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

@poppym12 some tops are ridiculously big and I’ve ditched them but most just hang way better. When they become too big I just hope that my much smaller tops fit by then. 🤞🤞

Bit confused @MabelSpan. Did you lose 4lb? Anyway, glad you’re chuffed! And yes, onwards we go! 💃💃💃

@MargoLivebetter I really resonate with the emotional eating, especially your post upthread about prowling about because you couldn't eat something to damp it down. Personally I feel better when I largely avoid what I've come to know are my trigger foods for over-eating because I think they have a physiological effect on me that makes it harder for me to control the emotional eating too. I'm trying to do a few deep breathing exercises when I get that jittery 'I don't want to feel this/do this' feeling because they help me quell that almost panicky sense that I have to make it stop.

It's really interesting, the different issues and causes we all bring to eating and weight. I think I've been aware of the emotional eating but it made me feel really feeble to acknowledge it, like I should be able to mind over matter this one. As I've got older and read more about the impact of different foods, I think I've underestimated the influence that certain foods - plus excess weight itself - were having on this whole process. It's quite sobering to take them out of the picture and look at what's left, though!

@AnnieMcFanny don’t know that you’re on about. You even referred to me in your previous comment.
Anyway, enough already or nobody is going to risk being real.

im not having 10 every day and I’ve managed to curb all other bad habits, increased veg intake etc, reduced portion size. I’m eating between 1200 and 1500 cals
a a day (even when I do have biscuits) and do 6/7 sessions at the gym a week.

What I’m trying to say is I appreciate having too many biscuits (even relatively low cal ones like rich tea) is not the best choice to be making and it’s the last one I want to reduce down. MJ hasn’t taken away my sweet tooth and that’s ok because I will still have a sweet tooth when I’m off MJ and need to learn how I control it (which is the stage I’m at now, trying to figure out the best way to reduce the biscuits in the same way I have choc/cake/desserts/bread).

That makes complete sense, @Bexs2247 🙂

Thank you. Yes. I do need to do that. Surface level answer is I want the sweet hit and to me, even at the max of 10 rich teas through the day, is about 350 cals. It’s less than the massive share bars of chocolate I was having daily before so it’s still kind of a win but one I want to reduce down to 4 a day ideally. 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening. I will get there but this is the last bit that’s proving hard.

Some of the suggestions upthread for different things to try looked good @Bexs2247 - so you could still have something sweet but with some nutritional value? I think if you're on low calories it's good to make sure the calories you do take in are giving you helpful nourishment.

I don't really have a sweet tooth - as long as I don't eat anything sweet in the first place! - but have to do similar around things like bread and potatoes.

@Bexs2247 I do believe that reducing the amount of something that you really love is a better way to go than cutting it out completely. Do you keep an eye on the total amounts of sugar, fat protein etc that you eat in a day?

Aiming to keep your total amount of sugar within the daily recommended amount would be something to aim for. I am sure a few biscuits would fit in.

My absolute love is bread and butter, and I will always fit it in somewhere while making sure that daily carbs are being controlled.

It’s unfortunate that even after I said I was replying with the greatest of respect for your input on this thread that you’ve been rather ungracious in your reply to me. But that’s ok. It says more about you than it does about me and it’s done nothing to make me change my mind about whether to say that’s alright, just eat your 10 biscuits or drink the Pepsi you’ve always drank or eat the same amount of crisps as before because you don’t want to give them up. We’ve all had or have our demons and telling people oh go on, it won’t hurt, is really bad advice.

It's a process and it's ok to take time changing habits. Some people are better with a "big bang" approach to that (like me!) and some do better with smaller changes over time that add up.

Half the battle is awareness. I was a terribly mindless eater pre MJ. I didn't have an off switch, or a terribly good sense of when I was hungry or full, eating out of hunger or habit. If you notice you're eating the biscuits mindlessly, or out of habit with a brew rather than because you actually really want them or are hungry, maybe those are the ones to work on?

Moving on...

My chicken stew is more like a soup (I don’t know how I managed that one!) but it's surprisingly good, and I say that as someone who doesn't like chicken!!

Ladies,

thanks for your responses and openness about emotional eating. My food choices were bad this weekend (unexpected heavy-ish period - I thought these damn things had gone - and DH being a knob which tbf to him I might’ve ignored if not for the period).

Your responses have really given me some things to think about and why I need/reach for certain foods at stressful times. I think I can still have them but in moderation I just need to be more aware and manage that.

I love this thread. The honesty, friendliness, the help and the fun. Let’s keep being us and supporting each other. Love the stories and the pics and the wins. Keep going all - we are doing this at our own pace . This is our race and no one else’s and we are doing bloody well! 💪🏼👏🏼🫶🏼

@MargoLivebetter I want to batter mine too and he's only home 6 days a month 🤣 @owlyboo the breathing tips me over the edge, poor DH haha.

Good afternoon all, I've not been out yet, I decided to clean and move the living room about, the cleaners come on a Tuesday and my DH thinks I'm mental when I tidy before they arrive.

I've got better suppression with jabbing every 5th day instead of 7.
I've still not tried on the clothes, I know im skirting round it.

One of my friends who does IF and weighs weekly with me has said she doesn't want to weigh until Christmas, it's really getting her down because she's stuck. I had suggested every month but she's said no.
A friend and my former PT referred to the scales as the sad step. 😂 so true.

Well that's my random ramble for Monday.

@Bexs2247 we have a bake it and it’s gone approach to sweet stuff. So if DD eats it all in one sitting fine but nothing til next week. Could that work?

Right, now I’ve sorted you, could you sort my love affair with crisps? 🤣

And huzzah! My feeling 🤢🤢 with eggs has gone! I’ve just had avocado and egg on toast with dad. And double huzzah I’ve just made a GF bread my DD will eat! It’s only taken 50 rejects . .

Who mentioned the wandering round the kitchen wanting to eat but fancying nothing!
OMG I can relate 🤣. A rice cake doesn’t exactly fit the happy mindless crunch! And I don’t have a sweet tooth. I wonder what the effect on my gut has been without the midnight munching. I’m definitely sleeping better.

I suppose I could try to sell on eBay or vinted and buy the same but in a smaller size.

I wasn't expecting a problem like that this early on but I had to dress quite smartly this morning (unusual for me) and even a smaller belt couldn't save the lovely wide leg trousers I've worn twice. I've just taken them off before I trip over the hems and injure myself. Again.

@owlyboo - @FlappingMadly was trying to do my 7lb poo 😂😂

@poppym12 no as my clothes don't seem that huge /baggy on me even after 2,5stone

But maybe go and buy a pair of jeans /trousers off charity shop or bag of fleas 😂 never heard of called eBay before @MargoLivebetter

@MabelSpan well done on loss

@Bexs2247 as I said said earlier - we do need treats rather the. Never ever eat again so not an issue to have a couple a day

Maybe buy one packet a week and when gone they are gone till next shopping day

Tho that works only if shop the same day each week

@NippyCrab I wear ear plugs. I can't stand the breathing! He's a good man and I'm truly glad I met him. I've been divorced for 20+ years etc etc etc.

But dear lord, the breathing of middle-aged men makes me wonder how any of them are still alive.

I'm in a book club and male breathing, inability to lose weight and aging parents are 3 recurring themes. One of my loveliest and kindest friends said that her husband's breathing made her want to dig a hole and bury him at the end of the garden. She reckoned if the judge was female, she'd probably only give her a suspended sentence

I've had another NSV. 3 diff people have said to me have I lost weight

One I see weekly so she said there is no way I've lost 2.5s and her not reliese it - she thought about a stone - def noticed me thinner

Other two. One said my jeans are baggy on bum - have I lost weight.

Another said you've lost weight haven't you. Haven't seen for maybe 4/6w and she noticed

I said yes but taken me 6mths (including 1.1s via sw)

It's weird how they don't notice the first stone or two but now are 😄

I'm still not sure where it's gone really guess my bum and hips

@Blondeshavemorefun whoop, whoop! Great NSVs.

I’ve always warned my girlfriends that if he disappears and I have a new patio then they need to have my back 😆😆

I've had my own biscuitgate - been very sick for the past week + on my period which has helped nothing. Normally when I'm ill like this I get ravenous in the later stages and burn through biscuits like no-one's business. Well, today I had the same urge and crawled out to get a pack of Fox's Crunch Creams, expecting to trough through them. I only ate 2 before I had to stop. I think being aware of how much emotional eating can hold us in its grip, even when the physical element is off the table, is so important.

I'm in a book club and male breathing, inability to lose weight and aging parents are 3 recurring themes
@MargoLivebetter at least you've solved one of those 3 themes!

I normally go the other way and make soup that's like a stew, but either way it's known as 'stoup' in this house LOL.

@AugustMounjaroTeam definitely adding more gravy to it tonight, I don’t know what happened!🤣

OMG breathing. And breathing while eating.
it’s a wonder my DH is still alive.