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MJ August starters #4

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Wingingit11 · 09/09/2024 18:38

New thread as #3 full and to mark my disastrous crashing off plan today so hoping to be reinspired !

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Blondeshavemorefun · 22/09/2024 12:26

eeeeeeeee · 22/09/2024 11:39

I’ll share my stats too. I’m a bit disappointed with my current progress as I have stalled.

Starting Weight (1st August):

•	Weight: 74kg
•	BMI: 32

After 4 Weeks of 2.5mg:

•	Weight: 67.2kg
•	BMI: 29
•	Total lost: 6.8kg

After 3 Weeks of 5mg:

•	Weight: 64.9kg
•	BMI: 28
•	Total lost: 2.3kg

Total weight lost after 7 jabs of MJ: 9.1kg

5mg has been a sweet spot in terms of no side effects whilst having appetite suppression, but I’m looking forward to seeing if 7.5mg helps boost my overall progress. I could totally see myself using 5mg as a maintenance dose in the future once I’ve lost my remaining weight.

Edited

9kg is 18lbs. I would be happy with that

We started similar tiime @eeeeeeeee and I've lost 13 and not budged for a few weeks

AnnieMcFanny · 22/09/2024 13:41

DitzyDoes · 22/09/2024 07:55

Thanks! Are the needles in your handbag as well and did security question this? Also (sorry!) did you have to put this as under 100ml liquid when going through security? Hope you are having a lovely holiday!

Hi. I had the box with the needles and pen in my handbag and it didn’t raise any eyebrows and the country I left from has very tight security. Two lots of it before you get on the plane. We’re checked 1st time at immigration and everythings go through the xray scanner. . Then we’re checked again very thoroughly with another xray station and policemen in the departure lounge/at the gate.

I hope you have a lovely holiday too.

Princessandthepie · 22/09/2024 14:08

Suppression is quite strong on 5mg for me, I'm on 2 meals a day at the moment and barely getting 1000 calories in but I don't feel like I'm moving enough to eat more.

My dad has just come out of hospital and staying with us so I'm up and about looking after him but certainly not getting enough steps in each day to make me feel hungrier.

Headache has eased off today which is a relief!

Pinkjenny · 22/09/2024 14:18

The thirst on 5mg has been intense for me in this last 24 hours. I'm also absolutely bloody exhausted!

ChunkyMunky · 22/09/2024 14:34

Day 5 on my first week of 5mg. Suppression is strong and I’m struggling to eat. It is very much just a case of eating a bit when I know I should, or if I’m feeling light headed.

I know it’s a long way off, but at the moment I’m thinking that I’ll repeat 5mg again on the next pen rather than moving up. Actually, if it works, I’d be happy to stay on 5mg u til the end of the year. I know this is going to be a long journey, so don’t want to rush up to the highest, most expensive doses too quickly.

It does feel amazing when I notice the occasions where I would have overeaten on unhealthy food, and now feel little or no temptation.

NippyCrab · 22/09/2024 15:21

Wingingit11 · 22/09/2024 10:22

@NippyCrab think it’s just 15 not 10 atm? hira said on the live shd be only a short shortage for them but it did make my heart plummet a bit 😅

Omg did I read that as 10 lol I'm so brain foggy. I also missed the live, was it good?

MelainesLaugh · 22/09/2024 16:41

Dose 2 of 5mg is tonight, I’ve been so tired on 5mg but I do have CFS.

Been suffering a bit with sort of constipation, it’s not constipation as such but I’m bloated and struggling to go even though it’s there. But when I do go it’s not hard and firm. Sorry TMI

Im now 2lb off of losing a stone, and about 6lb off of being in the 14stone bracket. Somewhere I haven’t been for a very long time!

Wingingit11 · 22/09/2024 17:04

@NippyCrab just interesting snippets really. Just enjoy listening to her, she’s reassuring and warm. If you’re on their fb group - there is good offer so I’ve placed a forward order from them at last!

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AnnieMcFanny · 22/09/2024 17:34

know it’s a long way off, but at the moment I’m thinking that I’ll repeat 5mg again on the next pen rather than moving up. Actually, if it works, I’d be happy to stay on 5mg u til the end of the year. I know this is going to be a long journey, so don’t want to rush up to the highest, most expensive doses too quickly.

Im doing great on 5. I just did my 3rd dose today and my next pen will also be 5. I ordered it a few days ago. I’ll stay on it as long as I can.

MissFancyDay · 22/09/2024 18:03

AnnieMcFanny · 22/09/2024 17:34

know it’s a long way off, but at the moment I’m thinking that I’ll repeat 5mg again on the next pen rather than moving up. Actually, if it works, I’d be happy to stay on 5mg u til the end of the year. I know this is going to be a long journey, so don’t want to rush up to the highest, most expensive doses too quickly.

Im doing great on 5. I just did my 3rd dose today and my next pen will also be 5. I ordered it a few days ago. I’ll stay on it as long as I can.

I'm considering it as well, I'm on dose 3 of 5mg and it seems to be working better with every dose. I don't have ant debilitating side effects, I'm sticking easily to 1200 calories, feel full up and satisfied after every mini meal, and I'm losing about 1.5 to 2 lbs a week. All good, however...

The food noise is just not going!! The minute I wake up I'm on Nutracheck planning my days meals, taking my supplements etc. but when I have a meal in front of me I'm not even bothered, sometimes It just sits there for half an hour.

I'm beginning to think that this is just me (ADHD) and I will always obsess and be consumed by the new thing, and possibly the food noise will never go, even with larger doses.

Soooo, I don't know whether to stay on 5mg as it is working perfectly except for food noise, or increase to 7.5 in the hope that it will quieten it somewhat. I work from home but I am trying to focus on work and have a deadline coming up so will be trying to concentrate on that next week.

All the best to everyone x

MabelSpan · 22/09/2024 18:24

@MissFancyDay Its funny how we are all so different. I just read your post about checking nutracheck, planning your meals etc and you described that as "food noise", your description of food noise is so different to mine!

When I talk about food noise, I am referring to an overpowering craving/obsession/fixation that I get for unhealthy foods, mostly sweet and high fat, eg cake, ice cream etc that I "need" to have now and that "food noise" just wont go away, to such an extent that if I didnt have any "bad" food in the house at the time that I was hit by this overwhelming food noise, I would make something, be it shortbread or buttercream and eat the whole lot!

Since starting mj and getting my new renpho scales, I now plan and log all of my days food, macros etc, but that to me is just being sensible and accountable so I can make sure I am getting, or as close to, the right nutrition whilst on a deficit.

Its such a complex thing, the relationship some of us have with food and how much it effects us, on so many varied and complex levels😊

Blondeshavemorefun · 22/09/2024 18:52

I don't get food noise but tbh don't tho think I ever have

I have never planned all day and thought about what I was having meals all day like some of you mention

MissFancyDay · 22/09/2024 18:57

@MabelSpan Yes, it is amazing how we all react differently and all our MJ journeys are fascinating, probably why I'm so obsessed haha. And, as you say, all our relationships with food are different. I've always had a massive problem with portion size and Dh being very tall with an extremely fast metabolism, Ive always dished up equal portions and found it impossible to resist. On the other hand I don't have a sweet tooth so cakes etc are not a problem.

I just want to stop thinking, every other minute, about food, full stop. Hopefully when I have got into a routine with nutracheck, supplements, just checking Mumsnet once a day, etc. the "noise" will calm down.

I read on another thread someone say that their food noise had been replaced by MJ noise. That is me at the moment.

weaseleyes · 22/09/2024 20:01

Is there anything you can replace it with, @MissFancyDay? Do you have a hobby or something you like doing? I've started making a cross stitch picture for a Christmas present, having not done any cross stitch since school. It's not too expensive and the effort of remembering/working out the best way to do it (plus having much worse eyesight than at school) has kept me occupied in the evenings at least. I mean there's plenty of worthier things I could be doing, but I wanted something that felt like a nice goal to replace food. I think a lot of food noise is habit based.

MissFancyDay · 22/09/2024 20:26

@weaseleyes yes I agree that a lot of my "food noise" is habit based, plus the fact that I work from home, for myself, and get easily distracted.

Christmas craft is definitely the way to go, I'm intending to knit socks, and I'd better get on with it 😄

Wingingit11 · 23/09/2024 06:05

Morning Monday weighers and everyone else!
I am just under 2lb down which is definitely slowing as don’t feel I have eaten much this week on first week of full 5mg but it’s continuing to head in the right direction! Also I am now in the (high) 14s rather than (low) 16s for the first time since I started so that is also great!
I need to step up the activity levels I think to get things pushing along.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 23/09/2024 08:11

Lesst the constant seeing is getting less. 11 4 and 7

I can live with that

Pinkjenny · 23/09/2024 08:44

I made a roast for my family yesterday. Dd sat down, took one look at my plate and said:

'What a sad little dinner.'

Confused
Princessandthepie · 23/09/2024 08:53

Pinkjenny · 23/09/2024 08:44

I made a roast for my family yesterday. Dd sat down, took one look at my plate and said:

'What a sad little dinner.'

Confused

What were you eating?

I made a roast too, loaded up with chicken and veg and just a couple of potatoes! It was lovely!

AnnieMcFanny · 23/09/2024 09:06

It’s funny how we are all so different. I just read your post about checking nutracheck, planning your meals etc and you described that as "food noise", your description of food noise is so different to mine!

Honestly I wouldn’t class the above as food noise. It’s what I do as well and it’s just me planning my day according to what I have on and what I have in the fridge/cupboards.

Be kind to yourself💐

Pinkjenny · 23/09/2024 09:48

@Princessandthepie I had a little bit of chicken, couple of potatoes and some veg. I couldn't finish it. The 5mg suppression is strong at the moment!

Willowy1982 · 23/09/2024 09:54

I had a roast yesterday too. I suppose it looked like a sad dinner but I think we are so used to eating portions which are too large and feeling uncomfortably full. My plate consisted of large portion of roasted chicken breast, 2 very small roast potatoes, 1 stuffing ball, 1 small Yorkshire pud, loads of broccoli and some gravy. I did struggle with it a bit, but I felt satisfied and not sat there feeling full and bloated after.

MabelSpan · 23/09/2024 09:57

Morning everyone!
Monday morning weigh in and jab day 5mg wk 2 for me.

SW - 20st 3lbs
CW - 18st 11.6lbs
WL - 4.2lbs
TL wk6 - 1st 5.6lbs
5mg wk1 - 4.2lbs
Wk5 bonus 3.25mg - 2.8lbs
2.5mg wk1 -7.4lbs wk2 -no loss wk3 -2.4lbs wk4 -2.6lbs

Really pleased with how I am getting on. I am now back to where I was in December last year. For me this is where the weight loss starts to count as genuine.

Only 3st 11.6lbs to go till my first goal! 😀

AuntieDote · 23/09/2024 10:19

I feel like I've finally shifted the constipation and general yucky feeling thank goodness, just in time to inject again this evening 😩I'll be honest there's a huge part of me tempted not to bother as I can't really face another week of waiting for the side-effects to kick in and just generally feeling crap. I wanted to do this to be a happier, healthier me, and I feel like I'm actually being the worst version of me at the moment - I'm exhausted from being kept up with cramps or needing a poo or not being able to have a poo or pooing too much, I'm anxious that I'm going to start throwing up again any day, and I'm really bloody grumpy with it all. I'm not saving any money on buying crap food like I see so many others saying, I'm actually spending more on fibre supplements, buscopan, peppermint capsules, gut friendly foods and supplements etc etc.

And apparently I'm not losing any sodding weight either - I did weigh yesterday and it looked like I'd lost 3lbs this week, but stupidly decided to step on the scales again today as it's my official weigh in day, and that was back.

Oh - I'm also having a period every two weeks at the moment, and they're proper doozies too. No idea if that's MJ related (I've read it is affecting some women's cycles) or menopause or what.

I'm bloody fed up either way. I've also not felt particularly strong suppression on 5 at all, the urge to comfort myself from all the above with sweet stuff is really strong and I've given into it more than once this week - always staying within my calories but still eating stuff I'd rather not.

More than once the last few weeks I've thought 'sod it, I'd rather be fat'. Trying to ignore that as the self-sabotage it is. I know I probably will jab tonight as normal, and just hope for a better week - but I'm feeling a bit sad that this thing that was supposed to be such a positive has gone south quite quickly! Fingers crossed this coming week is better and I can get back to the optimism I felt when I first started.

MelainesLaugh · 23/09/2024 10:32

2nd 5mg dose last night, and I don’t think I did it properly. When I took the needle out some liquid came too and I’m definitely not feeling the suppression that I felt last week. Which is gutting.

DH has taken his first dose and keeps telling me how he doesn’t feel hungry! Like I didn’t know know what it feels like being on MJ

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