April 26 Mounjaro Weight Loss Starters. (title edited by MNHQ at request of the OP)

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Hi starting mounjaro this week is there a thread already set up I can join?

Hi, inject 2.5, and then when moves back to zero prime again and turn the pen dial for 30 clicks and inject that (which is a half dose). When you inject it will return to zero so just repeat (a whole dose then a half dose).

Thanks, so it's ok to do 2 injections straight after tge other? I thought id have to inject 0.9 in one go? And will that then impact on remaining doses, if it only holds 4 doses and im using 2 jabs per week?

@pomegranatepie sorry you're going through that, I hope your mum is recovering well.

I put half a pound on last week which was no surprise as I weighed Sunday evening after a girls weekend away involving a fair amount of alcohol plus I had 3 meals out last week.

I definitely ate less than I would have done on those meals but it's scary how quickly the calories add up! Thank god for nutracheck as my idea of portion size is clearly all over the place! Even things like the amount of cheese I would normally add to a cheese omelette is about 3 times a "large portion"!

I've been weighing in daily this week (bad I know) just to check my weight is starting to go down again which it is. Think I'm now around 18 pounds off in 4.5 weeks.

Started 5mg properly last week, suppression is already wearing off but I'm still finding it fairly easy to stick to healthy options and not snack. Weirdly I still have very little desire for alcohol (although if I start drinking, as I did at the weekend, I can happily carry on). No side effects on 5. Have a feeling I may have to go up to 7.5 next month which I really wanted to avoid.

I can’t see that it would make a difference if done close together. Effectively you’d be taking 1.5 doses. Maybe check with your provider though if you’re not sure. There are examples of providers advising to up or reduce a dose this way.

Ive had my daily kiwi and a few soft prunes thrown in for good measure in my breakfast yoghurt. hopefully we will see an improvement as yesterday was the same. Im working outside today, so sods law will be that everything decides to happen when Im deep in the woods.......In fact the anxiety about that is almost guaranteed.

Jab number 6 today; second at 5mg.
I've lost 4lb this week giving me a total loss of 15lbs. Really happy with that.
Good luck all on your losses. 🥰

Hi OP, my situation is very similar and we started almost simultaneously (I was one of the first responders).

I'm also taking my second jab at 5mg today.
And like you, I've lost a total of 14lbs (6.8kgs) in 7 weeks.

No complaints about side effects. They're minimal; the worst is how tired I feel - but I think that's due to calorie deficit and losing weight rather than MJ.

The appetite suppression hasn’t been strong enough to make this rate of weight loss feel easy. I’ve still had to use a lot of willpower alongside MJ, which has made it harder to concentrate at work and has led to a few hangry moments at home. Luckily, this is a quieter time of year for me, which is why I chose to start when I did.

In hindsight, I probably should have waited until I got up to a higher dose before cutting calories quite so hard. So if other people are in this position, stay positive! Your approach might take longer but be better

My clothes already feel and look more comfortable; I love that feeling!

Hope everyone else is travelling well!

Hi!

I’ve decided to go back down to 2.5mg from July as suppression is no different on 5mg but exhaustion annoying.
Also the cost difference is significant.

ive used ChatGPT to calculate how many pens I need to reach my goal and I need 7 more to buy (currently on 2nd, and got 3rd purchased) . If I use discount codes and swap providers I can keep the remaining cost somewhere around 800-900£.

I am basing the calculation on the estimation that my current 1.5kg/week weight loss pace will eventually drop down to about 0.9kg/week

I just took my 7th dose at 2.5 but annoyingly I have only lost 1lb this week. Overall it’s 20lbs in 6 weeks which is obviously fab but I feel glum about this past week, plus it was bloody hard going! So I think I’m going to move up to 5. I am nervous about side effects - can those of you who have moved up let me know how you found it please? I have had minimal / no side effects so far really.