Moun-June-ers 2024 - Baggy Pants Brigade Ahoy!

[Callmejudith]

New thread to track our baggy pants progress

@pinkstinks I definitely get the same if I don't space my food out throughout the day, or if I eat something more oily/fatty

@IReallyNeedThisToWork that made me laugh so much. New trousers for you!

@Snozzlemaid you are doing amazingly well

@WheresSummer99 20lbs is bloody brilliant

@Trytowin20 y amazing too wow there are some great losses on here

@Notcms brilliant as well!

@coffeeandteav glad you're not suffering

Errrrrr my new pants are a bit loose! Annoyed because I got 9 pairs. Oh well it's all good. I've also decided to start taking creatine.

I'm feeling really guilty because I keep getting emails about low stocks of my blood type. I feel like if I donate though I'll faint. Maybe if I have a big bowl of pasta beforehand?

What needles did you use from Amazon please?

Thanks everyone - really helpful stuff! I’ve been spacing my meals out and having three a day protein heavy as well but will definitely keep a diary to see patterns. Still rumbling a bit today but not so bad I’m having pints of peppermint tea hahaha

@PineappleTrous these, but I notice it says they're out of stock but hopefully you can search from the description

I keep feeling gullible for that too. However I also nervous as I feel they will be judgy and not take my blood. Even though it is prescribed by a doctor. I feel they will be weird.
Probably all in my head but worried may faint too.

On the blood website it has a section on MJ and says it's fine as long as you're over the minimum weight which is 7 stone something

Great thank you

Got some amazing successes, new trousers, reducing chins, requirements for new pants. It's fantastic - I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's progress.

For me, I'm 7 weeks in and 18lb down today. Pretty pleased with that, just north of 2lb a week overall. I would usually struggle to lose half a pound to a pound a week so 2lb seems pretty fab.

Just over 1 stone to go for me now before BMI 25.

Start weight - pre MJ: 13 st 13lb
Start weight - starting MJ - 12st 10lb
Current weight - 11st 6lb
Goal weight - 10st 5lb - going to see how I feel weight wise here as this is no longer overweight.

Local news reports on semaglutides. Main report is a woman who bought a black market one from a salon and was hospitalised.
They were all kits from salons.

People are just stupid. Who would inject themselves with something from a salon?? Mental

I saw this, why would you inject random shit with no idea where it's come from? Flummoxed @Callmejudith

It is a medication and under doctor's prescription for a reason (though I think it could be opened up a bit BMI wise).

Gosh was feeling hungry tonight thought it was the heat so had a small bowl of Rice Krispies & milk then looked at my garmin watch which reckoned I’d done 2100c of activity today which explains why I was hungry just eating 1200! The watch is calibrated to me and usual pretty accurate. I’d been more active than I’d realised but I still get nervous eating extra carbs at the moment as trying not to stall in this heat.

Second dose of second 5mg pen dose today.

SW 252.6 lb
CW 229.6 lb

Total loss: 23 lb

I had got down to 228.8 day before yesterday but have bobbed up a bit in the heat. Still pleased to have maintained a 2lb loss.

NSV - another inch off my waist and hips making it 3 inches off my hips and 3.5 inches off my waist in 5 weeks. Very pleased and no wonder that my pants are also getting baggy 😆

OMG - went to inject this morning (fourth dose from a pen) and it jammed completely and wouldn't go in. Thank goodness I had the little syringes for doing the bonus dose - but will what's left in there now be ok for the bonus next week? I was hoping to take it on hols and use the fifth dose while I'm away so I don't have to take a new pen.

Morning O baggy ones!
I’m due my 4th 5mg jab tomorrow. I’m still stuck on 11lbs loss for some reason and I’ve not had much suppression this week. It kind of comes and goes.
I do have another 5mg pen ready but have also got a 7.5 too.
Question is do I do another month of 5 and see how it goes or should I go up?
I could always go up to 6 if I use syringes I suppose.
Thoughts anyone?

Edited to add I’ve had no awful side effects so far. Bit of reflux which I had anyway. One solitary episode of the runs. No nausea or anything else.

After my hungry day yesterday I had a whoosh this morning down 1.5lbs after stalling for 5d. My body did this before definitely likes some carbs before a whoosh. I’m at a set point in my weight that I stalled at years ago so the next few weeks will be interesting to see what it does. The science in the book “why we eat too much” by Andrew Jenkins was very relatable and eye opening into how clever our bodies are at holding onto fat.

@Beeble21 the drug does build up in your system over time and based on what others have said on the main thread I’d do 4 weeks on one dose. Some had side effects but others didn’t.

Yes I’ll be doing my 4th 5mg dose tomorrow. I’m more pondering on where to go after that dose.

@achangeofnameisasgoodasarest If you drew out 0.6ml for your 4th dose and there's still plenty left in there then you will be fine. You'll obvs need a syringe again though 😁

I've got a spare 5mg pen which I'm going to use for some 7.5mg doses using insulin syringes.

Well done everyone ! I'm 18lb down now and so excited when the day arrives to buy new pants 🩲!!

Like a few others I'm struggling a bit on the 5mg with the side effects so aren't having a full dose, think a full one is 60 clicks so I've been doing 40 but still have quite bad side effects so might drop it to 35 next week

One thing I've found is if I drink alchohol
It makes me really sick 🤢 even just two drinks . I've a holiday coming up so not sure how I'm going to navigate that !!!

Sorry @Beeble21 i misread your post blame it on my poor covid head ache as felt crap for days now. On the main thread they made the point that if your getting food suppression then stick and use that to eat a lower healthy calorie allowance to keep losing weight but if your not then go up. It’s not the MJ that will drop the weight but the reduced calories so staying at the level that works for you sounds sensible to me.
I’m staying at 2.5mg at the moment as it works well for me & im losing weight consistently but I’ve got a 5mg pen for when it’s not working.

An “odd” week for me! I injected last Friday from my 5mg pen but because I had been using 3.75 twice I was able to twist the 5th dose all the way to 1 without resistance. TBH it was less of an I will use the extra dose and more not really thinking.

But I’ve then spent the week wondering if I had the correct or just the surplus 2.5? I’ve not had any symptoms this week, and whilst I’ve not had food noise either I’ve definitely been able to eat more. MFP had my calories for the last few days as around 1100-1200.

Anyway I’ve weighed in today early due to Holiday and I’ve stayed the same.

I know TDEE was mentioned upthread, I do worry about how sustainable weight loss is when the calories needed to maintain feel so low.

If it twisted all the way to 1 I would think you had the full dose. When changing clicks I always check where the plunger is in the vial before and after injecting.

My TDEE is currently 2,500c, so MFP has my daily calories to lose an average of 2lb a week at 1,500c. That weight loss 1,500c will reduce as I lose weight to probably 1,000c - 1,200c which for a time will need MJ + will power.

When I reach a my target weight and hopefully by then have increased my lifestyle from sedentary to at least light exercise my TDEE should then go up to 2,200c to maintain, which doesn't sound too bad if I have addressed my issues, adjusted my diet and/or I commit to tracking to keep under control.