May 2026 Mounjaro starters - thread 2

[madeinthe80z]

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

Yes I have brought the pen with me. I’m on 5mg. I have found it relatively easy to not over-indulge. Its main benefit for me is that im not obsessing about where my next grub is coming from.

I’ve used IQ Doctor - that was reasonable £139 with a code. I’ve got one I could share. IQ also good - this month they emailed me with a £30 payday code to encourage you to buy again… that was unexpected and well timed haha

Great going - you’ll be at target in no time.

With Numan referral code it was 119.88 (but that was with a small percentage off too so could be more like 130)

This code gives £100 off Numan which I’ve found to be the lowest when using codes.

BUTTTTT…I have a mini stockpile, and one more pen will give me enough to get to the end of my journey so please if someone uses this code let me know ASAP so I can remove it and then the person who uses it can put theirs up instead to start a bit of a chain. I don’t want to end up with a few referral discounts that I won’t use and then someone else is missing out.

https://www.numan.com/refer/REF-3ECCYC9N

Another question. My DH who's on this secretly he keeps the jabs in the fridge in the garage. Drank a few beers with mates last night. He was up all night with the squits. I've been told that the kitchen must be to blame. He's bleached all the work tops and told me to do the same whenever I prep in there.

Now colour me stupid but he's on his third month weight loss has stalled he was moaning , could his pharmacist have adjusted the dosage to encourage further, faster weight loss.?

Depends how many a ‘few’ beers is I guess! I can drink with no different effects than I had before MJ however I wouldn’t drink in the week after increasing dose (might that be a change?) or within 4 days or so of jab day.

I don't know he hasn't drunk during the week, Friday has been his let loose day.

The drink will have caused the problem.

Having a ‘let loose day’ is going to make his weight loss stall. Mounjaro doesn’t make you lose weight, it makes it easier for you to stick to a diet…he isn’t sticking to a diet if he is having a blowout and drinking on a weekend, the rest of the week he will be trying to fix the damage before the next blowout comes round.

This isn’t a Mounjaro issue, this is your husband not being sensible with his diet and misunderstanding what the jab is doing for him.

you should have a look on the other weight loss threads, there will be other people who have dieted/eaten like your husband that can offer advice on what is happening and going wrong. We are all still fairly new to it so may not be able to help, we are here just to help each other get through the weeks and support each other to success.

When I say let loose it's two pints of beer is that really enough to stall weight loss 🙈

I think you're all amazing. It's not being able to discuss it with him that is so frustrating. I was a bit hurt that my cleanliness was apparently to blame.

I've felt quite nauseous today.

Haven't wanted to eat at all, but knew I should have something. I drank peppermint tea to try to stave it off and at lunch had a poached egg on a small slice of sourdough, but couldn't finish it (not like me at all).

Is this quite usual when you go up to 5 mg?

Edited to add: The scales informed me I'm 5 pounds heavier at the end of this week! Hopefully that is the heat...

I think your husband is being very unfair with you, and I’ve thought this on a couple of your posts. Is he usually like this? Is it the diet causing the issue? He doesn’t seem to be treating you well, to the point where if it were mine he would be getting told to stop being a dick…but then mine wouldn’t be like that with me tbf so easier said than done

It could be the increased Mounjaro strength too. It’s slowing down the stomach emptying, and if it is doing it more than last time you could have more in your digestive system than you would normally have.

you sound like me every week for the first couple of days after my jab. Unable to eat food, and feeling sick. Hopefully it gets better

I respect his secret for whatever reason. It's the drama around it that's hard. With a 40 inch waist when at 5' 5" it should be a 32"waist max. That I understand. The mood swings are difficult. But women have those. So I'm sucking it up.

I think he'll be disappointed if he gets to goal because his hair won't grow back his face wrinkles won't disappear. His knee pain should ease fingers crossed. But he's 75. So IMO can't expect miracles.

Is he ok in everything else? Worried about his health or something? That could explain the secret jabbing and being grumpy

At 75 he's attending more funerals than parties. Yes he worries.

Weigh in day for me and I have lost… 200grams. I was a bit disappointed as I feel like I didn’t eat much in the heat last week, but then I thought about what a miracle it is not to be feeling as swollen as I would normally feel in the heat. After two pens, I have lost 4kg in total which isn’t that much compared to some of you, but it’s made me feel a lot weller and more stable and less swollen in my body. The weight has mostly gone from my torso which is the dreaded metabolically dangerous visceral fat. I am grateful for all of that. I had my pharmacist chat last week and chickened out of going up to 5mg even though I had bought needles to be able to go slow 2.5/3.75. I just figured it was ok even if I stall for a month. Think I mentioned I have some travel and an important event this week and could not risk side effects if I raised dose. I’m actually feeling crud today which I think is a virus. Might even delay jab until after travel as I am curious about whether food noise returns. Can’t say I have missed it!! Anyway, that’s plenty of waffle. Bye for now - hope everyone else ok!

Yeah torso weight is where you want it to disappear isn’t it. Better that the chest which is the first place mine comes from

I reckon once the weather cools down a bit we'll all be seeing some losses as the water retention subsides.

@KittensAndCupcakes I'd absolutely love to lose from my torso. Despite being nearly a stone down, I still look like an egg on skinny legs and really can't see the slightest difference in my massive tummy. Honestly, if I weren't so old I could easily pass for 6 months pregnant! You've lost weight and you feel better for it - that's a win in my book.

I was 4lbs heavier Friday morning when I weighed (I weigh daily so this was overnight!) Friday is my weigh day so I was livid. Get water retention because of heat etc etc but what am I, a sodding camel?! Anyway, back to where I was on Thursday this morning, so what really can do strange things!

7238SM
Thank you so much for explaining this.
It has helped me massively.

Started on 2.5 mg 8 wks ago. 2 pens. 1st pen lost 12 lbs. I had a wk off work after 1st dose and needed it, needed to be near loo for first 2 days and then nauseaous, reflux, sulpher burbs, so tired. Wrecked.

2nd 2.5 mg pen lost 1lb...life a bit stressful, Some days for work related events, driving 4 hrs on motorway but as long as I was maintaining loss, it seemed to balance it.
Food noise came back with a bang though

Got the 5mg pen last wk, was going to take 3.5 ( 45 clicks) but chickened out as had presentation following eve. Took 2.5mg dose from 5mg pen (30 clicks) on wed, suppression huge, side effects were there like day 1 but not as bad at all. Have lost 2lbs since wed. So you re theory correct ...higher concentration in 5mg pen.

I know everyone is different, just sharing my experience.
With work I was afraid of not being able to function properly and also I have a paranoid feeling about my sight and vision.

15 lbs down in 8.5 wks so happy with that.

Well the scales have certainly given you the hump 🫣🤦‍♀️ I’m such an embarrassment lol

Glad it came back off again. I hate a water rebound.

😂