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!

Out for dinner and I felt like I stuffed my face then came gome had a donut a Bueno and a corneto why why why anyway ill say it's a 1 off

Thank you! I’ve lost around 13kg - I had just hit 30 BMI so just qualified but it’s been a life changer. I feel so much better for it.

I think you need to consider what 'normal' looks like for slim people. Not Victoria Beckham-style restricted eating for every single meal, but normal slim beings who allow themselves the odd day when you eat what you fancy but offset that against their calorie/exercise intake for the week. I think a lot of us here have no 'stop' sign. Want a biscuit? Might as well have a packet. And a packet of crisps as a chaser followed by a full-fat coke and so we repeat everything having forgotten how being slimmer has made us feel. No one is perfect, you just have to be the best and most mindful version of yourself.

Hope the party is fun - I'm looking forward to lunch in my new cream knit dress in Size M tomorrow 😀

ooh - let us know how you get on. My go-to for eyes are day NIOD Fractionating eye contour serum (not cheap but effective) and nighttime Strivectin Peptight eye serums (ditto)

Hope you feel better soon.

Not really checked out the other WLI threads tbh but I guess it's natural to want a 'quick fix'. I personally wouldn't try it but each to their own....

Well done! And have a lovely weekend.

I think it's an evolving market and the providers will realise everyone will emigrate to not the cheapest provider, but the one who makes it the easiest with a consistent programme that makes sense.

Keep going! I've done my incline walk and dog walk today - I'll be doing my 41min Scheduled pvolve class later before spray tanning. Having a big salad lunch and DH can frankly fend for himself as DD is out with friends.

You poor thing. I've no suggestions I'm afraid. Sounds really annoying.

Well that was quite the chaser 😂

Emotional eating? Hormonal? Be kind to yourself but try and understand what drove you to it.

Morning all. Reporting for duty. It’s nice to read about everyone’s progress, and I guess these stalling blips are to be expected every so often. Sometimes they are inexplicable. I have not managed to transition over to OUSHK. Found it difficult to get a response and then I was offered 2.5 mg like I’m a new starter….So I’m still with the costly Asda Pharmacy and I fear now I’m just at top of healthy BMI range my options to make a switch of provider may be ever more limited.
I found that panorama doc the other night super interesting. I used to have a bit of joint arthritis in my foot but that’s completely resolved for now. I’m wondering if my losing two stone is the factor or whether there’s less inflammation in my body now I’m not overeating all the wrong foods. Who knoes?
Still super scared of coming off MJ the fear of relapse is uppermost for me…eek!

Thank you @Mounjaropen for new thread.

I'm also one of the ones who's slightly lost their way this past couple of weeks. Did a 7.5 dose on Monday and have felt so hungry since then. I'm out of the country for the next few weeks and have only brought enough MJ for a 5 weekly dose. Did the 7.5 one to give me a boost at the beginning of holiday eating but it seems to have backfired.

Gosh, us November starters are a chatty bunch aren’t we? Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen

so … W12 D7 check in (jab due tonight!)

SW:108.9kg
CW: 91.75kg
Loss on MJ: 17.15kg
GW: 68kg (I’m 172cm tall - 5” 7.75!)

Current dose: 5mg

I’ve lost 8” off my waist as of measuring last week.

I’ve been 100% consistent with my hydration since I started my weight loss mission on 30th September (4 weeks before starting MJ). I found a research article that stated that we need 35ml of water for every kilo of body weight for our bodies to have enough water to be at its most efficient, so I’ve been drinking that as a minimum every day since. I’ve also completely stopped drinking my previous must have : Diet Coke, which I think is down to MJ too!

I’ve been gradually increasing my step goal too and I’m finally back at my weightlifting gym as of last week (used to be a CrossFitter but I’m not ready for that yet!). I’d forgotten how much I loved throwing around a heavy barbell! Lol

I unpacked some clothes that had got too small thinking I’d be able to get into them now and half off them are actually already too baggy! No scale victories AND scale victories cheering up my January blues!

I’m feeling good - hope it’s going well for everyone else too!

Checking in

Thanks for the new thread @Mounjaropen and well done @SerenePeer and @Buttons0522, you skinny bitches 😂

@Arglefraster are there other things that you regularly react to? My skin takes any opportunity to show me what a sensitive soul it is but thankfully it's been ok with the jabs so far. It reacts like hell to insect bites, so itchy solidarity.

Weighing in for the new thread:
W10D7
SW: 19st 9lbs
CW:17st 10lbs
1st GW: 17st 13lbs
2nd GW 15st 4lbs
TL: 1st 13lb

Nearly, but not quite a two stones lost. I had some great NSV today though. My measurements are definitely showing improvement this month - two inches off my waist was a highlight.

I'm checking my blood sugars on jab day too and today's was officially just back into the normal range and not pre diabetic. I'm not getting excited yet that I've actually reversed it, but that's a promising sign.

I'm sticking with 5mg for my third pen as suppression already feels a bit high. The rate of loss feels good but I'm struggling to eat much, which doesn't feel helpful for building healthy new habits.

I have always weighed heavy for my size. At a BMI of 25 I am a comfortable size 10 and can wear an 8 in some shops. I think it may be because I have lipodema and carry a lot of weight in my legs that doesn't shift with weight loss - everywhere else just keeps getting smaller. If I go too far below this I start to look a bit less healthy and too pear shaped.

Been quite a few years since I was below that though.

Thanks for new thread.
Woohooo to the no longer obese.

The burps are killing me. Previously I had them but they were mild, this week they're so toxic. But zero food noise and it's Friday so that's amazing.

Buying clothes at in between sizes is such a dilemma. I'm making sure I get a few things so I can enjoy being a smaller size.

@Mounjaropen Greed that's it nothing else I'm usually hungry on Thursday as i jag on Friday

I've never been called a skinny bitch before 🥲 I shall wear that badge with pride! 😂 (still a long way to go, but I'm taking the compliment!)

Oooh that's interesting re hydration levels @indigohexagon - I have to really work on my hydration, especially as I read that mj suppresses thirst signals too.

I used to be a crossfitter too! Just getting back into barbell stuff now and really enjoying it

Thanks for new thread …..

Week 8 weigh in today and lost 3lb this week, very happy with that, I do have a lot of weight to lose though….started at 28 stone 1 lb, it’s so hard to even type that!!!

So my total loss is 25 1/2lb and I’m thrilled because I have also lost inches off most areas of my body, 6 inches off my waist 😱

I have my 5th dose of my 5mg pen left for next week, and think I’m going to order 5mg again on Tuesday, it’s suiting me and I’m feeling great on it.

I have a desk job but have again been out for 30 + min walks this week again.

I keep saying this but this medication has changed and probably saved my life.

Very much said with love and only a smidge of jealousy!

Amazing, another thread and thanks Mounjaropen again. I've to use my 5mg pen to get about 6 or 6.5mg - I figure I do the normal full dose then wipe, change needles and inject 15 clicks or so into the other leg? Can't quite decide if that's right and have tried googling 🤔

So happy for you! Keep going with the fitness. I watched a really inspiring reel yesterday on FB of a lady who spent 2years documenting her static bike cycling and her subsequent weight loss. Was tremendous 💪

Thanks for the new thread! I won't weigh until tomorrow though. Just got home after an overnight flight and have been awake for 36 hours...