Mounjaro Feb 2025 starters (thread 6!)…

[Mounjaroday]

Welcome one and all to our latest thread!

So much support and encouragement on here. Can’t wait to hear everyone’s continued achievements and NSVs.

Congratulations to everyone who has reached their goal and starting maintenance, and all the warriors still trekking on.

I still have a couple of stone to go. Feeling motivated and ready to go!

We can do this!

Update on my first 10mg dose, I think I've found my upper limit for now. I thought I was feeling the "suppression" on the lower dose but this is another level, even the thought of food today disgusts me. So far I've had most of a huel shake and 2 bites of an M&S wrap. Hoping it's going to ease off in future doses since I'm feeling a bit lightheaded this evening when I'm moving around the house. I might dial it down in clicks to 9 or 9.5mg for the next dose just to see since the 8.75 I had last Friday felt normal.

Weirdly I haven't had the headache I had become accustomed to or the coldness so I think it's just a case of dialing in what my best dose is.

@usedtobeaylis I jab on the thighs, alternating legs and sites each time and sometimes I bruise, sometimes I don't, once I had a red itchy patch for a day. I've tried adjusting my techniques, like pinching/not pinching the skin, pressing down more/less, holding for a 5/10 count, outside vs top of thigh etc but can't find a pattern.

I did have a quite big bruise I think 2 weeks ago, came up purple almost immediately after the jab and ended up the size and shape of my index finger. I assume I must have poked or scratched a tiny blood vessel under the skin that just happened to be in that exact spot.

I've had a few massive bruises from IV lines in my hand in the past and no one was overly concerned just something that happens sometimes.

I do also have the "mystery bruise" adhd trait so a small bruise on my thigh just joins the one on my knee this week, I barely register them.

16 weeks on MJ, but jab 18 done this morning (due to moving jabs around over that time)

SW 14st .5lb
CW 11st 10lb
32lbs lost

Happy with that! But I'm still feeling a lowish mood, some food noise and more snacking creeping in. I've done my 4th 7.5mg. I will do 5th next week. I have a 10mg pen next but my first jab will be 7.5 as we're on holiday.
It's this low mood at the moment and back to small things knocking/affecting my mood more, anyone else feeling like this? Probably not the MJ, it's probably just me ATM.

No I feel the low mood effect too, it seems to be worse the 2 or 3 days after jab, and as the week goes on its lifts a little.
Some of it is 'life stress' in the background but I do think 7.5 is worse for my mood than 5.

Low mood here too. Intrusive thoughts are also increasing and I get so pissed off and angry over tiny little things.

Yep, low mood, fed up of this plateau, and even though my bmi is 28.5 and I’ve a little way to go to reach goal of 26, I’m already nervous about what happens post-WLI. I don’t want to be where I was in January ever again.

At the moment I really miss food.

Well, I eat plenty of food, I mean all the less nutritious stuff. Chocolate, fried food, takeaways. I also miss binging. That's so messed up to say, I'm sorry to put it out there, but I do miss it. I miss sitting on the sofa and eating a share bag of malteasers and a massive bag of crisps. I used to order a takeaway and eat enough for 4 people over the evening.

I was killing myself slowly with food so I am glad I have stopped doing that but it was comfort and calm and I felt happy while I was doing it (of course I felt shitty and guilty after but that never stopped me).

I guess I haven't found a way to fill that void inside me. Food never actually filled it since it's not hunger but it made it feel better temporarily. Although it made me feel awful in the long run and meant that food and my weight controlled my life so much

I am glad to be on this journey and I am working so hard to make these changes permanent and I never want to go back but right now I really miss it.

I to never really have takeaways do go out for the occasional meal but do always leave some on the plate!
Im interested to know does everyone feel guilty leaving food on the plate as I do! Maybe learnt it from young that the plate always had to be empty no matter how full the plate was. Definitely a learning curve and I still always make too much food no idea why

Yes, not clearing my plate is on the hardest habits to break I've found. I don't think my parents particularly enforced that as kids so it's not entrenched guilt I feel, it's almost my own irritation at the plate not being clearered. I'm fine most of the time as I serve myself smaller portions but if I am served more than I need/want I do still generally eat it all.

I find when I go out for a meal if I leave food on the plate which i do since mounjaro! I feel like they think I didn't like the meal it's so strange and even now I hate waste but still cook food like im so much bigger. It's so good you now serve yourself smaller portions I still need to get a grasp of that 10 months on lol

Can really relate to this. I miss the - short lived - comfort and enjoyment I got from those foods as well as the anticipation I'd have at the food I knew was coming, even though I'm glad I'm not doing it. I had a good moment this morning though- took my son to a cafe for breakfast and instead of only getting myself a drink I actually ordered an almond croissant and a Danish to share with him and really enjoyed both the food (although I did feel sick mid way through and really full for hours after!) and the fact that actually I knew I could enjoy this delicious sweet unhealthy food knowing that the rest of the day I'd eat well and overall would end the day in a calorie deficit. It was almost a very mini binge and the whole experience was such a treat in the way it wasn't when I was stuffing myself with crap most days!

How are thigh injectors doing this?? Those diagrams are where your quads are surely? Don't you worry you will be hitting muscle? I do my belly, absolutely no muscle there and plenty of squish 🤦‍♀️😂 My bingo wings are squishy too, but no way I am objecting there either.

I have been out for dinner two nights in a row and stayed within my 1400 calorie limit. Woohoo! Bella Italia do half pizza with a side salad and had ramen at a Japanese restaurant. I even managed a mini pudding at Bella. It was just enough, I enjoyed what I had and didn't want any more. Previously I would have felt short changed/unsatisfied with half a pizza and not a full size pudding. I couldn't finish my ramen though, and tried to have a pea sized boiled sweet that came with the bill, and had to spit it out it was so sweet! My partner said I looked like I had sucked on a lemon 😂😂

This is so interesting and so true. I feel similar - will that extra stone really make such a difference? I think the thing that’s keeping me going is worrying that when I come off the injections the hunger will come roaring back.

I am making more conscious, purposeful choices though, rather than eating just because. For example, I had a free John Lewis coffee and cake and I went and got a coffee and a caramel shortbread. But I asked them to wrap up the shortbread and took it home for my husband. Yes, I could have eaten it, but it wasn’t torture to do this like it would have been pre MJ. But then yesterday, Ihad slept badly and was in Waitrose and really wanted a croissant. I haven’t had one since January! So I bought it and ate it and enjoyed it. Mindfully!

I also agree with the person who said drink more water, and also my diet was getting a little sloppy. So I’ve drunk more water and buckled down food wise - 2 hard boiled eggs for lunch when out and about rather than just thinking I’d grab a sandwich. And I seem to be down a pound this week!!! FINALLY!!! 🤣

I also think part of the problem in the past few years as the weight has crept on: as a child I was always sporty and lean, I’ve always exercised well - I was the sporty one at uni, on the teams, at the gym. In my 20s I could get away with eating anything. Then a diagnosed Underactive thyroid and lots of kids and exhaustion, I ate the same and the weight increased. But I never saw myself as a fat person, because the narrative in my life has always been, I’m sporty and fit and a size 10/12. But I had become fat - but I was still sporty and exercising. I wasn’t that “lazy, fat person” image I’d had in my head because I went to the gym and cooked from scratch. But the truth is, I was deluded. I had become fat. It’s almost like the mindset shift has been more noticeable than the physical changes.

@Zibb I hear that. Sitting on the sofa drinking wine and eating chocolate was a regular evening for me (after double helpings for dinner). I now go to bed very early most nights and my husband is left chuffing chocolate by himself.

@Febnewbie @PerditionCatchMySoul that’s interesting about the final stone (although I have just over 1.5 stone to go). For me, I think it will actually make the most difference. Partly the achievement of reaching such an enormous goal. And even though I probably look ‘normal’ now - I am still overweight and I truly want that gone from my life. This tummy has just got to go. I want to be experience being genuinely slim & healthy again … and this time (two decades later) I’m going to actually appreciate and enjoy it!

I take back what I said about the takeaway being worth it. It might have been within calories and tasted good but I had THE WORST heartburn all night and seemed to be waking up every 15-45 minutes with the the most horrendous discomfort. I will be eating soup and salad only today.

@usedtobeaylis I feel your pain. I did the same not long ago. Really put me off. I learned that if we are going to have takeaway or go out for a meal, it needs to be earlier in the day. Also, to do rice/veg/something plainer to go with it and eat more of that and less of the spicy or fatty takeaway. And then Gaviscon before bed!

It was awful! But good in a way also because I actually suffered from really bad heartburn before Mounjaro and I'm thinking how did I live with that regularly?! It's making me realise how bad some of this stuff really is for my body because I could have eaten almost anything else I've been eating for the last 3 months and had a perfectly restful night. I think there's a difference between the abstract 'this food isn't good for you' and the real 'this food is actually torturing my body right now'. I'm looking forward to a massive healthy chicken salad for dinner 😆

Was in town this afternoon and saw myself in a shop mirror: caught myself looking so critically at my body. Eyes straight to the ‘problem’ areas. Comparing myself to everyone else. Feeling so much bigger in size and generally not belonging. Really got me down. Very bad and entrenched habit it is, slagging myself off like this. Fucksake: thought I was a bit further ahead mentally! Must do better!

We're having an Indian takeaway this evening afternoon. I am trying to remember my own advice!

You will get there, give yourself some grace.
If you're like me then you've spent your whole life with that way of thinking and it's been like 4 months since you started this new journey. You have come so far and it's probably just taking your brain a while to catch up. But it will.

@Mounjaroday I think lots of us do that. I have started to try to pick out the things I like about myself and appreciate them a bit more. It takes some practice to be able to do it but I am getting better. I can see what is better than before, eg my ankles are not really puffy any more, which I am appreciating as the weather gets warmer and I stop wearing boots or socks with chunky shoes. And I find it helps to look around the street at other people who are around the same build as me and spot people who look stylish and think about how to do that. I feel as I get lighter I have more interest in working out what is stylish, so I've signed up to some Substacks and blogs on fashion, and I'm trying to find my style a bit more, regardless of size and without waiting for my body to be "perfect". It maybe never will be, but it is good enough, and I can try to love it. I also realized that I only really have two choices: to walk down the street with confidence believing I look great, or to shuffle along the edges feeling sorry for myself. I know which one looks better! Chin up, you can do it.

Same here! Had my first 10mg jab on Friday evening and have barely eaten a thing since. I’m sure the suppression will taper off as the days go on but it feels pretty strong right now.

Hi all, thanks for the new thread!
Been on holiday for a week, jabbed the day I left so I didn’t have to faff about with taking it with me.

Left on 14 st 7lb, which I’d been for about a week or more, losing and gaining the same lb over and over.

While I was away, didn’t feel overly hungry, ate well, lots of salad and fish, or salad and chicken. Didn’t do much in the way of exercise apart from some swimming. Drunk too much wine and not enough water.

Got home yesterday, weighed myself out of habit and had put on 3lb. Was prepared for that due to lack of water/ wine calories etc.

Weighed again this morning and am back to 14.7 again, as though the holiday had never been.

Can only assume maybe flying had something to do with it? Weird. Obviously my body likes this set point.

I’m going to order another 10mg pen instead of going up a dose. 10 has felt the most comfortable for me yet, I generally don’t think about food in between meals but can eat enough to meet my calories and protein without feeling hugely stuffed or nauseous. Which suits me just fine.

I do need to cut back on alcohol though - I wish MJ had turned the off switch for that in the way it has for other people!

so I’m on W16:
SW 16st 3lb
CW. 14st 7lb
Total lost 24lb which is 1.5lb a week or thereabouts. I’m happy with that, although I can’t help wish it was moving a bit faster for me just because it’s just so bloody boring.

I have found the impact on caffeine and alcohol relatively subtle but definitely there

Where I notice it is that I have a few subscriptions that I have had to adjust

My coffee pods were starting to pile up so clearly I am drinking less coffee

DH and I get a regular case of wine delivered - I only drink red, he drinks white and the red is again piling up, have done a case of all white to even it up