MJ August starters #5

[Wingingit11]

Welcome, August starters ! Can’t believe we are on thread 5🫣

Ladies, I need some opinions on something.

Before MJ, I was unable to be around things like crisps and chocolate because I would just lose control.

I've now realised I've eaten crisps three times in the last two months. One of those was at a bbq where they were just on the side and I managed to really restrain myself around them.

Because of that I want to try having some small bags of crisps in the house just in case, but then I'm worried that it's literally just falling back into poor eating habits and it's just a bad food. Even though I know you should be able to eat a bag of crisps in a week without feeling bad. Like one 20g bag. Am I just screwing myself over it I do that??

@itwasnevermine I suppose the question is - to which there's not one right answer - why would you want to eat one bag of crisps a week? It's not that it's bad as such, but there's no nutritional value whatsoever to a bag of crisps, so the reason's likely to be because they're a treat, because someone in the house wants them and you don't want to feel left out, because you want to feel like a normal person etc. The idea of having one bag a week to me seems a bit odd, like they're this precious, dangerous commodity you have to ration. If you've gone three months hardly eating any, can you really still seem them as this golden food stuff you deserve to have or could you maybe see them as irrelevant junk food?

More practically, I personally bloody love crisps! But they are exactly the type of food that for me always end up as a gateway to eating more crap and over-eating. My intention eventually is to say if I'm out (such as round someone's house) and they're there, I'd eat some and enjoy them. But I wouldn't buy them because that's me still setting them up as this lovely desirable thing, and I'll just end up finding more reasons to eat them more often. I have done this successfully with diet coke - having at home = addictive downfall. Having a glass in a restaurant but never buying it at home = manageable indulgence.

@itwasnevermine - I can give you my experience. I love crisps! My husband bought a large family sized bag about 2 weeks after I started the injections. I ate less than half of them (can usually easily finish a large bag) and was very unwell that evening. I now occasionally buy crisps if I am out - a small packet - and am completely satisfied by that amount.

I also love chocolate! Am currently surrounded by several bars and boxes of it at home due to birthday celebrations. And I am not tempted in the least. I have an open packet of the small Colin the Caterpillars. Which I usually love. I ate one and it didn't taste that nice 😲.

I see my new way of eating as having to be a permanent change so I am happy to include treats. But I need to keep experimenting around what's actually worth it if that makes sense.

One bag a week was just an example, I don't think I could eat them everyday (because I simply don't fancy them everyday), but then everyone around me does seem to eat them, so I don't want to become massively restrictive in my diet

@WitchDancer def not worth doing whole dose if have such bad side effects ((hugs))

@owlyboo glad was cold and in date

@WorriedRelative well done getting down a stone bracket

@Azuresky68 very annoying doc doesn't prescribe. I know med express do it but on a cost

There was something a nurse on here reconmended to get off eBay that was quite cheap for sickness. Sorry can't R.E.M. her name

@itwasnevermine I hadn't seen the Lottie moss saga but why get it at 9 stone. Madness

And I do still buy crisps as that's my thing. Before I might eat 2/3 a day

Started mj and didn't have any for a month or so. But have started again

As sounds sad and mad but I can't imagine my life never having crisps again

So buying a pack of day 6 a week means one a day and one not

I also have a dd7 who likes them but she's a slim jim bless her

Thankfully

If she was fat (hate saying that about kids) but I would diet/cut her down as if you don't do it now - it will get worse for her

There is a girl in reception I saw last year so 4/5yrs and she is massive. Look at her mum and horrible to say to apple doesn't fall far from the tree

She's now in yr 1 and honestly is wise as tall. She's 5/6

Another large girl is 2yrs above dd so yr 5 and in summer has special made summer dresses as no size is big enough for her 🥲🥲🥲

Personally I wouldn't see not eating crisps as massively restrictive. Not eating carbs or whole food groups would be massively restrictive. I think if you like them and you can eat the odd packet it doesn't matter too much. I'm going to avoid buying them post MJ as I don't think I'll ever be someone who doesn't get sucked easily into overeating stuff like crisps, but I will eat them if I'm out and some appear in front of me! However, I have little self-control and know that I quickly get into bad eating habits, so most people are probably more sensible about these things than me 😀

Thanks all!

I totally get the being unable to control yourself thing, that's how I felt. It's almost like I want to experiment because I will be on this for a long time, so if I can train myself to only eat treat foods every so often then I'd like to try. It's so tough.

Abso-bloody-lutely!

I am cautious around crisps because they were my mindless late night numb munch.
However young daughter and needing to model healthy and relaxed yada yada approach to food we have them now and then- only certain ones cos they need to be gluten free. I got smaller bowls and we share half the packet out in those. I shake it up though. Eg last night we sat round a big artichoke and fought over the heart. Prob with crisps and a ‘nibble’ in general though now, is often that’s me done 🤣. So they are slowly reducing and I bring dinner forward.

I'm inclined to agree with this.

I'd avoid buying them in other than say for parties and just enjoy them if you are out and about.

Having them once a week sounds a bit like setting food up as a reward.

Just received my first 7.5mg pen - has anyone been on this dose and how did you get on?

@BadActors You will find everyone on the new thread here...Mounjaro August Starters 6 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weight-loss-injections/5183565-mounjaro-august-starters-6 😊

@blondeshavemore fun thanks for info @MabelSpan @Mum0ntherun good to know it's not just me being oversensitive about doctor's attitude. The doctor I usually see would have prescribed it I am sure. I spoke to Oushk pharmacy and ordered from them. £7.99 and they gave me free postage. I really want to get rid of the nausea. See you all on the new thread x