Mounjaro August starters thread 9 (OMG)

[NippyCrab]

Hey, since we are nearly at 970 posts i thought I'd take a turn and start a new thread...

So welcome everyone to our amazing August starters MJ super group ❤️

Xx

Oh @Blondeshavemorefun that really is crap. You're bound to feel deflated but try not to let it ruin your NSV from yesterday. That M still fits and you still look great! That 4 pounds will come off as easily as it went on. You haven't gained a true 4lbs in a week!

Thanks @owlyboo

Stamps foot. Not fair

I'm now not sure of wearing that sodding jumper but have nothing else so have to 🥲🥲

Better get mini blondes to school or we will be late

@Blondeshavemorefun absolutely wear the jumper!! You weigh exactly the same as you did yesterday! You look exactly the same! Wear the jumper with that head held high!

@Blondeshavemorefun looking fabulous in the jumper. Hope you really enjoy the day. I am sure people will notice. If not they are being polite. If someone I know looks like they have visibly lost weight I sometomes hesitate to say anything in case it offends. Keepnon going x

Good morning! I broke my rule and got weighed again today..it appears I have lost 2 pounds! Thats only 7 pounds to goal. Very strict calorie control but I find that I can barely eat on first few days of 10. HOWEVER...you can think you are not eating much and the sneaky Christmas treats bite you on the bum. My fella bought a box of traditional Turkish delight and I had 4 cubes...that's 290 calories 😱 but it still only brought me to 800 calories. Normally I eat healthy stuff but I think it's OK to have a little treat if you count calories. 2 mince pies last week instead of lunch..that was 430 calories. He bought another box yesterday and I just thought naaah, they weren't that good compared to losing weight!
If all goes well I should be at goal in January, then on the Ouschk maintenance plan. After Christmas I am not going cold turkey 🦃 on MJ 😅😅😅

@Blondeshavemorefun wear the jumper, have a fantastic time and be proud of your achievements.

I've got a NSV to report - not as photogenically fantastic as @Blondeshavemorefun but still proud.

Went to M and S with my DD yesterday. Was looking longingly at a lounge wear type cardigan. I had tried the largest size on last year and it was far too small, even on the (meant to be baggy) arms. My DD spotted me looking and said try it on. I did. It was the largest size in the shop but still a smaller size that I had tried on last year I was deliberately not near a mirror. She then said, oh no, that doesn't fit at all. I immediately thought shit, still too fat for the largest in the shop M and S top. But then she pulled a smaller size off the rail for me to try on and it fitted 😮 It's a large so 2 sizes down.

Still have a long way to go but hanging onto the victories!

Happy Friday everyone 🙂

Morning!

Quick one here.

I've got our works Christmas party coming up on the 20th and I know none of my current dresses will fit.

So my OH said he'd get me something to wear, as he's proud of how well I've been doing.

The dress I've picked didn't have what I thought my size was and I checked measurements for chest/hips/waist and I'm different on them all.

I've ordered two sizes which I don't think are my actual size but it doesn't hurt to try.

I'll try attach a pic

Also.. do you sometimes find you lose more weight when you eat more, rather then less?

I.e. I don't think I've been eating more then 1000 calories with suppression but not like my weight is melting off at high rates. Yet I'd still lose same amount of weight if not more sometimes eating 1700 cals.

Weird

Well done @Azuresky68 so close now!

@Motnight that's such a lovely moment for you! Brilliant!!

Beautiful dress @Fuffedoff and so nice DH is so proud of you!

@Fluffedoff agree with @owlyboo!

Bad luck @Blondeshavemorefun, it’s always dispiriting to gain, but that just sounds like a rebound after your hideous bug and will probably be gone again by next week. If you’re hungry it sounds like you should use your calories on something more filling and do your best to avoid the siren call of the crisps and chocolate! I’m not craving them, but I don’t think I’d be able to totally resist them if I had them in. Plus you want to have something for a Christmas treat!

Regardless of the fickle scales, the difference in your jumper is absolutely real and noticeable - don’t doubt yourself, you’ve dealt with worse setbacks in life than 4 puny interloping pounds!

Bloody hell, weighed again this morning and I am another kilo down! First one in the 80s since 2018! Pre covid and pre 40th birthday!

I'm pretty much bang on 14st.

Not sure whether to celebrate not having an obese BMI yet. Last time the doctor measured me he had me a centimetre shorter than I thought, that height has me still at 30, the height I thought I was puts me just under. I have been using the shorter measurement for MJ prescription purposes so probably need to lose a bit more.

And congrats to @NippyCrab, @Azuresky68 and @Fuffedoff!!!

Loving the NSVs

@Blondes wear the jumper with pride, that 4lbs probably isn't a real gain, don't let it get you down!

Some excellent progress 😁. I'm on a weighing ban as I was just getting p'd off not really losing anything. I've finally had to retire my largest ever jeans though because even with a belt and the current baggy trend, I looked ridiculous.

@Blondeshavemorefun focus on the NSV (Nice Snowman Victory)! You're doing great.

@Azuresky68 that's amazing. Well done. So close to goal

@Motnight that's a brilliant NSV. you must be so chuffed to be in every smaller than last year

@Fuffedoff what a lovely dh and dress is really nice. Christmas colour. Sizes are hard when s m l as not sure what they are etx

@weaseleyes thank you. I wish I had the suppression you all have over treats /snacks /bloody chocolate dinosaurs but I don't 🥲

@WorriedRelative that a great loss and same weight as me. Twin

@poppym12 sorry you have sts for a while. I get it's disheartening. Hoping for that whoops soon

@lookathatbookcase lol at NSV nice snowman victory

@Fuffedoff loving the dress...how exciting and how thoughtful of your DH @Motnight great NSV. Enjoy your smaller size clothes! Thanks for positive feedback on my loss. I am still on 10mg and another on order for over Christmas, then down to 7.5 in January. Maybe I should have gone down to 7.5 mg over Christmas as on 10 mg I can barely eat for first couple of days but I was very scared of gaining over the festive season. I guess I can extract less but not sure about the real life of the pen. I have emailed my prescriber to ask.

Wow @Blondeshavemorefun - you’re rocking that size M jumper and what a difference! I’m sorry that the scales weren’t playing nice, but agree with everyone else it’ll just be a reset after an awful bug. Hold your head up you’ve done amazing.

Gorgeous dress @Fuffedoff - enjoy the party!

Great NSV @Motnight and well done too @WorriedRelative and all the other victories and everyone else keeping on going on this journey - proud of us all.

I’ll share a picture too - it’s a comparison from last Christmas party to this one which was last night, not sure how big a difference it actually shows - this years pic isn’t great and I’ll be honest, I probably looked better overall last year (I bloody love that dress!) because I’m feeling dog rough again with what I can only assume are side effects.

Came down to the venue Wednesday - was feeling ok after being sick and dodgy poos day day night. By Wednesday night in the hotel I was having the most horrendous D&V, it was appalling, worse than I’ve ever had before (more D than V). I had a really important presentation that I had no choice but to do on Thursday; then I went back to bed for a bit and felt well enough to get dressed and head out for the first bit of the Christmas do ie the meal, albeit I didn’t eat much or drink anything, and then I had to come back to the hotel - slight dodgy tummy again this morning but not as bad.

Im so pleased with my progress but there is a big ‘at what cost’ feeling about it too. I feel shit so much of the time, and it ruined what was a big career moment for me as well as the Christmas do, everyone is sharing videos and photos from the night and it looks a brilliant time, I don’t get out very often these days and I love the people I work with albeit we don’t actually get together much; so I’m just gutted about it really. That was my only Christmas social event, and now I have to sit on a train for 4 hours feeling awful and worrying about potentially pooping myself. It’s also kick started my period again after finally stopping bleeding for a week or so.

I have a new pen waiting for me when I get home but I’m very much in two minds about whether this is my journey over now. I had a good 4-5 weeks or so but seem to be back here in side effects hell and don’t think I can do it much longer.

Anyway, sorry for being a downer - here’s the picture.

@Fuffedoff I do think that our bodies respond positively to variation, mine certainly did on holiday, and a few years ago when I was intermittent fasting and low carb, a carb re-feed and a big breakfast once a week seemed to do the trick.

If my scales are to be believed I've lost 1.5lbs and I'm in a new stone bracket - woop woop! However, I don't really trust the reading so will step away from the scales till next week and hopefully not see a bounce back up.

I'm gradually bringing my injection day forward so that I can attempt to eat properly on Christmas day. So Saturday this week and then probably Friday the following week.

@AuntieDote wow that dress looks amazing, it is such a pity that you felt so rough. Could you maybe have a week off MJ and then start again very gradually? There are a lot of D&V bugs around at the moment, and I think that on MJ even a mild bug can cause a lot of digestive upset. Fingers frossed you have a smooth train journey.

Well, I've lost 1lb this week. Feels too early to say if the plateau has passed or not.

I managed a couple of pounds off this week, which brings me to 11' 2" - tantalisingly close to the 10 bracket! It could be achievable by Christmas, but the danger period of my daughter being back home starts next weekend, and I'm worried that if I sneaked into the 10s I'll just bounce back over it. I've got 20lb to go to reach my first goal, which would be a BMI of 29 point something. 34lb to go to get to BMI of 23 plus account for the fact that I'm actually shorter these days than I want to acknowledge. That second goal feels pretty punishing - I think my bingo wings alone might weigh a stone and I'd need to be a weight that starts with an 8. I think I'll just focus on goal one - not being technically overweight for the first time since my 30s - and then see how I go.

@1clavdivs well done on the pound - every loss counts!