January 2026 Starters - dog-gone weightloss

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I hope it’s okay to start a new thread as we are getting dangerously close to the end of thread 1

My current stats are

MJ 2.5mg just taken dose three
planning on staying on 2.5mg for my next pen
SW: 13 stone 9.4lbs
Week 1: lost 11 lbs
Week 2: lost 3 lbs
Total weightloss: 1 stone (a small jack russel terrier)
GW: 9 stone 7

We have some newbies joining mid month so let’s cheer them on - we’ve got this ladies!

Another one for sticking with 0.25 wegovy for month two!

I've noticed that rather than having three normal size meals, I'm having three small meals and a couple of small snacks. I think my body currently prefers little and often so I'm not fighting it!

@FrothyCothy @Whatstfpoint I'm quite relieved I'm not the only one sticking to the "starter dose" for another month!

I think this will also be more likely to help me develop willpower / good habits - unlike others on this thread I often absolutely could eat more! I feel the Wegovy is just helping me make the right choice rather than making it so I'm too full to eat, if that makes sense?

@YellowStockings yup. My food noise is just a bit muted but its there. I need to learn to cope with it, which W allows me to do. My cravings are massively reduced though and I don't know if its the wegovy or the choices i have been making. Probably a bit of both.

I think we were very brave to go for another month on 0.25. Hope it pays off.

Anyone noticing any additional benefits, aside from the appetite suppression?
I honestly feel so much better in myself - more energy - I'm not fighting sleep every afternoon or dropping off in front of the TV every night, my thoughts are calmer, I'm sleeping better - have actually slept through the night twice since starting, which I haven't done for years, I'm keen to move more, and even when I do feel like I want to eat, I'm not drawn to stuff I usually would have been - I'm wanting fruit or veg. I don't think it's all in my head. Makes me wonder if I've been sliding into ill health for a while now and not really realised.

Made my fave meal. Steak, chips, broccoli and tenderstem broccoli. Thought ooh I'll have some wine tonight. 3 sips and DD 3 wakes up screaming crying with a temperature and sore ear. So no more wine in case she gets worse and we have to take her somewhere. She's fallen back asleep after some calpol so I'm hoping she starts to feel better.

Hello! New to the thread having just ordered my first pen 🫣

SW: 224lb 😖
GW: 140lb

I ordered from MedExpress but it seems I’ve paid a lot more than some on this thread, would people mind sharing where they order from please?

Yes @Perianth I've been feeling so much calmer generally. It's been great!

I've just ordered my first prescription. Really anxious about starting and about side effects.
Almost 16 stone and 5 ft 5.

Fourth injection of WG 0.25 yesterday and I have much more suppression than before, it's definitely ramped up. I ate a very small evening meal tonight. I'm due 0.5 next.

I'm going to try taking dandoline extract for a bit.

I hate this water retention. Today, I feel so heavy. My boobs feel like saddle bags, and I don't even have big boobs.

Had to play 2 hours competition tennis then and just had to get on with it. Took 1 ibuprofen to try lessen the feeling.

By Monday now, I'll feel all skinny and have lost 5 lbs...then, back up again.

Welcome!! Just to say I have had side effects - but on balance worth it. Almost no food noise and tonight I wore jeans that didn’t do up before Xmas. Some don’t seem to have much suppression on the 2.5mg but I assume that it kicks in on eg 5mg and the change is amazing

Thanks for the reply and info! It's all new so don't know what to think really!!

For Wegovy there’s the igovy website which has price comparisons - there’s similar for MJ but I can’t remember the name of it. Most of us will probably have referral codes for other pharmacies as I’m basically hopping around each month looking for the best price.

Also, my DH is on it as well so we trade codes!

https://monj.co.uk/mounjaro-price-comparison-by-monj/ is the Mounjaro equivalent

Injection day for me - 4th dose of MJ. Going to stay on 2.5 for the next month and see how things go.

Haven’t been exercising the last 2 weeks as have had a horrible flu like bug. But hoping to pick that up again this week.

SW - 121.8kg
CW - 113.6kg
Total loss so far - 8.2kg - half of this was in the first week.
GW - 74kg

Have noticed that when I’m stressed at work I feel sick and don’t want to eat - which is the opposite of me usually! So have had a few days when I’ve really not eaten much during the day - going to try and work on that as definitely don’t think I’m getting enough protein. But it’s part of the reason I’m going to stick to 2.5 for now.

hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Thank god I don’t take my 2nd injection yesterday; had a drive up to our weekend away through very twisty & turny roads & I felt so sick.

So I’ll take it tomorrow when I get back at lunchtime. It should have been Wednesday night so just hoping the pen is ok to use after the 30 days…..

Dose number 4 for me today

SW: 13 stone 9.4lbs
CW: 12 stone 5.4lbs
Total Loss: 17 lbs
GW: 9 stone 7

i have just had the most delicious lunch - a wrap with three rashers of turkey bacon, a load of lettuce and a dollop of chilli chutney

I think about 350 calories but more importantly full of protein

It was so nice I want to make another one but I know that’ll be far too much food - and I’ve managed to avoid all side effects so far!

I am already looking forward to dinner and working out what else I can do with turkey bacon!

4th jab day for me today. I've lost 12lbs in 3 weeks:

Wk 1 - 6lbs
Wk 2 - 2lbs
Wk 3 - 4lbs

I'm very happy with that.

Well done! So impressed with the losses on this thread, I’m inspired.
off topic - does anyone take a collagen supplement they feel really works? I’m not veggie, if that makes a difference

@Perianth thanks for posting the link to the price comparison website. I’ve just ordered my second lot of MJ and it’s £30 cheaper than the first pharmacy.

I’ve also decided to stay on 2.5mg at least for this month as my appetite suppression has been much stronger through the third week. Disappointingly I put on half a pound this week despite having on average 1000 calories. I think that could be water retention connected to high blood pressure tablets. Will weigh again in a few days.

@Newstartplease24 I’ve just started taking a collagen supplement so too early to tell. It’s from Holland & Barrett.

Happy weekend all, jab 4 for me today.
Starting weight: 12st 2
Week1: 11st 7
Week 2: 11st 6
Week 3: 11st 5

I lost loads the first week but it has really slowed since. Trying not to feel disheartened as I can’t really eat less than I am now without skipping meals altogether! Slow and steady wins the race I suppose …

Turkey is brilliant for protein isn't it? I cook with turkey mince a lot for chillis and bolognese type dinners because we dont eat a lot of red meat.

Hi everyone, I’m so pleased to find this thread!! I’ve also jumped on the bandwagon and ordered MJ (2.5) last week, it arrived Weds and I thought there’s no point waiting so did it at 11am, I was very nervous and realised (as a lot of people say) I hardly felt it and was just done within seconds!

SW - 13.7stone
GW - 11stone or possibly less if I got there!
CW - I weighed at 2am today (day4) as was woken by the dogs so went downstairs and was 13.01, so really hoping it’s a good loss this week.

I’m not adventurous with the food at all, and like our usual quick and easy dinners or lunches, so this has to be my life changing part, to make more effort for it to be healthy choices and be organised, go food shopping more and plan! I also have a partner and four boys in the house, two are vegetarian as well, so food time is whatever’s quick and easiest after work/school/clubs/training etc etc I’m thinking I may become pescatarian as trying to cut down meat, I’ve had salmon and tuna this week.

Loving all the advice and everyone else’s experience, I’m drinking lots of water too. Need to find time to exercise - I do dog walks often… but should do more…

also, no major side effects, a little headachey here and there, but quite used to that as I look at a computer a lot…

good luck everyone x x