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.

yes @BestDIL I was getting a little fed up on 10mg losing, not, losing then not again, but I am FULL, eating much less and feeling good. Its amazing how all of a sudden the clothes are falling off and look ridiculous.

Still got my boobs - they are smaller, but havent shrunk to nothing. I feel that I now need to start on the toning part of this journey. the solid fat is now loose, jiggly and skin, so that is getting added in now that I feel better about myself.

Yeah @travelforthesoul ive been surprised how little my boobs have changed given the rest is pretty dramatic, which is surprising as I thought most of my boobs was just fat. 😂 win I guess.

also re the skin- yeah after I lost like half a stone in a week last month I was really noticing how my arms were looking ridiculous, I had like clumpy lumpy bits combined with saggy skin on them and from behind/ side on they looked awful. Thankfully I’ve was pretty flat with weight loss for the 2 weeks after, but my arms MASSIVELY smoothed up. I was freaking out that I was going to have to wear long tops for the rest of my life, but they’ve gone back to smooth and chubby (but less chubby than before!) with a little droop at the bottom of them if I raise them (nothing major and may possibly improve more over time?)

similarly with my butt 😅 it was looking a little saggy but has smoothed out a bit thank god. I also put some size 12 (yes 12!) trousers on and it looked good and not a saggy mess like it has been for a bit. Hopefully time will make the skin all fit a bit better (I really want my neck to go back it’s honestly a bit off putting having saggy neck when none previous, but moisturiser seems to help for now!)

Also from official check in- 13st 2lbs. (13st at morning, 1lb over night as a bonus)

@BestDIL i am indeed a bit of a shorty, I did however realise that it’s 12 st 12lbs for me to get to 30bmi, so yay my target just got a bit easier, although I guess I need 12st 11lbs to be under 30. I’m being generous with my hight too, I’m using 5”5’ when I’m really between 5”4’ and 5”5’. But I won’t tell the nhs app if you don’t 😜.

Today was weigh in day and in total Im down 12.7kg and 0.9kg since last week - for us old school people that is 1.98lbs so im ok with that.

Its strange that Im losing more weight / inches on 10mg than I have on anything else and its lasting longer, Ive said Im happy to stay on 10mg for another round.

Now to tone

another .9kg off on friday, still on 10mg.

hows everyone doing?

Hi @travelforthesoul I'm doing well. 0.4lb off last week which is fine as I'd been on holiday. Looking like a good loss this week and hoping to reach 3st loss. Currently 0.6lb away from that but with a good push over the next 3 days, I should make it.

I'm on 10mg too, started second pen last week and I reckon this will be where I stay for a while as I seem to be having the best losses with it.

I've been buying interim sized clothes from Vinted. A pair of size 14 denim knee shorts arrived on saturday, I held them up and thought, you'll never get in them as they looked so small. Thought I'd try anyway and OMG, they fit perfectly! I'm so happy. Loads of people now commenting on my weight loss which I love!

Had an email this morning from SheMed telling me that my 6 month blood test was on the way. I'll be interested to see the results, although due to providing a small sample the first time, there won't be much in the way of comparison, but it'll be interesting to see if there are any issues.

Have a good week everyone and I'll let you know how I get on at check in on Thursday! x

Hi all not been on here for ages just reading through old posts everyone seems to be doing well . My weigh in day is tommorrow but not very hopeful as last week I recorded a STS( didn't weigh no scales ) as was coming home from a week on a med cruise booked last year so for first time really since 11th Feb I drank alcohol and ate food not prepared by me lol . I have had a good week easing back in but can't expect much as my STS was just what I used as was in palma . I have done 1 x2.5 mg 4 x5mg and am on my 1x 7.5 ( 2 jabs done ) so far I had lost 2 stone 9.6 pounds but not sure what will happen tommorrow as kinda think if I manage to STS that be likely as week b4 am pretty sure would have been a gain from 7 night cruise lol . I see a lot of u are on 10mg now I still haven't had any side effects ( even with food and booze on cruise although i tried make good choices etc ) although I have never really had much suppression I can always eat but get full 3/4 way through a meal but ZERO food noise so am happy as it stops the battle with myself ....anyway I will update tommorrow 😊

How did weigh in go @Shazzabelle ? I had two weeks away and ate pretty much what I wanted and still lost. I do have the advantage that I don't drink alcohol so not got those calories but I was in Holland and ate loads of cheese and bread which I wouldn't normally have in those quantities.

@BestDIL delighted got 1.5 lb off today
So grand total 2 stone 11.1 pounds in 22 weeks .
Wasnt sure how I would get on as didn't weigh just used previous . So well happy .
Aye it was the alcohol I was worried about ...I didn't have a lot but had some everyday . Whereas past 5 months had none at all lol .
Thanks

@BestDIL even so well done on losing on hols !!!

See, thought so. Even when we think it's not going to work, it still does! That's a great result from holiday! You are so close to the 3st mark. Is that your next mini goal?

Not sure what to set my next mini goal as, as I've just gone into the 12st bracket, gone below 30 BMI and 0.2lbs away from 3st. I guess it'll have to be the 3.5st mark as that's closer than getting into the 11st bracket.

I had my 60th birthday last week and my mantra over the last few years has been fat at fifty, slim at 60. Now I'm definitely not slim yet but god, I feel amazing. Just one more size down, 12 bottoms and 14 tops and then I'll switch to maintenance.

Have a great week everyone x

@BestDIL yeah 3 stone is my next wee target am a lot heavier than u so my other mini target is to be just "obese " 🙄according to shotsy am 40.3 bmi soooo nearly there .
Yeah I was 60 last July so 61 now lol .Although Andy long way to go well 4 stone more potentially i feel amazing also .You are doing fab !!

Another week, another check in! Following my standard pattern of 'up a bit, down a bit, big loss, up a bit' I haven't lost anything this week, but to be honest, my food intake was terrible over the weekend.

What dose are you on? Ask to go up on your next questionnaire. I do get the occasional up but mostly downs now. I'm on 10mg.

@BestDIL I'm on 7.5mg, with a full 7.5 in the fridge. I'm probably due to go up after this, I've had my 'weird week' for this dosage. Usually about week 6/7 I take a bit of a turn, either shivering and chattering teeth or raised resting heart rate and night sweats. Once that is done I have a month or so of it working well, and then it tails off.

Hiya just heard my new pen is gonna be 10mg can you guys who on it tell me what like ?
I was surprised as I had
1 x2.5mg
4 x5mg
1x 7.5 mg
Yday took jab 23 so did refill

Hiya just heard my new pen is gonna be 10mg can you guys who on it tell me what like ?
I was surprised as I had
1 x2.5mg
4 x5mg
1x 7.5 mg
Yday took jab 23 so did refill .
So far I've never had any side effects , having said that I also dont get massive suppression but I have zero food noise which is massive for me .
Thanks

I'm on 10mg. I had 1 x 2.5mg, 2 x 5mg, 2 x 7.5mg and now on second 10mg.

I found that 10mg was a bit of a game changer for me, bigger losses and finally, being able to leave food kicked in. Initially, I felt a bit sick on it but watching what I ate and that soon went. I also had the usual headache for a couple of days after the first couple of doses but don't get that anymore. I have found that since being on 10mg, and eating less, I don't get indigestion/heartburn/acid reflux as much. Consumption of Gaviscon and Rennie Deflatine has dropped considerably.

@BestDIL thanks I've never even had heartburn on mj or any side effects , though used to suffer from heartburn pre mj .
Always scary to go up , yeah I still get hungry like b4 dinner etc but once I start eating I sometimes dont finish my plate. I have never had that I can't eat feeling ....except 40 years ago when pregnant lol 😆.

Oh well time will tell thank you x

Check in day for me and a 2lb loss. Was a bit more yesterday but I'll take the 2lbs as it's meant that I've now lost 3st 0.2lbs. My BMI is down to 28.8 and according to Shotsy, I've lost 19% of my body weight. I have reset my goal weight to 10st 7lbs which will make my BMI 23.7 and get me comfortably into a size 12. At 5'6", I think that's a sensible weight/size. So I now have another 2st 3.4lbs to go....

I was reading another thread about MJ and someone on there (not with SheMed), same height as me was 7.5st and was asking if she's gone too far. Can't believe that her provider had not been checking her weight. Her BMI was 16.9 and she had to ask!! Honestly some folk are so clueless and shouldn't be allowed serious medication like this.

Another friend was telling me that one of her neighbours also on MJ was taking her kids to school the other day. At first glance she thought it was three kids, then realised it was her neighbour not another kid! She said she looked awful.

@BestDIL thanks I've never even had heartburn on mj or any side effects , though used to suffer from heartburn pre mj .
Always scary to go up , yeah I still get hungry like b4 dinner etc but once I start eating I sometimes dont finish my plate. I have never had that I can't eat feeling ....except 40 years ago when pregnant lol 😆.

Oh well time will tell thank you x

@BestDIL well done on reaching your 3 stone 😁 chuffed for u that's ridiculous about that woman and not even the sense too realise way too low !!! These companies get off with murder . On plus side I got my new jag today PLUS DRUMROLL I got the recovery pack ( even though never used any of the old one lol ) PLUS a whole box of wipes PLUS a whole box of needles first time ever ive gotten a box of these item ....BUT am not finished i also got a tube of electrolytes!!!!!!oh and a new bin lol 😆 😅 xx

Oh wow! Thought you had a new car for a mo, until I read further. Is that your 7th pen? Maybe you get a new lot after six months. I just had notification that my blood test is on the way.

It would be typical for me to get the whole package that you got as I just bought some wipes as for some reason I only had a couple left. Think family have been using them as wipes for a cut or graze! I also have a full box of needles which I bought about second month in after two needles didn't work and I panicked thinking I might run out! I've only used the Gaviscon out of the care package. The others are sat in the cupboard just in case. 😂😂

@BestDIL 🤣🤣🤣🤣because I said jag ??lol yeah my 7th no word of my blood test yet be nother 3 weeks I think x

I did jab 26 today and that’s triggered the blood test I think