Mounjaro August Starters 6

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Old thread nearly full so thought would do new one

We are a chatty but supportive bunch

Huge difference @Fuffedoff!

I'm a kilo down on yesterday but I had constant diarrhea for hours yesterday so it doesn't really count.

Oh no @poppym12 how's your tummy now? Wee soul ♥️
@AdeloreSmore I think it's to be wild here tomorrow so I made the most of today's sunshine, hopefully it's more wind than rain in the afternoon and we can get out. I hate walking in the rain but needs must with the brats 🐾
@owlyboo I didn't put my tracker on stupidly so I'm not sure what distance i did. I really need to start remembering. I'm still building the pup up distance wise so it's good for me too haha. I think it's about 3 miles if I remember 🤔

@Fuffedoff def see a diff

@NippyCrab lovely pics of views as always

@AdeloreSmore rain am but sun pm so took dog for long walk

@poppym12 still a loss 😄 but sorry still have the runs 🥲

After a horrible wet morning the weather really picked up in the afternoon. I have had a lovely ride in the sun, 5.5miles and a potter round at the stables. Bliss and calorie burning!

I'm ok today, just feeling totally wiped out. I took one imodium last night and it stopped the dashing but I'm concerned I'll just end up constipated again now. Appetite non existent today so I've just eaten some rice.

Very very impressed and envious of all the amazing two stone losses; I think I've hit the notorious 5-10% body weight/loss plateau. After a barnstorming first month, I've been stuck on 96-7kg for the last three weeks, despite doing everything 'right'. Oh well, still 7kg down which is getting me back into a few pairs of old trousers!

@OnTheBounce I am stuck too. I guess we just have to trust the process !

@WorriedRelative that sounds bliss, i met 5 Clydesdales on a hack yesterday at the beach, just magnificent 🐎
@OnTheBounce fab loss so far, I'm stuck too, have you measured? Congrats on the trousers getting worn again 👏

@Wingingit11 we will get our woosh again x

That's the thing, isn't it - I know I'm eating properly, I know I'm going to the gym, and for the first time in my life I'm not snacking, so the logical part of my brain is telling me it's just a plateau and I just need to stick it out. Whereas I'd have given up/got bored weeks ago before.

So... yup, trust the process!

@OnTheBounce do you do "refeed days" if you're going to the gym? My coach was on about this the other day, that if you hit a weight loss plateau you may want to up your calories for a day every so often because it combats the muscle loss and other issues that can come with being in a caloric deficit over a longer period.

I've been reading up and it's interesting - definitely not the same as "cheat days" which I used to always do when in weight loss phases and it would usually lead to backsliding!

blog.nasm.org/refeeding-101

That's really interesting! Thanks for that. It's so much more helpful to see and reframe weight loss as a basic physical process, instead of viewing it through that emotional/moral/psychological lens of diet culture. That's one of the things I'm appreciating about MJ: this new ability to look dispassionately at foods for what they are, rather than 'a treat' or ' reward'.

I mean, I weigh myself in kg because metric measurements don't have the same mental baggage as stones and pounds...

Also beach Clydesdales! How amazing.

In the same with weighing in kg it seems detached! I have a table which I tick off as I go so I see how many pounds etc. that is which doesn't bother me but seeing it physically on the scales is easier in kg it doesn't mean anything if that makes sense it's just numbers going down!

@CrazyGoatLady thank you for that link, I should also switch to KG and get away from the pounds its depressing when it sticks. X

I don't count calories, I wouldn't know where to start with how many I should have a day and what the protein fat and carbs should be.

@NippyCrab psychologically weighing in kg does help actually! Scales at my gym and at the GP are in kg.

I never really know how accurate calorie counting is, or how useful. I did it to get an idea of how much I was actually eating, which was an eye opener, but I do think sometimes it's easy to get fixated on numbers rather than the quality of the food you're eating. I usually give myself a day a week off logging on MFP or it can get a bit tedious.

I eat all full fat things so I'd be scuppered by lunchtime haha. I'm switching to KG. I've still to set up my Renpho scales properly and I'm getting rid of the old ones, I'm clinging on to them because I'm 6 ounces lighter haha. Don't laugh 🤣
So if I switch to KG I won't know the difference.

@NippyCrab supposedly it's better to eat the full fat stuff, I read "The Obesity Code" and it was fascinating about the origins of low fat diets!

@CrazyGoatLady I'll have a look for that tomorrow, I get annoyed with the choice of yoghurt especially that's always low fat! Full fat please, more variety 🙏

@OnTheBounce and @Wingingit11 I feel your pain

I sts for 3 weeks. It was awful tho this group was very supportive

Oh wow, I would love to be able to hack on the beach

Feeling really wound up this evening (OH🙄) and I’ve turned to food as my comfort - it just felt a better option than calling him an absolute d**k and throwing something at him.

The food choice isn’t the best - crackers with peanut butter and some chocolate but it made me think about how I use food and how it’s helped sabotage sensible eating in the past. I’m not hungry at all as just had a jab and my appetite is suppressed but I felt like I needed food to calm me down.

If you used food as a crutch what do you all use to replace it now? I didn’t reach for the gin at least 😆

@Mum0ntherun I did a coaching session on this. The best strategy I landed on was cuddling the dog. It's definitely soothing and keeps me out of the cookie jar, but has backfired because now the bloody dog wants to be cuddled all the time and nips my ankles if she's not.

Good Morning, how is everyone?

@CrazyGoatLady that was a very good article on refeeding and it’s something my personal trainer was talking to me about just a few days ago. Not that he called it refeeding but it was the same thing. I’ve had a plateau this week and I’m going to give the concept a go. In fact it was just a few days ago I read something else about having a weekly calorie count instead of a daily one and varying how much you ate in day to try and counteract a plateau happening to some extent.

Anyhoo as much as I’m trying not to be disappointed that I’ve not lost this week it has spurred me on to taking my measurements because I do feel a bit smaller.

I had a lovely time at my sister in laws yesterday. We’re as thick as thieves though it wasn’t always like that and it was apparent yesterday that her memory is going. That we haven’t been imagining it these last 18 months. I had to find the words for her when she was speaking to me at times and she’s just become so frail. She’s our matriarch. Our head honcho. She was a single mum, very successful businesswoman in her heyday and really was well before her time in this part of the world and it’s sad to see her decline. But she did notice I hadn’t any cake 😜 and she told me to get a fork and eat hers with her. It’s was only a few mouthfuls and I had no interest in it whatsoever so that was good but sharing her cake with her was very comforting.

I’ve been awake since 4am where I am and I’ve had a yoghurt with a kiwi fruit and a cup of tea. I’ll have my normal breakfast at 8 and that will be me starting the different approach to calorie intake this week in the hope of getting the scales moving again.

Have a great day everyone.