My SheMed journey

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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.

Check in day for me. Jab 10, this weeks loss is 2.4lbs taking my total to 1st 6lbs. Happy with that!

Have a good day x

Check in day for me too.
End of week 6 & another 2lb off 🥳
Just tipped over the 1 stone milestone 😁

Delayed the questionnaire as I’m away for the weekend & I’ve seen some people get a Sunday delivery 😲

check in day was yesterday, but I forgot and did it this morning. Think ive stayed the same. But Ive not drank enough water the last week, ate carbs and crap this past week compared to others. Its ok, back on track now.

so all day yesterday I felt sick, never had any side effects like this before and last night I was sick and this morning I feel yuk. No idea if its a bug or the injection but I feel like something is 'heavy' in my tummy.

@travelforthesoul haven't had it myself , but I've seen a few people in shemed group online say that combination of symptoms ......

Ditto!

I was feeling quite rough on Thursday and then Friday morning threw up. Very unusual for me, I reckon it’s 15 years since I last vomited! Was pretty violent but I felt so much better afterwards. Remind me @travelforthesoul how many weeks in are you? I’ve had 10 doses now. It’s made me very wary about what I’m eating. I had porridge for dinner two nights running which settled my stomach as well as feeding me!

I googled mounjaro vomiting and got some really useful info about foods to avoid. The food in our stomachs is fermenting and the wrong type of food causes the sulphur burps and vomiting.

My meds arrived yesterday! Decided to get Mothers Day over before starting.

Now I'm wondering if I should wait until Friday as I wanted to do it so any side effects are over the weekend...

I'm actually a mature student and this week is stressful for deadlines, and I do stress eat...on the other hand the wrong time to be starting something with potential side effects....

On the third hand others have said its helped with focus....

Ahhhjhhhggggghhhhh!

Thoughts?

I started right away and didn’t get any side effects for a few days. My main one has been indigestion apart from my previous post below. I found that the food noise disappeared almost instantly so stress eating might not even enter your head.

I was so keen to get started that my box arrived and 15 minutes later I was jabbed 😂😂

I am 9 weeks in. I felt truly awful yesterday and a lot of today. I have only managed a little dinner today (meat, veg) and water. I will go and have a google because I never want that to happen again.

@BestDIL oh I've not experienced this , what sort of foods did it say ?

Onions, red meat, eggs dairy, garlic, borccoli and brussels sprouts as well as all fried foods.

I've found that water is the key to most of the problems. The more water I drink, the lesser the symptoms! I know that I don't drink enough water so am having to make a conscious effort.

@BestDIL oh lol these are like my staple foods .....( not the fried ones bit ) yes I drink near 3 litres ( not counting coffee/tea) a day .
I haven't had any side effects at all

Yes, me too, well apart from Sprouts 🤮 😂😂😂

Weigh in today week 7 completed 2.7lb off 😁
Total loss 1stone 1.1lb
Sooooo happy with that !!!
Last dose of first 5mg pen taken bring it on 😁😁😁😁

I have completely overhauled my snacks and snacking habits with MJ help it is sooo freeing to have no food noise . I no longer battle with myself , I have to use a little bit of will power too as i do get hungry for my meals but I don't eat when full now!!!( biggest thing ) and have reduced portions I cook from scratch ( always have) always looking for new recipes and veg lol .I drink my 2/3 litres water every day not including coffe/tea.I do minimum of 10, 000 steps every day . I feel so good inside and so motivated . Very lucky to
have experienced no side effects at all . My clothes are all getting roomy am sooo glad I got on this study

👏👏👏👏

Well done. Great loss x

Check in today & another 1lb down. Happy with that as I was away at the weekend & had an event yesterday with a mainly carb buffet, no fruit even 😬, kept it to minimum though. Would have indulged much more pre MJ. Thought I did well on last 24hrs of the weekly dose.

Last dose of 1st 5mg pen done & so far feeling much better on 5mg than 2.5mg tummy cramps all settled. Keeping up water in take with hydration tab on days that are a challenge to fill the bottle. Stool softeners helping constipation ☺️

Check in Day for me too! 7th dose of 5mg for me and another 2.6lbs off making a total of 1st 8.6lbs so very happy with that. Of course the sickness last weekend I think helped with the loss but I'll take anything!

Just filled in my questionnaire so will be interesting to see what dose I get next. I said in the questionnaire that I was happy to either move up or stay at 5mg so totally up to them.

I've been using the Shotsy app which has so many stats. It tells me that I am 34% through towards my goal and I have lost 10% of my body weight so far. Only another 3st 2lbs to goal which, if I can maintain 2lbs a week, I should get to by September. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞😊

@Beverbee well done x

@BestDIL well done you x

Hi all
haven’t posted in a while. I’m half way through my 2nd 5 mg pen. So think that makes it 10 weeks in.
Am eating more of the foods I’d eliminated now as started to think I may be experiencing a bit of hair thinning/loss and calories were really low despite a system of eating more in the days before my next jab. Evidently it probably still wasn’t enough.
With that has come slightly slower losses but still losses of around 1kg per week but I’ve also hovered around the 70kg mark due to one week where I stayed the same (up a little on the weigh in due to having heavier clothes on and doing my weigh in later in the day than usual). This all feels healthier though.

I’ve now re-included a little bread and occasional pasta. I don’t like the fullness I experience with both but do enjoy eating them so do so in moderation. I did try a bacon and a sausage sandwich over the last month (from our own pigs, so it would have been rude not to sample) but decided not to do so again as they made me feel a bit grim. No sickness but queasy and slightly upset tummy.

had my most junk filled day yesterday as was travelling with work and so dined out on marks and Spencer service station offerings. No ill effects but keen to return to home and healthier choices. I guess that’s evidence of my enjoyment of non UPF foods which I hope will stand me in good stead for coming off MJ.

SW: 84kg
CW: 68/69kg
TW: 50kg

5ft 1 height

Ive lost 1lb this week, but i havent eaten great - by my usual standards and have had wine.

But a loss is a loss and I had someone comment on how good I looked yesterday so that was nice. Its a long, slow journey, back to counting again this week and more fruit/veggies as I feel like Im a big bunged up.

So I've just counted up, I've been taking Mounjaro and am on the 5mg injection presently.

Took my 10th last Saturday, and have lost 10kg, so 2.2lb a week and about 22lb off. I can't help it, I have to convert it!

I feel SO much better. My sleep is better (I was waking at least twice a night for well over a year, it was really affecting me), I'm able to walk and stand much easier, my clothes fit better.

Best of all though - I'm not constantly thinking about food. I've had weeks where I didn't lose anything - and my mind just shrugs and completely accepts that this is normal. Why can't I do that without Mounjaro? I don't know. Any other time would send me into a spiral, I'd have a "fuck it" weekend and stuff myself silly, with the intention of starting again on Monday - and then I wouldn't. Then I'd hate myself again.

I was also kind of expecting a HUGE loss in the first week to tail off by the second (as is what normally seems to happen with me, and has also been the case with some people on MJ) but this didn't. I don't care. Slow and steady wins the race, and if I am able to continue, I'll be at a normal weight by my birthday.

I've had no issues with SheMed at all, although I confess I haven't used any of the facilities other than the usual. I will be logging however that I've had some increased skin sensitivity - I am prone to eczema so it sucks a bit (esp. as it's on my face) but honestly it's a small price to pay. I'm also gobbling Gaviscon as I can't stop burping?! Unsure if it's related to MJ or to the fact that I'm not keeping myself in a constant state of fullness!

Not eating hugely differently, just a lot less. Have got into the habit of coffee for breakfast, maybe a piece of fruit mid morning. (Dry) fried egg sandwich, no butter but a bit of ketchup, then whatever dinner is but like I said, much less.

Start weight: 108kg
Current weight: 98kg
Goal weight: 60ish kg
Height:164cm
Age: 42

TL;DR - happy with my weightloss so far!

@Ahardyfool. @travelforthesoul. @LazyArsedMagician. They are all such positive experiences. I feel so fortunate to be able to share our journeys with each other.

I’ve just heard that my next pen is on the way and it’s 7.5mg so I’m moving up. Didn’t think I’d get moved up and now nervous as I’m worried about the side effects. I’ve been shovelling gaviscon like there’s no tomorrow. Been really careful this last week after I was sick last weekend.

Have a good week everyone xx

Has anyone taken their jab abroad and still managed to check in?
I am going to the algarve in July and will be away on Jab day, I'm thinking of getting an insulated travel case for my pen, just wondering if you can still do live check in from Portugal?

I've done live checkins from Italy, Finland and Hungary. There is a list somewhere on the shemed website where checkins are not supported (We are not able to offer check-ins if you are located in the USA, Cuba, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Iran, Syria, Russia, North-Korea, Ukraine or China at the time of your check in. )

So Portugal isn't on the naughty list, so you'll be fine.