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Mounjuro August starters - thread 10 !!!!

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Blondeshavemorefun · 23/12/2024 21:40

Crazy we have come this far

Heading to 5mths - that's almost half a year

We have all done so well.

Be proud of ourselves

Yes we have Christmas Day to come but remember that eating a meal and some yummy stuff isn't going to make us all gain the weight back

We have to have some treats or else what is the point in life

Saying we are never going to eat ...... again isn't sustainable

But having one /small portion of something we want is a good thing

We have learnt restraint !!!

To 2025 one and all

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MargoLivebetter · 14/01/2025 11:49

No need to be sheepish @AuntieDote it is a learning curve for all of us, with all sorts of ups and downs.

Mum0ntherun · 14/01/2025 12:47

@AuntieDote - always welcome. We are trying to break, in some cases, decades of poor food choices and bad habits and can't expect to do that in such a short time. I hope your side effects are much lower this time. Christmas was tough for all of us, and it was so easy to slide into old patterns. Give yourself some kudos for how far you have come, and if you need a bit of help - so be it! No shame in that and HUGE strength in realising you need support and actually acting on it - 👏

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Blondeshavemorefun · 14/01/2025 12:48

@PoemsForTea not the hammy 🙀🙀

@FlappingMadlyi think I am one of the rarer breeds that mj doesn’t always magically work

never had the constant suppression

still want and eat chocolate and crisps

I prob need to exercise more as don’t at all due to ankle hips and knee

@AuntieDote no need to feel sheepish ((hugs))

sure may of us will be the same once off mj

eso me and my hunger lol

well done for trying low dose again

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owlyboo · 14/01/2025 13:11

@AuntieDote to be fair it couldn't have been a worse time of year to have had to have stopped with having Christmas! And you haven't failed at all as you've nipped it in the bud quickly rather than continuing to gain! I would say that's a win! Welcome back 😊

Azuresky68 · 14/01/2025 13:18

Welcome back @AuntieDote ...best thread to be on! Good luck with starting again.
@Mumontherun you are spot on in your reply..we have done so well at trying to change our habits and it's not easy. I had a fish shop fish and mushy peas for the first time in ages..before I started on MJ was the last time. My fella got me into fish shop fish as it's his favourite. For me it was a massive treat as I was brought up counting calories and we rarely had fish and chips although we lived at the seaside. So yesterday I ordered a large fish..of course I couldn't eat it all. Logged it on MFP too.
@blondeshavemorefun Don't feel bad about chocolate and crisps. I don't think suppression means the same for everyone. We know MJ isn't a magic thing. Some days, I don't fancy healthy food at all but still like chocolate and biscuits. I hardly ever eat them, but at the weekend, I had 4 fig rolls and three squares of chocolate, but not much healthy stuff. Because I log everything on MFP I was shocked to see how many calories in 4 tiny fig rolls and they didn't fill me up at all! But I still managed an average of 950 calories over the week. I also find suppression goes up and down all week. I still have bad habits, but MJ helps control them.
Top tip for a sweet treat for me is 100g Greek yoghurt with couple teaspoons of chocolate options stirred in..it satisfies my sweet tooth. It might not be for everyone, but I have it occasionally

WorriedRelative · 14/01/2025 13:28

Welcome back @AuntieDote sorry you had a gain but don't feel sheepish, I suspect it will be a pretty typical experience and that's why it will be important to have support while withdrawing and the option to get back on the MJ.

I watched the documentary this morning, it was a fairly positive and fair programme. A shame that they didn't talk a bit more about the private side as there is a view in some quarters that if it isn't from the NHS it is dodgy and I think so many people could benefit. Not everyone of course due to the cost but many people could make room in their budget for it.

Speaking to someone who accessed it privately would have given them chance to speak to someone further on in their journey too.

I would like to see an update when those people they followed have been on it a bit longer.

FlappingMadly · 14/01/2025 13:33

Hi @AuntieDote don't be sheepish. As has already been said Christmas is a time of treats and we have years of habit to undo. I gained on MJ. I hope this 2.5 is kind to you.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 14/01/2025 13:45

Yes be good to see an update

but I didn’t think they did that well tbh for larger people
I would have expected a bigger weight loss

or

were they not so good as not paying for it

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FlappingMadly · 14/01/2025 13:55

Yes agreed about update and I was also surprised that they hadn't lost more. But they were the worst at risk cases (did you see that guys medication!) so I suppose they had further to go. Which is the NHS way - don't replace the hip until the socket is crumbling.

Weepixie · 14/01/2025 16:48

PoemsForTea · 14/01/2025 08:27

Had a text from GPs yesterday asking me to book my annual pre diabetes blood test - I'm actually excited to have it done for once 😆

I’m no longer pre-diabetic and I’m pretty sure that having halved my BP medication already that I’ll be taken off it completely at my next check up in Feb. And that’s just with losing 15kgs with another 9 to go.

Weepixie · 14/01/2025 16:50

@Blondeshavemorefun

i think you’re onto something with your last post.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 14/01/2025 17:09

Weepixie · 14/01/2025 16:50

@Blondeshavemorefun

i think you’re onto something with your last post.

What's that as free didn't heart into it

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Weepixie · 14/01/2025 17:23

@Blondeshavemorefun this

but I didn’t think they did that well tbh for larger people
I would have expected a bigger weight loss
or
were they not so good as not paying for it

NippyCrab · 14/01/2025 17:49

I agree with the small losses I wondered if they were getting support with diet and exercise plans. The lady on MJ seemed really focused and was a gym goer too and it would be great to get updates. I did wonder what the fried onions were for in the chaps pan 🤔

PoemsForTea · 14/01/2025 17:51

Weepixie · 14/01/2025 16:48

I’m no longer pre-diabetic and I’m pretty sure that having halved my BP medication already that I’ll be taken off it completely at my next check up in Feb. And that’s just with losing 15kgs with another 9 to go.

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I've also halved my bp medication Weepixie. I have had high bp since I was in my 20's - had to come off of the pill due to it. My bp is now 'Normal' for the 1st time in my life - I'm 53!

MrsHerbs79 · 14/01/2025 17:57

OMG I bought a size 14 pair of jeans off of Vinted as I didn’t want to waste money if didn’t fit 🤯🤯🤯🤯

Mounjuro August starters - thread 10 !!!!
MrsHerbs79 · 14/01/2025 18:04

AuntieDote · 14/01/2025 11:29

Hello again everyone.

Returning to the thread a bit sheepishly - I gained back a good few lbs (6-8 depending on which reading you take) over the of the month I'd stopped taking the MJ. I really did have to stop the side effects were just not manageable for me, I was so hopeful I'd be able to get the last stone I wanted off myself with all the good habits I'd apparently learned!

True enough for the first 2 weeks or so after my last jab I stayed relatively in control (half life anyone!?!), even over Christmas itself I was still tracking, eating well and not too much but it was just sort of steadily increasing - I drank more alcohol than normal as more events/ occasions for it, skipped a few of my exercise classes due to Christmas then us all being full of the lurgy, gradually having bigger portions here and there, being a bit less mindful when eating out etc, all the carbs creeping back in. I've got to say it's gone on a lot quicker than pre MJ - and without eating as much as I may have done in the past - but I guess that's understandable too. I do think a bit of it is hormonal as well, period just started so that's not helping.

I kept contemplating injecting again - going back of course to 2.5mg, but my lizard brain was staging a full scale rebellion and I couldn't bring myself to do it somehow. Anyway, something clicked 'enough' in my brain last night and I did it - injected 2.5mg out of the previously unopened 7.5 pen I had left.

Feel ok today, not the same level of nausea/ suppression I felt the very first time I ever started on 2.5 but I suppose I can't expect that really. Feeling positive and ready to continue my journey.

I don't think I'll be going above 2.5 this time - past experience shows my guts really really can't handle it. The only way I might do that is if I space two lots of 2.5 doses out over a week, but we'll see if that becomes necessary. I'm really hoping that whilst 2.5 won't do much long term in the way of suppression, it will keep me on track enough to finish this journey and get to goal, or at least not completely undo all the work so far!

I have definitely learned some hard lessons about how much was the drug and how much was me when it comes to what I've lost so far - all that comforting stuff I was telling myself before about how I was learning about my limits and repairing my relationship with food so I'd be fine once I stopped taking it - yeah not so much in my case! I do think I'm going to be on the drug in some capacity longterm - once I get a bit closer to goal I'll investigate Oushk's maintenance plans a bit more and see what I want to do. Going it alone clearly isn't going to work for me.

Welcome back!!!! Absolutely no judgement here…….everyone’s journey is different and we’re all heading in the right direction!! Xxx

PoemsForTea · 14/01/2025 18:04

MrsHerbs79 · 14/01/2025 17:57

OMG I bought a size 14 pair of jeans off of Vinted as I didn’t want to waste money if didn’t fit 🤯🤯🤯🤯

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PoemsForTea · 14/01/2025 18:24

Welcome back @AuntieDote ❤️

PoemsForTea · 14/01/2025 18:28

Blondeshavemorefun · 14/01/2025 09:38

Well done @Motnight

sorry been a few weeks of sts @PoemsForTea💐

but amazing you didn’t gain over Xmas

what do you do and can you take a litre bottle of water with you to slug

and hopefully you would have reduced your diabetes

@owlyboo Pmsl at eating family. To gain a stone and a half seems madness

@MargoLivebetter I should do some water based exercise as have dodgy ankle hip and knee via arthritis

but it’s cold

im a very good swimmer but too cold to get naked and into water

@15@owlyboo. You hard nut

Hey blondes, thanks 🙂 I'm a surveyor for an housing association. Yeah I do take a litre with me but it's really tricky as no reliable loo access and it's generally a 12hr day so am nervous 😬

Motnight · 14/01/2025 18:41

MrsHerbs79 · 14/01/2025 17:57

OMG I bought a size 14 pair of jeans off of Vinted as I didn’t want to waste money if didn’t fit 🤯🤯🤯🤯

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That's brilliant @MrsHerbs79

WorriedRelative · 14/01/2025 19:22

PoemsForTea · 14/01/2025 18:28

Hey blondes, thanks 🙂 I'm a surveyor for an housing association. Yeah I do take a litre with me but it's really tricky as no reliable loo access and it's generally a 12hr day so am nervous 😬

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Oooh I work with HA surveyors quite a lot, don't envy some of the places you go, the photos look awful

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Blondeshavemorefun · 14/01/2025 19:23

twit two @MrsHerbs79

ah you gonna need to pee @PoemsForTea

surely they must have loos (for men?) anyone

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PoemsForTea · 14/01/2025 20:47

WorriedRelative · 14/01/2025 19:22

Oooh I work with HA surveyors quite a lot, don't envy some of the places you go, the photos look awful

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I love my job!

Slimhopes · 14/01/2025 21:11

Evening all, just catching up on the thread as work has been busy. And I’m struggling for work clothes that fit properly as the first top I put on today looked like maternity wear😛 that’s great about the vinted jeans and pp photos looked amazing! And @AuntieDote experience is a helpful reminder about life outside of MJ and the struggles, definitely my worry as I can’t afford to stay on MJ forever.

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