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!

@PinkArt yes, I'm a mere tiddler, at 5ft 😂 (with the pre-MJ appetite and ability to eat like a 6ft strongman, unfortunately) 🙃

I'm the same height @MontyJinks so have the same numbers. Also aiming for 8.5 stone which will be a BMI of about 24. I was 7 stone when I was 16. But I was v slim. Not a size I can see myself as now in my 50s!

Ah that makes more sense! I think I was taller than that at 9 😂
I stopped growing very suddenly at 13, when my hips started growing outwards as rapidly

Give them back an old one 😁

I vaguely remember being around 9 stone when I was at college, so must have been 16-17, and perhaps the last time I felt 'comfortable' with my weight. I've only got a few days left of being 'in my 40's' so looking forward to fully embracing being fit and healthy into my 50's and beyond 😍

Yes and I am normally never cold! It's a known side effect as hormones influence body temperature. Heating bill certainly up this winter!

Also I think if you have less 'padding' you feel colder regardless...

I've also been feeling cold a lot of the time. I used to be quite comfortable at 19 degrees room temperature, but anything under 20 is torture at the moment. I've had the wood burner in our snug on every night, and my cat is very very happy about that.

I'm sticking with 5mg for a third month and happily my supplier has reduced their prices so that was a nice surprise.

My electric blanket is doing overtime and my nose is sooo cold!

Great to hear from you! Congratulations on the fab losses! Hope the family is now getting better 💐

Halfway is a great achievement! Congrats! 💪

🥳 I’d love a 3lb loss but I’ve caned the wine this weekend 😂

Well done! Not just on the loss, but also the compliments 🥰

Ooh! Happy birthday for this week! You’re on your way to 50 and fabulous! 🎉

I’ve made very little effort this week (one workout, hardly any steps, eating ok but not fantastic, not enough water, definitely choc and cakes in the mix) and I’ve lost nothing.

Goes to show that the drug doesn’t exactly lose weight for you, you’ve still got to put the work in!

Although I do really do have to do cardio to achieve results it seems! And it also seems to be the type of diet I eat rather than number of calories for me. Throw bread and cookies in the mix and I have no chance, also the more I eat that type of food, the more my body wants it. Whereas if I stick with my veg and fish, that’s what my body wants.

Well it’s good you know all of that for your post MJ life. We’re all going to have to eat like post war Britain I guess…!

@Mounjaropen how are you enjoying pvolve? I found a (generic) slant board for a bargain price on Vinted so just waiting for that to arrive before I sign up.

I was 0.8 lb from the next stone last Wednesday and I'm still 0.4 lb away now ffs. MOVE stupid scale.

W12D1 - 8th jab of 5mg. One more left in the pen (and possibly the extra dose if I can get it out) and I think I’m going to stick at the same level for another month.

S/W 16st 7
C/W 13st 5
G/W 11st ish

I am teetering on the brink of ‘overweight’! 2lb more to lose and I’ll officially be out of the obese zone. I think I’ll be doing a little happy dance when that happens. A ‘healthy’ weight feels really attainable at the moment which is keeping me away from the chocolates and sweets that my family were inhaling over the weekend. I can really see it now as well, not just on the scales, which is another huge motivator.

I’ve not had a great week - no calorie counting, bigger than normal meals and eating chocolate. Puppy still bringing disturbed sleep and tiredness is definitely my trigger to eat, like my body is searching for energy in crap food. Also some petty friendship stuff (close friend pulling away which has made me sad, but it is what it is). I have other friends but this one hits. The passive aggressive fb memes she’s posting are helping me see who she is 🙄

On the plus side, I’ve not gained. I’m still 11st so need to focus this week if I’m going to move to the 10s (this still feels like an impossible achievement but let’s see).

Morning! The scales have dropped a tiny bit but I’m still not in the next stone bracket either, grr! Apparently eating butteries and almond croissants (not on the same day) doesn’t aid weight loss, who’d have thought it? However, I am now officially halfway to a BMI of 24.9 - Shotsy says 52%, so I’m pleased with that. 11 stone 0.4 - so close to being in the 10s! Started my second 5mg pen on Saturday, and I think I’ll definitely order 7.5 for my next one. I think I have a couple of good weeks and then a couple of slow weeks, but it would be interesting to see how a higher dose affects that.

Try not to be hard on yourself - I know from first hand experience how a puppy can turn your world upside down for the first few months. You will get through it (I say as someone with one dopey former puppy asleep on my lap, snoring, and the other (the one who caused me all the trouble) asleep on their bed) it’s a bit like the newborn stage isn’t it, all about survival.

Sorry to hear you’re having some friendship problems, I hope it all sorts itself out. I think the pain of a friendship fading can be harder to deal with than the pain of a relationship breakdown sometimes.

Well done on maintaining, that’s definitely a positive!!

We need to implement an official sulking corner for people who are stubbornly stuck just on the wrong side of the next stone down or hitting a milestone.

I actually mixed myself up this morning by attempting to post before I had caffeine. I'm not 0.4lb from the next stone, I'm 0.4lb from hitting my two stone. But still a reason to sulk, and sulking is what I'm doing.

Dog 2 is always harder work than dog 1! <glares at 1 year old ex-puppy>

Thank you @WellyBootsandPuddleSuits I’m usually quite optimistic but feeling a little low. Sleep deprivation is rubbish. I’m going to step back from friend, having left the ball in her court. Self preservation on that one. I’ll nurture my other friendships.

Good morning! I absolutely love it. Not been doing much as have been away since last Thursday. I can really see the change in my body shape which has worked well because I took a couple of closer fitting dresses away and DH said I looked really trim and elegant. He’s a keeper this week.😂

The generic board sounds interesting! Well done you finding all the bargains on vinted! I’d recommend starting off from the beginners program so that you understand form and how to use all the equipment and then work up to the various different challenges which will mean you attempt classes that you probably wouldn’t have chosen yourself. Good luck!

Thanks! I will start from the beginners program. I'm so out of condition and have no stamina at all, hard to believe I used to be super fit (even taught fitness and pilates classes). I'd love to get back to that point.

Husband is definitely in the good books eh!