June 2025 Starters - Mounjaro (thread 5)

[Focusispower]

Heading into month three now!

I definitely will next week!

I’m now considering some weetabix, as it’s the only thing I can make myself want. Not a lot of nutrients though!

Do you think you could stomach plain grilled chicken breast? I can’t imagine being able to run and lift weights on a diet of Weetabix. Fingers crossed that the suppression will ease during the week!

@FoxRedPuppy 1ml from a 5mg pen is 8.33mg I think

FoxRedPuppy
What about using a protein shake to help you over this stage?

Which is why it is so weird! I actually did 0.90ml.

i just meant weetabix for tonight. Today I’ve had some Greek yoghurt, 2 boiled eggs, and a mouthful of chicken for tea. And a protein shake (I make it with coconut milk).

Phew! I thought you were going to be subsisting on a Wheetabix diet for the remainder of the week which would have been seriously grim…

So 2st down and still need to drop another 3 at least. Last injected (7.5mg) September 30th and had horrific sickness etc that lasted 5 days. So decided to not injected for a couple of weeks, plan is to move jab day to Thursday so if I get any side effects it will be over a weekend. Am going to start again on 2.5mg tomorrow and stay on low dose as long as possible.

Sorry you are suffering @Librariesrule . Maybe is something about 7.5mg!

That's what I was thinking I had minimal side effects on 5mg but nothing compared to 7.5mg.

Noooo, I effed up! I was using 5mg from a 7.5mg pen and had 2 doses left to cover holiday and have just jabbed myself with 7.5mg like an idiot so not only have I not got enough left, I’ve increased my dose and I don’t know what side effects I’ll get! Shitty shit shit from shitty shitland.

I just bought two pairs of size 14 jeans 😱

I have size blindness - they looked tiny on the hanger and I thought there was no way that they would fit but that I should give them a go to see how far off I was. Also I could see how badly my current size 18 jeans fit!

@ChiaraMontague - brilliant NSV🎉🎉

I think it takes time for our brains to catch up with our bodies!

Due my 2nd wegovey shot today. Can’t find the pen 😂😂🙈 I’m that good at hiding it. Ffs

Still can’t find it 🙈🤦🏽‍♀️ found my last MJ one 😂🤦🏽‍♀️ why am I like this!

Poor xmasfairy! Sort of thing I do.

My brain is ahead of my body! In my head i am far thinner than I am in reality. Then I see last week's holiday pictures!
Anyhow, lost the holiday gain very quickly so pleased with that. Total lost now 34 pounds and have stayed on 6mg for the 3rd week. I am finding suppression much less but find side effects in the first few days horrid so dare not go up further yet. Weight loss is slow at 1 pound a week.
I stock piled a few 7.5mg pens prior to the price hike. It is playing on my mind how I will get further needles once these run out.

I’m a bit like that too. But I think I’ve always been that way. I was wearing size 18s at the start when I really should have been in size 20s. That’s why it took almost 3 stones before I dropped a dress size.

I stock piled too, but have bought another two pens since as my losses have massively slowed down. I’ve six pens now, am praying I don’t develop an allergy or something!

Morning! It's end of week 21 for me and I've finally reached 2stone off! It's been a busy week with various celebrations so I'm pleased to have lost something, even if it's just 0.7lbs!

Some really old jeans (same size as I'm currently wearing - size 18) are fitting and I've had to stop wearing 3 pairs of size 18 trousers so I think I can stop looking at size 20s in shops now, I'm definitely an 18. Although I tried some new jeans in Matalan a couple weeks ago in size 18 and they were horribly tight, I was hoping I'd need to buy size 16s 🤦‍♀️ perhaps I'll try them again in a week or two to see if they fit better!!

SW: 16 stone (101.7kg)
CW: 14 stone (89.1kg)

I'm half way now to my main goal which was to be at 12st again. As I'm short that will still be overweight so I might reassess that when I get closer! I'm feeling quite optimistic and excited to think I'll be able to get there by the 1yr of Mounjaro mark. It felt like such a mountain to climb back in June, I never would have thought it possible to be seriously considering it! 🎉

Well done all on these many losses you're all documenting.

Again, my belt is too loose on the tightest hole. I'm currently trying to eat a delicious Indian, but only been able to manage a few bits. I feel cheated!

Scales are now under 10 stone permanently, although fluctuating between 9st10 and 9st13.;

I don't think I've ever been under 10stone as an adult. This is immense!

Packing for weekend away and I FOUND MY PEN!! Had ordered another but it hasn’t been approved yet. Thank the lord I found it as suppression was starting to fade and snacking when due on is too difficult to fight alone!!!

9st12!
God knows what it could be if I could just DO A POO!
😭

@fancytoes what's your fibre intake like?! Thankfully I’ve not suffered from constipation for more than just a day: I looked a bit more closely at my fibre intake recently and am bringing in more lentils and beans into my diet.

Well done folks for all the loses and NSVs!

Just checking in for likely the last time as I did my final jab on Wednesday. That’s it for me now….on to maintaining by myself after 4 months on MJ. 8st 11lb and back to the weight I was throughout my 20s and 30s. I don’t think I look that different until I put on an old pair of jeans and they literally fall down. I’m just hoping I can stay here whilst going through perimenopause. Good luck to those of you still on the journey and thanks for all the support!

Best of luck Focusispower!
I’m thinking of stopping as I’m now at a healthy BMI. The only thing is I still have an unused pen which I bought when panicking about the price rises.
It has an expiry date of November 2026 so maybe I should just keep it to fall back on if needed.

Funnily enough, I bought a dress off vinted which is the kind of thing I'd NEVER wear.

I'm plucking up the courage to wear it to a gig im going to with a friend next week. She's also on WLIs, so hopefully we'll feel fabulous together (we both still have a way to go, but definitely getting there)

Congratulations to those of you who are getting so close now, or who are even there.
Well done 👏 🎊

And,btw, has anyone seen bbs news website today about the place in Northampton?

Scary!