March 2025 Starters thread 8 the one where some of us are maintaining or nearing goal

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Hey lovely ladies

Let’s carry on supporting each other.

Still maintaining steadily here - which is actually a surprise since I’ve just been away for work and felt like I ate all the food, it was one of those weeks where it was mostly takeout food as a group at work rather than me being able to choose my own diet. And almost no time for exercise. Or sleep TBH and poor sleep is such a trigger for me over eating.

So good to see that the scales didn’t go up. Even if they had, I feel significantly more confident that it’s easy to shift the weight off again.

A bit of a rant incoming , apologies in advance but need to vent

done 4 weeks on 15mg and lost 5lb , amazing it’s working again and finally feel I can get to goal 1-1.5st away

you might remember but the reason I stopped first time was due sudden loss of FIL , being abroad last minute flight tickets and expencws etc . This was midst saving our deposit for buying house

fast forward I’m on the same position again , we have had deposit saved and been waiting for a new development which is being released any day .

my DH is T2 diabetic and got really bad diabetic retinopathy (eye condition which can make you blind) to the point he has been waiting for urgent surgery (2 month waiting time) for 1 year , he even had a pre op in November . Long story short he got symptoms in his second eye 2 weeks ago which more or less makes him almost blind and NHS couldn’t make it fast forward (despite him signed off due to vision loss) so we as a family decided he goes to his originating country and does it there . Great timing he left 2 days after kids finished school for summer !!!!!
he is finally having surgery day after tomorrow and may be home 2-3 weeks for now . But he is self employed meaning no income while he is off plus flights , surgery etc it’s a lot of expense

after a week at home without DH and adjusting work (including splitting my leave to work part time next few weeks, TG work is understanding) I’m adjusting (im 90% work from home so that helps)

im touching the saving founds to fund next pen , not that the house plan is in jeopardy but OMG it’s expensive keeping kids entertained without a holiday on schedule (managed to cancel as we were going Dubai) and their dad being away! i really hope not ,but there may be a need to a pause for a few weeks which is super annoying when I’m on 15mg , I don’t want ruin the momentum !

May be I’m selfish or may be I’m overthinking but I just can’t I’m here again from what I feel was the exact reason I stopped first time and don’t want to get in that space again!!! I don’t regret sending him to save his vision but just feel deflated , I’m telling myself it’s ok and everything will be ok.

@Bipaloss that sounds really hard, sorry you are in this position but it will get better. Hugs 🤗

Ah, sorry @Bipaloss that all sounds really tough.

I tend to try and be pragmatic in these situations rather than thinking in terms of ideas of selfishness etc. Take the emotion out of it and look at the nett cost of stopping the first time. I'm guessing it's higher than if you'd stayed on it. So, long term, if you pause again, you will almost certainly end up increasing the total amount of mounjaro you need to buy to get you to your original goal. Which, to me anyway, makes staying on the financially sensible thing to do in comparison with stopping and restarting.

Obviously if you're thinking of just stopping completely that's different but then you have to look at what you've already spent and why possibly waste that, in effect, to stop early.

@Bipaloss That sounds like a really difficult situation, I’m so sorry. I think you’re perfectly justified in the situation to find your next pen from savings, don’t feel guilty about it.

@northernlight20 @GiveMeWordGames @TheBossOfMe appreciate the kindness and words

ive settled with it , hubby is done with the surgery and will be back in the next two weeks, atleast before school starts and before DS1 starts secondary which I’m glad for (also selfishly glad I have income coming in from his side 😅) we are blessed we can survive on one income but not the same lifestyle , this is what I remind myself , live a bit frugile for a few weeks and it will be ok , again not great timing but it’s ok ! There is light in the tunnel . Good weather this summer also helps keeping my two DS occupied etc

im so dizzy on 15mg anyone else who has been , I was on 5mg too first time but this is on another level still not figured if it’s water sugar etc plus hubby took the stuff so can’t check bp sugar level etc
yesterday I had to present (on Teams TG) to a audience of 50+ not only that it was with my boss and his boss 😳 middle of me speaking I just see the earth moving and happened again twice today , no SE just this and it’s annoying so any experience and resolution would be great

@Bipaloss I’ve had balance/slight dizziness issues all the time I’ve been on MJ. I didn’t realise that was the cause until I had a break - it was only when it came back as soon as I restarted that I made the connection. I spoke to my provider about it, who asked me to get a BP test and share results. Once they had established that my BP was fine, on the lower side but still in normal range, they were fine to keep prescribing and said it’s a fairly common SE. Interestingly my SEs are worse the second time on MJ than the first. I’ve found it’s worse when I’m dehydrated.

Very glad you’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Much love - you’ve not had an easy time at all recently. Make sure you take care of you.

Hey everyone
Found an old pair of jeans and compared to my latest pair......

Excellent comparison! Well done. The smaller pair is almost literally half!

Really glad you've found a way through @Bipaloss without sacrificing your MJ journey again.

I have a question. My 14yo daughter is really struggling with her weight. She doesn’t get full. We have all suffered this our entire lives.
should i even consider it?

To be honest, I would count clicks and let her have about 1mg, I did that with my daughter all be it she’s 24. She’s never gone above 2.5mg in nearly a year and has lost almost 3st and thanks me everyday. I know it’s not standard advice but I had over 10pens stockpiled and couldn’t watch my daughter struggle. But that’s just my opinion. Hopefully others may have other advice.

@Spondoolie I don’t think I would do this . I’d be concerned about potential long term effects on a developing body and creating a life time reliance at a young age. I’d rather try and help her focus on excercise and healthy eating and see how that helped her.

dizznesss - I get this sometimes on 2.5. My BP is still in the normal range but it has dropped into lower normal from a wham in the middle normal previously so I think dizziness on standing etc is due to this

in still trudging along 18 months now on 2.5 and I’d say slightly gaining - half a stone up from last years low. I feel better apart from my turkey neck and hair loss! Won’t stop yet. I’ve got lazy about what I eat and even had a Diet Coke yesterday for the first time in all that time and lots of bread and chocolate so I guess I need to get that in hand

i put on some dresses I’d worn 15 years ago and they fit but they look ridiculous. But I think that’s age.

Hey everyone.

Another weird one!! So I still have a bit to go. I was very obese btw - and as we know, the fat comes of all different places at varying paces.

My wrists are now going faster than other places and I can now see my pulse under the skin!! But freaky tbh!!

Have Googled and all normal. And I'm 49 so skin getting thin anyway!

How’s everyone getting on? Im still here, my weight seems to have stabilised in the 54kgs. I now range between 54.1 and 54.8kg. But now look a lot leaner and dress size has dropped to a 6. I have been weight training a lot so could be that. Still jabbing between 3mg and 5mg weekly depending on how I feel. And will probably carry on with this for the long term.

Still here - am struggling to lose the last few pounds that I wanted to bank before a really busy autumn with work travel. No idea why it’s so hard to shift them. It’s a whirl here of getting DD ready for University which has involved teaching her to cook a variety of student budget friendly food. Which is more carb heavy than I usually eat so probably macros being off.

Hello! Still about. Still hovering around 10st 10 to 10st 11 which seems to be my maintenance weight. My most recent pen is a 5 - I've taken 2 doses of 5 from it then next week will start taking 2.5.

Very glad to see the back of the crazy heat. Now it's just warm but nice and I feel like doing my weights and stuff again.

That's frustrating @TheBossOfMe but at least you have an idea why. @northernlight20 all sounds good with you, well done on the weight training!

Hello , still here !

after 6 doses of 15mg I went down to 40 clicks after 10 days (so around 12mg) on Sunday.

i went down as the faint feeling etc was ourweighing the weight loss (plus noticed I was sleeping very very heavy which was a scary feeling with DH not being home) I’m BMI 27 and close to where I was most of my 20s so I’m ok with it and have lost almost 25% of my starting weight! And I’m already feeling better !

im planing to go down to 5mg over the next few weeks and then remain there for a few months until I’m ready to completely get off (I started gaining after stoppping completely first round)

im hoping to up movement with walks and gym to cope and to remain on an low carb diet to maintain where I am

Hi all!

I'm still plodding along, BMI 25.8 now so I'd like to get to 23 which is 13 pounds away.

I'm still on 15mg and perfectly fine on it but when I get to my goal of 8-6 I would like to try to reduce just for financial reasons. Ideally I'd like to get down to 5mg as that would be £100 less a month then I'm paying now which over a year is quite a lot!

Has anyone thought of trying this new fondayo? I thought about it but apparently the highest dose is only equivalent to around 5mg MJ so might just be better me trying to get down to 5mg rather then trying a different medicine, I know I respond well to MJ with barely any side effects so dont want to rock the boat.

@Fatmumslim01 you're so close!! Rooting for you.

I just mentioned Foundayo on a maintenance thread I'm on. I hadn't even realised that about the dose strength though.

I'd been wondering if it might make it more affordable to stay on meds for good versus my current plan to keep slowly tapering down and come off. But actually a 5mg pen used for 8 x 2.5 doses would be better value and, like you say, I'm happy and stable on MJ so why risk it? I have no problems with injecting weekly and it actually seems less faff than a daily pill.

I'm still here! Staying at maintenance weight and weekly weigh day was today....10st 6lbs and my goal is to stay under 10st 7lbs so not bad considering it's summer holidays and seem to be eating more with DDs around!

Next month it'll be a year since I last jabbed which seems crazy! Maintenance has been OK, I've gone up and down within a half a stone range but mainly am keeping it off which feels great!

@Fatmumslim01 you are so close. From what I’ve seen of the tablets, they’re quite expensive and I feel that getting a higher dose pen and jabbing less to extend is prob better value.
@GameOfJones thats brilliant to maintain for so long without jabbing. I’m too scared of gaining to even consider it, so really well done.

@GameOfJones thats very encouraging to hear. I’m scared to come off as I am worried of my brain shifting back with shift in GLP-1 balance. Im at target and have been for months more or less. Am still on 2.5mg but have been doing every 5 days for 5 months or so and now spacing back out to every week for a few months and then will very slowly reduce the clicks with a couple of months between reducing more. On a 5mg pen so it’s affordable for now. Will probably do this til get questions from provider about not ordering and then go on a ‘come back easily if you need to £15pcm plan’

Hello!
Can you please tell me how using 2.5 from a 5mg pen works? Do you keep it on the fridge? Just measure the clicks etc? I thought the mechanism stuck after four turns of the clicker?
I’ve been on 2.5 for 18 months now! I’ve been at a bmi of 23.5 for all the time which seems healthy for a middle aged woman. Recently I’ve started to get sulpher burps and diarrhea again and not sure why and my healthy eating has gone down hill. I try and keep it at 10 days between jabs.
I just don’t want to roll back my gains (or losses depending on how you look at it).

The pen stops after 4 full doses, which means if you click count to get smaller doses you can inject more than 4 jabs from it. You just need to have extra needles.

60 clicks is a full dose so for 2.5 from a 5 it's a very straightforward 30 clicks.

I always keep my pen in the fridge anyway. But if you're going to extend its life by a couple of weeks then it's a particularly good idea to do it. I've stretched to 6 weeks on a couple of pens since I started titrating down and it's been fine.

Sorry to hear the sulphur burps etc are back but if you know your eating has gone a bit haywire then those two things are probably related!!

Each pen has 240 clicks (even the new restricted style) and a full dose is 60 clicks

I’m currently in process of moving down to 5mg from 15mg and reducing doses /clicks each week (12/50,7.5/30 etc)

Using 2.5 from 5mg is easy enough as half dose but for alternative doses I find the below calculator useful

https://monj.co.uk/mounjaro-click-calculator/

I ordered a 5mg pen yesterday , didn’t think provider would allow it as my last pen was 15mg but already approved and coming this week . Feels better for the pocket as almost half the price ! Not lost anything last 10 days but maintaining which is great , at 7.5 mg this week