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Weekly Progress and Insights

As I had my birthday coming up, I decided to change my injection day from a Tuesday to a Monday. Whilst the injections are causing me less anxiety, I didn’t relish the idea of doing it on my birthday. A day earlier seemed to make more sense than a day later.

It is best to stick to a regular routine of injections, you can adjust the day. As long as it has been at least 3 days since your last injection, you can inject earlier. You would then continue weekly on that new day. I was only moving my day forward by one day, so I knew it would be fine. As the medication is so expensive, I wouldn’t want to move it any earlier, it would feel like a waste.

The leaflet says you can take a missed dose if it is within 4 days of the due date. If it has been more than 4 days you should miss that dose. Either way, you would then continue on your usual day. As the injection is quite a big thing (for me at least), I am not sure how anyone would forget. Plus, surely losing the benefits, lack of food noise and hunger, would remind you pretty quickly.

Ordering pen number 2

This was my last two weeks on 2.5. I had a decision to make. It was time to order my next pen.

2.5mg had been working well for me. I was losing weight, had no side effects (or so minimal I didn’t notice them). I could stay on 2.5.

Having read up on it, I found it is best to stay on the lowest dose possible. However, 2.5mg was only the starting dose to minimise side effects. The product leaflet says after 4 weeks your dose will increase to 5mg. After that you “can” increase in 2.5 increments. Based on that, I decided to go up to 5mg.

Re-ordering was easy. As i was going back through Pharmacy2U I just had to provide an updated weight. Simple as that.

Dose and injection site

Week 3 – 2.5mg Mounjaro – Injected into lower right stomach.

Week 4 – 2.5mg Mounjaro – Injected into lower left stomach.

You need to change the location of your injection site each week. I am following a 4 week rotation plan. (Week 1 right side upper. Week 2 left side upper. Week 3 right side lower. Week 4 left side lower.). That way I will always know which location I am using, and reduce the risk of swelling or irritation. You can change between stomach, thigh and back of the arm as well. I am only planning to inject into my stomach.

Side effects experienced

No side effects, other than not being able to finish a slice of birthday cake.

I noticed a couple of times that I felt hungry. But on each occasion it passed quickly after having some water. The food noise is still absent. It makes it easier to think about what I should eat, and not what I crave.

What have I been eating and drinking

My focus has been on drinking plenty of water and eating as cleanly as I can to improve my health. I am hoping that will also also bring positive benefits for my skin and hair. I have been focusing on trying to keep meals balanced between protein, carbs and healthy fats, and increasing fibre. The lack of food noise means I can focus on what I should eat and not just cravings.

I have also been trying to implement some supplements. I don’t eat fish, so I know I am missing a lot of nutrients already. With my limited appetite and reduced calories, I want to make sure I have everything I need. I brought the following to try

• cod liver oil to add missing nutrients from not eating fish

• magnesium as this is meant to help with sleep problems

• B12 to boost energy

• multi vitamins as a catch all

I don’t take them every day, to be honest I keep forgetting. I will review them once I have tried them for a while and if I notice any benefits.

Weight check

Week 3 – Felt like an idiot this week. I weighed in at 18 stone 11. All week I was kicking myself that I had only lost a pound. It wasn’t until the end of the week I realised it was actually a 3 pound loss (there are 14 pounds in a stone, silly me).

Week 4 – this was a disappointing week as I was the same as before, 18 stone 11 pounds. Usually, this would be enough to throw me off, and my diet would fail in that moment. But this time it is different. This was disappointing, but it didn’t knock my confidence. I realised that it was most likely due to not having eaten enough. I need to track my calories and see how I am doing.