May 2026 Mounjaro starters - thread 2

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Can’t believe we are in a new thread! Keep It up everyone

That only works for me with acid

Are you still on 2.5? I had a wobble thinking the magic had worn off when I lost very little one week and then gained 0.5kg the next week for no particular reason. Then the following week - whoomph - that 0.5kg went together with another 0.5kg. So just hang in there and see how you go.

I’m a bit late to the non-official use of MJ, but extracted the golden dose last week and have a 5mg pen to start on next weekend which I will do initially by using a 2.5mg dose. If weight continues to creep down at that dose, I won’t take it up any higher, but otherwise am open to tiny dose increments.

yes still on the 2.5. the food noise is still absent and I am finding Ive had a few days when I didnt track too much, so am back on that. I do think hydration really impacts and Im sure its all good. Still no IBS which is good, but I had a fall so the inflammation and shock probably had some impact as well, as my wrist is still pretty swollen.

hope you are feeling better soon and that you’ve not done too much damage to your wrist 💐

💐 from me too Nettles. Falls are never fun!

no they are not fun, but I was tired and rushing and tripped over a piece of lino which I was literally about to put back in a caravan Im trying to get ready to rent, as had decided I was too tired. Slam down onto the concrete yard, second time in 2 weeks. Its getting better but Ive overdone it today. Not a good time, coming up to our busiest period - campsite opens tomorrow, busy at the glampingsite, forest school starts next week and I have a woman from Natural England coming tomorrow.....

Gosh, that is a lot in one go! Hope things go as smoothly as possible.

Oh what a nightmare, especially when you are going to be beyond busy with people coming in. Do you have a really big place or just a few people to be around for? I hope it isn’t too difficult for you while your wrist heals

Oh @NettleTea, you poor bugger. How's the wrist now?

I completely forgot to weigh-in this week for some reason, but did it on Sunday, and was only 0.05kg down! 50 whole grams! So basically the equivalent of a serving of dry pasta, 10 sheets of A4 paper, or a golf ball. Quite annoyed really.

I'm desperately sticking to around 1,100 calories (give or take a few either side) the last few days, and shall be rather miffed if this doesn't yield results.

Still, as my daughter says: "we move".

I like your pasta/paper/balls visuals for the 50grams, Teams.

What dose are you on? Do you think you need to go up a notch? The expert who wrote a book with Oprah Winfrey said that GLPs basically tell the brain to pursue a lower weight set point so I’ve been assuming each dose level instructs my brain to eat in a way that adjusts my weight to the set point it thinks is correct for me. What I mean is that you may be battling the limits of what your current GLP
dose can do for you without having to make a big restrictive dieting effort.

Ignore my words if they don’t sound relevant. Just mentioning in case it is.

Still on 2.5 for another 3 weeks, but I'm going to order 5mg after that and go up slowly as I'm going on holiday and fear that jumping to 5mg 2 days before I go away is just tempting fate. Thinking of 3.3.g (which I think is 40 clicks).

To be honest Im not finding it that difficult to stick to 1,110-1,200 cals, just keep self-sabotaging with wine every weekend, because I'm a pillock!

Ohhhh don’t do it…giving up the drink has been the best thing in the world for me, it means I don’t do the takeaway that comes after it either.

Knock it on the head for a month, see how you feel and how the loss goes, and then make a decision on whether you want to keep it for a weekend treat or have it less frequently. For me it is just a special occasion thing (or holiday) now I think.

And for my little milestone of the day, I hit 40% of my goal loss today (not the stretch goal though, that’s still just under 32%).

And my question of the day for people…do you guys find it hard not to keep telling people how you are getting on? I feel like it’s becoming the only thing I have going on in life, and I am actually apologising to people for how boring I am about it.

I try to keep it to myself, although I did tell my friends when I went for lunch for my birthday at the weekend, more because I was happy that Id finally lost some and was feeling better, but also because one of them went to weight watchers with me the time where I only lost a lb after nearly a year, so she knew how much I struggled and was disbelieved by the people who ran it.

but to add today that in regards to my lymphodema, for the last 20 years, although my legs have been 'controlled' in size by compression stockings, they always pitted up the front of my shin bone if pressed, and this morning I noticed that this isnt happening any more, which means the tissue that used to be full of lymph fluid is now normal fluid.

Ah I bet they were pleased for you then.

and great news on the legs :)

Weigh in day this morning and another strong loss 🎉

Week 12: 4lbs lost
SW: 270
CW: 228.8
GW: 168
Stretch GW: 140
Start BMI: 43.6
Current BMI: 36.9
Total loss: 41.2

Wow, a 4lb loss this week is amazing - are you doing anything differently?!

Today I hit 12 stone 🥳 (2lb off last week and 22.5lb down overall)

I feel that on week 3 of 5mg it is starting to build up and the appetite suppression gets a little stronger every week, particularly in the 3-4 days after jabbing. Yesterday I only managed 800 calories and that is not like me, I’m usually around 1400. I’m sure I will make up for it towards the end of the week though 😊
anyone else found this with 5mg? Maybe I’m just tired and busy as well.

3 weeks until I go away on holiday and I would LOVE to get comfortably into the 11 stone bracket so that I still see 11 on the scales when I get back.

Non-scale victory today - my knickers kept falling down! Had to buy SIZE TWELVE pants at lunchtime! Happy days.

No, nothing different, but my body got a reset from my holiday a couple of weeks ago and I think it is still working through it.

I’m sticking to 850-1000 calories, and just plugging away, I’m a bit sick of it, and definitely feeling a lot more fed up with life in general, but trying to take the wins when I can to perk me up.

Before my holiday the loss was getting smaller and smaller each week, and I was getting to about 2-2.4lbs a week. I expect that’s what will happen over the next couple of weeks now.

I want to get to 50lbs by the 28th August (in time for my BILs 40th meal and then my holiday on 30th) - I need a smidge under 2.2 a week to hit that from now, so looking hopeful for me right now. Then I’ll likely do a massive amount of short term damage while I’m away, but long term benefits from doing 20k steps a day in Orlando in August temps. Not sure what will happen with the scales, probably/hopefully a half stone gain followed by the loss of that and another 10lbs over the next 2 weeks. I usually come back from the trip significantly fitter and healthier (even if larger for a couple of days) before seeing a half stone loss on average.

I’m worried that since I won’t jab while I’m away (I get sick for too many days to risk it) that I will fall out of the good habits when I’m back. I also worry that I’ll just get bored and give it up. I’ve reached this amount of loss before and then got bored and fallen into old habits, it’s really worrying to think about. I’m hoping this time because I have my husband fully on board with everything to the point of him weighing food he makes me, and never ever suggesting drinks or snacks or anything (he is a bit of a feeder) that this will be half of the battle. But the thought of stopping and restarting 3 weeks later is a bit of a tricky one for me.

Really good job on hitting 12, that’s my first goal. Keep going and get that cushion so you can have a relax on your trip ❤️

Love this…no more giant pants for you

I see it this way: I've stopped eating many of the things I love, but which made me rather fat.

Bread, toasted bagels, crumpets and proper butter, pasta, naan bread, crisps (God I LOVE crisps), mayonnaise, pizza, brie, cheese and crackers... There has to be some pleasure in life, and a couple of hundred calories of wine is mine. I now just have a couple of glasses on a Friday and Saturday night instead of a couple of glasses AND a family sized bag of crisps or packet of cashews plus some toast later. I can do that and not feel like I'm on a restrictive diet that I'm going to get fucked-off with and give up at some point.

I have to say I am being massively educated on just how much I was eating before - not necessarily the volume, but like a bagel with butter and marmite for breakfast = 280 calories, an M&S sandwich and crisps at lunchtime = 650 odd calories, 3 flat whites during the day = 300 calories, come home and have pasta in a creamy sauce = 600+ calories, have a snack = 200 calories. I honestly had no idea how carb-heavy my diet was, it's really opened my eyes.

Possibly moving up to 5mg will curb the wine - we'll see.

here's to smaller pants !!!👖

In fairness I still have my guilty pleasure that honestly takes up waaaay more of my calories than I would admit to other people. I have 2 cans of coke a day now, so that’s 258 of the calories I have - sometimes that means I’ve had 1/3 of my calories as a sugary drink 🤷‍♀️

But like you with the wine, I think without it I would feel like I didn’t have any pleasure left.

I don’t count calories, but since starting MJ I have been counting protein. Although I didn’t count protein before, it’s quite an effort to get in 85-100+ grams of protein per day and I’m realising that I previously existed mainly on carbs. Not even especially unhealthy carbs and for years I’ve been cooking from scratch and eating lots of and varied fruit and veg. But one day when I try out not using jabs, it will be interesting to see if the continuous hunger and need to top up with snacks exists in a world where I’m eating this much protein.

I had a very carb heavy diet too and now I'm so unfussed about them. I've always suspected carbs don't agree with my body but I loved them so much and struggled not to base a meal around them, but now I often gave meals that are low carb without even thinking about it