June 2025 Starters - Mounjaro (thread 5)

[Focusispower]

Heading into month three now!

@Sogfree when I moved to 5mg I found before the end of the first month that it really wasn't very effective. I moved straight away up to 7.5mg and that has been far better, no plans to move up from that for the time being. It was weird how it was a step change in effectiveness from 5mg, 7.5mg has really been working for me.

Thanks @HappyWineDay That's how 5mg initially affected me, and has been since July. It's just wearing off now, so up we go to 7.5mg.

I know it’s not Eli lily approved, and I am tempted to do this, but if you can figure out (use Shotsy app) the level of MJ in your system that you feel hungry, you could work out if dosing 2.5mg every 3.5 or 4 days, keeps your suppression above that level. My suppression reduces at about 3.3mg, usually day 6 &7. But my stomach feels uncomfortably full if I eat too much! I am still considering 1/2 dosing every 4 days to curb it, or if my suppression subsides at an increased level in future. That way I can stay on a lower dose for longer.

@NeedyTiger sorry to hear you are going through such a difficult time. I hope the new Jab works for you and gives you one less thing to worry about. Best of luck.

@NeedyTiger nice to hear from you. You are amazing. You sound so strong and on your feet. (hope that doesn’t sound patronising, I was just so impressed by your post!)

@Catladyof7 i started three days before you on 19 June and I’ve lost 1st 8lb but I’m happy with that. It’s essentially been 13 weeks to lose 1.7lb a week on average for me - any faster and I would question sustainability.

@NeedyTiger thinking of you.

Stressful week and busy here. Had wine on three of the four nights so far this week. Very unusual for me pre-weightloss, let alone now. Will see if it drives any weight gain. Food intake has been ok but been away so less control.

@Sogfree this video is good at explains short dosing and uses glpplotter.com to calculate short dosing/micro dosing or whatever it is called
obviously he is using the same dose for 5 days but you could look at your levels for any variation.

@waitingforlifeonmars thank you for posting this! Very interesting . I’ve been feeling this may be the way forward for myself . 😊

@waitingforlifeonmars really useful video thank you

If my calculations are correct (it’s 4am so questionable…). From a 7.5mg pen, 4mg every 5 days (32 clicks, meaning just under 9.5 doses in a pen) will last around the same time as 5mg (40 clicks so 7.5 doses) every 7 days. But looking at that website the 4mg every 5 days results in slightly higher levels (purple)

please can someone check my maths? If so I’m going to do that instead

That’s really interesting @Crinklecat

@Crinklecathttps://www.vrgrowth.co.uk/mounjaro-clicks

think these were the doses you said but my eyes arent great in the morning and my screen is small!!🤣

7.5mg pen 5mg every 7 days
40 Clicks or Units
Total injections: 7.5
Using Clicks: 6
Using syringe: 1.5
Pen will last: 7 weeks and 4 days
Mounjaro in system: High: 7.22, Low: 3.67(Estimated, based on data from GLP1plotter.com)

7.5mg pen 4mg every 5 days
32 Clicks or Units
Total injections: 9.4
Using Clicks: 7
Using syringe: 2.4
Pen will last: 6 weeks and 5 days
Mounjaro in system: High: 7.42, Low: 4.85(Estimated, based on data from GLP1plotter.com)

@waitingforlifeonmars thank you so much, close enough that I’m going to try it. Will report back

Happy girl here, have decided to weigh twice a week since I was ill. So today there's officially 10% less if me than when I started on MJ. 😃😃😃 and I have a day off work.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Wk14 Day 1 (4th dose of 7.5mg pen)

SW 12st 1lb
CW 10st 2lb
GW 9st

so 27lbs lost in 13 weeks. Am so happy with that - I didn’t lose anything last week but 2lbs lost this week. GD next week and then I need to decide whether to go up to 10mg or stay at 7.5mg and use my 10mg for 2 lots of 5mg!
Good luck everyone - keep on keeping on x

I can't believe it's my weigh day again, the weeks are flying by! End of week 16 for me and I've lost 0.8lbs which takes me 1.2lbs away from my first little goal! It's also 1.4lb away from 'onderland' and 3lbs away from under 90kgs then 5.2lbs away from 2 stone so a lot to celebrate soon I hope!!

SW: 16stone (101.7kg)
CW: 14st 5.2 (91.3kg)
Healthy bmi is like 9stone so I'm not done anytime soon but really pleased to be chipping away at it!!

I laughed out loud when Asda emailed to say they're back to 24hr processing, I bet they're twiddling their thumbs now whilst everyone uses their stockpiled pens or stops entirely due to cost!

Also, crazy thing, I held a 10kg weighted vest and couldn't believe how heavy it was. That's how much weight I've lost, it's mad to think my joints are now carrying that much less around 🎉

I'm coming to the end of week 13 on 2.5mg and it's definitely time to titrate up - food noise is back with a vengeance, so while my appetite is still suppressed, it's taking a supreme amount of effort not to eat everything in the house anyway.

My weight is also stubbornly hovering at, like, half an ounce above 18 stone, which is infuriating me. I'm not bothered about stalling, it's all part of the process - but stall at 17-stone-something motherfucker! Every time I weigh myself, I do best of 3. NOPE.

My jab day is Monday, I'll be upping to 3.75mg to see if that helps. I want to eke out my 5mg pen for as long as possible, for obvious reasons, and also avoid side effects if I can.

NSV - I feel confident enough to join a pilates class, which starts on Sunday.

lots to celebrate! I would def move up @Bloozie, you’ve done amazing sticking it out at a low dose but I’m sure things will move when you increase.
@SomethingAboutYouwe’re about the same! That’s so cool about the vest. I keep googling “things that weigh…” to get an idea of how much I’ve lost 😂
I’m back up again today, typically. I decided to jab today (day 6) as sugar cravings have been horrendous this week, and did 7.5 + 15 clicks which is about 9.375. I have a 10 pen in the fridge ready for next month so stepping up should hopefully help.
NSV - had a sort out of clothes from the back of the wardrobe and zipped up a coat which had a receipt in the pocket from 2017!! All my skinny jeans from about 5 years ago fit - but look godawful! I think I’ll just chuck em and look forward to buying some more flattering wide leg ones now the shops have more styles than just skinnies!

@MissMogs I noticed this week that our stats are quite similar - helloooo from a fellow shortie 😆

I love the clothes NSVs, I've found my current wide leg jeans are starting to look unflattering (too baggy?!) and think I might need a new pair in a size down. Weird how I felt and thought I looked really svelte in them a month or two ago when they first fit! Still have anothet pair in the same size which are too tight, they can finally close but create an epic muffin top. I'm basically now dressed as 2015 me, all my old jumpers and tshirts are fitting (I put them away when pregnant with my eldest and didn't think it would be a 2nd child and 5 years later before I was wearing them again!!) Some things have dated and others are creeping back into fashion - peplum top anyone 😆

Hello!!
haha that’s exactly like me! Skinny jeans, a few tops with dangly laces around the neck! I did find a nice brown jacket and boots which I think are coming back in now! 🤣🤣

I've just tried to jab a day early because I'm out tomorrow and despite having 2 proper jabs left in a pen I've used exactly per instructions, the bastard thing locked shut have way through. Luckily I have some golden dose syringes so I could extract but I'm not entirely sure how much I've given myself now. Not what I needed the night before a 5 hour drive!

After remaining same weight for three weeks (well within a 2lb yoyo) I've made the decision to order a 7.5mg . Just done it now. In August it took 7 days to change from 'your order is processing' to 'your order has been prescribed.'. Took 10 minutes just now. Thats with MedExpress. They must be literally sat around waiting for orders to come in.

I've decided to move up because like a PP I've got the food noise back (suppression is okay) and whilst I'm not actually hungry I'm struggling to avoid temptation. Plus it feels like a false economy to stick at the lower mg for longer and take longer to get the weight off.

I do need to find a way of mentally disregarding the food noise though.

Nothing more humbling than seeing your saggy knickered arse in the halogens of a changing room to bring you back with a bump. About 2.5 stone down but still couldn’t do up all the 18 jeans and it looked BAD. Feeling disheartened. Will buy new clothes in another 6 months! Well, at least I saved money today 😔

Absolutely! I’m finding more things from my wardrobe that didn’t fit before now, now do fit and I find myself lulled into a false sense of thinness which is crushed in the changing room of a shop where I discover that having also lost 2.5 stone, I’m still fat and size 18 is not quite there!

Just ordered from Getadrip, 7.5 for £190! Happy with that. I had stocked up a bit last month before the increases but was worried about leaving too long a gap between orders so went for another one.