Mounjaro October starters - Thread 9!

[Bluenose1966]

Hi all,
for those who want to follow Mounjaro October starters which was created by @Hansholbien
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5359483-mounjaro-october-starters-thread-8?page=1

Hello everyone I have name changed (Maarva) but been here since the beginning. Still on my 5mg a week and maintaining ok plus still doing my weightlifting. I plan on being on this long term as it suits me.

I am with Cloud and have had an email about the tablet form. Wondering if anyone else had considered it? Would really prefer it but nervous to make a change as Mounjaro has worked so well for me.

I know exactly what you mean @LumionaMoonsplash . I'm 62 and the last time I was anywhere near this size was when I was 25. When I catch myself in the mirror I tend to stop and stare, not in a 'get me, I'm fabulous' way, but more a 'how the hell did that happen' way.
I'm beyond happy with my weight loss and loving how much more active I am now. But it also makes me sad that I could / should have been like this all my life and I've missed so much. It's all a bit confusing, and then there's the fear I'll wake up one morning fat again...

Hi all

Great to hear all of your progress.

Quick Wegovy update, after a year on MJ. I have somehow managed to drop a couple of pounds the last couple of weeks, so under my self imposed higher target of 14 stone now. I had my last 1mg dose today and have 1.7mg ready to go for next week.

Hoping this will increase suppression again, as not felt any in a while and have been relying on willpower mostly. I managed to get the 1.7 (4th highest dose) for £120 with a new starter discount which is considerably cheaper than the equivalent MJ, however I am now fast running out of places I can start as a newby with, so relying on the odd discount from former sellers that come through here and there.

Keep on at it everyone!

@DeltaAlphaDelta79 that's great that you're losing on wegovy. Well done 👏 in the trials 2.4mg was equivalent to 7.5mg so 1.7mg is around 5mg and 1mg is arpund 2.5mg! It's still cheaper than MJ but it doesn't have the GIP which a lot of us need for blood sugar control. I was on wegovy 3 months but progressively became more ill so went back to MJ. I'm glad it's working for you and will save money in the long run. What is your target now?

@Mysticmaiden anywhere betwen 13 and 14 stone I am happy with, so the closer I get to 13 the better.

Its definitely not working as well as MJ did, I always knew it wasn't as effective, but Ive lost the majority of the weight I need so using this more as maintenance and to lose the last few pounds.

Quick stop in for me as Iv been MIA for a while.

Still on MJ but Iv gone up to 10st 1! I was 9st 9lbs and maintaining at 9.9-9.11lbs!

It was my sons birthday, and we had dominos, then 2 meals out, breakfast out, weekend away and then lunch out with friends and wine! All within a week for various things so today I am back to being 100% to shift it.

I actually feel so bloated & big!! Its ridiculous.

I am out Sunday for an event drinking all day and then on the 26th June I have a black tie event for work so need to make sure I'm trim for that or my dress wont fit! so back down to 9st something I need to be.

Lovely to hear from you all. This process is so much more than the weight loss as many of you have been expressing. I feel a sense of loss for all the wasted years that I spent sad, depressed and under confident because of my weight and the comparison thing I totally get. Scanning the room or beach! to see if you’re the biggest or not and the sense of shame.
I also feel ‘why can’t I just do this myself’ and have a constant internal battle with myself about taking medication! I feel like it’s a secret I keep which should my family and friends discover they’d judge me negatively so I’ve still not told anyone except this group. All my family are slim and I’ve always been the biggest one. It’s always going to be something I keep to myself but I’d like to feel more at peace with it. MJ has changed my life! Sounds so dramatic - but I feel great and even on a bad day - I’m happy in my body which is priceless.
There's definitely a lot of psychological stuff that goes along with us on this journey. Having been ill with cancer I also know that staying slim is important for me and I remind myself of that when I feel bad about being on medication.
I’ve always had an internal voice worried about what else it’s doing to me and many people around me have strong opinions about health implications- that bothers me but not enough to outweigh the benefits. I have many conflicts !! It’s not a simple choice. Sorry for banging on but this and all of you are my safe space. Love xx

Hi all, love reading all your updates. I have had a busy few weeks with having my 60th partyand just back from holiday to Malta.
Think everyone loved the 60th more than me though I really enjoyed the evening when we were all up dancing.😂. On reflection I should have got caterers. Plus all I did was panic about the weather and if I had enough room/ chairs etc etc for weeks before. Not the chilled vibe I had envisaged though a plus point was I felt slim. Haven’t got any photos really on my own but this gives you an idea plus one from Malta. Slim but wrinkly😂.
First time in Malta, enjoyed it, though no sandy beaches. Sightseeing of a day and chilling by pool of an afternoon, prices for coffee/ eating out quite reasonable.
Was 9st 1.9lb when I got weighed today so put about 4lb on over last 2 weeks so Injection and back on straight and narrow today.
@EVK I was initially embarrassed re telling certain people re MJ, but am more blasé about it all now. Reading “Let Them” by Mel Robbins has really put in perspective to stop wasting my emotional energy worrying what others think, not only in relation to MJ but on a personal level. I know some of my slim friends will have possibly been judgemental behind my back but I think I am genuinely past caring.
@FizzleGONE Hope you are feeling less bloated and back on track.
@Mysticmaiden Did you decide on a car yet? Our cars are both over 10 years old but both have relatively low mileage. Can’t really afford new cars without getting a loan which I don’t want to do so hoping to get another few years out of both of them.

You look fab - parties are always that way - accompanied by a lot of work and hard to relax into when you’re the one doing it all!! Glad to hear you’re enjoying a lovely holiday. I’ve read the ‘Let them- let me’ theory too .. but agree but just want to keep this one to myself - I actually don’t think it’s anyone else’s business but mine. You’ll soon drop those couple of pounds. How wonderful to feeling fab at 60. I’m wrinkly too - sad side effect of both age and weight loss ! I’m trying to make my peace with it but don’t like the crepe old skin !! Oh to be in our 30 year old skin !! I try to tell myself I’ll never be younger than I am right now so enjoy it 😂 I’m two years behind you and would like to press a stop aging button right now !

@Bluenose1966 you look fantastic! And nowhere near 60 (I can say that as a 62 year old).
I'm also having to make peace with the crepey wrinkly skin, I've probably easily got a stone of spare skin from 9 stone weight loss, but I'd rather have that than the weight back.
I suppose I could just about stretch to surgery to get rid of it, but I don't like the idea of surgery unless it's medically necessary - it would be such a shame to cark it on the operating table and not get to spend any time enjoying the new me
😂
I've started reducing my dose by 0.5 each week, down to 13.5 this week and I seem to be maintaining ok. Just going to order my new pen and it will be a 12.5 not a 15 (hurrah!), but I was a bit disappointed it's not that much cheaper. I think the 10mg makes more of a difference.
I'm with MedExpress and have been from the start, does anyone know if they have any maintenance plans? I know they didn't have originally but thought they might have woken up to the ongoing business opportunity.
Alternatively, who's good for maintenance that would take me on with a bmi of 24ish?

Placemarking as I've just started.

I would look at the more flexible maintenance providers like swift Dr, pharmulous or Oushk, who I am with and have been since Jan 25. I'm bmi 21.8 currently and all fine with prescribing but I do have to do video bmi verification checks. I do get £25 maintenance discount off each pen though.

This is a thread from those who started in October 2024. You might want to join a recent group for support at a similar stage. Good luck.

Dear all, I hope you are well and coping well in this heat?
I've had a cold and sore throat since last Saturday, fever started from wednesday. I've been going to work daily still and been very busy, even at a course all day in this crazy heat so believe because I haven't rested, it's affected my recovery. Normally I'll recover in 3-5 days but yesterday a work colleague said they believe I'm still ill because I need to eat more and put on weight! They did precede their opinion with "don't take offence at this" but obviously it wasn't nice to hear.

I'm 55.9kg this morning bmi 22.1 exact same weight as last week and I also started my period on Monday, so I think it's just been a tough draining week. I also had a massive 6 months long project that needed finishing by Friday and I finally got it completed at 4pm, so it's been a stressful week with poor sleep. I've worked 7 weeks without a day off and even had to work last saturday morning as an extra compulsory shift. My appetite had been low while I've been ill but I'm still eating enough.
I hate that so many people feel they can comment on my weight and food intake and blame illness on my weight loss. I think I've just been on the go a lot and I'm run down.

Anyway I have next week off. Have a few errands to run and hopefully get to enjoy some of this weather too. Today I'll be resting as I'm still feverish and full of cold. Will see if I stay awake for the England match!

@Bluenose1966 no I haven't decided on a car yet, but I'm thinking stick with petrol for now as I will be charging it a lot with driving 80 miles a day and could end up having to replace the battery which will cost a fortune. My MOT is on Monday and my car has hit over 103k and I can hear a metal rattling noise when I drive and I know the brakes also will need replacing so it will be expensive!

@Mysticmaiden I’m just starting to get over the same cold - it really dragged on and has taken the best part of two weeks. I caught it from DH who had it for two weeks as well - and he’s never been near wli, is borderline overweight and definitely doesn’t need to eat any medicinal pies.
I think your colleague was spouting horse feathers

Ah maybe there are some tough viruses going round or maybe it's a form of covid then. I didn't expect it to linger on this long but if others have experienced the same then it's good to know I'm not an outlier..thanks for letting me know and hope you and your DH feel better soon 😊 yes I agree about my colleague!

Got weighed today and was 8st 13,7lb, don’t really deserve to be under 9st as had a few nights out but psychologically now like being under 9st. My bmi is 19.6.

Hope you feel better soon @Mysticmaiden . Crap being ill but imagine even worse in this heat. Some people like to blame MJ and our weight loss for everything, sounds like to me you are run down with being so busy at work. You are probably far healthier in general than before you started MJ but of course that person wouldn’t acknowledge that.
I think Igivein got it right with “spouting horse feathers”. Or as I say “talking shite”😂
All the people I know are used to my weight loss now as been about this weight for quite a while so don’t even mention it. If the subject does come up I just wax lyrical about the health benefits, unfortunately for them I listen to loads of Drs on health podcasts so have all the facts regardless of anything they say😂
@igivein There is a useful section on monj.co.uk which gives info on various providers maintenance policies and also prices
https://monj.co.uk/mounjaro-maintenance-pharmacies/

Have not liked this heat. Off to Lisbon in 9 days and it’s even hotter there😳 At least we will have air con.

@Bluenose1966 You look fab, what a lovely green dress too! hope you enjoy lisbon. how was it?

@Mysticmaiden I hope you are feeling better now! Loads of people around me seem to be saving they have a cold but so far so good with me. I normally only get 1 a year.

My weight is going to shit. I started hanging around 10st, which i was fine with but after a work event last week iv gone up to 10st 4lbs and I am not happy at all at that weight so I am back to being good. I jabbed 10mg this week but I need to look into getting more, I only have 1/4 of a pen left!

I have no work events or plans with friends now for about a month so I can really get stuck in again.

@FizzleGONE @Bluenose1966 @igivein my cold is at the end thankfully! Thanks for your thoughts, support and well wishes. It was definitely the heat making it worse, I struggled to breathe and barely went outside. Luckily, I haven't been ill since last October so this year hasn't been so bad with being unwell.

I'm just at car garage waiting while they're doing my mot, I think it needs lots of work doing, minimum brakes but I'm expecting that already 🙈 so I'm not expecting good news.
Tomorrow I have a root canal filling at dentist and then nothing else booked in for my week off other than a body contouring session, which I'm getting done at a salon using a quad lipo machine. I've lost a cm off my waist after 3 sessions and my weight hasn't changed so it must be that.
@FizzleGONE don't worry about the weight, I've heard lots saying they've gained 3-4lbs in this heat so it is probably that, most likely water retention in case you've eaten the 14000k extra cals in a week needed to gain 4lbs!! A colleague gained 3lbs last week and we have had extreme heat. I was up 1.5lbs but I also had my cold and period last week and it went down Sunday luckily.

@Mysticmaiden How did the car MOT go? hoping it didn't cost too much!

I also had to have 2 fillings at the dentist this week, well... one filling redone and I cracked another tooth but lucky both were shallow.

I am back down to 9st 13lbs! I have made a bit more of an effort to be mindful of what I have eaten since iv posted and it seems to have worked. I would like to get back down to 9st 9/10lbs though so I am firmly in the 9s. I think i am happy overall at this weight. I will share a picture of myself from a recent works do and I think I look ok.

I literally have 2 doses left in my pen and I don't know what I will do then. I may look at the wegovy pill and possibly lie about my current weight to get it. Don't all tell me of at once! ha
To be honest I think I have done well. I had 5 15mg pens in september and I recon I can get to the end of july with them so they have lasted me ages.

My dress for my work event.

@FizzleGONE looking rather fabulous!!!

It's so nice to catch up with you all occasionally. It's knowing my struggles, strategies, thoughts, crepey skin, achievments or etc aren't just mine, we're all on interwoven paths, with our own experiences, but heading in the same direction

After putting on about three or four pounds it has taken me more than two months to shift it and get back to 10st 5lbs. I was taking my regular 3.3 dose, upped to 4 and then up to 5 but not really feeling the love. In all honesty, it was actually a very stressful situation over ten days that did the trick. Back on 3.3 now and thinking it might be nearly time to try going down to 2.5. I might try lower one week and back slightly higher the following for a while.

I've just started my second 6 months maintenance with Oushk. I think I'm more likely to be on mj long term, than not. So getting onto the lowest dose/cost pen is a must. I really hope they eventually develop an mj pill

@FizzleGONE wow you look amazing ♥️ lovely dress and you have the height so your weight looks good on you!
If you've been on mj before and want to go on tablets, you'll probably be fine if you look at a maintenance pharmacy like oushk, pharmulous, swift dr etc just sent them a photo of boxes, oushk give 6 weeks per pen but if you are short dosing you could always say you took a break and want to go back on as you are gaining weight.
I think lots lie about their weight but with oushk we have to do bmi verifications so stand on a scale on a live video call and in front of a door for height so pointless lying! Usually just eat a decent breakfast and lunch so I weigh a few lbs heavier plus wear jeans 😆 but my bmi is 22 so it's not too low as oushk go down to 19.

My MOT was fine! Not a penny needed, just a few advisories 😲🤷‍♀️ I'm not complaining, last year was just 2 light bulbs but it's always inbetween that things go wrong!
I then had my root canal on Tuesday, I still had remnants of my cold and cough and tried to reschedule appointment but she was booked up until September and only 2 dentists do root canals there, so i just got through it and the tooth was very infected but nerve was dead so she did it without an anaesthetic! Took me another 2 days to recover from end of cold my root canal and only actually left the house and did any jobs yesterday. I'm recovered now thankfully!

Thanks for all your good wishes. @FizzleGONE you look amazing in that dress! @Bluenose1966 how was Lisbon? It’s very nice there, but I’d struggle post knee replacement with the hills atm! @igivein Oushk would be fine with your bmi for maintenance, although I have thought about looking at prices with other maintenance providers for myself (Eg Swift, Pharamlous). @Mysticmaiden - oh my a root canal and no local!! I’ve had three and no one comes near me without large quantities of local. I hope you’re feeling better now.
Re those of you who had car problems - we did too with air con not working on our old Peugeot. So we bought a new Citroen C5 aircross on interest free credit. Air con works a treat in this heat!

I am now six and a half weeks post knee replacement. I was off 10mg MJ for just over six weeks (pre and post op).
I started again on 20/06 at 2.5mg and have taken 5mg on 27/06 and yesterday (04/07). Oushk said I’d be fine on 5mg so that is the pen I’ve got, but I chickened out for the first dose! Anyway, I can report that going back on has been fine. No side effects this time around with starting.
Food noise was starting to kick in so I’m glad to be back on it. Weight wise I’m at 11 stone today and my lowest pre-op was 10 stone. 8.5lb. I’d really like to reach my 10 and a half stone target and so I’ll work towards that. I’m wondering if I could do that on 5mg?! It’d be great to do that if I could rather than going up the doses again.

One of the problems is that I can’t currently do the steps I would usually do although I’m working hard on my physio exercises and have just bought an exercise bike (my physio suggested it). Trying to increase the walking and amount of standing but it is a slow process! This operation is not for the faint hearted!!

I’m managing to get out for a bit each day and have been out for some lunches with friends - such a nice feeling! I’ve been cleared for driving so next week I’ll go back to our gym which has a pool to start some hydrotherapy exercises that my physio has given me - can’t wait to get in the water!

Goal is now to keep on with the exercise programme and hopefully lose that extra half stone whilst being careful to keep up my protein intake necessary for healing bone and muscles!
We’ve got two holidays booked for September . One in Norfolk with family and one on Sorrento (for me and my husband).