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Mounjaro August starters #7

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Wingingit11 · 22/10/2024 21:22

Thread 7 for August starters. Congrats for sticking with us for (up to) 13 weeks now!

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Mum0ntherun · 26/10/2024 21:47

Blondeshavemorefun · 26/10/2024 20:56

Yes that's right @MabelSpan

Worth going to 7.5. You can then withdrawal less if prefer

Thanks ladies. Was 2011 so 13yrs ago now

You don't get over something like this but you learn to live with it. Have to or will go insane

Sending a hug 🤗 x

WitchDancer · 26/10/2024 22:01

@Blondeshavemorefun I'm so sorry your DH passed away. I hope the woolly hug gave you just a tiny bit of comfort in dark times. It's an honour and privilege to be a part of it all, and I always think of the recipient as I'm doing one. There's love in every stitch.

ChunkyMunky · 26/10/2024 22:03

@Torvi - yes, I’ve noticed worse period cramping than usual this month. I’ve stayed on my usual 28 day cycle. August was normal for me. September was very very short and light. October has been very crampy, would have ideally liked to spend a couple of days in bed with a hot water bottle, but real life was far too busy for that.

On the subject of periods, I was due on and feeling quite bloated when I did my last weigh in ( I try to only weigh once a month or if I need to order a new pen). I feel like I’ve had a good whoosh since my period finished, but haven’t re-weighed yet. Need to keep thinking long term.

Bitter-sweet NSV for me today. My nice jeggings need to go in the charity shop bag, they have gone from being a bit loose to looking really awful. Why does the weight seem to be coming exclusively off my legs??

I’ve had lots of comments on my weight this week but I’m starting to feel a bit uncomfortable with it. Can’t really put my finger on why, as people have been quite nice. Maybe it’s because I’ve kept MJ a secret and I’m worried about people querying how I’ve lost the weight. I’ve never lost this much on any diet before, and this is the smallest I’ve been for years and years.

One thing I am a bit concerned about is that people keep trying to talk to me about my weight loss in front of my daughter. She’s pre-teen, healthy and active but becoming body conscious. I don’t want her to have the hang ups and problems that I’ve had, so I avoid talking about diets etc at home. I don’t want her to associate compliments with weight loss, as she is perfect as she is, and doesn’t need to change her weight at all. Hopefully she’s not paying too much attention, but I have been trying to shut down conversations about it when she’s around.

SammySays · 26/10/2024 22:06

Blondeshavemorefun · 25/10/2024 17:16

Awww bless you @Whoyoutakingto 💐

@NippyCrab you wouid have def lost inches so measure tonight

I need to as well. In cms as more 😂😂

Good luck with increasing

@MargoLivebetter where I don't cal count but do gen have 3 meals and don't really snack

@MabelSpan agree all diff. I have saggy boobs and bun even before mj so I'm fucked 😂

You are taller than me so I think you may find 11.7 hard but who knows

You and everyone else is doing so well

@weaseleyes fab you are half way to goal. Well done !!

@SammySays well done on loss

Is an eggy burp like a suphur burp?

I have no knowledge or burps 😂

Yes turns out eggy burps are sulphur burps. When they started they were just a bit eggy but they are absolutely vile now. If it means I lose weight, I’ll take it though! They are pretty vile though.

Does anyone have any tips to cope with the sulphur burps please?

owlyboo · 26/10/2024 22:10

@ChunkyMunky I get that regarding weight and daughters. I'm very careful around my teenage daughter however she does know I'm working on my weight and that I'm losing weight. She is older than your daughter though. I think maybe if she asks questions keeping it strictly about health and not how you look is the best way to go?

Monthly weigh ins must be great when you see the big losses!!

SammySays · 26/10/2024 22:13

MabelSpan · 26/10/2024 20:12

@Blondeshavemorefun Those wooly hugs sound beautiful, what an incredible thing to do for people. I am so sorry that you lost your DH x

@Blondeshavemorefun you sound like an amazing woman. So sorry to hear about your DH x

poppym12 · 26/10/2024 22:24

@220bloodypounds, you have an amazing way of explaining things. Thank you.

weaseleyes · 26/10/2024 23:19

@20bloodypounds Thank you for that explanation! So I was kind of right in thinking it’s easier to refill an emptied fat cell than it is to grow a new one in the first place? If so, I guess it’s one reason maintaining is tricky.
I'm going to work out how to beat those fat cells, oh yes I am.

owlyboo · 26/10/2024 23:28

weaseleyes · 26/10/2024 23:19

@20bloodypounds Thank you for that explanation! So I was kind of right in thinking it’s easier to refill an emptied fat cell than it is to grow a new one in the first place? If so, I guess it’s one reason maintaining is tricky.
I'm going to work out how to beat those fat cells, oh yes I am.

You will! I have every faith in all of us that this time we'll all keep it off.

I did it before for years pre Covid and that when it all imploded and went wrong!!

We have it this time whatever everyone has lost and will lose is gone for good!

Blondeshavemorefun · 26/10/2024 23:37

WitchDancer · 26/10/2024 22:01

@Blondeshavemorefun I'm so sorry your DH passed away. I hope the woolly hug gave you just a tiny bit of comfort in dark times. It's an honour and privilege to be a part of it all, and I always think of the recipient as I'm doing one. There's love in every stitch.

Yes it did /does

Even all these years later 💖

Blondeshavemorefun · 26/10/2024 23:39

Right bed for me

Thanks all for the love

Mum0ntherun · 27/10/2024 05:47

Ladies looking for some advice from those of you who’ve had sickness and diarrhoea on this.

I had Tuesday - Thursday what I thought was a very bad stomach bug and could keep nothing in (💩 only). By Fri it had gone and I gradually started eating again (Fri is jab day & had bonus dose from 1st 5mg pen).

Slowly eating Sat, crackers, soup & bagel, 2 rich tea biscuits etc., so I decided to have a small baguette with steak sliced on it and salad. About an hour later the stomach cramps really started and I’ve been up on the loo all night. I’ve felt sick and had a few burps but it’s mainly been really painful stomach cramps and 💩.

Do you think this is me eating too much/too rich, too quickly or the bonus jab - though I’m not sure what caused the original stomach issues on Tuesday then. I’ve had very few side effects throughout just a bit headachey at times and a bit of constipation- but nothing to moan about.

Feeling so grim and very sorry for myself 🥹🥹. I’ve just taken Imodium so hopefully it will stop and I can actually sleep.

ChunkyMunky · 27/10/2024 07:31

Thanks @owlyboo. Monthly weighs definitely work best for me.

@Mum0ntherun sounds like what I had a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately it was difficult to deal with. I think my dose was too high (it was my second week on 5mg). I had a small gap to recover (delayed my next jab by 4 days), and then dropped to a lower dose. I’ve been on 3.75mg since, and much better. Keep fluids up and rest. I didn’t really find any magical solutions I’m afraid, just had to ride it out. Hope you feel better soon.

Changinghabits1973 · 27/10/2024 07:52

20bloodypounds · 26/10/2024 20:50

@weaseleyes re fat cells. In general, the actual fat cells don't disappear, they just lie 'empty'.

I once heard it described as like an investment bank. If you liken the energy your body needs moment-to-moment, day-to-day to money, then glucose (in your blood stream) and glycogen (in you muscles, liver etc) are like the cash in your purse. If you need to pay for something you use that first. Once that is all used up, you have to go to 'the bank' - your fat cells - where your long-term deposits are held.

For us, we are still using our 'cash' when it's available but as we are eating less, and particularly less sugar and easily accessible carbs, the cash is gone more quickly and we are taking fat out of the bank. (Hurrah!) The fat cells are then like a dormant bank account, we are not using them but they remain in existence. Then if there is a 'lottery win' (aka an enormous pizza with cheese and sausage stuffed crust, followed by double caramel toffee pudding and a heap of alcohol), our cells can easily bank the excess energy without having to go to all the unnecessary trouble of opening a new account!

It is the amazing phenomena of bodies developed when we were hunter gathers - using the energy available and being able to store it when there was excess food. Add to that the wonder of insulin, so if we came across a honeycomb we could gorge ourselves on sugar and still survive. However, our ancestors might find honey once or twice a year, not every time they stopped to get petrol or bought a coffee. That is the long term challenge for many of us. When I get to goal weight, how do I maintain it? Will I have changed my eating habits, will I have learned tricks and techniques that work for me? Who knows. But we're all doing so well to be making this progress. That's the focus for now.

So appreciative of that full mind blowing explanation - it is all starting to make sense (slowly..) and I wonder how people come across all of this stuff to get the knowledge of it all??! Puts my little tiny brain to shame !! 😂But i try my best to do as much research etc as possible on so many things; i look at YouTube an awful lot to get so many opinions and facts as much as much as I can; I want to carry on learning - to understand more about the weight loss process; how important water intake is etc which I found so useful from a previous post with the diagrams etc how it can impact on a scale gain and since joining this thread last week I can honestly so i have gained so much more knowledge than I have since my MJ journey started so THANK THANK THANK YOU EVERYONE ! xx 👋👏

Changinghabits1973 · 27/10/2024 08:01

@Mum0ntherun sorry you are feeling rough; these side effects are so hard to navigate through sometimes aren't they... The only part I can honestly relate to on the 5mg was the abdominal cramps for me... they were really bad but at different times and different days of the 6 weeks that i was on that dose... but I did put it down to bread in the end ... one week i treated myself to a naan bread to go with my salad and it happened; another time i had a eggy bread crumpet thin and it happened and the next time it was from a protein wrap .... it may be coincidence but since I have stopped consuming any kind of breads or wraps i no longer get the cramps...

I really hope you feel better soon xx

WitchDancer · 27/10/2024 08:43

Oh @ChunkyMunky I feel your pain. One of my favourite dresses is starting to look like I borrowed it from my mum and dressed up in it. I keep on eyeing it up and wondering if I can take it in but I'm really not sure if my sewing skills are up to it 😢

@SammySays the sulphur burbs are the absolute worst. I can only suggest gaviscon and peppermint tea/capsules and don't eat anything spicy. I'll be watching out for other suggestions with you!

@20bloodypounds thank you for your fat cell explanation. It's the first time I have understood how it all works, in that once you have the cells they don't go and that's why it's easier to put weight back on once you've been fat.

@Mum0ntherun I hope your night wasn't too bad. I would go down the route of eliminating what your body didn't like. So maybe start with eating the salad and seeing what happens, then the steak, then the baguette. It could be just a combination of too much food after your injection - I had that the first jab I did, in that there was too much food in my belly so my body just eliminated it in every way possible.

Church this morning. I woke up about 40 minutes ago and panicked that I was late... then remembered the clocks went back an hour so had time to have a read. It's definitely time to get going now though, otherwise I really will be late!

Motnight · 27/10/2024 08:46

Mum0ntherun · 27/10/2024 05:47

Ladies looking for some advice from those of you who’ve had sickness and diarrhoea on this.

I had Tuesday - Thursday what I thought was a very bad stomach bug and could keep nothing in (💩 only). By Fri it had gone and I gradually started eating again (Fri is jab day & had bonus dose from 1st 5mg pen).

Slowly eating Sat, crackers, soup & bagel, 2 rich tea biscuits etc., so I decided to have a small baguette with steak sliced on it and salad. About an hour later the stomach cramps really started and I’ve been up on the loo all night. I’ve felt sick and had a few burps but it’s mainly been really painful stomach cramps and 💩.

Do you think this is me eating too much/too rich, too quickly or the bonus jab - though I’m not sure what caused the original stomach issues on Tuesday then. I’ve had very few side effects throughout just a bit headachey at times and a bit of constipation- but nothing to moan about.

Feeling so grim and very sorry for myself 🥹🥹. I’ve just taken Imodium so hopefully it will stop and I can actually sleep.

That sounds awful @Mum0ntherun. It's so hard to know if it's because of the Mounjaro or not. Hopefully you will feel better soon.

Pinkjenny · 27/10/2024 09:08

Morning all. I took my first 7.5 this morning and I did weigh in again because I didn't believe that 8lb loss, it was down to a 6lb loss this morning. I knew it wasn't a true loss!

Anyway, I had an awkward conversation with dh last night who told me that one of his friends is now taking a weight loss injection. They went out on Friday and the mate had had steak and chips and a curry while they were out. Apparently he can have 'two takeaways a week' 😂😂

I have no idea if dh was fishing to see if I was on them but I suspect he has an idea and I kept my mouth firmly shut.

Blondeshavemorefun · 27/10/2024 09:10

@Mum0ntherun sorry I've never felt ill even on high doses

Someone said I have the constitution of an ox 😂

Tummy bug maybe

When I was sick . Someone said about me eating too much but tbh it wasn't a lot

Grapes have made me sick twice. I'm wary to try again. Avoiding the pas week

@SammySays they sound awful. Never had. Sorry

@Pinkjenny you say it's not a true loss but weight does go up and down every day - hence why I only weigh once a week

See what scales say next Fri /sat and compare from there

Why haven't you told your dh as live with him

Does he just think you are a dieter ?

Are the the pen hider in a jar of something not used much in the fridge ?

JohnCravensNewsround · 27/10/2024 09:19

Checking in (slight name change). Any tips for constipation. Been terrible since going up to 7.5mg, not something I usually suffer from. Only been once in 7 days despite taking both dulcolax and dulcoease. I'm being spammed by adverts for biomel. Anyone tried that? I'm also drinking a pint of phizz electrolyte in the evening to keep myself hydrated.

Pinkjenny · 27/10/2024 09:20

Yes it's hidden in the back of one of our drinks fridges, I think he does know really. He's been enthusiastic about my weight loss but hasn't really praised me that much so I suspect he knows I may have had a little help.

He's so suspicious about medication etc and I know he'd be an absolute pain about it. He's a completely anti vax conspiracy theorist since Covid.

JohnCravensNewsround · 27/10/2024 09:22

@Pinkjenny I haven't told dh either. Couldn't really fully say why, I think it's possibly because I don't want anyone's views in this battle.

weaseleyes · 27/10/2024 09:24

I’m kind of boggling at the friend having steak and chips and curry in one evening - there’s someone who’s determined not to change their eating habits!

I think we should put up a small thread shrine in gratitude to @20bloodypounds for the clarity of her helpful scientific explanations. I would also like to ask her if she has any views on the scientific validity of the claim that if you can maintain a lower weight for a year your set point changes.

Wingingit11 · 27/10/2024 09:26

Morning all, just a thought, but as this thread has become so great for chat, I wondered about a separate “accountability” thread for (just ) scores on the doors (scales!)?

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Blondeshavemorefun · 27/10/2024 09:30

I'm happy to leave on this thread. Will get complicated if have 2 to post on

Steak and chips isn't a bad meal if with veg /salad

And maybe they had a small curry