JANUARY 2025 Starters - Thread 2!!!

[FatGirlDosing]

The first thread is almost full so here’s a new one ready for the exciting journeys ahead!

Hey!

I'm on MJ (W2, D5) and got my ADHD diagnosis late September 2024, so still somewhat feeling out the edges of that (although I did hyper focus for weeks and inhaled every resource going about ADHD in women haha).

I started my ADHD meds two days ago, but before that felt a huge reduction in food noise from the MJ, so I can anecdotally attest to that! I almost don't know what to do with myself and can't quite believe I have capacity for other things - you know, my full-time jobs and not eating all my meals by 2pm just to make the noise go away. It's hard to appreciate how consuming/debilitating the noise is until you don't have it, so aside from the weight loss, that in itself is pretty liberating.

So, good luck! I really hope it starts working for you soon and circumvents the parts of neurospicy-ness which aren't so fun. Feel free to reach out if you want to chat or know more about how it's going, I'd certainly appreciate it too! X

So happy to read about week losses. And to welcome fellow new comers. I'm on W1D7 and feeling really good - a bit tired, but that is as my sleep's been a bit off. Really interested to read about the calories, food and just the different approaches that everyone is taking. I am going to look up Slimpod, so thank you for that.

I listen to NOBS Weight Loss which is a programme by Corinne Crabtree. She really advocates eating all food groups and not having foods that you avoid. I've been doing this for a while with mixed success, but I like the idea of not being on a diet and eating cake or dessert if I want - but with the caveats of 'stopping at enough'. I am getting much better at not being in all or nothing mode.

Food noise has been a really big thing for me and I am delighted to hear that other people have this too. I thought it was just me. 😏 This week has been a revelation for me - loosing the food noise has meant I can really think about hunger and what I need. Anyway, the combo of MJ, exercise + some CBT-type support is my plan.

@GrumpyMuleFan I'm with you on trying to undo the all or nothing mindset! I actually really enjoy food, cooking different cuisines and holidays very much revolve around trying new dishes. There is some part of it which is a hobby/interest and I don't want to lose that enjoyment or appreciation, so I'm really thinking of ways to implement realistic habits into my lifestyle - as you say, eating all food groups including cake, but training my brain to be more balanced, understand hunger cues and know when to stop.

I think finding joy in movement will also be a big part of maintaining losses post-MJ, saying that, it has actually helped me to approach exercise as a mental health support rather than weight loss aid and celebrate those victories. It helps keep the pressure off because I don't feel like I have to do the hardest workout or tie the activity to calorie burn, so I'm able to be more consistent and enjoy moving my body rather than associating exercise with punishment. Ultimately, hopefully, creating healthy habits.

Along those lines, I also don't have a goal weight in mind. It doesn't help me, personally, because I end up tying my self-worth to a number on the scale. I hadn't weighed myself in ~15 years and although I am weighing weekly now, I'm trying to focus on whether I'm losing rather than the number on the scale. I'm hoping that way, I can trust myself to feel good in my body and get to a point that is comfortable for me, rather than being determined by the scale. Also, I don't think I necessarily want to be the "ideal" BMI and +10kg would likely look better!

I hope at least some of that helps, and glad the food noise experiences are validating. I'd be interested to know more about the CBT techniques, as well as people's thoughts on the above! Still very much figuring this out and unpicking deeply ingrained schemas around food and weight.

I aim to have at least 2 L a day, preferably more, water and/or herbal tea. I find that dry mouth/lips are one of the main side effects I've had so far, as well as constipation, and I also often wake up with a headache that goes away when I take electrolytes, so the dehydration is definitely a thing for me.

i did my first jab on Wed evening and today I’ve wanted to eat sweet stuff all day, whilst also feeling a bit queasy. I’ve stayed on track, but I’d bloody love some biscuits.

Bit of a tip of mine if you've a sweet craving - I slice up apples, strawberries, raspberries or whatever fruit you fancy and sprinkle with Truvia. It's grainy like proper sugar and always hits the spot for me when I can't stop thinking about sweet stuff! Either that or M&S do a pack of two chocolate rice cakes for 160 cals. You could realistically eat two digestives for similar calories I guess but these options are healthier and I find once I eat a biscuit I can't stop. It's difficult to overeat on fruit and rice cakes though!

Thanks. I did eat fruit, but I'm so addicted to junk it will take a while to quash that I think.

Do you like dark chocolate @IBloodyLoveMyBlanket ? My go to for a sweet thing is Divine dark chocolate with raspberries. I’ve had a bit today actually, ⅛ of a bar is 65 cals.

I do, but I'm not sure I have a cut-off and would worry I could eat the whole bar. But would MJ perhaps stop that?

Hopping on and say hi 👋

It's great to find a community and reading everyone's experiences.

It's taken me ages to decide to do this. I've debated so much in my hesd about whether it's the right thing to do....

Just done my first injection and I'm sitting here wondering if anything will happen! Fingers crossed 🤞

I'm the same - I could never just eat 1/8 of a bar of chocolate 😂

I just can't have it in the house. I've had my second jab today and hoping suppression kicks in soon as now I'm thinking about dark raspberry chocolate!

I’m only week 1 but don’t feel I’ve had any suppression really, other than deliberately avoiding eating as I’ve had awful side effects - which is quite different! Very much still craving sugar too.

Good luck!

Perhaps it'll help you to expect the first week there can be some side-effects - in my own experience very mild - and usually by the second week your body will get used to it. I think that was my experience as I said, and my GP confirmed when I asked her. So don't get worried if you have mild gastro symptoms it's your body adjusting to a change in blood sugar levels

That's a shame. They do say that the 2.5 dose is just for your body to adjust so perhaps after a few weeks you might need to go up to 5.

Hi everyone. Just did my third injection (so week 3, day 1).

I also did a weigh in today. Am very pleased with my loss! This is in 2 weeks.
SW 86.7 kgs
C2 82.2 kgs
GW 68 kgs

I don't think I've ever in my whole life lost 4.5 kgs in 2 weeks. Really pleased.
I've eaten well just much less with effort; did my usual routine of 3 meals a day plus a snack, found it very easy to follow the plan, eat when hungry and stop at enough.

I’ve found that while I can eat and don’t feel full, I can’t stomach anything sweet. I had one of my favourite chocolates yesterday and it tasted awful and artificial. This is amazing.

Re calorie counting, for me it's about accountability. I am a shocking mindless grazer/picker. A couple of chips here, the odd chocolate there and before you know it I've doubled my daily intake. That coupled with stress eating/carb hit means it's easy for me to underestimate my intake. Combine this with my scales phobia and a fondness for comfortable soft clothing regardless of weight means I'm now 5 stone overweight.

So for me personally, the act of logging makes me face up to it. I did actually loose 4 stone at 40 and kept it off for about 6 years until COVID. I did keep tracking albeit not weighing and judging by eye. When COVID hit I lost my routine so badly, stopped tracking and on it went.

But we all have different brains and need different approaches.

Oh, sorry 🙏. I don’t have a sweet tooth (but would 💀 for cheese), so I’m ok with just having a bit.

I’ve just had to Google how to get into my sharps bin. I couldn’t work out how to lift the cover to get to the hole. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I’ve ordered another 2.5mg pen today, slow and steady is my plan.

I am not an expert, but this is my food for today. I’ll log more water/herbal tea but that’s me done for the day. The difference is literally no porridge/compote for breakfast and no glass of 🍷 tonight. That’s a 500 cal deficit to a normal day.

Probably a couple more baby new potatoes than usual too as I weighed them to get to 175g per portion.

I don’t think that’s too little food for a day, but I wouldn’t want to eat any less. I could up the veg but half of one of those prepared baby veg packs is a portion for one so I’ve left it at that. I could have an apple if I’m not to full I suppose.

ETA my soup was homemade but close enough to that one, probably healthier but I just chose it for ease.

I had a square of dairy milk yesterday, I normally love it and could easily eat a big bar 😳 but it didn’t taste the same at al.

I’m the same, I had a chocolate mini roll the other day and felt so sick afterwards I haven’t fancied chocolate at all since then.

@myladyjane wgst a great post. Especially last para about us all having different brains, that need different approaches. So true!! We all got into this middle in different ways too, so makes total sense that exit plans are different.

I am a snacker too - like you I can add so many calories a day, without thinking, noticing or realising. Then add a few carb heavy meals and weekend ‘treats’ and I’m off.. . So tracking keeps me accountable too. I make a meal plan in the am and then log at end of day. Long-term it could be a good plan for me just to have a nothing between meals rule.

Jab 5 today, I'm actually thinking about food ALL the time but it's working wonders for my impulse control.

Hello 👋🏻 Can I join please?!

Just taken my first dose after bit of wobbling.

I have 4 stone to lose - current weight 14.2, 5”5 height and post menopausal.

Food is my comfort and downfall. I could eat for England. Any tips super welcome

Wk 4 day 5
I upped my dosage using the bonus dose so injected 3.5ml this week and, after two weeks of no weight loss, I've dropped 2kgs this week! I'm very pleased suppression is back. I've lost 4 kgs in 4 weeks which I think is pretty good. Going to stick to 3.5 and then up to 5.

Another tip which has possibly already been mentioned but I've had terrible painful trapped wind today, and a bad headache (headaches are common for me anyway) so I drank two cups of peppermint tea and magically not only did the wind completely disappear but the headache did too (I actually took a triptan at about 12 and even that didn't get rid of the headache). I then googled peppermint tea to see if it has any calories and it said that it's also really good for headaches. I'm thinking I've now inadvertently found a miracle cure for my migraines 😆