June 2025 Starters - Mounjaro (thread 3)

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Roll up, roll up June Jabbers!

Let's become true losers!!

I’m cramping a lot aswell, it’s very unusual but I have had a baby 11 weeks ago could still be fluctuating hormones

I’m afraid I’m going to have to leave you all. I just cannot cope with these side effects any more. I’ve just been sick yet again. Medexpress advised to have a week off, but I really can’t face going through this again. Back to slimming world for me. Good luck to you all, I really hope that you have a positive experience and reach your goals.

So sorry it hasn't worked out for you! Best of luck. I've had a lot of success on slimming world in the past 💐

Good luck @wheretheheckissummer you've given it a go and it didn't agree with you. Hope Slimming World goes well and you start to feel better soon x

So I had my 5th dose this morning, the golden dose. I had some syringes I bought and extracted a full 1ml, got rid of a bit priming so used 0.9ml equivalent of 3.75 dose. My next pen is a 5mg so I'm please as I have been able to have the in between strength this week.

SW 16 st 4 - 29th May
CW 15 st 4
GW 10 st 7

A long way to go but please so far, it has been easier to resist things. No major side effect other than constipation, which I'm prone to anyway. Fingers crossed it continues like that.

Did my first jab this morning (the pen's been sitting in my fridge for a fortnight while I worked up the courage to take it!).

I injected in my arm and other than it being a bit achey (which it was already a bit from lifting weights) there's nothing to report in terms of any side effects so far. Definitely far too early to see any change or any of the gastric side effects or indeed any positive effect of the drug but fingers crossed for a straight forward week!

I did a sneaky mid-week weigh in this morning even though I promised myself I wouldn’t and after 2 weeks in a row with only a pound lost each week I am down another 3 pounds from injection day!! What a great surprise.

W5D4
SW 12 stone 2
CW 11 stone 4
GW??? 10 stone 7 as a starting goal I think

Im so disappointed for you. Maybe Wegovy would suit you better? Whatever you decide, all the best xx

Well I def don’t think I’ve got any suppression 😂 first jab was Thursday night, had two days solid of high protein and low cal, no idea effects. But today was at a buffet and I still wanted to nibble and had some cake and I wanted to. I’ve said all along o don’t want full suppression, I want to eat all my protein and calories, but today was all will power for not eating anything more and making a conscious decision not to

Sorry it hasn’t worked out for you. Best of luck with Slimming World!

W2D5 for me and W2 has definitely felt less effective than W1 for me but I’m still losing. I think this means I should be planning to go up to 5mg for my next pen but I don’t think I need to order just yet - when are you all ordering your next pens?

I think W1 will always have a bigger loss for most people as you tend to drop a couple of pounds of water weight at the beginning of weight loss. After the first week you should be aiming for a more sustainable weight loss each week.

I’m feeling the same. I’m due to go on holiday 3 days after my 4th jab in 22 days (who’s counting) but on W1 D2 I had some serious diarrhoea, so I’m thinking I’ll stay on 2.5mg until I order my 3rd pen.

Is anyone else on the second pen?

Yes, yesterday. Sulphur burps have started with a vengeance.

When i get my next pen it will be 5mg.
Will i be able to just take 3.5 or will the pen lock after my 4th dose ?
Thanks

Hello! W1D7, so jabbing tomorrow. 3.3kg down as of this morning. I am doing Fast800 and MJ. I’m a Fast800 veteran, but each time I regain (although never back to my May 2020 peak when I did it the first time) so I want to use the lack of hunger to really change my habits.

Lots of the MJ side effects reported I get just with Fast800 - tiredness and a headache, particularly in the first couple of weeks. But this week has been a miracle - I have so much energy (normally I am wiped out), and I have been feeling mentally so much better. I did a bit of reading and there is some literature about potential effects of MJ on dopamine (makes sense, food being a reward and everything), and serotonin (although the depression/serotonin thesis is being increasingly called into question).

My sleep has been a disaster, but to be fair it usually is, and the heat is awful.

If the next few weeks feel like this, I’ll stay on 2.5. It feels life changing.

Evening June Jabbers!

I did my final dose of pen 1 on Friday (for the first one I'm not going to try extracting the golden dose - maybe next time when I've build up more confidence!) and I'm absolutely delighted and amazed so far - as of Friday weight day I am a stone down in 3 weeks.
Very happy but nervous, as I know this rate of loss is not healthy or sustainable (I jumped on today and seem to have lost 2 more lbs?!) So this coming week I will make more effort to boost my intake with some protein shake. I've been averaging between 1100-300 calories a day which I thought was ok. I feel like I have much more energy than before and generally feeling good 🤷‍♀️

No real side effects other than some constipation and nausea in week 1. I get hungry but then full very quickly and have had no chocolate/cake/biscuits etc since starting - nor any desire for them! And I'm someone who would literally sit and eat a box of chocolates in one sitting before 🤦‍♀️

I've ordered 5mg pen but debating either continuing with 2.5 or trying 3.75 until after my holiday on 19th July as don't want to risk being very sick for it!

SW 17 stone 1lb
CW 15 stone 13lb
GW initially 12 stone 5lb then will take it from there!

Still early days for me - W1 D3 - and I’m super fascinated by the whole thing.

I’m definitely not thinking about food so much - as in opening and closing the fridge or snack drawer so that’s good. I’m still a bit hungry and ready for meals but it’s not dominating my brain and when it comes to it I’m eating slower and am full up much much faster so the portions are smaller. Every now and again I almost feel a sugar/junk craving but it passes quickly and I think is out of habit. It’s like the thought of food and food itself is nowhere near as intensely on my mind or interesting as it was….

However, not sure I’m even on a therapeutic dose yet (0.25 wegovy) so it could all be placebo effect so far… but either way I’m not snacking and am satisfied on much smaller portions.

No horrible effects either so hoping things remain that way. Let’s see how the week goes!

I’m on W3D2 and I just ordered my second pen and had it approved. I’m moving up to 5mg as I’ve had a tiny bit of weight loss (and some fat loss 🎉 ) and not much in the way of side effects. The appetite suppression is also bit less this week.

Done my bonus dose of 2.5mg pen this evening. Originally I had been planning to make that a 3.75mg to step up gradually to my next pen, which is a 5mg.

Earlier today I decided against that though, as I am doing great on 2.5mg - loads of weight loss, no cravings for bad food and barely any side effects.

Good job, as although it looked like there was way more than a normal dose left in the pen, there was just barely enough for a full 0.6ml dose after getting the air bubble out.

I’ll see next week whether I decide to go up at all then.

Bit of advice needed please...started on Tuesday gone, no major SE , definitely less food noise and hunger pangs, however tonight I feel really hungry. Weekends are always my let down and im wishing I'd started say on a Friday to get me over the weekend if that makes sense? Not sure what to do now. Im tempted to bring the dose forward by a couple of days or wait it out and take 2nd dose Thur or Fri? Any advice please?

Aw that’s really sad to read. Is your OH usually so unsupportive? It must be really tough when he’s pressuring you and trying to make you feel bad. But well done you for staying strong. Hopefully when you find your feet with this you’ll find a way to enjoy yourself at the pub somewhere inbetween water and going mad. And I hope you get an apology from your OH.

And @wheretheheckissummer im sorry you have to go but completely understand and would probably feel the same.

How are people losing so much ?
Week 2 this week , day 8. Stuck to 1000 and under calories and dont feel like i have lost much if anything at all.
Is it exercise thats helping?
I dont go anywhere but do a lot in the house and garden ( 68 years old)
Plus all the weeing and going up and down stairs hundred times a day and night
Just done my second jab a couple of hours ago .
Feel a bit despondent

I felt that way on the first week and if I didn’t have plans on day 6 and 7 I would have done it on day 5. I find it fluctuates daily rather than lessening towards the end of the week though so glad I didn’t. Week 2 was much better for me and just did jab 3 tonight

i planned to do my jabs Sunday night for the opposite reason, so I can still enjoy plans at the weekend if I like