September 25 starters

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Anybody else planning to start in September?

I’ve been procrastinating for months but decided to go for it despite the price increases. Waiting for my delivery from Medexpress and planning on 1st Sept start.

Just over 24 hours on from my first jab. No side effects so far, so that's good. Unfortunately no appetite suppression or feeling full yet, but I know it's early days.

I can't quite believe it's been a week for me and its jab night again! So far so good. Was 5lb down as of this morning. Appetite suppression still working a full week on after dose 1 which has very much surprised me. It has only just occurred to me that I forgot to make dinner when I got home from work.

I ordered my first pen back at the start if August and left it in the fridge. I guessed my weight because I couldn't find the scales.

I just weighed and I'm 12lb more than I thought so have just started my first jab.

SW: 18 st 12 lbs
BMI 48.3
GW: healthier

I'm taking comfort that I'm not the only one here at this start point and that I have a long way to go. One week at a time.

Hi everyone,
Complete newbie here 👋 I have been reading endless threads for months and have finally taken the plunge and signed up for Mounjaro via Juniper.
Just waiting for it to be dispatched and I will start straight away.
Obese and miserable, so can’t wait to get started but I am completely bricking it as I have terrible emetophobia. I am hoping to actively manage the side effect's, using the advice from various threads on here.
Good luck everyone, it will be lovely to see your progress xx

End of day 2. I’ve been hungry today but not bothered about food. It’s weird.

still no side effects.

i feel a bit nervous because I’ve ordered another 2.5 pen before price rises and maybe I should have gone up to 5.

time will tell

I’m very similar! I felt hunger I think, but it was manageable and I was happy to wait for a meal. Whereas before, I’d have done anything to eat anything to stop the hunger.

I have also just watched Bake Off with a protein shake, while DH ate a chocolate bar…unheard of!

Today was meant to be my day to start MJ but I’m feeling very frustrated as I’ve got nothing to start with! Oushk have put my delivery date back to the 9th and MedExpress, who I put an order in with on Monday, are still at the ‘awaiting clinical review’ stage. So I doubt I’ll get anything delivered from them this week either.

I’m also in a strange position now of being nervous to lose any weight until I actually get a delivery because my BMI is only just over 30!! So if I need to try another provider I want to be able to get approved easily.

I have a congenital heart defect which is known to be made worse by obesity (I get free flu jabs) so I would probably qualify at a lower BMI in reality. But I would rather just get it straightforwardly while I’m at the higher BMI threshold anyway, as I don’t know what kind of other evidence they’d need to prove the heart issue and suspect it would delay things even more.

Anyway, all in all a bit downhearted today and feeling in limbo. Grr!

I’m waiting for dispatch and delivery from Juniper @OneDayIWillLearn. I’m getting very frustrated as I want to get started.

@Georgelassosthemoon it’s hard waiting isn’t it!! I’m going to try and stay focused on positive habits like upping water intake and doing some Pilates and yoga workouts at home. And cooking and eating healthily meals. But it’s hard when you’d mentally prepared for starting. I don’t feel very certain Oushk will stick to their new date either - and nothing to go off on MedExpress at all yet! - so it all feels very out of my control.

My Juniper package is arriving today! I think I signed up last Thursday or Friday

I signed up Friday @BPrincess but didn’t get approved until Monday. I’m finding it annoying as DD signed up two weeks ago and got approval and delivery within 24 hours!

Yours must be imminent! I think there was a big rush towards the end of the month as prices went up. Sure you won't be waiting long now

Just had an email to say it’s been shipped so fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Ah hopefully that's it sorted for you now! I am surprised as I only signed up on sun 24 and arrived on Tuesday 26. That was medexpress.

Im excited for everyone to get started!

Asda have emailed today too to say they've approved my next 2.5 pen, they were really behind too! Ordered on August 20th and only just approved 🫠 I've stuck with 2.5, not sure if that was a good idea as i'm only 1 week in but we'll see.

Hi, and good luck!
Try not to worry. I am a couple of weeks ahead of you, and I have put into practice the tips for avoiding nausea, and they really do work for me! Avoiding fatty, greasy, high carb/sugar things works for me. Eating 3 small meals even if you don't feel like it helps too. Peppermint oil capsules have been great. Honestly though, I only feel a very slight amount of nausea for the first 24 hours after the jab, and then nothing. Nothing close to vomiting. Even after my very first jab, I woke up a few hours after taking it with quite strong waves of nausea, but I got up and took a rennie, and it helped massively. The good side effects for me have far, far outweighed the (tiny) bad ones.

I was going to start today but im working a long day tomorrow and its bad enough without adding any potential side affects but i fully intend to start on sat, the pen is sitting in the fridge staring at me judging me for not starting yet 😂
Also i wont be able to weigh myself as none of my floors are straight 😂, normally i weigh at the gym but havent been for a week so will have to use the what i was from a month or so ago and hope i havent gone up more 😂

Hi to all the newbies and i hope everyone is ok today!

Well, it’s here and I’ve done it.

Height 5’10
SW 114.1 kg (using the Juniper scales I am 3 kg heavier than my GPs or my own).
BMI 36.1

I have to say I’m not getting much appetite suppression.

i’m eating well and not craving quite so much but don’t feel that different.

Does it build

i’m nervous because my second pen is 2.5 too as I was worried about supply.

But now think I need to progress to 5 is this isn’t having any effect. No real side effects either.

The 2.5 pen expires March next year so could save it for the other end maybe.

I was the same re side effects until today! 2 bouts of awful stomach cramps and diarrhoea this morning. Low level nausea all day. So haven't felt like much food! But the food noise hasn't ever stopped so that's a pity. But it is only our first week so we are still getting used to it all. Yes I think worst case you can always keep that new 2.5 pen until later if you feel you need to move up to the next dose at the end of the month.

I'm all ready. Just need to synch the scales to the app, weigh in tomorrow morning, then jab!
Can someone give me some reassurance about the jabbing. I'm a bit nervous!

The Juniper Wegovy jab was very easy @BPrincess. The instructions on the app were clear and the needle is tiny. I pinched a roll of fat on my thigh and stuck it in and didn’t really feel it. I was very nervous too.

Today is the beginning of my 2nd week... have lost 1.2kg
I injected the 2nd jab earlier with no issues after watching the video to refresh my memory and didn't have had the itchy reaction like last week.

@outofofficeagain I understand what you mean about appetite suppression, because before taking MJ I I used to fast naturally (waiting for hunger pangs) with long gaps between meals and eating the 1st meal at 2/3pm. Yesterday I only had 1 meal for the day around 3pm. My problem is eating takeaways (deliveroo is my best friend!), large portions, and sweets/chocolate, which had me on the blood sugar rollercoaster!

What week are you on? Have you lost any weight so far? Are you getting urges to eat / snack after meals? I seem to have lost the snacking urge.

I did the same as you and ordered another 2.5. Everything i read about 5 scared me off jumping up so quick. I'm about to do my 2nd dose tomorrow so will see in a few weeks if I made the right choice. Intrigued to see if I've lost anything when I next weight on Saturday morning!

@BPrincess I was scared about jabbing myself last week for the first time and after priming the pen, it took another minute to actually make myself do it.

But honestly, I didn’t feel a thing.

The needle is very thin and and I was more concerned if I’d done it correctly afterwards as I kept thinking “is that it, did it go in properly?”.

Tomorrow is week 2 jab day. Hoping I’ve made a good start. 🤞🤞