Weight Loss Jabs

[s_g_k]

Presuming you're paying £193.94 for that 5mg, you can definitely save at least £30 by switching to the cheapest provider (currently Get Weightless at £160 or Fylde Clinic for £1 more): https://monj.co.uk/mounjaro-price-list-non-discounted-uk/

These are the 'regular' prices, the 'first order discount' prices go as low as £125 if you want to raid them.

It's not a sum of money I'd be leaving on the table if I was concerned about the overall cost!!

Be open minded about the dosage. I saw decent losses on 2 months at 2.5mg (the second was a mistake, but I still lost so) and then really good losses for 3 months at 5mg before a 2 month almost complete plateau. I'm doing really well again at 7.5mg.

I’m paying exactly that!

Damn, thanks for the heads up. I’ll definitely explore other options for my next order. I assume it’s ok ordering from another supplier after you’ve given them your details on what level of doses you’ve already had?

Good knowledge on the 5mg - I’m hoping it’ll be enough to get to my target weight but we’ll see. I’ll keep you updated!

 

[Jb85]

I’m paying exactly that!

Damn, thanks for the heads up. I’ll definitely explore other options for my next order. I assume it’s ok ordering from another supplier after you’ve given them your details on what level of doses you’ve already had?

Good knowledge on the 5mg - I’m hoping it’ll be enough to get to my target weight but we’ll see. I’ll keep you updated!

You’ll likely be asked to provide details of the previous prescription, but you’ll have that from your current supplier anyway - so shop around as much as you can!

 

[WillPS]

I’m paying exactly that!

Damn, thanks for the heads up. I’ll definitely explore other options for my next order. I assume it’s ok ordering from another supplier after you’ve given them your details on what level of doses you’ve already had?

Good knowledge on the 5mg - I’m hoping it’ll be enough to get to my target weight but we’ll see. I’ll keep you updated!

Yep, keep the box with your pharmacy label from your most recent. That usually suffices.

Think it has to have been issued within the last 2 months too (which is a bit of a gotcha if you short dose or golden dose).

 

[s_g_k]

So I’m 4.5 weeks in and have managed to lose an entire stone. I upped dosage to 5mg last Friday and I really felt it for the first 2 days, but the symptoms have subsided now. I felt uncomfortably full after eating lunch and quite nauseous, so at present I have no intention of upping my dose again, but as others have said, time will tell.

My main focus is still on major lifestyle changes relating to food, to maximise my chances of keeping the weight off when I plan to come off the medication in 3 months. My diet is based on single ingredient food, nothing processed, and protein heavy so eggs and meat, and vegetables for the vitamins.

I travel a fair bit for work, and I’m finding it quite eye opening at how hard it is to stay healthy when away from home. U.K. service stations are a dive for fast food and chain hotel food is ****.

I’m rediscovering my love of proper authentic Indian food though. If you forget the processed creamy slop you get from your typical town Indian, cooking with fresh spices, tomatoes and lean meat is very healthy.

 

[WillPS]

Weighed myself for the first time since the beginning of December last weekend, and was pleasantly surprised to find I had lost another kilo in that time. Was prepared to expect a small gain still from Christmas so nice to see I've actually moved in the right direction overall in that time. Just a few hundred grams short of 20kg lost overall since starting Mounjaro in June.

So long as I keep trending downwards, however slowly, through the rest of the winter I'll be quite happy with that. Bigger losses will follow when it gets hotter.

I've set myself a target of a non-big boy seat ride on Nemesis at some point this season. I might actually already be able to just about manage it; I had my first non-big boy ride on Icon in October.

In other good news my cross trainer is _finally_ repaired again after a frame issue which LifeFitness eventually repaired under warranty. I could really have done with it over the last couple of months really as the weather has been too grim to get steps in most of the time. I did still manage to get a full 160 Vitality points in January though which I'm very happy with.

 

[s_g_k]

Weighed myself for the first time since the beginning of December last weekend, and was pleasantly surprised to find I had lost another kilo in that time. Was prepared to expect a small gain still from Christmas so nice to see I've actually moved in the right direction overall in that time. Just a few hundred grams short of 20kg lost overall since starting Mounjaro in June.

So long as I keep trending downwards, however slowly, through the rest of the winter I'll be quite happy with that. Bigger losses will follow when it gets hotter.

I've set myself a target of a non-big boy seat ride on Nemesis at some point this season. I might actually already be able to just about manage it; I had my first non-big boy ride on Icon in October.

In other good news my cross trainer is _finally_ repaired again after a frame issue which LifeFitness eventually repaired under warranty. I could really have done with it over the last couple of months really as the weather has been too grim to get steps in most of the time. I did still manage to get a full 160 Vitality points in January though which I'm very happy with.

That’s great, well done!

Seems like we have similar goals. My last visit to Towers I was one click away from being turned away from Thirteen and Spinball. That was a fair while ago and I had gained a stone since then by going into survival mode after we had our first child. I had the mindset of thinking there was no time to cook so I just ordered a takeaway probably once every 10 days, and then lived off processed convenience food the rest of the time. I now have a 9 month old daughter and I’d hate not to be able to take her on rides when she’s old enough because of my size. The thought of that is actually quite upsetting to me because some of my best childhood memories are of my dad taking me on rides and I’ll always remember how much fun I had.

The weather has been a disgrace hasn’t it. Hopefully as we transition into spring it’ll mean more opportunities to get outside. For now though, it’s miserable rows on the rowing machine in a damp basement for me.

 

[WillPS]

That’s great, well done!

Seems like we have similar goals. My last visit to Towers I was one click away from being turned away from Thirteen and Spinball. That was a fair while ago and I had gained a stone since then by going into survival mode after we had our first child. I had the mindset of thinking there was no time to cook so I just ordered a takeaway probably once every 10 days, and then lived off processed convenience food the rest of the time. I now have a 9 month old daughter and I’d hate not to be able to take her on rides when she’s old enough because of my size. The thought of that is actually quite upsetting to me because some of my best childhood memories are of my dad taking me on rides and I’ll always remember how much fun I had.

The weather has been a disgrace hasn’t it. Hopefully as we transition into spring it’ll mean more opportunities to get outside. For now though, it’s miserable rows on the rowing machine in a damp basement for me.

Huge respect dude, that's an awesome aspiration.

No way could I do what you're doing, I need stimulation/distractions otherwise I just fear the boredom. Cross trainer has an old Android tablet stuck to it so I can play games. I sometimes catch myself bargaining with myself over how lazy I can be after I get my exercise done for the day/week/month too, terrible really. As long as I do it right...!