Anyone starting Mounjaro this weekend?

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Is anyone else starting Mounjaro this weekend and fancies a support thread please join along.

I did my first injection tonight. I absolutely hate needles but found it surprisingly ok, think my last pregnancy & a complicated birth has made me a little less sensitive!

Hi everyone 😊

I haven’t posted for a few weeks as I have been away on holiday, and decided not to take my MJ with me. The risk of side effects spoiling my holiday was just not worth it for me, and in 2 weeks I have put on 4 pounds which I am ok with (had lost 13 pounds before hols).

Since getting home, my asthma has been awful, so I am now on a course of steroids which made me too scared to do my planned injection yesterday.
It’s definitely getting better though, so planning to start again next Saturday (first 2 days are always the worst for me so try to do these over the weekend).

Some amazing weight losses, well done all, we are doing great!!

Hey everyone - did an earlier weigh in this week as I’ve felt nauseas all week after stepping up to 5mg.

I think I’m week 6 now, and I’m 1st 5lbs down. So I’m really pleased with that. Although definitely slower.

I’ll probably stick to 5mg for the next pen as I’ve felt on/off quite rough (but manageable).

Anyone else finding that they are still feeling quite chunky? I’m definitely slimmer but still unhappy? If that makes sense. I think I need to manage my own expectations.

Everyone’s expectations are different and how they think they look and feel. I look back at photos when I was younger quite slim and wearing short denim shorts. I looked great, whenever I saw that photo I thought oh I wished I was that slim now. However I remember always feeling fat and not slim at all at the time. Which now seems crazy how I thought that. The brain along with insecurities makes us believe that. I know that people need to love themselves as they are but that is a huge challenge. I feel slimmer but still feeling the bloat around my stomach and sometimes have to look twice at the scales as I feel one way and in reality I’m still losing.

Oh and btw, at wk7 this is the first week that I actually don’t feel sick. Hallelujah!🙌 Much more energy now.

Glad to hear youre feeling better @hope1000

I know what you mean @TouchOfSilverShampoo I feel like i should be loads slimmer already but then I'm not and its really frustrating. I think this used to be a part of the reason why I'd struggle to stay motivated past this first stone (which I've gained and lost several times in the last 4 yrs)
We've just had cctv fitted at the back of our house and I almost cried when I watched myself back, I still look enormous 😭

Hi All
SW 12.7
CW 11.7
TW Just get me in the 10s and we'll see how we go

I've not been on for a few days, great to catch up on progress with everyone. I am on my second pen and was doing 3rd dose at the end of last week.
On this pen I took a half dose (2.5) - fine,
5mg - tired but fine,
then last week 5mg - headache, exhaustion and had diarrhea.
I had already reordered the 5mg again but thinking of sticking to half doses and staying at 2.5. I am averaging about 2/2.5lbs a week and not losing more on the 5 pen just feeling unsociable and knackered. I find the lack of productivity and get up and go in myself for the first 3 days infuriating. I could sit in a pig sty and not do anything about it. I then spend the second half of the week like a whirlwind 🤣 I wish I had made that decision before ordering and got the cheaper pen 🤣

I initally reached my stone off yesterday (weigh day is Thursday but I do it most days). This is a much slower trek than I was expecting BUT I can see a difference already, neck/chin/abdomen and tummy area. I am already starting to feel a bit more confident and comfortable in my clothes. I actually wish I had done this earlier.

In other news, despite seeing a difference in myself, those around me who don't know I am doing it haven't noticed or asked me about weight loss so I haven't had to fend off any WLI confirm or deny situations yet.

@hope1000 I am SO pleased you are feeling better, the last 6 weeks must have felt like an eternity to you feeling sick all that time.

Glad to hear that you're persevering despite a tricky week! Hope youre feeling better now? It's a bit frustrating having to second guess how you'll feel on the dosage before ordering. And I agree about how its taking longer than you thought it would. I read about all these celebs and influencers losing stones in mere weeks and expected it to be much quicker!! But a loss is a loss and hopefully we'll all keep at it long enough to get to where we want to be.

Week 7 weigh in yesterday
SW 95.9kg
CW 85kg

So that's 2.4kg in a week! After a couple of smaller losses in recent weeks I'm delighted with that - for those of you who are having those slower weeks keep going because you might find the same thing happens!

I'm very close to a total of 10kg loss which feels amazing, still a way to go (target weight 60-65kg) but a third of the way there in 7 weeks feels good. I've ordered 5mg from Asda which I'll be starting next weekend so hopefully will carry on with some decent losses

Week 7 weigh day today. Only lost 0.5 lb this week. Total loss 1 stone and 2.5lb in total. I only did half the clicks in the 2.5mg dose last couple of weeks so think I’ll up it a bit. Really enjoying not feeling sick and able to eat nice healthy meals and exercise so I’m gutted I can’t stay on this low dose. Hoping by increasing I won’t feel sick again. Fingers crossed.

Well done everyone else.

Hi everyone,
I think I'm on week 7 (did my 3rd jab of 5mg last night)
I am still away from home so can't weigh until next Tuesday. My last weigh in was 91.6kg on 9.7.25 so I'm hoping for a big loss 🤞.
I haven't had side effects from the 5mg jab - just minimal bloating feeling and slight headache the morning after.
I do have a lot of hunger suppression but horrible indigestion/heartburn.
Can those who have decided to stick to a reduced dosage explain how they do this? My 5mg pen has 4 full doses. The instructions say the pen will only be good for 30days. If I buy a 5mg pen and only take 2.5mg doses surely I have to throw the pen away before I've used all the medication? Am I misunderstanding?
And I agree with the thoughts of previous posters - I feell like I've lost a good amount of weight, my clothes are definitely looser But no one has said anything to me. I think because I'm so overweight it'll take much longer and a lot more weight loss before people are comfortable to mention my weight, maybe?
I want to carry on with MJ, I want to lose the weight and be healthier, but I'm definitely struggling mentally with keeping on it just because food was my comfort and now I don't have it 😒
I want to say a big well done to everyone who is sticking with it and doing well 😊

I have taken reduced doses, counting the clicks (full dose is 60 for anyone wondering 😄)
I have just got rid of the surplus with the pen at the end of the 4 weeks.

Hi all just checking in, some brilliant loses, spurs me on! 6 th weigh in today. Feeling more suppression this week, seems to be coming off 1-2lb a week now.

SW 12.6
CW 11.3
TW 10 something??
TL 1.3

I am at a plateau and have been on the same scales numbers for a week 🤣

I am definitely eating more than I was at the beginning but then I needed to as was so devoid of energy.

At the moment as soon as I eat my evening meal, so biggest meal of the day I feel like I need to go to the loo. Rarely successful though (TMI).

Hello All,
Finally back home and able to weigh on my scales 😁
Well this is week 8 with 8th jab (4th jab of 5mg) due this evening.
SW 98
CW 87.4
TW 65
Loss 10 kg
Very impressed with that! It sounds better in stones and pounds because I've gone from 15st something to 13st something 😉
I need to order my next pen and think I'll stick to 5mg.
My biggest concern is that I can only afford 3 more pens. I haven't started any exercise regime which I know I should have. I think I'm less likely to return to eating bread and so many carbs - these have always been my comforts. I'm hoping that if I manage to lose more weight on the next 3 pens that I'll try harder to keep the weight off.... but I just don't know. It's all very tricky!
Hope everyone else is doing OK 😊

What week are we on now 😂

I’m about to start my third pen, and have had a golden dose out of two. I’ve stuck to 5mg as I constantly feel like I have morning sickness but otherwise manageable side effects.

Started at 12st 6lbs and now 10st 10lbs. Loss of 1st 10lbs which I’m really pleased with! People are starting to say ooooh you’ve lost weight. Got another 10lbs to go and then I’ll reevaluate where I’m at.

@ThatCoolDenimSquidYou can still have a great more loss and healthy habits with three more pens!

@hope1000So glad you’re not still feeling sick!!!

Does anyone know how many units I need to draw out of the pen to get 5mg with my syringe for the golden dose? Charts online are telling me different things.

@TouchOfSilverShampoo 🤣 I keep losing track too. Week 9 for me.
I lost 4lb this week which really surprised me as I’ve eaten more this week than previous. 1st 7lbs in total. 7lb to go and then I’m going to come off start winding down. Had more appetite this week so was able to make healthy meals protein and veg/salad but played around with the seasoning- Indian, Thai, Moroccan, Korean spices. Still only able to eat a small portion but thoroughly enjoyed and felt satisfied.

With the syringe thing I found the info not clear. So I worked out by experiment that a syringe of 1ml which is 100 units. The extra dose was 0.60 so 60 units. That was for 2.5mg dose pen. Think it should be the same for 5mg ? I wouldn’t want to give you false info and you to overdose. But if extract the remaining golden dose you will see how much it is usually 1 dose or just under if you have had regular doses.

im definitely not moving up in strength as felt ill with any increase. The morning sickness feeling is horrible and felt like it wiped the last 2 months of my life out. Only just catching up housework as felt that bad the house is now a mess 🤣 it’s much better to feel normal and eat healthier. When I felt that sick I could only manage a slice of bread and crackers here and there.

What dose did you stick at, @hope1000 ? I’m on my second 2.5 pen and thinking about going up to 5 next week (leaving one dose unused in the 2.5 pen). I’m only averaging 1lb a week on 2.5, which I know is healthy, but…

@Moderatelyobese I stuck to the 2.5mg. I did micro dose for a couple of weeks did 30 clicks(half the dose) as had bad nausea. But now up to the full 60 clicks normal dose in the 2.5mg pen. Will start to half it again maybe next week to start winding down.

Its really weird that my body just couldn’t tolerate it. Even now I still feel a bit green at times. I definitely feel better after having a sip of something sweet or some fruit so think it must really lower my blood sugars too much. I’m not diabetic so don’t really know how it works but I feel much better when I eat better and tiny bit of sugar.
looking through my diary I lost more weight the weeks I felt better and made an effort to eat better and a few walks. If you don’t eat enough your body holds on to what it gets.

That’s interesting, @hope1000 - thank you for replying.
Weirdly, I started MJ last year and had to stop because I felt so dreadful, even on a microdose.
But this time around, I’ve felt fine (so far). Funny how it affects us all differently, and even affects the same person differently at different times.

Checking back in as we've been away on holiday and just back today. Ate very little all week as the in laws were catering and theyre not the best cooks haha!

I'm weighing in at 84.1kg today which after maintaining 85kg for a week before I'm delighted with! That's a 11.8kg total loss (and I think I'm at week 9 or 10? Doing second jab of my third pen (5mg) tonight.

SW: 95.9
CW: 84.1
GW: first time I've actually thought about setting a goal weight, aiming for 60kg max but ideally 58kg.

Hi @DoingItForTheKids25 hope you had a nice time.

I am also checking back in after 10 days away. I didn't take the pen with me so was going solo for the last part and felt like I had put on loads. Weighed this morning and 1.5lbs on and I am pleased with that result. Trying to work out how to get back on it. I have usually jabbed on a Thursday evening as I like the full suppression for the weekend. I might do tonight and then stretch to 8 days over the weeks till I get back to a Thursday.

How is everyone else doing?

@DoingItForTheKids25 Are you going to stay on 5mg for your next pen?

I went up to 5 mg on Saturday after almost two months on 2.5. Definitely feeling the difference - hardly any interest in food, low-level quease and mild sulphur burps. Am hoping this is just my body getting used to the big dosage jump and that it settles down a bit, otherwise I’ll have to go back down to 2.5.

Yep I am! Had an email from Asda about the planned price rises in September- anyone else heard from their supplier? No actual price yet but its got me worried!

In better news it was weigh day before and I've got to the 2 stone loss milestone I'm over the moon! 2 stone down, about 4 to go 😅

SW: 95.9kg
CW: 82.75kg
TW: 60kg