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!

Can I ask where you are getting your supplies from? I just checked online and Simple Online Pharmacy is going to cost £143 when I go to 5mg. I know a few pharmacies are having problems getting stock. I don't think chopping and changing due to this and also going thru the screening process again with all the checks is a good idea but..... 🫣 I paid £113.63 for 2.5mg. I understand it costs, but I am ordering twice a month so I don't run out in case they are short. Anyone else ordering twice a month?

Just started this week.
I am absolutely dumbstruck. My constant desire for food and the voices in my head are quiet.
Ive found it really hard not to reach for chocolate as it’s that time of the month.
But I'm hopeful. And I’ve felt so ashamed for so long.

Its weird isn't it! I found the lack of thinking about food very odd

However I am finding myself to be more productive

I haven't decided yet but if I have good loss for the next two weeks then I think I may stay on 2.5mg for another month as we go on hols during that month and I'm worried about being away on a higher dose and also not sure what to do as I should jab when we're away but don't know how to manage that. Any suggestions?

Just done the first jab. I’ve been putting it of all day thinking I’ll do it tomorrow or maybe Tuesday when my shopping comes! Then I got fed up with thinking about it and just decided to do it. Was really easy 😊 here’s to no SE and no food noise. That’s what I’m looking forward to most - not constantly thinking about food. Good luck to all of us - I’m pleased I found this thread x

That's amazing a stone loss in 3 weeks 👏

I’ve lost over a stone in three weeks which is really heartening BUT no one has noticed 😂😂 not even my husband! I didn’t think I had much more than two stones to lose but I think I must have been completely deluded!

Well done to everyone in amazing weight losses!🙌🏼

@bonjournomonjourno- a stone in three weeks is incredible!!! I don’t think that’s going to be me…think I’ve barely lost a couple on pounds in my first week…

@Itsjunedeer- I know what you mean about spaced out. That’s been me since the first jab! Completely zoned out and randomly fall asleep in the afternoons!

I stupidly did 3 gym sessions in my first week and I literally couldn’t walk today! The jabs have just exhausted!

I do keep finding myself thinking about food, but I don't feel hungry. So it's like my body is telling me, hang on a minute we normally eat now, so then i think about it, I'm able to dismiss the thought. Guessing thats what people call food noise?! But I haven't felt hungry as such yet. W1D4. I do feel quite good at the moment and got lots of energy which is unusual. I normally drink 6+ cups of tea a day and have had 2 cups since wednesday! Feels weird

Just ordered my first pen through Voy and have about 3 stone to lose. Argh, I’m nervous. But just got back from a holiday where I felt so awful in my swimming costume and thought enough is enough. I’m 44, had my child at 41 after 5 years of IVF and pumping myself full of hormones during that time and now I’m hitting perimenopause I a big way and I literally don’t recognise myself when I look in the mirror 😢

Just did 3rd jab, suppression definitely wore off today, and as a result I feel like absolute shit as I’ve over eaten and have a headache. Hoping I wake up just feeling full like I have done post jab week 1&2.

there was a bit of liquid on my leg after this one so I’ve convinced myself I did it wrong this week 🤷🏼‍♀️

Are you holidaying in the UK? As long as you can store it in the fridge you will be fine, just carry on as you are. Or do you mean in case of side effects or going on a plane with a pen?

Just woke with horrible indigestion/reflux (which I suffer from anyway).

Hi @Xmasfairy86 a few of us had more liquid on our legs after the second jab. It’s fine we decided!

I am still dithering over whether to stick to 2.5mg for the second pen as we have quite a lot going on the first couple of weeks of July and are then going on holiday. Decisions decisions… Just not sure where to go with it! I am definitely hungrier this morning on W3D4 but also not side effects and managing to keep to my calories so I’m not sure if a shift up is worth the risk of potentially being affected more.

Hi, yes I definitely found it took a day or two longer to recover from exercise this week than normal. I did some strength training yesterday and I do seem to ache extra this morning. I'm hoping it will get better as my body gets used to the meds and the lower calories

Took my first dose yesterday evening …
I’m 177cm and 101kg, my ultimate end goal would be 32kg weight loss to get me comfortably into the healthy BMI range for my height, but honestly I would be thrilled to get below 90kg!

@ChiaraMontague i am the same height and weight as you! I am going to start tomorrow or this evening. I was worried about the side effects as I’m a very sicky person so wanted to give myself the Monday (it’s my working pattern day off) to try to adjust if needed)

first goal for me is 95kg then 90kg. Ideal I would like to be 78-82kg as I know that’s a good range for me.

I've decided on 5mg. I'd then have the option to do 2.5, 3.75 or 5mg by adjusting the clicks. And the price increase is marginal

@Tinybirdie, can you tell me how I’d adjust the clicks if I went for 5mg but wanted to inject 3.75 instead? Thanks

I’ve not done it myself, but from what I’ve read it would be 45 clicks for 3.75mg. I’m planning to do this myself too.

@Midlifecrisis23Good luck with your first jab tomorrow!

I did the same as you by doing the jab when I would have a nice easy day after for recovering.

I’m breaking my goal down into 5kg increments but the first goal is getting under 100kg - I’ll be SO happy when the number on the scale starts with a 9.

I've also got mini goals rather than one big scary goal (I'm 5ft 1 and SW 16stone so could really lose half my body weight and still be able to drop another stone and be counted as a healthy bmi!). First goal is 90kg and this feels achievable since I'm currently 99kg, down from 101.7 🥳

w3d2 - I noticed this morning that my double chin has reduced but now I've got a bit of creased skin there....am I developing a turkey neck?! I'm 40 so maybe not as much elasticity in my skin anymore but this feels sudden. Is this the "ozempic" face (I'm on Mounjaro but nobody ever talks about the mounjaro face!)?! What is hapeningggg?! 😬😂

It’s all just simple ratios either in clicks or in ml. I don’t like the charts as think it’s important to understand what you are doing and check yourself if taking the decision to go against instructions (which I do, not judging that!)

amount you actually inject/amount in normal dose x strength of pen.

eg 45clicks/60clicks x 5mg = 3.75mg dose

eg 0.7ml/0.6ml x5mg =5.833mg dose

Hello everyone, wow the posts keep going and the weight loss!
Week 5 and 11lb loss .only lost 1.5lb on holiday last week but still a loss!
Just started 5mg today.Hopefully no side effects .

W1 weigh in : 6lbs down!!!