June 2025 Starters - Mounjaro (thread 2)

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12 days and we've filled a thread! Welcome to old and new june jabbers!

Was it sore to inject? Proper nervous about doing mine even though I’m starting on 2.5 again. You’ll have to update if you have nausea overnight

I didn’t think it hurts at all, the needle is so tiny.

@lilacbreeze
No, couldn't feel the injection at all.
I've had to inject blood thinners before after surgery and this was a walk in the park in comparison.
I'll update on SE's (side effects).
I'm sure it'll be fine.
I need to lose about 4 stone. Can maintain a weight but just can't lose it! So has been a slow upward trajectory for the last 40 years.

This gives me so much relief i did my first ever dose at 3pm yesterday and woke up today with sore neck glands and got myself all worked up and panicked! I've seen a few people say this aswell

I was exactly the same. Woke up and thought I had some rare side effect or something. Luckily a few people on Google showed it was okay lol! It only lasted a day or two. Second jab was just tender glands for a few hours. So hopefully you will be similar . X

Thank you for making me feel better!!! I haven't half had anxiety over it haha! I have health anxiety anyway so I got myself all worked up

Anyone else gone completely off tea?! I wouldn't survive the day without atleast 5 cups a day. I think i've had only 2 cups in the last 3 weeks! Still enjoying a coffee though!

Yes!! Exactly the same! Also drinking black coffee which I haven’t done for years! Weird!

Had jab 2 last Friday morning, so guess I’m W2 D5 (?) today and OMG I have been soooo hungry today, haven’t felt any suppression. At least I haven’t had any junk to eat but my appetite feels back where it was. Lying in bed now feeling ravenous.

I’ve had the most unquenchable thirst all day! By 3pm I’d drunk my 2l but was still thirsty. Very dry mouth too that didn’t ease when drinking. I have been more thirsty since I started but I’m now W3D4 and this is the first day I’ve had this. Not the worst SE but still not a nice feeling.
I’ve also gone off tea. I’m still having a cuppa first thing but rarely finishing it and no desire for a second one which is very unusual for me. Literally, other than that half morning cuppa, the only liquid I’m drinking is water. No juice, no alcohol, no fizzy drinks, no hot chocolate. My only desire is for water! So odd!

Sorry, the tea comment was to agree with @DD517 and @IndigoBabble

I’m on W1D6 and seem to be doing fine. No major side effects, the odd very mild nauseous feeling but nothing more. My gut health seems pretty good - better than when not on MJ tbh! Less bloating and more normal and regular bowel movements.

D2 I felt exhausted and had a banging headache followed by a couple of days of appetite suppression. By D3-4 I was hungry again and able to think about food. I’m eating well but smaller meals and fewer snacks, I’m pretty sure I will need a higher dose to have appetite suppression that’s high enough for decent weight loss.

My sleep has been disrupted- not unusual for me anyway so may not be related but I seem to be waking early. I’ve also had a dry mouth at times.

Waiting for D7 to jump on the scales. Hoping to have lost a few lbs. I want to up my weight training - I do a hot yoga and a Pilates class each week but am going to start basic dumbbell exercise reps at home. I used to have a PT twice a week but she’s moved so I’ve missed the regular strength training part of my routine.

Anyone know of a good online small weights class? Reading all the posts about muscle loss and I do no weights at all, though we do have some small ones at home. I just don’t know what to do with them!

Sadly I've made the decision to stop :(

W4D4 and I've had horrendous symptoms for the last 3 days (having had none before!) and have had to take 2 days off work. I feel awful and can't make peace with taking something that makes me feel this way no matter the upsides.

Shame because I've just received a 5mg pen for the next 4 weeks!

Anyway good luck to you all on your journeys!

I really like fitbymik on YouTube. Simple, short dumbbell routines that feel achievable! I need to get back into it. Another habit that needs sorting!

I do Joe weeks strength in menopause weights on YouTube.

Are you absolutely sure it's the Mounjaro and not a bug? I'm so sorry you feel poorly

Sorry to hear that @loopylou459im giving it 1 more shot on Friday but if I get the same again as I did this week, that will be it for me too.

Hopefully the 4 weeks you have managed will have helped you with healthy eating and you can continue to lose weight without the medication. Good luck x

I ordered a bundle of three 5mg pens to save money! Missed the bloody delivery yesterday by 30 min - had to go to work. Managed to get to Royal Mail delivery office today and retrieve before it went back out in delivery van. So it was in transit for 43 hours. The cold packs still feel cold so hope ok!! What a palaver

Yes I'm certain it's the Mounjaro- started soon after taking 4th jab. Sulphur burps, gurgling stomach, nausea and terrible diarrhoea like nothing I've ever had before. I haven't eaten for 2 days and don't think I'll be able to eat today. I feel shocking.

Found this from the manufacturer if anyone else panics like me re temperature in transit
tempex.lilly.com/uk/

Totally understandable, although most mediation side effects don’t last the whole time you take them. So it’s likely they will go. I’m on two meds that have horrific side effects to start with. They always go. But it’s hard to get through those first few days/weeks.

@Sogfree thanks for that tip, those look like great workouts. I’ll give them a go 😀

Morning everyone. I'm struggling a bit this week, not as bad as some people on this thread though so I hope you are all feeling better today. I had bad nausea all afternoon yesterday, I definitely don't recommend a 45 bus ride when feeling like you might 🤢
Suppression and satiety are super high this week for me so I am struggling to hit my nutrition targets. My goal for today is small meals as often as I can manage, focus on protein and keep up with the water. Plus I managed a good weights workout this morning so that's a good win already.

W1D4 - food suppression still there, no SE yet.

I’m at least 16:8 fasting. Sometimes more like 18:6. Eating my normal Hello Fresh meal for dinner, and a salad for lunch with a handful of strawberries and raspberries after. Tracking at about 1200 calories a day, and not finding it difficult as I’m just not hungry. I will try and reduce this as I get more into it but for now I wanted a gentle start that doesn’t feel too much like a diet. It’s kinda what I always ate, minus the crisps, toast and wine.

I’m drinking 2.5l water a day, plus black coffee in the morning, and the odd can of Pepsi max. I am fully addicted to Pepsi max. It will never leave my diet.

I also start the day with a cup of hot water and lemon juice.

Bowel movements are normal. I think magnesium, which I’ve always taken, and electrolytes, which are new, are helping.

Still not feeling exercisey. But it’ll come. Not putting too much pressure on myself to change everything all at once. One behaviour change at a time. So cutting out all the junk in my diet and 16:8 fasting will do me for now.

One thing I didn’t do is weigh myself. I have never weighed myself. I go by dress size and how I feel. Right now I’m a size 20/22 and I look and feel pretty gross naked. I’ve no desire to weigh myself and am happy to just watch the weight shift, but do you think this will be a problem when it comes to knowing if 2.5mg has stopped having an effect, or can I just go on hunger pangs for that do you think?