MJ August starters #5

[Wingingit11]

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

Thanks @Blondeshavemorefun 🤞

I always do thigh, I considered stomach but then I get the increased side effect anxiety

Where I'm concerned due to flabby tummy that I'm Not getting the dose properly

Esp as zero suppression

But I said that on old thread and people say it doesn't matter

The needle is so small and short that seems it doesn't go into my body much

But that's normal

I'm always concerned about that too! I also find it disproportionately hard to press the plunger all the way in 🤣

I saw a post on the previous thread from someone saying they had zero suppression since starting on 5mg pen. I’m the same and I wondered if that’s happened to others?

Sorry to hear that. I had strong suppression in week 1-2 of 5mg. I feel my appetite suppression is fading now I’m in week 4. It is still there slightly but differently - I don’t think about food and I’m not super hungry, but if I did go and get food there’s nothing stopping me from overeating aside from willpower. No “food noise” may be a better description, and I don’t feel as full as quickly.

I've been on holiday for two weeks so have just spent an age catching up on thread 4 and now this one. Interesting to hear how people are getting on with the next dose. It does definitely have a variety of effects, that is for sure.

I took my last 2.5 dose on holiday, using the booster, but stuck with 2.5. TBH I really struggled on holiday as the heat made me want to eat even less. The nausea came back and I nearly puked a few times but I'm not sure if it was heat or the MJ. So my weight loss has increased a bit and I've lost 4lb since I went away. The absolute lack of interest in food did spoil the experience a little, as I usually enjoy trying new foods when I'm away. DP ate about 40% of what I ordered each meal out!!!! I'm definitely sticking at 2.5.

I haven't been eating enough protein, so need to get back on that now I'm home.

I'm still struggling a little bit with the lack of food comfort for my emotions. There were times on holiday when I wanted to club DP because he irritated me so intensely. I would usually have dealt with those feelings by eating (and making him pay for a fancy drink / cake / treat, which I acknowledge is awful and I hadn't even realised I did it, until I couldn't).

I really missed the thread while I was away. It is helpful to be connected with others doing this, however variable our experiences are.

The injection needs to go into some flab! You have to inject into fat, it shouldn't go into muscle. I use my stomach because there is plenty of fat to go at and no need to pinch or anything.

Def plenty of fat on mine @WorriedRelative 😂

I feel fine after my 5&5. No effects at all apart from the usual every 2hr wees I seem to have after jabbing so usually Fri sat sun

11 1 3 5 7 madness !!

I def fear I'm going to be in the higher dose gang to get effects

Truly jealous of those who manage suppression on 2,5 or 5

Hi everyone! Update from me

Morning all. Thankfully the nausea and feeling grim has subsided now. I'm definitely not going to go up to the next dose up and stick to the 5 for another month. I'm going to have to look at the timing of when I jab so I'm not working or Scouting on my grim days.

Week 3 of plateau for me. Literally can't get below 76kg. I am eating 1200 cals a day or less, doing 8 to 10k steps. How in the love of God can I not get below 76kg (12 st)? The only thing that is keeping me going is the lack of an alternative!

Oh @JohnCravensNewsround I feel your pain. My plateau was 3w. Finally lost 2lbs this week

Fingers crossed for you next week

1200 sounds low - any chance body thinks it's starving and holding onto fat/calories ?

@HereIfYouNeedMe Congratulations on your continued fab losses!😃

Marking my place as well!

Found you! On page 7 already 🤣🤣
Rubbish memory so I thanked along the way. Woohoo &Blondes!
And well done everyone else! Great NSVs too.
My bleeds have straitened out. Too soon to say it’s a pattern.
Jab 2 yesterday and I took 4mg as before, at least I think so. Is it 48 clicks from the prime?
Suppression is strongest for me on the last days - strange. I made a common lunch yday before the jab; toast, avocado, smoked salmon, poached egg - ate half and suddenly yuck - happy dog.
I am 5.4 married to a 6.6 man. That has definitely been part of the problem.
Pretty soon after starting MJ my daughter was diagnosed celiac. We’ve only been out once since then, fast food is a no no. So it’s been weird but I think led us further down the path of eating clean.
Which brings me to bread. Most shop GF bread is expensive and a lot of crap in it. Home made oat bread is very filling and a 💩 maker.
And lastly, two days in a row scales down a kg!! Whoop!
So SW 110 (began on Tues 20 August but didn’t have 2nd dose until the following Friday & regret that)
CW 105
I think I might be under a 100 by Christmas! 💃💃.

I’ve so much to lose I try not to look too far ahead.
Not a massive loss but believe me the quickest I’ve ever lost!

A loss is a loss @FlappingMadly Well done

Weigh day!

Lost 4lbs! Whoop! Hit my stone mark on MJ! Weigh in 5 and 17lbs lost which makes it 26lbs altogether with the weight I lost before MJ. 2lbs away from 2 stone! Really pleased with that and definitely starting to see it!

Also forgot to say takes me into the next stone bracket, hello 13's!

Congratulations on the weight loss @owlyboo , also @Blondeshavemorefun so glad you’ve finally broken your plateau!
I’ve also broken my 2 weeks of no loss, this morning down 3lbs! So I’ve now lost a total of 15lbs! So feeling much happier!! My new renpho scales more less agree with my old scales, so that’s a relief, that they didn’t make me loads heavier! Second 5mg jab taken yesterday.
Am definitely beginning to regret having a huge declutter of my wardrobe in the spring when I literally got rid of all the clothes that no longer fitted because I just thought I’d never fit into them again & I had hung onto them for years.

Congratulations on your loss @FlappingMadly

Weigh day for me today, and again another loss.

However I've decided I'm not going to share losses or my weight any more because I'm trying to stay in my own lane over here and not be constantly comparing myself to others, I think it's my slimming world PTSD starting to creep in 🤣

Fab losses for @owlyboo @HereIfYouNeedMe and @FlappingMadly!

It's so helpful seeing other people having losses, but also plateaus, as it makes it easier to be tenacious in the face of slower weeks. To be fair, I've been lucky so far and my worst week has still seen me lose a pound, which is completely reasonable, but I'll obviously have crappy stagnant fat weeks to come, and I'm going to have to keep this up for bloody ages.

You do whatever is helpful for you @Pinkjenny! I often fall victim to unfavourable comparisons - it's easy for me to start feeling that absolutely everyone is doing better than me because they are thinner, taller, losing weight faster, fatter but more attractive, fatter but more popular, any old size but with a better mental attitude - you name it, I can compare myself badly to it! One thing I find helpful on here is that there's such a big range of people in different circumstances that it makes me appreciate it's different, not better/worse. But I think we all have to guard against making ourselves feel potentially worse, whatever it takes :)

I inject in my stomach, alternating sides and the location each time! Plenty of fat there! Sometimes I bruise more than other times! Don't know if I've pressed slightly harder without realising it on the times I've bruised more. Just done my 4th 5mg jab. Don't know where the weeks are going! I've got a 7.5mg pen in the fridge as am on subscription with Voy so it came this week. I'll do the bonus dose from the 5mg pen first though next week. Not sure if I'll go straight up to 7.5mg or stay on 5 for a bit longer - feel like I'm getting pretty good suppression until the day before my next jab. Do get hungry but not ravenous like before just know I'm ready to eat!