November starters thread 4 - the one where we navigate 🎄and stick or twist on 5mg for the New year

[Mounjaropen]

Previous thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5220778-november-starters-thread-3-the-one-where-we-get-eggy-burbs?page=40&reply=140510880

All welcome!

Just checking in to the new thread. Official weigh in day tomorrow but had a peek earlier and only lost a lb this week. Not surprising as I feel I've eaten way more this week and have also had bread. Hate myself for making the bad choice. I just don't fancy a meal so I've had toast or a sandwich for dinner. Due a lunch out this weekend as well.

I'm proud of myself (probably unjustly as I've had 2 glasses of wine) but I've also ordered a small meal and left what I didn't need.
@Mounjaropen love that message about investing in yourself and enjoying what you own already. We need to celebrate our wins. I think that's the most needed change. Stop castigating ourselves and start celebrating what we're doing well.
I've also started using some gorgeous smelling body moisturiser I bought on holiday every day rather than saving it for best as I might have done. I can order more and it cheers me up, reminds me of the sea and my skin is feeling great too.

@BleachedJumper Thank you that's kind of you. I just had to take a step back today and thought this is too expensive for me to go down the familiar path of sabbotage in every attempt at weight loss I've ever made. I need to be committed, and dare I say it, (please don't judge me here too harshly) there probably was a part of me that thought that this was it and I could just 'buy the weight loss' but the fact is its the same as any other plan/method etc I have to put the work in. I'm on my own now at home, just me and the dog. I'm probably just being a drama queen, I've literally finished a packet of digestives that has lasted me for the last 8 weeks when I've dipped in and out, and iIve probably only drunk two bottles of wine in total over that period but I just have not eaten properly because of the various side effects and just not feeling hungry, or full so eating things like Toast, or a chunk of bread and cheese, with the odd sensible meal when I could be arsed, not concentrating on protein fibre etc. I only have about another 1.5 stone to go having lost and gained the same 20 lbs over the past few years on different plans but I'm short and usually I have to practically eat nothing to lose weight. I think I've screwed myself over metabolically over the years and maybe MJ on top that might not help. I'm also super stressed at work with the menopause overwhelm and in the middle of a house sale which has made me so sad. I'm forced to sell because my mortgage is going up by £500 soon. Emotionally I suspect i'm not really invested either. Probably still subconciously clinging to the belief that when i'm thin everything will be ok, which of course we all know is unlikely to actually make me happy.

I do really appreciate this group though the support is super and the hints and tips are all here for me to draw on so I know I can reach the finish line one day 😊

Fantastic tips , thank you so much. Think I'll embark on operation 'clean fridge and restock the @Mounjaropen way' over the weekend. I love the sound of the rocky road popcorn, and will report back 💪

I’m injecting my fourth 2.5mg tomorrow and I’ve found the last three weeks great. I’ve been tracking calories closely and lost 8lb in the first two weeks. I’m a bit worried about going up to 5mg. I’ve had no side effects with 2.5mg and have found it pretty easy to stick to around 1000-1200 calories. My 5mg pen is already waiting in the fridge.

l’ve started to wonder if it really is the wonder drug that will sort out obesity on the NHS. At the moment it’s mainly being used by people who are financially invested because we are paying a high price for it. I am over the moon at how it’s transformed my ability to stick to a diet but so far it hasn’t taken away my appetite and I could eat way more calories if I wasn’t motivated not to!

3rd weigh in today…3lb loss so that’s 12 1/2lb total in 3 weeks, so very happy with that.

Ordered next pen earlier due to Christmas…. Was unsure on dose, decided to go up to 5mg, which will be done 27th December, hopefully will be ok.

I have decided to do 5th dose, so have bought syringes, not easy decision but cost is big factor so that’s why I’m doing it.

Love having this group for support and other stories and experiences.

Just checking in.

Checking in as I haven't for a while. At the end of 7 weeks in and I've lost 10kg (22pounds)!! Very happy although a little shocked as I have been allowing a few treats recently, we had fish and chips last night - only a few chips for me though. The odd glass of Baileys and the usual wine.

Some of my old clothes are fitting again and I'm so happy we're going into the holiday season feeling more confident in how I look. I still have around a stone left to lose, and I've still a bit of work to go to get to a healthy BMI, but for now I'm very happy.

Thanks for starting the new thread and hope everyone is managing ok!

I've already received my 3rd pen and decided to stay on 5mg because of the great results, and definitely don't want any more side effects! I'm hoping to be one of those lucky people who manage to stay on 5mg the whole time - fingers crossed

Injection day check in
4th dose of 2.5mg
SW 12st 10lb
CW 12st 0.3lb
Loss 9.7lb (5lb+3.1lb+1.6lb)

A bit disappointed to have lost only 1.6lb this week as I’ve stuck to my calories but happy with almost 10lb in 3 weeks. It just would have been nice to see 11st on the scales this morning. My BMI has gone into the overweight category so that’s a good milestone. I’m still feeling good suppression with 2.5 but the 5mg pen is ready to go next week. I’m not sure if I’ll do 2.5, 3.75 or 5 though.

I'm somewhere around 12 stone 8/10 I think. My scales are driving me mad still and depending where I shift my weight am between closer to 12.8-13 stone. Roll on Santa delivery of new scales so I can actually see what progress I'm making 😡

i missed a week of jabs due to issues with my card and then trying to swap to med express who were impossible to deal with so i end back to voy. i managed to negotiate a good discount with them now so i'm pleased with that.
in retrospect i should have gone for 2.5 or 3.75 but i was busy so just whacked the 5 in. i've been ill with cold all week and now i have awful nausea and acid reflux on top which has kept me up most of the night.
feel awful.
will try and ride through the weekend but have lots of festive things organised so will be hard.
i'm aiming for eating everything i normally would over christmas but just a lot less of it. got to have a christmas cheeses board but mine will look like it's for Playmobile folk!

The WLI forum will be flooded with discount code threads over the next month 🙄. Two already this morning

Just checking in! I've been so manic at work that I haven't had a chance to keep up with the posts!

I'm on W4D7 so due to jab again this evening. My first week of 2.5mg was from a friend who insisted on giving me my first dose to get me started 😂 so I still have another dose in my pen, plus the 'extra dose' if I can extract it.

SW 220.6 lbs
2.5mg Week 1 - 6.2 lbs
2.5mg Week 2 - 2 lbs
2.5mg Week 3 - 1.8 lbs
2.5mg Week 4 - + 0.2lbs
Total in 4 weeks - 9.8 lbs lost

And with my precious weight loss before MJ I'm on 15.4 lbs gone since mid Sep.

Am disappointed to gain this week but not surprised as had a lot on. But for the majority of the week until Thursday I was 100% in a calorie deficit so it's gutting that a few days of extra food can cause me to gain weight.

I had a work do on Thursday - made good food choices, didn't drink, but had a bit of cheese, danced for 3 solid hours!
Then work Xmas lunch yesterday - lots of turkey and veg, one roast potato, had a mince pie for pud.
And then a dinner party at friends last night where I did drink a lot of rose - ate sensibly but had pudding as well.

But the positive thing is that at all of these Xmas events I have made good food choices, eaten lots of protein and veg and drink considerable less than I would have done in the past, and had small amounts of pudding rather than masses. I don't want it to be so strict that I can't live my life and learn moderation along the way. So I need to take the small gains as part of my journey and hopefully it will come off next week.

So I'm taking 2.5mg tonight, then again next Saturday, which will see me through Christmas week and a total 6 weeks on 2.5mg

I have my 5mg pen ready so I could go up a dose but don't want to do that on Xmas week!! Even though I feel it's time.

Instead I plan to go up to 3.75 the next week while off work over new year, to see how side effects are.

The amount of food I ate over the last few days - even being healthy salmon, turkey and ham based, is much more than I could fit in 3 weeks ago so I do feel I need to increase my dose, and will see how it goes.

Nice surprise at weigh in today and I've lost 3lbs this week. I barely eat so my losses should be higher I feel as I have a lot to lose to even hit the overweight bmi. Would be nice to go into the new year at less than 100kg but we will see.
No goal or target weight. I just want to be able to buy clothes in a shop again.

Great loss! 👏👏👏

That is amazing! You must feel very proud of yourself 🙌

Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen 😍

Checking in on the new thread.

Foolishly I braved some fish and chips last night (will this woman never learn?). Only a small portion - left most of my chips (though admittedly I did enjoy a few with Tiptree mayo which is DIVINE). Thought I’d gotten away with it. Alas. Quite a few trips to the loo this morning. Meeting a friend for afternoon tea this afternoon too (she doesn’t know I’m on MJ). Hoping skipping any type of food until then will sort me out 😳

I think I am too. I can’t face 7.5mg on the Monday before either Xmas or NYE…

That’s a great loss in that amount of time 🎉

I'm on a programme run by a GP who is strongly of the view that you don't go up unless you've plateaued on the lower dose.

I was like this week 1, week 2 was much better on 5 🤞🏻

I’ve had quite a few distrusting death related dreams too! I’ve always had slightly bonkers dreams but this macabre new angle I can only assume is MJ related is a little weird.

Dreamt I helped someone murder somebody and had to keep hiding the body / evidence. Woke up in a panic and it took a while to realise it was all nonsense. Never so glad to see 6am 😄

Yep, gonna get my order in this weekend for the next pen I think…

Well done on those choices. It’s what it’s all about isn’t it?