January 2025 Starters - Thread 3 Come lose with me!

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Losers unite!

Following on from here

Filled last thread without linking to new one so hope everyone finds this one

@MillaRei its the NutraCheck app, £28 per year.

www.nutracheck.co.uk/Prices

@mince3point14159265 thank you so much, this is so helpful!

Good morning everyone.

W3 D1 and a 4lb loss for me today.
This week has been difficult food wise. Because I haven’t been hungry I haven’t felt like cooking at all which is very unlike me.
Has anyone else managed to find a good balance between not wanting to eat but still cooking nutritious food for your family?

Last weekend, out for a meal, had what I thought would be a good choice. Salad with some antipasti. What a disaster. I had the most horrendous sulphurous burps all night and hardly slept. Definitely going to be avoiding that sort of thing from now on.

Good luck to us all this week.
Well done to everyone on all the fabulous weight losses.
And thank you for all the positivity this thread is providing.

SW 196.6lbs
CW 183.8lbs
GW 133lbs

@MillaRei Doing OK so far! Although I feel like I'm just dipping my toe into the water at this stage as there's such a journey to go. Sometimes feel overwhelmewith.... but v happy to be at the start of it!

Sorry if this has been asked before, but does anyone have any good ideas or resources for easy high protein breakfasts? I find this meal the trickiest!

W5D2 hungry this morning after first 5mg dose yesterday, had horrid taste in my mouth overnight that I took rennies to get rid of. Hoping this kicks in properly again with a bit of food/ another day

@owly321 I’m trying to skip breakfast, on the days when I’m starving I buy some sort of protein yoghurt on my way to work.

Doing weigh in today as I'm going for a curry tonight, and a couple of drinks. Will stick to something chicken, no rice, poppadums.

Week 6 starts for me tomorrow - think I'm going to do 3.7mg (45 clicks?!) as I had my bonus dose of 2.9mg last week.

This week has been mostly 'normal' - a little heartburn after a protein drink, and a little constipated. But that's fairly usual for me!!

Current weight 156lbs
Total loss 12.5lbs

I'm delighted with that in 5 weeks. In another 5 weeks, that's nearly another stone!! Was on my period last Sunday for my weigh in, and stayed the same. Another 2 off this week.

Have stuck to 1200 cals average across the week - less on the days after the injection, more coming up to the weekend. Weight training 2 or 3 times per week, a run once or twice a week - trying to get back into that.

This feels good.

I don’t worry too much about protein at breakfast. That’s when I pack in my fibre with weetabix or porridge.

Come yell at me!!

Im w3D5 and the food suppression this week has been top drawer compared to the last two weeks. What did I do differently, I jabbed in my stomach as opposed to my thigh.

HOWEVER… I haven’t eaten enough food. I have three meals but they are so clean that they just don’t add up to much. And yesterday I was so busy and didn’t once think about food until tea time, so yesterday I only had 362 calories 🫣 so I had two large handfuls of cashew nuts to at least bulk the calories out a bit.

i have my 5mg pen for week 5… should I go back to thigh?

first week I lost 5lbs
second week I lost 4
Im 5 days into this week and iv lost 3lbs this week so far

Morning everyone!
W5D1 today which means weigh in and jab. I’ve lost 3lbs this week taking me to a total of 1st 6lbs… I can’t bloody believe it.

5mg pen is downstairs ready to go but I’m only going for 3.75 (45 clicks) to see how I get on as I have a week full of workshops in the office next week so no WFH.

Keep going everyone, losses big and small should be celebrated and those on a slower trajectory… trust the process you can do it xx

kmreeve

NAUGHTY!! VERY VERY BAD!!! There, I shouted.

I get it as I'm getting good suppression too and struggling to reach 1200 calories a day most days but 362 calories is obviously nowhere near enough - but you know that.

What do you fancy eating? I'm trying to just have a bit more of what I fancy as I've gone off lots of things. Nuts are a good choice as you say and maybe something like a bowl of cereal with a handful of dried fruit (I'm having fruit and fibre atm - never eaten that before in my life!)

Ive just had really bad diarrhoea (sorry!) after having my stomach churning all night after my Greek meal (although I suspect more likely it was the sangria). And now I'm thinking about what il have today but haven't a clue either!

I too would gratefully hear any recipe ideas as I'm eating a lot of chicken/fish/salad/fruit and I don't want to get bored.

One if the impetus's for me to eat more is being scared of losing my hair/my nails etc turning to shit bc that has happened in the past when I've lost weight too quickly. I really want to do this healthily and be getting the nutrients my body needs.

What did you eat in 3 meals for 362cals? Maybe we can suggests tweaks to bulk them up 😊

On days where I am most likely to forget to eat I’m carrying around a bottle of Huel black. It’s not ideal being UPF, but gets 400 cals in me when I am not thinking about food.

@kmreeve i just realised I read you wrong!! The other day I couldn't eat much i whacked half an avocado and a protein bagel on the side of my chicken and veg and had it like a sandwich with veg.

I am also mostly really clean eating at mealtimes but I am using protein shakes and bars, buying protein bagels/bread as I know I'd struggle otherwise.

For breakfast I have two plain scrambled eggs and half and avocado ( weekends I have 25g rolled oats and teaspoon on honey with strawberry’s)

lunch: prawns cooked in drizzle of soy sauce, veg or rice or egg salad or similar

dinner : roast butternut squash or sweet potato with salmon fillet or some other fish and veg.

i don’t eat meat and I can’t eat bread

I drinks gallons of water. I have gone off coffee and tea since starting MJ

snacks : satsumas, nuts peanut butter and apple

Just replied above ☺️

I've had stuff in the fridge such a babybells, olives, then also cashew nuts etc in the cupboard just to have as extra bits to eat when I know I'm not quite eating enough. I feel dreadful the next day when I've not had enough food, so even though I don't feel 'hungry' it's still worth me having that extra bit of fuel. Also a whole avocado chopped up on the side of whatever you're eating is also good.

As others have said, those pre-mixed protein drinks are handy to have in - not the best from a processed point of view if you like to eat more whole foods like I do, but good to have as an extra protein boost. I tried a 'protein coffee' from the chilled section in Lidl recently which was 19g protein and wasn't that bad. Just tasted like any other ready made iced coffee you can buy.

I am pescatarian so eat a lot of fish and eggs and struggle with protein unless I really put the effort in. I can really tell the difference in how my body feels, even if I don't feel 'hungry,' if I haven't had enough to eat.

I am a creature of habit so have the same lunch every day, but it's pretty good protein/fibre-wise and so easy to chuck together as I don't really have to think about it.

130g Greek yoghurt (make sure it's full fat - I like the Lidl 10% fat one), 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, flax seed and chai seeds all mixed in. Then some berries on top, a spoon of peanut butter, a sprinkle of mixed seeds and a few semi-dried prunes (I get a big bag from Lidl) 😃

What sort of recipes are you thinking of @JoanCollinsDiva ?

I’m eating normal food, just less of it. I’m making this for dinner as my teens will be here and a friend is popping in. You probably won’t want that if you’re feeling fragile though!

I’m feeling really nauseous today though, I haven’t felt this nauseous before.

I’m also eating normal food. It wasn’t the meals that made me overweight it was the snacks! I know from when I lost weight before that the closer to my ‘normal’ diet I am the more likely I am to maintain.

It’s very easy for me to become a tad obsessed on a weight loss journey and I really want to avoid that. I’ve tried protein puds and yogurts but didn’t like them so there isn’t much point carrying on with them as they wouldn’t form part of my maintenance.

I’m losing slowly and that’s fine. My weight tracker app tells me I should reach goal in early June which is fab

Same here @Jins re goal date which is great as I’ve got a big holiday planned in July 🥳. I always make something nice on a Saturday. DC1 usually brings friends locusts home from uni a couple of times a month for ‘mum’s Saturday dinner’ 😂. There’ll be seven of us tonight. I’ll think of some sort of a salad to serve with it.

I’m just forcing myself to eat a piece of toast and will up my water intake to try to get rid of the nausea this morning. 🤞I can face cooking.

I’m not sure I’m a fan of the protein yogurts either, but it’s just a small amount to eat and I can eat it at my desk.

I'm feeling a bit low this week. I normally weigh Wednesdays (jab day) and Saturdays and have normally lost 1lb by Saturday. Today I've lost 0.2lbs and I'm a bit fed up. I've not done anything different but I am a bit constipated and possibly due on, which I guess could have something to do with it. My periods are all over the place these days so I never really know when to expect it, which is also frustrating from a weight loss perspective. It's my birthday today and I was going to allow myself a little treat but given the next to no weight loss I now feel I can't.

@JoanCollinsDiva the focus on protein for many is because some recent studies suggest that, for some, 20% to 50% of the weight lost while taking GLP-1 medications may be lean muscle mass, not fat.
This can create problems in the long-run, like a slowed metabolism and increased risk of injury.

Protein is the building block of muscle. If you don’t get enough—at least 60-80g per day during periods of rapid and significant weight loss—your muscles can’t build or repair themselves.

To calculate your protein requirements , multiply your body weight in pounds by 0.36. This is your ideal protein goal! So, say you’re 250 pounds. 250 x 0.36 = 90g of protein per day.

Hope that helps 😊

@UnderandOverwhelmed Happy Birthday! Please do find a way to treat yourself, because you deserve nice things, doesn’t have to be food related…could be long bath, a manicure, a new perfume.

I stayed the same in this week leading up to my period, then had a little whoosh on day 2 after it came.

@DGonMJ I've been looking for a decent strength class in the Peloton app. Could you recommend an instructor or a particular class to do please?