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

I have seen many people saying that not drinking enough water has made the side effects worse, so it might have been a contributing factor - I have noticed that I start feeling slightly nauseous if I don't drink at least 2L during the day. Have you had any very fatty or heavy meals? I find that I struggle with those since I started mj.

@cloudjumper I don't think I've had anything particularly heavy but def hadn't drunk 2 litres of water.
I'll make sure I up my water intake and see how I go.

I've just done jab 7, sticking to 3.75 for this week again as I've barely had an appetite.

I'm poorly today (cold/flu and my legs ache so bad) so I delayed til tonight when I usually do the morning. I have lost 1lb this week so 19lb total which I'm very happy with.

Forced myself to eat a balanced dinner just now and making sure I've had enough to drink as this has been my downfall this past week.

I put mine is orange squash- can’t taste it. Take it every day

Bought my next dose of 2.5 from Medex and price matched afterwards within the 7 days. Am hoping they will honour it but heard nothing yet and tomo is day 7 😭

The amount of iron in spatone is very little - 5mg. I'm often anaemic and when I have iron supplements prescribed, I get ferrous fumarate 322mg capsules which have 106mg of iron. You can buy it over the counter and it's a fairly gentle iron salt. Studies have shown that you get the best absorption from iron tablets if you take them every other day. I would personally just use Spatone to maintain an iron level, not if I was already low.

Good morning all.

Well done to everyone on their losses this week.

I had a terrible start to the week. Tummy troubles were the worst I’ve had so far. Felt so poorly. I must admit for a couple of days I was wondering if this really is a good thing for my body.
I noticed, along with most, that the symptoms are worst the day after jabbing and then for a couple of days following that.
DH suggested really low volume food days to cope with it this week which I’m going to try.

I’ve ordered my next pen at 5mg and worried that it’s going to be too much but will trust the process.

Good luck to all for the week ahead.

SW 196lbs
CW 180lbs
GW 133lbs

W5 D4. Moved up to 5mg on Wednesday. On Thursday morning, had the most dreadful constipation for a few hours, which I posted about. Thereafter, have been careful to drink plenty of water. Friday was fine but then woke up at 4am this morning with a sore tummy and had to rush to bathroom with most explosive diarrhoea. Quite a rude awakening! Had to have a shower and go back to bed, but then woke again at 6am with another urgency, and another smaller bout of very loose diarrhoea. Apologies for graphic details!

Am now a bit perplexed, having gone from one extreme to the other. Has anyone found that these side effects settle down once you have adjusted to a higher dose? Am a bit worried about being out of the house now, in case there is another urgent episode.

2nd weigh in and lost 3lbs so that's 12lbs in two weeks which I'm really happy with. I jab on Saturday afternoon. First one I had no side effects but last Sunday I felt dreadful. Hoping to be ok this week. Need to drink more water I think.
already thinking about whether I'll be able to stand 5ml. I can definitely feel the my appetite is not as suppressed as it was the first week though. Will see how this week goes.

I’ve decided to give it another go folks, Monday it is. I feel fine, normal, chipper. Let’s see what occurs (feels like an experiment).

Lovely to see everyone’s progress 🌻.

Morning 😊 W6 D1 jab day and weigh in. Have list 2lbs this week which I’m happy with as have been away from home a couple of nights and had a meals out with wine. Total loss is 1st 8lbs and have moved from Obese Class 1 to overweight on BMI scale.

I’m pleased I’ve still managed to lose without being so strict, I was averaging 800-900 calls a day so will think about upping that a bit for longer term.

keep going everyone and please share any helpful learnings from your journeys 😊

@SteveHarringtonsHair I’ve felt the same these last couple of days, I feel a bit better today but felt so rough from Wednesday to this morning I’ve wondered if it’s too much. I take jab 4 next week so I need to decide quickly whether to go up to 5, but I can’t have another week like this one. I’m self employed and luckily was able to take yesterday off, but I can’t do that every week.

W4D5

jumped on the scales this morning - gained 1lb- devastated !

I hurt myself on Wednesday, I was doing some work at a soft play and needed to go down a big slide, landed reaaaaly hard on my coccyx and have since been laid up in bed in agony ( can’t sit at all)

do you think swelling/injury has caused it? Lack of movement? - food wise exactly the same so I know it’s not that.

it’s really bummed me ( pun intended)

I’m down to 12:5 today, so 16 pounds lost since 8 Jan. Obviously the weight loss is slowing now but I’m happy with two pounds a week.

Unlike many, I don’t bother counting calories on the medication. I just don’t feel like I need to. I eat whatever I want whenever I want and let the meds do their thing. Aside from focusing more on protein, I haven’t really adjusted what I eat, just the quantity.

That isn’t feeling like deprivation in any way because I’m eating as much as I want. I just don’t want as much. I guess I am just getting really good suppression?

I’m out for lunch with friends today, some know, they might all know. There is one who struggles dreadfully with her weight who might be challenging, but my plan is to underplay it. Yeah, WLI, yeah, so what? Talk about it as little as possible, maybe not at all if I am lucky!

Have a great weekend everyone.

@kmreeve I was just looking at my loss graph and every ten days or so I am getting a blip of weight gain for a couple of days, then it drops down again.

Honestly I think it’s normal. I hope your injury gets better soon.

For the first time in around a week I’ve not woken up hungry so moving to 3.33mg seems to have improved suppression. I start my 5mg pen next week and I’m planning a 3.75 dose for at least the first two.

I’ve only lost 5.6lbs since Jan 10 but I can feel a difference in how my clothes fit and I’ve lost an inch off what I call my waist. DH said he thought my upper arms looked less like a joint of ham. Well actually he said they were looking more defined and I’ve translated it 😆. Nothing off my bust or those annoying pads of fat under your arms yet but unusually for me the fat is coming off my target areas.

I went out for dinner last night and just had a starter of a bowl of minestrone soup and a couple of Bellinis. Really didn’t fancy anymore, it was enough for me, my suppression is so strong. Was a bit awkward when it came to paying the bill though - there were 12 of us and it was assumed we’d just split it so I was asked for my share which I was told was £60! There was no way I was paying £60 for a bowl of soup when others had 3 courses and multiple cocktails. Had to apologetically explain that I would just pay for what I had plus tip. Felt so awkward! In hindsight I should’ve said from the beginning I’m not eating much so will pay separately but I just didn’t think.

Weigh in day for me. Feeling a little deflated as “only” lost a pound. Brings me to a total of 8 pounds in three weeks which I know I should be happy with but I was hoping for two pounds per week after the initial couple of weeks!

Arh this is encouraging, I hope this is the case for me.

just embarrassed at the age of 43 to hurt my arse going down a kids slide 😂😂

Hi everyone, just wanted to share my progress here as I haven’t really told many people I’m on mj so lurking here has been just a boost for me.

Ive just done my 4 week weigh in and I’ve lost 17lb in total which I just can’t believe to be honest. I think a lot of that was Christmas/too much wine weight, so I think the next stone will be a lot harder to shift. Though it’s such a motivation.

I haven’t really had any feelings of being full which is weird, it’s more than I can just resist snacks and unhealthy food so much more easily. I’m eating three healthy meals a day, and the biggest difference is that I just don’t feel like I’m depriving myself - usually that negative thought breaks my will power, but this makes me feel so positive. It genuinely blows my mind what a transformation this is to my mindset.

i am starting my 5mg jab tomorrow but think I’m going to do 3.75 as I am happy with how I feel right now and I have had quite a lot of nausea and tiredness. I was too scared to attempt the golden dose (pathetic but there you go)

thank you everyone for sharing here, it helps me so much even if I’m not posting much

I, stupidly, suffered a similar injury when I thought i was cool enough to have a go on my kids skateboard. In a skate park. In front of a LOT of people! I was only on the skateboard for seconds 😆
So you have my sympathy!

I only lost 1lb in week 5, I'm now in week 6 and have lost 2lbs since Wednesday. Try not to be too down, weight loss isn't always linear, especially for women, a woosh could be round the corner xx

Weighed this morning and I’m a full 1 stone down! Took my 6th 2.5mg on Thursday so has taken a little over 5 weeks and I’m really happy with that! 2 stone more to go!

Thanks to those who recommended the wild marine collagen, I’m already noticing I’m less clicky in my hips when I stand up.
Now I think I need to sort my hair out. It was already thinning before I started MJ, but I think regrowth has slowed down. Can anyone recommend a supplement for hair health?

Realised after looking through MFP that I’m still eating a 16/1700 calories a day & need to be mindful about portion sizes.

So cold and tired this week but plodding on and just taken third dose.

SW 14.2
CW 13.11
GW 10.7