I really enjoyed the initial appetite suppression and weight loss. I lost 1.5 stone fairly quickly between last Oct and Christmas. Then at Christmas time, I started to get Eggy burps, nausea, wind, belching and diarrhoea. I've stuck it out, slightly increasing dose to 5mg and doing it slowly up through 3.5, 4 etc. I ruined a big night out for myself and my partner, an expensive night away in a hotel spoiled by me being ill. This has repeated almost weekly since Christmas. The only weeks it hasn't happened is when I couldn't face taking the jab and had a break from it.

This weekend past I've had another life event spoiled for myself and my partner.

It's always the same, 2 days after taking the injection the pain starts, the guts so upset you can feel it on the outside. Then the diarrhoea, no sleep as it always seems to happen at 4am or earlier. When the eggs burps start I know what's coming. I've tried eating only soup once the eggs burps start but that didn't help either.

I'm not appetite suppressed anymore. I am not fully binge eating either, but the days of eating half a dinner then not wanting any more are gone.

I have maintained my initial loss, and tomorrow is jab day and I'm just so sick of being sick.

Before I quit, have you any advice! I'm already taking windeze, settlers, pesto Bizmol, immodium etc. I take so much I regularly run out.

On MJ, I got to a healthy BMI quite quickly and then reached BMI 20 in April last year and managed to maintain that without medication until recently! I was that BMI before I gained weight so it was easy to maintain, I had a regular fitness routine too.

However in last few months life has been really stressful, I have been struggling with work etc and have not been as active nor focused on nutrition. I am basically overweight again in terms of BMI, but as it’s a recent gain, some of that weight might be temporary/water retention. I hope the actual fat gain might not be as high as the scale suggests!

Regardless I was just wondering what my options might be in an attempt to restart Mounjaro for maintenance purposes, to help me avoid further weight gain? I have about 10kg to lose to get back to where I was although losing about 3kg would get me back under BMI 25. I haven’t ordered MJ in a year (MedExpress). However I had a stockpile that ran out in August last year. So I’m not sure, if maintenance prescriptions would be possible in my case and was wondering how pharmacies may approach this.

Like the title says- I’m on my second go around with Mounjaro- and things seem very different for me….

First time around I did the going up 2.5 every pen, until 10; when my digestion became unpleasant- backed off to 7.5 and 5, but kept on feeling nauseous every time I ate, eventually I gave up, having lost 14 kilos over 6 months. It did help me to stop taking citalopram for depression and I haven’t needed to go back on that

A year later, having regained 8 of those kilos, and pretty dispirited I got the courage to try again- nothing else was helping to stop me devouring a whole large Papa Johns, or a pack and a half of biscuits…. I even worked out that the work meal deal could be a triple sandwich, Ginsters pasty and a thick milkshake (still daren’t look up that calorie count).

This time I’ve stayed on 2.5- just onto my 4th pen and the suppression has been amazing- and without significant side effects (headachy and tired the morning after injecting sometimes, and the odd bit of constipation) but the wins have been great:

- Down 12.5 kilos (103-91) in 13 weeks
- BMI down from 33.8 to 29.7
- Twice I’ve postponed the injection by a week because of big, emotional weeks- each time I’ve maintained, not lost, but not gained
- Snoring stopped
- Waist down from 38 to 34 (pre-Covid Jeans now fitting better than they did then)
- T shirts down from XXL to XL/L
- Cholesterol down from 5 to 4.4
- 5 bags of clothes that were enormous on me gone to charity, one shirt was more like a lab coat.

Couple of things I’ve found useful:

- Protein shakes- the whey isolate ‘clear’ one from Bulk has been amazing as a breakfast substitute and the u-fit Strawberry is a great one in a meal deal.
- Treat meals the day before injecting when I can manage fish and chips or a takeaway
- Grapes- sweet, amazing and so juicy, same for easy peelers
- cutting carbs from a lot of meals, last night was a big chicken Kiev with green veg- more than enough
- walking- we got a walking-pad (folding mini treadmill) in Covid- watching an episode of something crappy on Netflix is about 5000 steps

One thing I’ve not tried is back to the gym- have promised myself to start some resistance work once I get below 90….

Think I’m facing into this being a forever drug for me, and that’s fine- I know I’m on hypertension tablets for life, and I’ll just ignore the voice that tells me weight issues are something I should be able to control; 30 years of trying hasn’t done it for more than a few weeks, and I’d rather be physically healthier through less chance of heart problems than worry too much about anything else!

So, other than me just being a bit smug; I hope this post is useful to others- it might be slower at a lower dose, but it does still work for some of us.

I have a 12.5 pen at the moment and it was broken when it arrived. I have put in for replacement but as I was doing my dose I've used a syringe to take a dose. However, I've taken 1 ml and I've just realized that's probably more than the recommended dose.

I've been up to 15 before and not really suffered that badly. Not really had any side effects and have been taking for about a year but still think this might be a big mistake. Have I accidentally given myself 20 ml

Not Convinced it all went in

Hola necesito ayuda estuve dos meses con 2,5 ahora estoy con 5,es la semana 6 con 5 y tengo mucha mucha hambre sobre todo después de comer me han vuelto los antojos me recomendáis subir el siguiente mes a 7,5? Qué tal os fue la dosis de 7,5?

I'm just past one month into starting HRT (49f in perimenopause), estrogen mist every day, two weeks of the month progesterone is added in. It's been a bit rough with my emotions, occasional nausea and some fatigue. That is via my gyno. My GP recently ok'd Mounjaro for me, but I am absolutely TERRIFIED to start. I really need to lose this extra weight but I'm also super worried about the side effects, especially nausea. While I wait to hear back from my gyno to get her opinion, I'd love to know if anyone else has been through this.

I've been waiting to get some new spring / summer clothes as all my ones from last year which are all size 18/ 20. I've been to a couple of shops and got mostly size 12 clothes including trousers!!!

I honestly couldn't believe it, ive been on Mounjaro for 18 months now and am so thrilled with how it's worked.

I was feeling a bit deflated as ive been hovering on the same 3lbs for a while now and am so close to my end goal so this just gave me the boost I needed.

Hi all,

Long time lurker and first time poster.

I’m feeling quite let down by my weight loss since starting Mounjaro. Only 5kgs since starting on 15 March.

My partner is the most supportive and actually decided to start Mounjaro when I said I wanted to start. He’s the same with the scales not saying much but I can see in his face and belly that he’s lost something. I just can’t see that in myself.

We’ve both gone up to 5mg and I’ve noticed suppression more but the scales still aren’t budging. We eat healthy and exercise every night after dinner. I’m just not sure what I’m doing wrong. Has anybody else experienced this?

I’ve been with med express currently on 7:5mg and never used any other suppliers but in seems there are far cheaper options, does the likes of medicine marketplace offer the low price just for a one off switch or hold their prices consistently low and is it much of a hassle to switch providers?
TIA

Avoid Curely at all costs.

I thought I selected a non subscription and the order renewed itself well before my first pen was even half way used (likely cause their stupid system took forever to actually send me my first one), the order went only started this morning but now they have the cheek to hold my money hostage with either I let the order go through or they're taking 50% of the money?

Hi

I came off mounjaro in January as I felt I needed a break & to test myself to see if I could maintain the weight I had got to and I managed to do this but losing more fat post mounjaro has proved difficult and slow but not impossible. I went up as high as 15mg during the journey but ended up dropping to 7:5mg before my break. I now want to restart mounjaro and get to my goal weight, is restarting on 7:5 mg or even 5mg doable to ensure effective fat loss or should I start on the lower 2:5mg, anyone done this and what was your experience & advice please

Hi folks,

For the last two years almost, Fuel10k complete powder has been my go to protein shake every day for breakfast.

It looks like it’s been discontinued as it hasn’t been available since Christmas.

Can anyone recommend a replacement option?

I’m looking for ideally around or below the 200kcal mark (happy to do a half portion to achieve that).

Points for non-dairy. I think fuel10k was coconut milk /pea protein.

Powder over ready made ideally.

BUT the biggest thing is something that doesn’t have that super sweet aspartame type taste.

I’ve tried lots of the protein works ones and find them across the board way too sweet, and they seem to split if you don’t drink them straight away (I sip through the morning at work).

Any reccos greatly appreciated!!