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.

I did a check in from the Netherlands in Feb without issue. It was cold anyway but I kept the pen in the hotel fridge. No issues with connectivity at all.

If there is a problem during the foreign checkin, DON'T PANIC! You can restrospectively log an injection (so wait until the day your checkin was due to get this to enable in the app) so you are counted up ok for your medication doses.

Thank you all ❤️

I jabbed but didn't check in as you can miss one person month. I did try but as I couldn't weigh it didn't count. This was back in January so it may have changed as others have said they can use the weight from last time.

Yes I've done this, you need to wait a day.

Forgot to update last week. Starting weight was 18 stone 9lbs. Now 15 stone 9lbs. 3 stone loss in 12 weeks. I'm so lucky as other than mild constipation I have zero side effects. Good luck all who jab todayx

@Kebabo1you are doing so well!!!
I am now 2stone 9lbs down and at your starting weight 😉.
I know weight loss slows as time goes on but hope as we all get lighter each lbs off has a bigger impact.
my body definitely feels very different in a good way!

@Kebabo Well done gr8 going what mg are u on now ?

1.8lb off yday week 8 complete: 16.9 lbs in total .

Check in for me today - 100g on! I'm fine with this as it's my last dose of 5mg before moving up to 7.5mg next week. Finding that supression is almost non-existent now on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and I'm struggling not to nibble in the evenings. Last night was particularly bad - I caught myself looking through the kitchen cupboards seeking bad stuff!

Side-effects seem to have tapered off as I don't think I've taken as many Gaviscon this week. However, after being sick the week before last, I have been a bit more careful about how much I am eating so maybe that's the difference.

Have a good week all. x

Good loss, well done 👏👏

so stayed the same this week, this is my 2nd month on 5mg, I have drank wine and been picking more, and not moving as much so could be that. My own fault, so back on track and back to walking, counting calories and generally more proactive with this.

Edit to say that I HAVE lost inches, jeans are loose, trousers for work are loose and a smaller size, and the top I wore out last weekend was a smaller size.

@travelforthesoul well least not on and u know why abd u raring to go again x
Ps nsv are the BEST

Funny isn't it how the weight stays the same but the body changes. I had to buy smaller bras and T Shirts this week - that pleased me no end. I put on my size 22 T Shirts in the good weather last weekend and looked ridiculous! I did wear T Shirts a size larger to try and hide the flab but I've been to M&S and just bought size 16 albeit they are a loose fit. More to the point, I feel more confident in them.
I made a note (somewhere) of my measurements before I started but can't find them anywhere! Most annoying. Pretty sure that I have lost 3 inches from my waist.

LOL, had to google NSV - non-scale victory to save anyone else!

Check in done week 9 complete 2.4 lb off 😊
Grand total 19.3 lb well chuffed bring on week 10

Well done. Another great week for you. You're doing so well x

@BestDIL thanks 😊

Check in day for me. End of week 12 and another 2.6lbs off. 1st 11lbs/25lbs/11.3kg total loss so far. I’m super happy as I went down to the next stones number this morning. First dose at 7.5mg today so we’ll see how that goes. Stats so far:

SW 15st 10.6lbs
TW 13st 13.6lbs
GW 11st 0lbs

Have a good week everyone.

@BestDIL well done your doing fab ......good luck on 7 .5

Wow @BestDILwhat made you decide to go to 7.5?
i’m13 weeks, getting a lot of suppression from 5mg still.
I jabbed Sunday night and Thursday today, still struggling to eat much. I tend to fast through to lunch except collagen in my tea. Manage reasonable lunch and tea but no snacks. Sometimes I really can’t be bothered to eat my meal but once I get going I can but often don’t finish.
Hope 7.5 feels ok for you.

Thanks @Shazzabelle

@Reginaphalangeeeee I didn't choose the 7.5mg, SheMed did. I said that I didn't mind. I was getting decent suppression for 5 days of the week but the last two days of the week I was struggling and really had to be strong to not nibble in the evenings. For the full 7 days, I'm not able to eat much, can easily manage on one meal a day which isn't healthy. I have to remind myself to eat lunch! I'm usually ready for my dinner.

Something struck a chord with me this week and I had a bit of a Eureka moment! I was talking to a friend of mine who recently started on Wegovy. She said that she had become a super fast eater when her kids were little. As a result, she had been struggling with stopping eating when she is full because she has eaten so fast that her brain hasn't had time to catch up and as a result, keeps overeating. That totally describes me! I have been putting less on my plate but perhaps I need to put even less and try and remind myself to slow down - easier said than done!

I have not suffered as much with indigestion in the last week and I think that's because I have had smaller meals. SheMed advised that the best way to avoid indigestion was smaller more frequent meals. I just need smaller!

Hope my Eureka moment helps some of you too!

xx

so today, again no gain, no loss, not getting any supression and I am continually ravenous. I get full quickly, but I am so hungry again a couple of hours later. And I want to eat crap - all the carbs, junk, you name it! I never had this on 2.5.

My next pen arrived and its 7.5, I heard its a game changer. Im sure I still have 2 doses of 5mg left though... Im not wasting a dose.

I think you may be correct @BestDIL about smaller amounts of food at a time.

Afternoon all, Happy Easter 🐣

check in day for me and it’s a bit of a weird one, my loss is officially 5lbs this week but to be honest most of that should really have been in the week/s before loss. I cut down half a tree in the good weather a couple of weeks back (by myself up a ladder with a chainsaw like a fool 😂) which was great but massively exhausting, and I was in so much pain for days from over doing it. (I had to cut up all the branches and then move them to a skip by myself, nightmare)
i figured I’d probably done enough exercise for the month that weekend but when check in came it was 3lbs (which is pretty constant for me, no extra)
So I’m thinking this week is just a catch up of my body from previous.

However I’ve had massive cravings this week, I’ve had to really work hard to eat at the same rate I’ve been eating over the last couple of months, but I’ve been loosing that battle. I’ve had chocolate, I’ve bought a bag of ‘treat’ crisps for the Easter weekend, and I can see myself eating the chocolate eggs I’ve been given. It’s been really noticeable to have some of the ‘noise’ back and be thinking about later night eating.

i have 5mg for a 3rd time already and today was the first jab of the new pen, so I’ve got at least 3 more jabs to go before I could move up but I don’t know if should try and ‘help’ myself move on to 7.5mg next time. I was seriously debating making my weigh in less favourable today by sticking things in heavy things in pockets or something because by weight alone it looks great for me on 5mg, but it’s been a serious struggle this week and last week I was mooching for food too.

i don’t want to give in and eat poor to just maintain weight so they’ll give me 7.5 but it feels really dishonest and wrong to make the next couple of weigh ins poor to help me move along. But I really don’t want the noise back yet!

any advice?