My SheMed journey

[Kebabo]

I gave signed up and am now waiting for the blood test to arrive. I'll post updates on here so you will know if it is reputable or not. Hope it will help others.

@BestDIL hey still a little loss least not on aye that's why I only weigh on the day , but it will come off next week . I read sometimes ur on 3 mg pens but I think every case different x

Confused 🤔 not OP @Kebabo …… same person?

Oh yes, didn't spot that!

@BestDIL or me !!!!

Morning everyone, today is checkin and inject day and my scales vary by half a stone depending on where I stand in the bathroom, even on the section that I always stand for check in... very annoying but Ive taken note that my clothes are loose and my jeans that were VVVVVVV tight fit perfectly again. Looks like approximately since end January a stone and a half ish. 8.4kg ive lost.

Hi all!

I had a ‘whoosh’ this week and it was immensely satisfying.

last week I only officially lost a pound and I was a little surprised, and then it was looking like this week was going to be the same. I’d done some morning weigh ins and nothing was moving.
Then I went out on Wednesday evening and had 4 glasses of wine and lemonade. (Yes I know bad me)
Did a self weigh in on Thursday morning and I’d lost 6 pounds over night. Ridiculous.
by today (Friday) that was officially a 5lbs loss (including clothes and holding the phone over the scales for the call- my phone is a 1lb by its self!)

Don't know if it’s real ‘science’ but Google is telling me that fat was being lost but the newly empty fat cells were holding water instead. Then drinking alcohol (a diuretic) would have shoved a load of the water out. (Apparently a cheat day can cause the same effect although I’m not brave enough to do that on MJ!)

Anyway, win for this week. I literally woke up on Thursday morning and was staring at my actual waist in the mirror. A real ‘ goes inwards in a smooth curve’ waist, not tyre roll. Insane.

so far- (8 weeks in)

SW - 111.1 kg (17st 7lbs)
CW- 97.5 kg (15st 5lbs)

extra- not a single person has commented/ noticed yet but that could be because the only side affect I’ve had is coldness. Lots of coldness. So I’ve been pretty much permanently wearing giant fluffy fleeces for the last 2 months. Chances are no one can even see. 😂

That is a brilliant loss. I'd try it but unfortunately I don't drink!!!

Disappointing that nobody has noticed but just wait, when the warmer weather comes and you start turning up in lighter clothes, people will definitely notice. I'm looking forward to showing off my slimmer body encased in Tshirts rather than jumpers!

@travelforthesoul well done NSV's are the best 👌 you're doing fab

1.5 stones since end of Jan is a good steady loss so you should be proud of yourself.

Have you tried putting something on the bathroom floor so that you can ensure you are weighing in the same place each week? Even a strip of sellotape? I moved my scales into the bedroom and put a piece of wood under the scales so that they aren't affected by the carpet.

ah yes the coldness! I am perimenopausal so everyone is used to me being too hot. I am now officially the one in the office freezing with a fleece on top of clothes with the rads turned up full and they have the window open, and at home ive got an old lady blanket - and my Oodie

I think the daytime/bedtime coldness has eased a bit for me - I'm just running a little cooler than usual apart from at 2am when I'm hotter than the surface of the sun.

Morning all injection day today, just starting week 4 on 2.5mg.

Today I stood on the scaled and it said 0.1kg (4 oz) for check in by yesterday it was saying about 1kg (2 lb) i know my phone weights and my PJs but like come on! 🙄
So disappointed with this week, but then that said looking at it as a total I've lost 3.3kg (7lb 4oz) in about 3 weeks so on average 2lb 3oz with no side effects other than a headache on injection day, and a touch of indigestion every now and then, pop a couple of rennie and its gone.

Start 5mg next week, so will see what happens with the weight loss and side effects from there.

Next week I start again at the gym, so I'm sure my weightloss will be up and down dependant on DOMs, and water retention so here's to week 4

Afternoon everyone,

Just a quick query I'm currently in week 4 of 2.5mg so side effects other than a bit of indigestion every now and then. I do get the coldness though Brrrr. Howowever this week since my 4th 2.5 injection I've felt really nauseous, it's day 3 of the feeling sick and bloated has everyone else had that all ofna sudden felt nauseous for days? Not eating big meals. Had a bit of wine but otherwise nothing has changed. Just worried as if this is a start of things I move up to 5mg Friday

@Margo84 Funnily enough I have had the same thing this weekend - after my 5th dose of 5mg. I put mine down to two slightly larger meals, two days running.

It may be that yours is completely unrelated to the medication. Have you tried taking anything for it? I just had really small meals yesterday and feel back to normal today.

I've slowly been reading through all the "Discover" tab and also logged into the NHS app and looked at the letters that SheMed have sent to my GP. Really strange as it shows letters addressed to me which I haven't received. I have been reporting indigestion and the advice in the letter is that I should be having smaller more frequent meals which, of course, makes sense.

Whilst here, I'm really struggling for meal ideas which will be good for me but also things that the rest of the family can eat. Suggestions please......

I've been eating mainly the same meals, but reducing the carb elements and increasing veggies. So spaghetti bol but with a LOT less pasta for me, and extra veggies in the sauce.

@Margo84 hiya , I've not had nausea or bloating , but I have seen lots of people in the she med groups saying they have suffered with that ....

@Margo84 7lb in 3 weeks is good !! remember that well done 👏

Week 6 complete 2lb off
Total loss so far 12.4 lb

Very happy with that still no side effects 🤞upped my steps to 10,000 daily past couple of weeks .
Good luck everyone 😊

Weigh in day. Lost 2lbs. Total loss in10 weeks is 2 stone 10lbs. Hoping they will move me up from my current 5mg dose. Still no side effects. Loving the fact I no longer have the food noise that I had to contend with 24/7. Good luck all.

Well done @Kebabo1. That’s great progress. 👏

Hello! I hopefully will be joining you shortly.

I did the bloods & weigh in on Monday, so just waiting on the results.

How long did it take for your bloods to be processed?

I just want to crack on!

The bloods processing time is very variable! When they were mad swamped just after New Year's it was any time between 4 days and never!

Smart people (unlike me) kept a note of the royal mail tracking number and could see when it actually arrived at the lab, and then it was maybe 1 or 2 days after that. I basically just kept hitting refresh like a monkey, as it seemed to be taking forever, but in reality was 4 days from getting bloods done to approval, with my pen arriving on day 6.

Oooh I just got my results... waiting for them to be reviewed....

I think mine was about a week turn around & I was in the mad rush. Signed up on the last day for the 99 club.
I didn’t get a tracking number & don’t get tracking numbers for my jabs. They tend to arrive about 2 days after payment is taken.

Good luck! ⚖️