November ‘24 starters thread 5 - The one where we go into a New Year with a new mindset and new wardrobes 🥳

[Mounjaropen]

Follow on thread from thread 4

www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5229555-november-starters-thread-4-the-one-where-we-navigate-and-stick-or-twist-on-5mg-for-the-new-year?page=40&reply=140957185

Welcome to friends old and new!

I’m W9D2 on second pen of 5mg
SW 13stone 12lb
CW 12st 6.2lb
GW 10st
H 5’5.5”

Let us know what you want to figure out and I’ll try to calculate

I can only do it in ml rather than clicks though

@PinkArt hi sorry I didn't explain that very well at all well its the clicks thing every one is talking about I have a 5mg pen full but I want 7.5

@Goldleafcat it was the clicks everyone is on about

Ah sorry. I’ve been dealing in ml when using an insulin style syringe (0.6ml is typically whatever your dose is so you use this as a base e.g. 0.9ml on a 5mg dose would be 7.5mg).

@GGoldleafcat, ahh, I get it I don't have sryngies, so I'll need to do clicks I don't even know whether to go down to 2.5 as I feel I done better on that than 5mg I could easily eat sweets later on at night no bother so o. Finding it hard to avoid these 😱😩

Wishing your little one all the best. Hugs and flowers to you both xx

🎶baggy trousers🎶🎶

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Well done you!

Checking in! Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen . Happy New Year all!

Checking in! Happy NYE to all.
I must say that Christmas without feeling so full and over stuffed I could hardly move has been a revelation! I’ve met up with friends today who I haven’t seen for a number of weeks and they didn’t mention my weight but said that I was looking really very well (I’ve had my hair chopped and have new glasses too) and I was really chuffed because you know I do feel really well and a lot happier 😊

7.5 would be 1.5 doses of a 5 - one regular dose at 5 and a half dose at 2.5. So you'd need to do one full dose, change needles and do a half dose by turning/ clicking 30 times.
It would probably be safer to wait until you move up to a 7.5 pen to go up a dose though.

Thanks for the new thread!

Week 7 here, lost 1st 3lbs so far.

Really struggling with heartburn. Unfortunately alcohol seems to trigger it. May have to resort to omeprazole.

@PinkArt hi I'm due to go up this week to 7.5 but got another 5 pen and om waiting on 7.5 being delivered

HNY to all the friends here on their MJ journey.

Thanks @Mounjaropen for the new thread.

i’ll wait to next jab day (Sunday) for a progress update. Check weighs suggest more or less flat through the Christmas festivities so happy with that.

🍾🎉

Happy New Year November Starter friends.
Thank you all for the part you've all played in me seeing this year out lighter than this time last year. 2025 is going to be truly transformative.

Happy New Year to you & yours I hope 2025 brings you good things.

I will be thinking of you & your wee boy on Monday. I hope everything goes perfectly & he makes a fantastic recovery

Happy new year! I’ve had way too many alcohol calories and I’m regretting some bread I just ate but I’ve had a lovely new years! Back on it tomorrow.

Happy new year everybody!

Checking in from holiday, not jabbed since the 14th December, so must be pretty un MJ’d by now. Still making some good choices but over eaten a few times, ended up having a massive bag of crisps and pot of Humous for dinner last night whilst waiting for fireworks to start but that was kind of out of necessity and other times it would have been a burger in the pub then the snacks on top. We get back to the UK on Sunday and I can’t wait to Jab. I was on 5mg before we left and didn’t find it strong so not sure whether to go back down to 2.5 or 3.75. Last few days here and will be trying to stick to salads and protein shakes in the day, but there are dinners out planned where I will try and have salad, but I know from experience it is lack of protein that makes me binge on carbs.

Lovely to hear such positivity! 2025 will be our year 🥰

Great loss!

Are you keeping a food diary? Anything triggering the heartburn do you think? Fizzy drinks/water maybe? Time of meals?

Hope you feel better soon!

Happy New Year!

Bloody Chinese takeaway. First takeaway in 7 weeks, and I’m up 3lbs overnight. I didn’t even eat that much of it! Grr.

I’m still not feeling any pangs of hunger, but I’m definitely more interested in food. I don’t know if it’s because there’s so much delicious stuff in the house after or Xmas, but I’m guessing it’s a sign to go up. I’ve been using 3.75 and ordered a new pen on Xmas eve and it’s still saying “order assembly” on the IQ doctor website, so I’m not sure when it’s going to arrive. I go away on Friday though, so I’d have liked to have been able to put it in the fridge rather than it being left out. I have family coming in to check on the pets while we’re away, but I’ve not told them I’m on MJ so I don’t really want to ask them to put it in the fridge.

Will be water retention from the salt in the Chinese (soy and msg) - happens to me every-time too! Drink some extra water to help flush it out and it will be gone tomorrow.

@Goldleafcat wishing you and your son all the best. Hope the surgery goes well.

W6D5 for me. I've stayed on 2.5mg over Christmas and have definitely lost suppression. I've eaten more than I should! I've enjoyed my food and drink over the festive period. So far I'm about 5kg/11lbs down. BMI has gone from 31 to 28. Fitting into most of the size 12 clothes I hadn't sold on Vinted and a new leather look skirt in a 12 too.

Wondering whether to go to 3.75 or 5 for my next jab. Think I'll try 3.75 and see how I get on. Looking forward to getting to a healthy weight.

Week 5 day 4

SW 12st 2
CW 10st 12
GW1 10st I’m only 5’3” so this is still obese
ultimate 8st 6. Not realistic really but still…

NSV clothes are fitting looser and belly is definitely reduced.

5th jab was 2.9 as 0.7ml from 2.5 pen. I’ll start 5mg on Friday.

A few of you have noticed the effect on skin and I’m there too. I had a polynucleotide facial last week as I’m so scared of ozempic face. I’m hoping it will all look better if regenerating well! Might get an LED mask too if I change provider and save a few quid
The MJ is paying for itself with reduced takeouts and crap.

Next thing to consider this year is HRT

Out of interest is anyone loving how clear their head is on MJ? It’s like ADHD meds for me