs - 101.7kg)
CW 15st 9.8 (219.8lbs - 99.7kg)

I was going to round up to 15st 10 but I saw that 9 on the scales so keeping it at 9.8lbs 😂

First week has been good, felt hungry by mealtimes but not had any sweet cravings. A bit tired but been a busy week at work so can't really say it's MJs fault. I've not felt it wear off as the week goes by so am a little apprehensive about taking the next dose and any SE that might bring but also excited for week 2 🎉

Second jab tomorrow, I was worried I had started to feel hungry yesterday and then having managed to avoid the 9 doughnuts DH brought home on Wednesday, DS brought another 12 home last night! However I haven't touched them. A regular Christmas miracle!

Yesterday was my first day over 1200 cals - still only 1500 - and MFP wanted to add on another 1300 for exercise as well, which i haven't been.**

Thanks ladies for your kind words, it's been a rollercoaster of a few months but I think I'm coming out the other side.
Jabbed on Wednesday didn't really see many side effects but have woken up this morning a pound heavier with a banging headache...tho I do feel like I need a good poo (sorry tmi)...
Gonna stick it out and maybe do a weekly weigh in rather than daily...
But on a brighter note, was offered a brownie last night and normally would have inhaled it but didn't have any interest at all 🥳

That's the really weird part - not having an interest in biscuits/sweets/chocolate/cake. I normally spend my days dreaming of the next fix. It's mad how that's been switched off! Is this how some people feel ordinarily, like when I meet a friend for a coffee and she just orders a coffee, is it because she feels like this?! I always thought it was because she had super willpower to resist the cake temptaion...!

Took my first 2.5 dose yesterday eve.
not sure I’m feeling much different yet

@ShesRunningOutTheDoori kind of feel similar, I am on day 4. However, I’ve massively reduced my portion size and that is keeping me full until my next meal. Good luck!

Also dont forget that 2.5mg is not a therapeutic dose, its merely to prep your body. Some people get appetite suppression with 2.5 but dont feel discouraged if you arent getting great suppression and food noise block at the beginning

Day 7 today and I've woken up seriously hungry and a bit heavier on my morning weigh in. Still 10lbs down from last week though so I'll quiet happily take it (and understand that the gain is almost definitely a combination of water and stool, I'm a little constipated) Going to have a quick cup of coffee and then jab rather than waiting until tonight

Possibly meeting my mum for lunch today so will have a very light breakfast and have some small meals I can have for tea if I want them later.

Absolutely no way I could have achieved the loss I have this week if I had the same hunger as I do right now. It's definitely worn off, I feel like I could eat a scabby horse!

It’s my first official weigh in tonight and 2nd jab time. I cheated on Tuesday and weighed, I’d lost a 1lb ☹️. Bit disappointed but hoping I will have lost another couple by tonight. I went over my 1400 calories yesterday, but was under 1200 for a few days last weekend. I fancy a bacon sandwich right now.

Another first time jabber joining to say I also feel completely normal (so far) after jabbing last night. Reassuring to see others say this too. I think I’d anticipated the worst that it feels strange to not feel anything!

I think another poster mentioned they’d just stopped breastfeeding and I’m the same having just stopped feeding my 2.5yo last weekend too. I thought I’d be around 14.7 so seeing 15.2 on the scale for first weigh in was a shock. Even more motivated now to make my self accountable and manage my weight better. Not just hide from the scale.

Congrats to those further along and already seeing losses. Glad to have a place to share as only telling my husband IRL.

Same, jabbed at about 8:30pm yesterday and can’t say I’m noticing any effects whatsoever! (Nor side effects)

Took my first jab last night and not sure if I’m hungry or not, but then again I would’ve normally demolished biscuits and crisps by now but it took me a good 20 mins to drink my coffee this morning. I think sometimes my eating habits are more psychological than actual need to eat

That’s something I’ve noticed over the last 2.5 weeks - I’m taking ages to drink things, and often not finishing them (apart from water, strangely). I went out for the day with friends yesterday and took a picnic with a bottle of Prosecco. There were three of us, one driving. We all had a glass, then there were two more left. I was trying to think of an excuse to not have a second, but thankfully I was that slow drinking it that one of my friends had accidentally kicked the bottle over by the time I’d finished!

don’t be disheartened, I don’t normally see a loss until day 5 after the jab. I’m week 2 d4 and lost 6lb last week but hoping for a steady couple of lbs a week going forward.

W2D2
I am flipping freezing! I know the temperature has dropped generally but I'm about to make a hot water bottle for my feet... Got some suppression today and food noise is low. I've unlinked my Garmin from Chronometer so I'm not tempted to eat my exercise calories...
SW 205lb
CW 202.2lb
GW 145lb

Hunger has absolutely vanished since jabbing this morning and all I've had is a cup of coffee and a protein yoghurt, so I think it must be the mounjaro that's doing it. I'm so much more comfortable now. No other side effects so far today but I seem to be having the opposite problem to some posters and (sorry tmi but) haven't had a proper poo for a week. So will be picking up some dulcolax today to make it a bit softer

Iv lost my way a little bit , the food noise came back on day 5 and I wasn't feeling great either. day 6 some glands have come up under my chin/jaw area and I feel so tired . Yesterday I took my second injection and didn't eat all day and ordered chips cheese and gravy because of how poorly I was but couldn't manage to eat it , I'm also getting some period type cramps but I'm not sure if that's due to the womb surgery I had just over a week ago or not has anyone else come down with any of these symptoms?

@SomethingAboutYou same! Questioning if this is how ‘normal’ people feel 😂😂

It’s fine. Barely felt it. 100 times better than a vaccination!

I'm a bit late to the party but hopefully picking up my first pen tomorrow so would love to join this thread. Been a ping pong WW joiner for over 20 years. Always felt it was a lack of willpower and emotional overeating that scuppered me. Really interested to see how this approach might change my habits and relationship to food. Feeling nervous though. Single parent with a busy full time job so hoping that any side effects are ones I can cope with. Great to read all your comments and hear about experiences. Trying to resist the urge to binge eat loads of bad stuff before starting! 😂

Hi everyone - I just wanted to post my little win as I can’t quite believe it… and I don’t think it can be true!
Am now W2D1 - second jab this morning and have apparently lost…
9.5lbs!!
Surely that can’t be right?! Water weight?

I had more come out of mine today as well! More like a squirt than the first time which was a drop 🤷🏻‍♀️