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!

I've had the same @Mounjaropen the letter from my GP just says it's not their job to review the medication's suitability. Nothing on my records of any concern. And I've told MedExpress the medication I'm on.

@Mounjaropen thanks Im Kinda paranoid 10mg sounds a lot

It's less than a hundredth of a teaspoon if that helps at all.

@BBlueWalker not to be scared of thanks

Maybe drop them a line or ring them? Worth checking it is not a mistake?

I think everyone is individual and what works for me might not be right for you. Listen to your body - if your suppression is waning, I’d consider going up.

Hi haven't updated for a while... I started taking mj at the end of November and managed 3 weeks at 2.5ml before I had to take a break due to a skin reaction around my eyes. By some miracle I managed to keep my weight stable over Xmas. But 2 weeks ago I restarted at 2.5ml as I was struggling to lose weight without it, and so far so good! To the person below saying 5ml is giving them terrible side effects, my plan is to actually stay on 2.5ml for the foreseeable. I feel like I'm still benefitting from the lack of food noise and hunger pangs, and my body has learnt to tolerate this amount. So far I'm 2 stone down (although lost half a stone over 8 weeks before I started), with one more to go to reach my target weight. Obviously if 2.5ml stops helping, I will move up to the 5ml pen... but I'm also hoping that having a lower dose will make it easier to figure out a way to maintain my weight long term when I do finally reach the target weight. The biggest benefit for me is not snacking/binging and thinking about food constantly... I really do find it incredible how mj is able to help me with my disordered eating habits and also resist a few glasses of wine in the evening!

I'm on 7.5 and at times I could easily eat sweets if I could get my hands on them if there not there I'll roll on so I think I need to go up

It's not a mistake @Mounjaropen as I can see it's in response to my GP letter to them. I just wanted to ask if anyone else has had the same happen? I'll ask on the main thread.

Great to see your update - congrats on the losses so far! Sounds like you have a great plan.

That sounds really tough. I think you need to go easy on yourself - you’ve been ill, it’s bloody January, it’s cold and dark and miserable, and you’re still getting used to a new medication. Maybe reduce your dose a little - go to 3.5 or space out the jabs a bit more or similar. Hopefully as the catarrh clears you’ll start to feel a bit more upbeat.

Also, think about your socialising and food habits. You can’t just never go out again! Just order what you feel like and if that’s not much, so what? Your new normal is going to be eating less, so start to get yourself and your friends used to it. You have the perfect excuse right now - you’ve been ill and you aren’t fancying food as much. What are you doing when you get invited out? Is it friends or relatives or your partner? Try to work out a way to keep up your social life - post on here and we’ll help!

Hope you find the answer. I think I worded my reply badly, I meant give the GP a ring maybe to check their concerns? Fingers crossed for you.

I had this - my GP had sent them a letter saying it wasn’t their job to check suitability or something along those lines. I think if they’d just filed the letter away and not said anything, Medexpress wouldn’t have cared. It certainly didn’t seem like the letter regarding the jab prescription needed a reply.

I ended up sending them a screen shot of my Heath record and repeat medication list, which seemed to satisfy them. Until the same thing happened after they prescribed the next jab and they asked for it again 🙄 - I ignored the second request and they haven’t chased

@WellyBootsandPuddleSuits my GP letter was the same. They must have a template. Thanks for letting me know what you did. I'm going to question their reasoning but I'm probably not going to use them again now anyway. Unless they offer me a good discount!

@Mounjaropen I think the GP response is a standard template and is a bit sniffy about being asked information for medication they haven't prescribed. I suppose as more people take up MJ on private prescriptions GPs are mindful of a potential increase in workload and doing extra work when the private pharmacies are the ones making the £££.

I agree, but as far as I know, there is nothing preventing GP’s setting up their own in-house clinic and privately prescribing - they’re happy to charge for holiday travel jabs, sick notes etc. You’d think by looking at a patients notes they’d be happy that they are trying to do what the NHS recommends and lose weight!

I haven't told my GP and I don't know if they know or what it hasn't came up 🤔

Yes, I have and I had to go to my doc to get a patient summery printed off and I took a phot of it and sent it by email. That was sufficient.

I'm similar - no sickness at all on 7.5 and just sort of assumed i needed to increase for it to keep working? so i bought a 10mg pen but gave myself a 3/4 dose to see if i can eke it out a bit longer. If supression dips i will up to full dose.

FYI in last 12 months i've tried both Ozempic and Wegovy and had stronger side effects on both of those (and way less supression) I seem to have the digestion of a rhino!

@mustwashmycurtains my best suppression was on 2.5 God knows why i moved up it was stupid but here I am 3x7.5 left and a 10mg on its way I've not had much side effects except a bit of diarrhea or constipation but for me I have IBS so it's normal I need to get to 12.7 for surgery so 10lbs to go but ideally 12st would be great

Oh that’ll be fantastic! Have an amazing time. I was born in Edinburgh and try to keep some traditions going. Plus I like haggis 😂

(we have a real one and a veggie one, though might just be a real one this year at this rate!)

Thank you! DH was also born in Edinburgh so we are visiting family along the way. We’ve a nice stay booked in a spa so looking forward to good food and massages 🥰

🎉🎉🎉W12D3

Unexpected result… Today I moved down a stone bracket and weigh 11st 12.2lbs taking my loss to date 26.8lbs 🥰 - tantalising close to a 2 stone loss since Nov 4th and now I’d wish I’d waited to weigh after a ‘movement’ 😂 but I’ll take the win. BMI is now 27.7. I now have less than 2stone to get to my first GW of 10st.

Activity today is Tennis for 2 hrs and a 44min Pvolve class plus I’m going to enjoy trying on my swimwear ready for my upcoming spa weekend without getting into a complete sweaty mess… 🥳

Well done 👏

Amazing result! Well done you!