Mounjaro August Starters 6

[Blondeshavemorefun]

Old thread nearly full so thought would do new one

We are a chatty but supportive bunch

Good morning everyone! Well done on the losses and NSVs. Also so sorry to hear about the two ladies who had been mugged and burgled. This country feels awful at the moment for crime. Since having a baby I get real anxiety about it, so maybe it’s not worse just my perception. Also sorry to hear about the ankle injury. I would add usernames but I’m bloody useless.

10 weeks in for me and I’ve finally hit my first mini goal of getting below 100kg. Weighed in at 99.6kg this morning!!! I thought I’d messed it up as I was so close and then my toddler came down with the flu so I had a very sleepless night Monday and just wanted to shovel carbs in my face all day yesterday. I had English muffins with jam for breakfast, a bagel and crisps for lunch, snacked on a bit of choccy but I was so tired later on I skipped tea and think it saved me from myself. Didn’t help it was the end of the week and I needed to rejab! It must have still been working somewhat though as old me would NEVER skip a meal, tired or not.

Onto my next mini goal of 90kg.

Congrats on the sub 100 @pippapumpkin !! Small interim goals definitely help to keep you on track don't they, the whole end goal is good but can seem a long way away! My next mini goals are:

-2kgs = sub 30 bmi and 2 and half total weight loss.

-4kgs = into the next stone bracket.

-5kgs = 3 stone loss overall.

Some very encouraging posts today! My next goals will be getting into the 11 stone bracket - somewhere I haven't been since the pandemic - and getting to just below 30 bmi - another novelty experience post-pandemic. I've probably got about half a stone or so to go before I get there, so it's a little while yet, but it feels within reach which is exciting. It will be great to think of myself as merely overweight rather than obese, even though I'll still have loads to go.

God I'm in pain today 😩 missing the thought of my lunchtime walk, even if I could get out and it wasn't rainy, I hate the thought of getting up and down the stairs!!! It's my non working day tomorrow so I'm hoping I can at least get outside. I know it sounds stupid but this is such a knock after my weight loss journey going so well so far!!

@pippapumpkin that is amazing and you have a baby too!

@itwasnevermine are you taking lots of painkillers and anti-inflammatories? The high strength ibuprofen gel is fantastic and a lot less hard on acid stomachs too. Definitely worth getting if you haven't already got it.

Poor you, @itwasnevermine! I hope it eases soon. Making myself walk every day was so important to me after two years of wfh during covid. I ballooned up and seized up and really had to start small and build up the number of steps I did. I now do 9000 a day, which isn't a vast amount, but what's been really transformative for me is making myself do it every single day, even when it's raining, even when I'm telling myself I'm too busy, even when I feel rough (but not actively too ill, of course). It's made such a difference to my mental and physical health, and it's great to feel I've stuck to my commitment to do it. I now find myself chomping at the bit to get out if I've been stuck at the desk a few hours, even when it's the usual tramping round the block and feels like a burden.

Of course, I'm wildly envious of @owlyboo's walking options!

@weaseleyes great goal. Can I ask how tall you are? I'm guessing you must be shorter than me as we have very different weights vs bmis! Yours is much lighter than mine! I'm 5'6!

I completely get it if @itwasnevermine exercise and walking is as much as a mental exercise for me as physical. But remember it probably won't make any difference to your actual weight loss as that's mainly based on what you eat.

Ah thanks @weaseleyes I do feel lucky to have so many nice walks on my doorstep but with the chubster old dog I also have to just do the walk around the block as well on occasions so you're not alone!

After a small gain a few days ago I have had a bit if a whoosh weight loss and broken through the 15 kg loss barrier today!

💃 fabulous losses and NSV this week already!
I have a wee NSV, i got into a pair of sports leggings that previously wouldn't go over my knees 😳 so tight.
AND
I have a teeny boot gap!! I've worn these boots once because they were so uncomfortable and I was creasing them pushing them down with my chunky calves.
I've also fallen down the Vinted rabbit hole looking at clothes to tide me over.

Congrats @mm81736! Always reassuring after a gain.

@owlyboo I am a feeble 5'2", so even a lighter weight is massive on me. I actually think I've shrunk to 5'1" but I'm not even going there until I've reached my current goals - too depressing. I don't want to be caught out at some future medical appointment though, so will contemplate adjusting my BMI to my new reduced height at some point - reluctantly, as I resent being short.

Even a walk around the block would be nicer with a dog. We're a cat household, so they don't lend themselves to anything useful like exercising

More great weight losses @pippapumpkin @Katkins17 & @Timetochange24 congratulations! You must all be so pleased 😌

Ah @weaseleyes that makes sense! I was suddenly worried I'd worked my bmi out wrong and had a much longer way to go than I previously thought! I haven't checked my height in years, I was 5'6 and a half but I could have shrunk... don't think I have though (I'm 36 if that makes a difference!!) I much prefer when my dog is with me. I find people seem to give me a slightly strange look when you're out walking in the rain alone through woods, like 'I'm here for my dog but why the hell are you here?!' I'm sure it's in my head though!

@NippyCrab legs and boots are looking fab!

@mm81736 glad you've had your whoosh!

I have a day off today so off to do my workout in a minute... I haven't done it since last week as my legs were in tatters after could barely lace my walking boots! 😳 maybe I'll take the lunges and squats less low to the ground this time!

Morning all, gosh this thread is moving quickly!

Well done on all the NSVs and losses everyone.

@NippyCrab - love those boots!

I had a bad day yesterday. I'd eaten very little the day before, so was starving from the second I got up - it was the most horrendously busy day with one thing and another, plus DD's sleep the night before had been non-existent basically so I was utterly shattered. Was at an all day meeting and so just eating what was there - which included some pretty shitty choices such as biscuits and chocolate - not in the quantities I'd have eaten before but still. I didn't feel sick or anything but I absolutely crashed about 7.30pm, faceplanted the sofa and fell asleep there until DH dragged me to bed. I'd been so tired in the morning, I hadn't had the wherewithal to make/ organise myself any better stuff to take with me, and combined with being unusually hungry and shattered it just led to shitty choices.

I'm still thinking about biscuits and sugary stuff today, have just come on (AGAIN, after a whole 8 day break) so may be that but I'm wondering if 5 is working for me anymore really - might think about 7.5 next time.

I'm finding what to eat so hard now. The healthier stuff I was eating/ prepping in advance for myself at the beginning e.g. loads of tuna chickpea salad - has just become a real 'ick' for me, after all the sickness I've just been really put off that kind of thing. Trying to cook stuff DH and DD will eat, but that also gives me enough protein and isn't really carb heavy is tricky, and I hate having to think about it every day whereas we used to split the cooking so DH would do some days - but now even on his day I have to think about whether that's actually something that I can eat, or do I need to make myself an alternative then he starts moaning and pulling his face that there's no point making two meals blah blah.

Sorry for the moan - I think I just need to sleep!

Hey everyone, thanks for all your support and lovely messages after I posted about being mugged. I know this is off topic, but I just wanted to share that the police have made an arrest! I feel like I can move on with my life now and get back on track.

@eeeeeeeee I'm so sorry that happened to you, and glad that the police have made an arrest.

@JoyousSwan glad 7.5 working for you

@Ithinkimrincewind just say smaller portions and not snacking as much / tech true

@SilverSprings510 fab loss and @FreeFreedom well done

@Katkins17 I do feel the cold more I think. Guess less blubber - tho still not sure it's coming off from

@owlyboo fab NSV and @Timetochange24 I'm on omeprazole previously and maybe why don't really feel queasy

@pippapumpkin fab under 100kg. Well done

@weaseleyes hopefully you will crack 11st soon

That's a long way away for me but I did it once on ww so sure will happen eventually

@itwasnevermine this gel is great and what doctors prescribed for me

diclofenac diethylamine gel

@mm81736 yah for swoosh

@NippyCrab fab for boots

@eeeeeeeee yah for arrest !!!

Loose woman are discussing the diet jab

I also watch the itv programme last night. Been on planner for ages

Had the silly model on it - can't think of her name now - with a footballer I think - she applied for it at size 12 and got given it and felt ill on it

You don't need it. You are slim

Another lied to get it

And another lady did a blind trial. She has sickness and felt awful But lost weight

Turned out she was one of the few on a placebo so didn't actually have the jab with medication 😂 but she thought she did - hence the symptoms

Fab boots, I dream of being able to wear some like it!

These programmes wind me up so much. They're being done solely to get people angry

Tho equally I do wonder if I eat enough /good stuff I do have a read of the what have I eaten tofu's thread on mj

One poster - how can this be healthy - b ok but l&d is crap !!

B - seeded protein bagel with cottage cheese and a fromage frais.
L - dairylea dunker, packet of crisps
D - pot noodle (couldn't be bothered cooking for 1... oops)
Snacks - a bite of a slice of pizza from the kids tea, 2 finger kitkat.
drank 4 pints of water and 1 x pepsi max. going to have another pint of water now before hitting the hay.”

I am really struggling with the food noise this week. I had originally intended to try the hard twist, but I think I am going to use my last 5mg dose as a bridging dose, and see what I can extract out of it.

I know people keep uploading the chart, but can someone just tell me how much is in a 5mg dose and how much is in a 7.5mg dose, please?

It depends how much you have used while priming @Pinkjenny

.6 is a dose - so if a 5pen it's 5 and a 7.5 pen it's 7.5

I've got out .7 so slightly over the normal dose pen

Many get out .6 if using a syringe

@eeeeeeeee so glad they made an arrest!!

@Blondeshavemorefun 😂 at the placebo lady! Sounds about right!!

Hi!
Well done on amazing losses! @SilverSprings510 and @FreeFreedom 💃💃💃

Hope you’re feeling better @ChunkyMunky

I saw that @Blondeshavemorefun and no is not healthy. Unfortunately it was used in another thread as an example of we think we can eat our cake and have a quick fix (spell check changed ‘fix’ to a very unfortunate word 🤣)

I had an awful night. Full on dream which seemed so realistic I woke up believing it. And horrible heartburn. Thankfully it eased after quite a lot of epic burps.

Thank you!