Gearing up for a JANUARY start!

[FatGirlDosing]

Just approved and am assuming that the pen won’t arrive until after Christmas so will start the new year with a, er, prick.

Anyway, thought I’d start a thread for anyone else planning on a slimmer 2025!

I ate at my friends house last night, she knows I'm doing the jab so I had a small portion of cottage pie with veg, then I had the shits all night.

I have eaten only protein and veg most of the time so far. Will have to take my own food next time 😂

First jab Saturday, weighed myself yesterday and I've lost 3lbs - bloody hell!

@VelvetWildflower these things happen. It’s yesterday’s news now and today is another day.

@RosaBaby2 sorry to hear that, that’s rough. Hope it all setlles down.

@Seaitoverthere im fine now thank you!

First day back at work, food and drinks all prepared for the day. Just to avoid the million tubs of sweets we had left over when we shut.

Have a great day all

Phew, that’s a relief @RosaBaby2 !

@Pandora71 I decided to cut out daily drinks with sweeteners in 10 days ago - had a diet coke on NYE, and it definitely tastes different. Whether that's because I hadn't had one for a few days, or MJ, it has certainly made it easier not to have or want another one.

I'm impatient to get going now. Hoping that I'll get approved today and it'll arrive before the end of the week.

Start weight is a hideous 14st 2lbs ( the heaviest I've ever been) and goal is to be around 10 stone which it the very top end of healthy for me. I've got there once before with SW and was a comfortable size 12. I don't want to be too skinny as I'm 52 and worried about looking haggard.

I took Wegovy early last year but had to stop as I got horrendous diarrhoea which nothing would stop. I'm going to go steady on MJ and not go up a dose if a lower one seems to work as I don't want a repeat of that.

I took my first in the evening, and will continue to do so.
I also injected into my thigh.
I've read on a few of the other threads that people had more, or stronger, side effects when injecting into the stomach.

Morning all! I'm 7lb down (jabbed Thursday) and I've finally had a 💩 phew! Flax seed recommendation worked a treat. Will be having 2tbsp Flax daily to prevent constipation.
I was hungry this morning and so had 2 medium eggs scrambled, 1 slice superseed toast and 50g smoked salmon (last of Xmas salmon) and I couldn't finish it all. Left 2 bites of bread and salmon. I then drank my usual large mug of tea and felt uncomfortably full.
Today I'm back at work so I'm hoping I can keep up hydration as it can be hard to remember to drink in my role. I've got my 2l bottle with time targets on it though so hopefully this helps and I don't need to wee during a lesson.
Has anyone (especially ADHD folks on here) found that now food is off table as dopamine fix they've started overspending instead.....? I checked my bank account this morning and was shocked at how little I've got in there less than a week after pay day. I've been spending in online sales like I'm made of money. This is something I used to do a lot of in my teens and when at uni- frittered most of my student loan in Topshop and on ASOS.
Anyone got any recommendations of other dopamine things I can chase whilst also being very time poor?? I was thinking maybe wordle or something?! Not sure it'll hit the same though 😅

If you like wordle, try squaredle @Changingnameagain - takes longer. Not sure it will replace shopping or eating, but keeps you busy.

Well done to everyone who has started and good luck to those soon to be starting! Thanks for the responses to me earlier too :)

Day 4 following first jab (or 3? does the jab day count as day 1?) and most mornings I wake up feeling slightly nauseous and not great. Today I felt a bit sick and kind of faint but wasn't hungry per say- I made myself eat a bowl of yogurt in case it was lack of food and felt the same after. For me a couple of hours, cup of tea etc and getting on with the day and those mild symptoms seem to disappear. Need need need to remember to drink water as I'm dreadful at doing this.

@Changingnameagain 7lb since thurs is incredible! I am being strict and only going to weigh myself on jab days otherwise I know I'll obsess about a small rise or fall each day.

Morning everyone. First jab last night at 8pm. No side effects over night or this morning other than feeling a bit this morning like I’ve had some speed 😂 Not aware of that as a side effect. Not heart palpitations or anything, just REALLY jazzed.

This thread is busy, struggling to keep up! I'm so glad that I'm not alone with this, well done everyone!

Today is the first day I'm not feeling great, but it's not any of the side effects. I feel weak and have a slight headache, and feel really dehydrated, even though I've been drinking well over 2 L every day. It reminds me how I felt when I did the Fast 800 diet, so I think it's linked with having reduced my calorie intake quite drastically... Might need to up my daily target a bit, but I am really struggling to finish my meals (or even remembering that I need to eat)! Which is good for losing weight, but I need to function!
The main reason I stopped the F800 was because I felt so crap, and I don't want this to happen again. So I just had a bagel with cream cheese and cucumber slices for breakfast for some sustenance

I took some lactulose yesterday and it certainly worked I'm having daily flaxseed and started chia seeds as well, might up that a bit to keep me regular.

Question for y'all - I've been reading about this ominous 'golden dose', the 5th dose you can get out of a pen, is anyone thinking about doing this?

@cloudjumper , I will try and do it. Seems a shame to waste a dose, if there is one still left in the pen.

I've not long packed the kids off to school. I'm still not hungry, but will do some food prep ready for my shifts this week (working Tues + Weds, Fri and Sat, all long days), and for the DC to take in to school for lunches. They have a food flask each, so I often send them in with soup or a hot meal (the queues for school dinners are stupidly long!). I'm thinking a lentil and spinach dhal, a nice soup and some salad. Then we'll have hot things or cold things for lunches and the suppers where I don't finish work til 8pm.

I think I will need to be really disciplined with eating, and map it out each day, as some days, I'm not even hitting 1000cal a day, and I don't want to make myself ill. I think popcorn works well as a snack thing for me...or rice cakes. I don't feel sick after having them, and I only need a small amount.

@Changingnameagain , not spending...but I'm certainly looking at the lovely clothes that are on sale. Sweaty Betty is a site I keep looking at, but resisting!!! I want to buy lovely clothes...but if I'm going to (hopefully) lose weight, then I'd rather wait til then.

Thank you, think I will go for it this evening then and go for the thigh as I have seen others say the same about side effects in the stomach.

I was scared too. I did my first one yesterday at midday, just in case I had any issues but next Sunday I think I’ll jab a couple hours before bed. I was slightly nauseous and I had a really restless/disturbed night, not much sleep - which is why I think I’ll do it later next week, get some sleep in before that happens again. I did my stomach as I have HRT patches on my thighs. And my stomach is bigger ☺️

Hi all! Could I please ask for recommendations on what day of the week/time is best for the injection? Im concerned about side effects impacting work and ive heard the jab significantly loses strength on days 6&7. Thanks in advance and good luck to all in your journey!!

I did mine Fri lunchtime- mainly as it's when I'm home without kids etc so had time to read about how to inject and do it in peace! I think I'll keep it going on a friday as it worked well for me.

Oh to be a hideous 14st 2 lbs 🙏

Joining the tribe 🤗 Pen in the fridge, I plan to start on Friday, half of the low dose, micro-dosing. I weight 99kg!!

I've read a lot about the extra dose, but my worries are
•that if your priming each time is there a possibility it's not a full dose left
•I sure I read somewhere the pen should only be in use for 30 days, but I can't find info on this anywhere.

Can anyone answer these?

Hi all,
I started MJ on the 30th so exactly a week ago today.

SW. 13.st 13.1
CW. 13 st 10.1. So exactly 3lb lost first week.
GW. 11st 7.

I am calorie counting and logging on MFP. Aiming for a max of 1700kcals a day. This has been incredibly easy to stick to and I've been way under my kcals despite having a few nights of alcohol which I've factored in. Now things are back to normal after Xmas and new year I'll likely reduce my daily intake goal.

I really reccomend downloading an app called shotsy. You can track your jabs, weight, symptoms etc, it also shows how much of the MJ is in your system.

I have been lucky and had minimal side effects apart from day 3 where I had horrific stomach pain caused by constipation and trapped wind!
Doing my second jab this evening and have everything crossed for another week of little to no side effects 🤞🏾

Have to keep reminding myself it was a one off. I used to do this all the time and I've lost 6lb now in a week so I'm obviously doing something right in my deficit.

Back on track today!