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

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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”

Hi @KentishMama where are you? Dh and I have family in Milwaukee, Naples and Minneapolis and really struggle with eating healthy and portion sizes when we visit.

does anyone else find the last 2lbs to get you into the next number down on the scales are the most stubborn to shift?!

Finally lost the Christmas weight….and a little bit more! 🙌

Got to 14 9 on Christmas Day and today I’m 14 7.75. So 15.25lbs down.

I moved up to 4 this week which has helped. I’ll be taking the 6th injection of my 2nd pen tonight, so first time going over the 30 day limit.

I’m booked in soon: https://my.blood.co.uk/your-account/eligibility/health/article/?id=01811a30&title=Weight+loss+injections+%3A+Weight+Management

🥳🥳🥳🥳

Me. I have 2.2lbs to get down to 12 st. Feels like January itself in how long it is taking 😂

Good for you trying to find alternatives 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 Hope the trip goes well.

Well done @IHateMozzies!

Me too. Stuck at 11.3. Can’t wait to see a 10 on the scales!

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Week 11 jab done yesterday. I am still on 2.5. Lost another 1lb

SW 14 stone 12 / 101.1kg
CW 12 stone 9 / 86.6kg
GW 10 stone

Total loss 2stone 3lbs / 14.1kg

Might go up to 5mg for February. Off on holidays tomorrow and taking my pen with me.

I weighed myself this morning and was 15 stone 0 and 3/4lb! Just a lb from edging into 14 something. Hoping to get there by tomorrow! Have had fruit & fibre for breakfast in case it helps! 😂

Pumpkinforever

i am still on 2.5, I’m considering moving up to 3 to try it. I feel my body is getting used to the 2.5 and food noise sneaking back in. Although I am trying to use
willpower as well.
My weigh/ jab day is tomorrow but I am a daily weigher and I have lost 2 lbs this week. However through experience I know my weight loss this week reflects my efforts last week if that makes sense.

I’m also working towards a 10 😁 I was stuck around 11.5 for ages, but I’m now moving down again. 11.4 was the most I weighed when pregnant (!?!!) so it has been a significant marker for me since then. I am now slightly below that, which feels great. Hopefully we both hit that 10 soon!!

I am sort of glad it wasn’t stress, and I think now I have a good solution I can sort it quickly. I do love dates, but I find it hard to stop eating them 😁 I’m such a sugar addict!

I agree @lovealongbath I feel that I am using more willpower now which maybe a good thing but don’t want to risk falling off the wagon having made such good progress up to now. I will be on holiday for two weeks which is partly why I stuck at 2.5 this month but feel I will need the support of 5mg when I come back.

i know there’s a lot of nervousness about the higher doses (I was nervous but food noise was too loud). I’ve started 7.5 on Sunday and had zero side effects. 2.5 I had lots of headaches, coldness, exhaustion and 5mg was similar but nothing on 7.5. Feeling myself again.

I think with the higher doses it is so dependent on your body and how it handles it. I absolutely cannot tolerate anything more than 3.75mg. The side effects are manageable on 3.75. I’m week 11. Eggy burps today and tummy ache. Trying to think what I ate that my tummy isn’t agreeing with yesterday!

im definitely eating more than I was in the early days but to be honest that wasn’t sustainable levels of food! I think now once I come off mj I should in theory be able to stick to my new eating habits! Fingers crossed

im still totally off alcohol . I just don’t want it and if I do have some it’s like one or two glasses . Saving me a fortune!

You are doing amazing just on 2.5!!!
I wish I had done this. I was greedy.

I'm really happy this morning as I've finally gone down under 11 stone. I'd been hovering there for what seemed like ages, and suddenly this morning I was 10st 12.6. I'm still on 5mg as that seems to work for me. I am going to ask Asda if they supply maintenance doses as my goal weight is 10lbs away and I don't want to be cut off completely when I hit it.

Woohoo well done!!

Urghh tell me about it. I pass rocks thanks to being on MJ, co-codamol and iron pills.

@TeenLifeMum that's great news about the lack of side effects moving up.

@LilyRose88 congratulations what a terrific milestone.

I've had a return of the acid reflux this week but food noise is gone. I'm going out for dinner tonight, tapas so easy to disguise a smaller appetite.

That's just rude. I'd be trying to squeeze out an extra wee/poo/considering chopping my hair off etc to find that 3/4lb from somewhere

This is why I’m not taking iron right now! I hate it but also hate the low ferritin 🙈

Hello lovelies! Am on W8 D3 and my 2nd 5mg pen, and my losses have stalled slightly. I think this is because a combo of very busy new job + fighting off what I think may be covid (went through the kids at Christmas, they're still recovering) means my exercise has dropped off. My appetite is still suppressed and I'm eating healthily, I'm just not pushing hard on the weight loss compared to before.

Will see how this week goes (PLEASE don't let me get properly ill), and then I'll be looking at ordering my next pen. Am toying with getting the 7.5, haven't yet decided. Still only 8kgs down of the 20 I'd like to lose, so...