Mounjaro 10st or more to lose - Thread 5

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Come and join us!

That's fantastic, Whistle have some beautiful clothes.

Weighed in this morning 7lbs down

SW - 19 stone 4.5
CW - 18 stone 7.5
TW - 9 stone 10

Hope everyone is ok

My starter kit arrived today! Soooo quick, I only ordered it from Zava yesterday. Was exceptionally embarrassing uploading the pics of myself in my pants with my gut hanging out but needs must. I got a month of 2.5 mg and another of 5 mg. Surprisingly, I can't see any instructions in the box. I'll google, but if you wise pioneers have any advice you can offer on the best day/time to take it I'd be very grateful. Thank you so much.

@Hecatoncheires there should be two folded leaflets in the medication box with the pen itself? If they aren't there, that's a serious failing from Zava and you should let them know.

You can find the instructions online. The instructions for using the pen are these ones:

https://uk.lilly.com/metabolic/assets/pdf/mounjaro-patient-booklet.pdf

and the Patient Information Leaflet is this one:

https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.15481.pdf

You should read both before injecting.

In terms of time of day and day itself, there is no "best", just what suits you. I inject on Friday morning, after the kids are at school but before I start work, so I have a quiet moment to myself and won't be disturbed. I prefer Fridays, so that the effects of the medication are higher over the weekend and during the start of the week. But every person will do something different, based on their schedule and preferences.

Also to say that if you find a particular day or time of day doesn’t suit you, you can change it. I used to do Saturday, I now do Wednesday evening. It’s minimised the nausea in my waking hours and means I’m suppressed enough for the weekend to enjoy things if I want and to steam through on less food if I want to do that too.

@SilenceInside @TragicMuse Thanks for your responses. I've now had a good root through the parcel and there are indeed folded leaflets, so I'll have a proper read through them.Will ponder which day to inject suits me best. I was thinking Thursday evening because it's a quiet night at home (no kids' clubs to run around after) and to set me up for the weekend.

One thing that I'm puzzled about. I received two pens, one for 2.5mg and the other for 5.0mg, but I also got two small bags with each having 5 little ampoules with liquid in them, "0.23, 4ml). If the pens are already pre-loaded then what are these wee things?

Those are the needles. They’re not liquid measurements, they’re needle gauge/size.

Ah, okay, thank you. It looked like liquid and I thought I'd hit the jackpot with some freebies! I really should just sit down and read the instructions to avoid asking silly questions. 😆

Sorry to be a pain, another question! If I want to take it each Thursday then should I wait till then to take it? Rather than taking it (say) tonight and then taking it again 5 days later?

Yes, if Thursday is your preferred day then you could wait till then to start. You can inject again early, as long as it’s been at least 4 days between, but I probably wouldn’t do that when starting out.

Can I join? I'm 4 weeks in and 4lbs down. Was on ozempic before and didn't do that well so determined to make this work.

Any advice for a newbie?

@SilenceInside Thank you so much!

I'm really pleased that I've managed to get through my first Friday night, Saturday without mindlessly binging! Haven't felt the need to snack at all which is so new!

Weighing in tomorrow and will jab tomorrow evening.

@TheBeesTreeshello and welcome. What sort of advice are you after? Diet, exercise, side effect management?

@Elephantscantjump that sounds like a promising start, fingers crossed for your weight in tomorrow.

One thing that I think is essential is to remember that your path is yours alone. Try hard not to compare yourself to others, even those who start at the same time or who weigh same/close to you.

We don’t do ‘slimmer of the week’! Or ‘now then Sandra. You only lost half a pound this week. Where do you think you went wrong?’

It’s tempting, I know! But it’s not a competition so just focus on yourself and your own goals. It’s much easier, I promise!!

That’s a huge diff @Lds1. Well done

Hello! My check in was yesterday but I've been quite run down in general so behind on everything it feels.

Love seeing all the photos. I'm v aware my stomach is so very pregnant like and went down a bit of a Google fu - apparently cortisol (stress/trauma hormone and affected by lack of sleep) can lead to fat being stored mainly there. Would make sense but could just be pop psychology! Still so strange how we all hold our weight differently.

Weigh in yesterday - 17stone 1. I've lost 30kg so far!!! Was quite excited and have a fab ns where I realised I can "curl up" on the sofa corner now and probably have for a little while with legs cross legged or curled - I used to have my very large stomach in the way. AND I've been out without leggings on again!! And got a lovely comment from someone I'd not seen in a long time.

And then I read elsewhere about someone starting at my weight and how very very fat they were... And how everyone treats them differently now. And become aware that I'm still over 6stone overweight...

I know we all can relate to this hence having a brief moan here!

But we keep going. I'm so different already to 6months ago so I'm excited for 6months time!

Welcome @Hecatoncheires and @TheBeesTrees - good luck!

@Quitepossibly I use happyscale and love it, I get excited by the animations - I’m easily pleased!

@Lds1 you look great! That’s such a big change.

@FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping i promised myself that when I got to 14 1/2 stone I’d start couch 25k, I downloaded the app and I’m now at 13.5 and I still haven’t started it! I always seem to have an excuse not to get out there and I live across the road from a 80 acre country park. I really must have a word with myself.

I bought some resistance bands today from ‘the middle of Lidl’ to see if I could try to tone up my upper arms. They were only £3 for 4 different types.

I got resistance bands earlier in the week, they've not been out the box yet. Let me know if you find a good workout. My other half said they are bloody dangerous, but I don't see how.

Aware this will be a big loss as its first week but im pleased to start with:

SW - 306.6lb/21.9 stone/138.8kg
W1 -296.2lb/21.2 stone/134.3kg

Hoping to average out to a couple of lbs a week for sustainable loss. Not formally tracking calories currently but definitely being a lot more mindful and upping protein so must be in a deficit.

I think the advice from @TragicMuse about the experience being unique to you is sound.

We have all got to this point for different reasons.

Something to keep in mind is that mounjaro doesn't work for everyone. If it doesn't work for you then you haven't failed. It just wasn't the right thing.

I'm on holiday this week. Another week compromised of sewing and allotmenting (retirement training!).

@Elephantscantjump - exciting first week!

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden your achievements are huge. I find your posts a real inspiration. There’s going to be people who think they’re a whale at 9 stone 🙄. Don’t let how others feel about themselves diminish what you’ve done.

Thankyou yes I think ti's why I love this group so much. We're all working hard and doign so well and we've probably all got years of being very large and the fact it's a long journey for us to deal with as well as all the normal wli related issues. We're all doing amazing ❤️.

I do just have the odd "blip" - there's a thread that's popped up where someone is starting at 14stone and how awful they feel. If I get there after A YEAR I will be very proud! But I do know for them it's very real and in fact when I was first gaining it would have felt awful for me too. I'm not down about it in general just for that half hour when I'm reading I think or thinking how fat to go it is!

We're all amazing to be committing to this and sticking it out long term. We all know it's not a quick fix.

On reflection there's so much in the language and way people talk about fat bodies (disgusting /don't like looking at it/etc etc) that no wonder it can damage self esteem and the way we feel about it all.

I did love getting into Dr Chris V T (upf person) and hearing the compassionate way he speaks about "living with overweight" or "living with obesity" and the way he speaks about people. I think it stood out as its so rare. Like we've all as a society subconsciously accepted it's a moral failing/we're lesser people/ less able. There's a whole minefield around this from a mental health perspective isn't there.

Hello. What happened when you were on Ozempic?