November ‘24 starters thread 6 - The one where it’s still January but we keep losing 💪🏻

[Mounjaropen]

Welcome to thread 6 friends old and new! Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we traverse into 2025 with new bodies and new mindsets 🥰

I’m on W11D5 and on my second 5mg pen
F in her early 50’s
H 5’ 5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 12st 2.2lb
GW 10st (maybe 9st 7lb if I don’t look too saggy!)
Total loss so far 23lbs

Recommend the Shotsy app to monitor MJ in my system and pleasing graphs to look at…plus the MeThreeSixty body scan app to monitor inch loss for the weeks where weight loss is slow but you might have lost body fat etc. Both are free.

Feel free to swap recipes, tips for side effects and we love a beauty/fitness/style chat too.

Happy Friday!

Just noticed a large bruise on my injection site. Not had this before. Has anyone else? Didn't do anything differently that I'm aware of.

I had a huge bruise a few weeks ago. No idea why. Hasn’t happened again!

Thanks @Coffeeandcinnamonbun that's reassuring. I can be a bit of a worrier.

Oh no @Alwaystimeforwine sorry to hear you're in itchy hell too. It's so frustrating.

It sounds like we just have to wait it out & hope it goes 🤞🤞🤞

Well done on the training! It’s an unfortunate fact that the body will choose to burn muscle over fat - hence why weight-bearing exercise and nutrition is so important- particularly as one gets older. I know I’ve been training hard so I worry less about the scales and concentrate on the inches. I’m curious about how smart scales ‘know’ your body composition or predicted ages though?

FINALLY 2lbs off and into the next stone, plus 10% of my starting weight!

I am starting to get back into some of the clothes I bought while on the way up to my starting weight and outgrew. Not my normal clothes though, they are still stones away!

Awesome, well done!

In an NSV, I am wearing a bra that previously gave me horrific double-boob and now it fits nicely. In fact, because it’s smaller than my other bras it’s actually supporting whereas my normal bras aren’t any more.

🥳🥳🥳 so happy for you!

I think my massive bruise was because I hit a blood vessel. All fine now but took ages to go and a lump came up. Drug worked fine and I now inject in the fattier sides of my legs!

Ah the ‘quadraboob’ bra. We’ve all had one 😂 Glad yours is performing a more supportive role these days! 🥳

There's no lump @DarkForces and I always inject into my flabby stomach. I noticed it last night as I was putting on my aveeno. It will make me nervous doing this weeks I think. And typically this week so bonus dose and a syringe 🙈

thanks. I'll assume that's how its going to start up again for me. and to help it along although wfh I'm forcing myself to wear my new size 16 inflexibly stiff jeans to remind me a) to choose food well today and b) that I have got somewhere already as my old jeans were falling off me.....

i'm trying not to let myself buy any new bras until i've had a chance to pull out some of my old bras from when smaller - i probably have 20 or so nice ones somewhere. Nice problem to have though

Please don’t be nervous! Just ask yourself how many times have you injected and how many times have you bruised? You’ve totally got this. The bruise is likely a one off, unfortunately we are sometimes going to nick a blood vessel.
If self injection was dangerous we wouldn’t be able to have these pens.
x

i have about ten bras that are far too big. I have gone from Hh to F cup.
Shame to waste them, thinking of hanging them from trees and putting birdseed in the cups to make bird feeders 🤩

lol!!!!!

I have some nice and newish ones that are now too big it seems such a waste to chuck them away, but I don’t know what else to do with them

I just wanted to reassure you in case one comes up. I bruise like a peach and it takes ages to go. Don't worry at all

Thanks @Della82 and @DarkForces I feel suitably reassured.

My bras are also starting to look a little empty. I've gone from 41 to 38 at the fullest part. Not going to buy any bras until I'm at target I don't think.

after a stagnation and a big sulk, I have today hit 78kg. Just saying 😉

keep on keeping on folks!

Well done @jaromoun that’s awesome!
I’ve only lost 200g this week but am definitely a bit backed up 😳

yes i am definitely noticing the less regular bowel movements!

I'm the same as @Mounjaropen - my hairdresser commented how long my hair had grown since my last cut! I'm nailing collagen daily though.

I have missed so many posts! Can't believe we're on another thread!

Thought it was time for an update.

I'm on W10D3 so not quite at my next weigh in yet.

SW 220.6 (on MJ)
CW 200.6
Loss so far 20lbs, but actually 27 lbs as I lost half a stone on my own first.

Pretty happy with that in 10 weeks. It's not super fast (when you account for 6lbs in my first week!) but fluctuates between 1-2 lbs per week. Does feel like I've been lingering around the same few pounds for a few weeks though.

The exciting things for me though is that my BMI has gone from 33.3 to 29.7! It's lovely not to be Obese anymore, just overweight!

I also do my measurements every week and I hadn't realised how much I've lost in certain areas as I really can't massively see it.

Apparently I've lost 4.5 inches off EACH thigh 😳. I've lost 4 inches off my waist, 3 off my hips and 4 off my chest.

So my next thing I'm focusing on is that one more pound will mean I weigh less than 200lbs and will have lost 2 stone in total. I'm excited about that!

I did 6 weeks on 2.5mg, 2 weeks on 3mg and have now done 2 weeks on 3.75mg.

I definitely feel a bit ropey this week. Loose bowels and nausea, so I'm glad I decided to increase very slowly to minimise side effects!

Just need to keep plodding on. Another 2 stone to go. But it feels achievable as long as I stay patient and remind myself that it took years to gain all this week, so it will take a while to lose it.

I also bruise like a peach and am covered most of the time from the sport I play.
For the first time this week I bruised. So now I have a bruise along with the injection site irritation that I've been getting. 😂

Trying to make sure I'm rotation around the sites regularly to give them a break. Can't bring myself to do my arm yet though.