November ‘24 Starters Thread 7 - The one where we might need smaller smalls 😉

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Welcome to thread 7 to MN weight loss friends old and new!

Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we move beyond the looooongest month and into February. Love is in the air for our new smaller selves and discovering clothes we use to wear ❤️

I’m on W14 D4 and on my third 5mg pen
F in my early 50’s
H 5’ 5.5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 11st 9.2lb
GW 10st (maybe 9st 7lb if I don’t look like a melted candle)
Total loss so far 29.2lbs

Recommend the Shotsy app to monitor MJ in the 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 that might inspire anyone in a food rut, tips for side effects, exercise tips, tips for titrating up or down and we love a beauty/ style chat too 🥰

Took my first 10mg dose on Thursday. On the loo all morning today 😐 I hope this stops soon. Although might help with weight loss which is as ever incredibly slow.

Oh dear. Think some of the DH’s here need a spot of retraining too 🤔

Weigh in day tomorrow it's my worse nightmare 😫

Not gonna lie, I fell out of the Uber at the end of the night. With hindsight, stopping for gin slings at Raffles after lunch was not entirely necessary 😂

You’ll be relieved to hear that it was not 15 drinks with the 15 courses. The food was insane and I managed it all - beautifully constructed tiny plates of food with incredible taste. I think being on MJ has really retrained my brain to enjoy food rather than just shovel it in!

Are you doing any weight bearing exercise? Are you tracking your body shape? You might not see a shift on the scales, but I doubt the tape measure has stayed the same?

👏👏👏 a loss is a loss

Let us know what your bloods revealed (if you don’t mind?) I was thinking of asking my GP for a full blood screen. I’ve not had my thyroid checked ever and would like to be reassured about my liver function now I’m on MJ. Anyone asked this of their GP?

🤞🤞🤞🤞

You poor thing! Hope it stops soon 💐

WK 14 D 1
SW 93.1 kg
CW 80.5 kg

I went back to 3.75 mg after a rubbish week on 2.5 mg with zero suppression and zero weight loss. Fingers crossed my body can handle it - but I feel semi confident as I only hit intermittent side effects once I was on 5 mg.

In positive news: I'm currently on my way to the airport. Canary Island bound. I can't wait to see the sun...

Oh nooooo! I hope it stops soon. I had this two weeks ago. 5 days of diarrhoea. I dropped down a dose the following week, and I feel like it's taken my body this whole week to behave normally again.

I have had my thyroid tested before and was gutted that it was completely fine and I couldn't blame any of my weight gain on it!
Are you of an age where they do the sort of MOT testing? I had my 40+ blood tests a couple of years back, which were mostly fine, which is always reassuring, but flagged some vitamin deficiencies, which were good to know about. I don't know if that's a regularish thing they do post 40 though.

SW 12 2
GW 1. 10
CW. 10.0. Still!
GW 2. 9

Saturday weigh in and a stall week. Hit my first goal of 10 stone last week and I think I’ve mentally struggled to go past that as 10 stone is what I’ve managed to get to before. For the last 5 years I’ve gone between 10 and 12 stone multiple times.

so here I am still at exactly 10 stone and I’ve eaten a few sweets and struggled to not self sabotage this week.

Time to get into a good headspace for food and exercise this week as half term.

New lemonade dolls smalls I ordered last week were lovely, however the smaller boobs still didn’t fit into the GG/H cup. I need to decide whether to return them or hold on in the hope they fit in a month or so.

Have a fab holiday! Congrats on the losses 👏

40 was many years ago....😂I might just ask for a 50+ check up ;-)

Are you tracking your inches though? You might have a nice surprise!

I love the way you remind us to celebrate our wins off the scales too. Thanks for all your continued support and positivity

Weigh in today a day early as I'm also jabbing a day early. Another kilo off. Have lost just over 18 kg since I started on Nov 2. Feel like I've been getting hungrier this week and haven't been able to resist treats at work. Also has a steak dinner out and a couple of glasses of wine ( bad week).
Off on a mini break tomorrow hopefully to see some blue sky (hence I jabbing a day early). Look pretty terrible as most of my summer holiday clothes are now too big. Have ordered a few smaller things but I don't like how they show my shape. I'm used to hiding under shapeless baggy things. I don't feel at all confident despite everyone saying look really well and amazing. I feel like not really me.

Does that sound stupid?

Congratulations on another amazing result! The last time I lost that amount of weight was when I was a teenager, and it took me many years to get used to being slimmer and to see myself without judgemental eyes. I look back now and wish I had realised how lovely I looked. It will take time to find your new style in your new body, but please don't wait years like I did, to start enjoying this incredible achievement. Your friends are telling you that you look amazing, believe them. You can build up your new wardrobe over time, but your happiness and confidence will shine through if you let it. Enjoy your holiday!

Can I join please. I’m on week 14 so I think this is the right thread 😁

My neck is all turkeyish 😢

5 stone down but my neck is gross.

My neck is rubbish too, and my upper arms. Hardly any wrinkles on my face, all on my neck.

Trinny London has a product called Elevator for tightening the skin on the neck (haven't tried it but worth a look?)

I bought this! Not sure it’s working yet but I will report back 😂😂 only on day 5 though so here’s hoping!

I have a definite sag going on on my neck under my chin 😭

wearing polo necks, but would like to see an improvement by summe

Welcome 😊