Anyone starting / or currently with a BMI over 50

[Cakesandcookiesnomore]

I'm just looking to chat with others who have a lot to loose .
It feels daunting,and it's going to be expensive.
I'm currently week 3 on monjroro

I relented and asked for anti nausea tablets from the GP, maybe travel sickness tablets would help?

That's a good idea ,thanks

@Cakesandcookiesnomore sorry you’re feeling sick, that’s not good. Do you have any peppermint tea you can sip on until you can get anti sickness tablets? Nibble on some dry toast or crackers? Hope it passes.

You don’t have to go up a dose every 4 weeks if you don’t need to. There has been some research that suggests that only going up a dose when the previous one stops working helps make the weight loss more sustainable.
Many of us on the threads are titrating doses so stepping up gradually between doses by counting clicks. If you check some of the main threads they have information on how to work out staged doses.
Also there are chart generators that show how MJ builds up in your system over time as each dose lasts more than 7 days.

I have been on MJ for 6 months and I am currently gradually moving from 5mg to 7.5mg. I stayed on 5 for around 11 weeks. I may not be losing as fast as some people but I am down over 20kg (over 3 st) and have lost consistently usually 0.5-1kg (1-2lb) each week.

My plan currently is to follow the stated time (well with the extra dose) from 2.5 to 5mg as 2.5 isn't designated as a therapeutic dose - but then I'm only going to move up as and when I need to.

For all I thought the suppression was fading - I went into the local outlet place today, swerved the Haribo outlet and only picked up the stuff I needed for Xmas gifts in Cadburys - so it's clearly doing something (even if it's largely wallet-induced suppression I'll take it)

@Cakesandcookiesnomore I’ve just read that sniffing an alcohol injection swab every 30 mins combats nausea, who knew!

@TorturedParentsDepartment this is exactly what I did.. 5 x 2.5mg then went up to 5mg.
I've just done my 10th 5mg and my next pen is also a 5.. I have both 5 and 7.5 in fridge with long dates , but happy with my 5mg..
So 15 jabs..

SW 18.6
CW 15.4
GW 12.6

Looking forward to my first major goal of seeing a 14 on scales..

@Cakesandcookiesnomore I'm so sorry you are feeling so sick.

I've weighed in this morning, 8.5lb off in total in 2 weeks. About to have jab 3 so will be starting week 3. Constipation seems to be less and I've had no other symptoms really so I am considering the move up to 5mg next.

Is anyone else's stomach making weird gurgling noises? I'm a bit constipated again so not sure if it's from that - it's not even just after eating. Earlier I was talking to a colleague and my tummy started gurgling, I had to speak up to try and cover it up!

I’m gurgling this evening, I’m also suffering with constantconstipation, but I’ve succumbed and taken three dulcolease today, so that’s probably why, hoping it works in the morning!

Oh gosh, best of luck!! Hopefully it eases in a gentle way!

@Cakesandcookiesnomore are you ok? We haven’t heard from you for a few days, hope your nausea has passed and you’re feeling better.

Well after the three dulcoease yesterday, I ended up taking two dulcolax before going to bed last night, woke up this morning and nothing! Took 2 magnesium citrate with my breakfast and soaked some chia seeds in water for an hour and drank it (yuk). I can happily report that I now have the opposite problem and have had to cancel a social event tonight 😂

Oh no!! I hope it's eased off by this point in the evening. That's always the problem with trying to ease constipation I find - it's always one extreme or the other!

Oh I'm sorry ..I meant to check back in
But honestly ..in my spare time instead of logging on to Mumsnet
I've been binge watching happy valley all 3 series,,
And now I'm in a slump because I've nothing to watch ,and I'm wishing I'd watched it slowly ...and it's like the best thing I've ever watched.
And yeah ,so all is fine ,just in a happy valley bubble 😊

Dear me ,I had one of those and it nearly finished me off
Your brave 😎

I'm currently on 7.5 and not managing to eat much ,
I can only tell I need to eat when I start feeling faint ,and even then I'm not hungry and don't fancy any food .
But I'm still so very tired,if I could,I'd stay in bed all day and just sleep.
Maybe 7.5 is to much for me ..or maybe my body will get used to it ..I don't know.
Hope everyone else is doing well

Started of wearing a size 32 ,I've just ordered 24/26 pj and coat , because everything is falling of me ..2 stone loss last time I weighed,but that was over a week ago ..it's very weird not feeling hungry or fancying any food

Wow @Cakesandcookiesnomore thats an amazing difference!! I'm down around 1.5 stones but no real difference so far in my clothes, they feel a little looser just. I think I need to start moving more to make some changes to my body shape

This is amazing!!! I’m noticing my knees don’t hurt (I’m 31lbs down) even though I’m still so so overweight.

@Cakesandcookiesnomore glad you're ok! Yes, happy valley was brilliant, I’m almost jealous that you got to watch them all together! I’m loving the new series of Shetland, if you haven’t seen it before I can highly recommend it, Hinterland is another good one.
That must feel amazing ordering a size 24/26, won’t be long and you’ll be ordering a 20/22 - I can’t wait either.
Im due to start my 7.5mg next week, I’m undecided whether to get the extra dose out of the 5mg pen or just jump to the 7.5mg.

How is everyone doing .....
I had either a bug yesterday or a bad reaction to some vegan chicken and jacket potato..tmi ...I literally spent 5 hours in and out of the loo.
The stomach pains were awful as well.
I think this could be a side effect of the medication, maybe I ate to much fat in the cheese, although it was a small portion anyway.

Currently watching broadchurch ...it's not the same as happy valley..but it's ok .

I'm on 7.5 and I'm staying on it for an extra month,as it seems to be working well

Oh no, it definitely can make a dodgy tummy much worse!! Ive been poorly for over a week and eating to try and ease my throat so I have gone up - but hopefully it'll disappear quite quickly once Im back to my usual routine - I hope!!