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STARTING MY MOUNJARO JOURNEY | week 1 results, start weight, side effects & injecting my first dose
Our summary
The creator, a UK woman who films vlogs, records the start of her Mounjaro treatment. She says she has been stuck in a cycle of losing and regaining a pound at a time, and that Slimming World, intermittent fasting and calorie counting have not worked for her. She is paying privately through Med Express, and says she completed the required forms, ID, photo and GP details. She shows the box, the sharps bin and four weekly needles, notes that everyone starts on 2.5 mg, and chooses to inject at night so any side effects can be slept off. She walks through attaching the needle, priming the pen and injecting into her stomach.
One person's experience, in their words. Not medical advice.
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What else the video covers
She gives her start weight as 10 stone 12 at a height of 4'11, with a healthy weight she puts at around 8 to 8.5 stone. Her goal is to lose about 2.5 stone, and she aims for 1 to 2 lb a week. After the first week she reports weighing 10 stone 7, a loss of 5 lb, which she says is far more than she expected. She mentions using a referral code from another person, which she says lowered her prescription cost.
For side effects, she describes strong thirst most days, mild nausea and no wish for her morning coffee the day after the dose, and occasional headaches. She says she had more energy and a better mood rather than fatigue. She also reports slightly less heavy, painful and swollen legs, which she links to her lipoedema and lymphoedema, while calling the change minor. Her biggest change is the loss of appetite and food noise. She tracks calories and protein in MyFitnessPal, takes prescribed calcium and vitamin D, has started fibre gummies bought for about £18, and plans to add a multivitamin. She says she is not recommending the drug to anyone.
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Takeaways
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- 1:02 She says she chose private prescribing through Med Express after trying Slimming World, intermittent fasting and calorie counting, and that every patient starts on 2.5 mg.
- 1:49 She decides to inject her first dose in the evening because she has read that side effects are easier to sleep through, then shows how she attaches the needle, primes the pen and injects into her stomach.
- 4:47 She states her start weight as 10 stone 12 at 4'11, with a goal of losing about 2.5 stone.
- 9:01 After the first week she reports weighing 10 stone 7, a 5 lb loss, which she says far exceeded her expectation of 1 to 2 lb.
- 10:51 She lists her week one side effects as thirst, mild nausea, occasional headaches, no taste for morning coffee, and says she had more energy and a better mood.
- 14:42 She describes the loss of food noise as the biggest change, and says she is tracking protein and fibre and taking calcium, vitamin D and fibre gummies.
Key moments
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What the video says
As stated in the video, not checked by us. Doses and results are the speaker’s, not advice.
- Medication
- Mounjaro
- Doses mentioned
- 2.5 mg
- Point in the journey
- Week 1
- Side effects mentioned
- nausea and low appetite
- Who is speaking
- Patient
Questions this video answers
How much weight did she lose in the first week on Mounjaro?
She says she went from 10 stone 12 to 10 stone 7 after the first week on 2.5 mg, a loss of 5 lb. She describes this as well above what she expected, since she had aimed for 1 to 2 lb a week.
What side effects did she have in week one of Mounjaro?
She reports strong thirst almost every day, some nausea and no desire for her morning coffee the day after injecting, and occasional mild headaches. She says she felt more energy and a better mood instead of the tiredness she had read about.
How does she inject the Mounjaro pen?
She says she attaches a needle to the pen, primes it by turning the dose knob two clicks and pushing until a drop appears, then turns the dial to one and holds it down until it returns to zero. She injected into her stomach and says the dial returning to zero shows the full dose was delivered.
Did Mounjaro help her lipoedema symptoms?
She says her legs felt a little less heavy, painful and swollen by the end of week one. She calls the difference minimal and not groundbreaking, and says she does not yet know whether it will last.
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