January 2025 Starters Thread 4 Let's lose some more!

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Same. We’re away, I’ve had wine, chocolate, 2 course breakfasts but I’m still eating less than I would normally, I’ll just be extra good next week and hope for a miracle.

I did the extra dose in the end. It worked out around 3.1mg, then I'll move up to 5 next week.

I've lost around 7lbs in 4 weeks which is fine. I am slightly jealous of those who have lost a stone in their first month! But it is 20% of the weight I want to lose, which makes it sound a bit more impressive I guess...

What dose are you on @IBloodyLoveMyBlanket ? Maybe you’re ready to move up a dose?

Hi All,

I started 10th Jan, did 5 weeks of 2.5 ( incl bonus dose) and tomorrow is my second 5mg jab
Keep getting reminders to.order a new pen and deliberating if I should go up to 7m5mg!

Anyone else ?

@Twiceasnice25 we started on the same day and it’s my second 5mg dose tomorrow as well. I’m not sure about moving up yet. I’ll see how next week goes. I’ll still have 3 more if I do the bonus dose so plenty of time yet.

I did the bonus dose of 2.5 yesterday, and will go up to 5 on Wednesday.

Thank you! Yes I'm going to wait till end of next week and decide, minimal side effects , apart from one day of dodgy tummy.

But do start getting more peckish on day 6 now !

Well, wish me luck. I'm going back to 2.5mg tonight after my bad reaction to 5mg last week. I got suppression from 2.5mg before but I'm nervous it just won't work at that dose. I lost a bunch within this week (due to the diarrhea really) and then put most back on when I started eating again. So now I'm 7 weeks in, about do do dose number 8, and only about 1st 3lbs down. I guess 2.5 lb a week is fine, but worried it won't continue.

Hi 👋👋 I am week 6 day 4. This is my second week of 5mg. No side effects this week besides being a bit tired and sluggish…last week I nauseous but my family had a big so it could have been that. I am having to force myself to eat. So relieved as I was so anxious about starting 5mg! I have officially lost 19 lbs too 🙌🙌💪🏼💪🏼

1stone 3lbs is fabulous! Congrats! And good luck! Xx

I’m planning on staying at 5 as it’s working really well for me xx

Hi all. Had a mare with juniper. Moved up to 5 and I probably shouldn’t have because all these crazy side effects meant that I could barely eat for a week.
I told juniper I needed to go back down and they have set up a new prescription. I said I was just wanting to use the pen I had only in half doses and they can’t discuss doing that as it’s not recommended or whatever.
100% am not forking out another £200 when I have the stuff already!
Anyway I’m going to change providers. They’re too expensive and I’m definitely not really using the support which all seems very much like common sense (I’m a healthcare professional).
I’m skipping a dose this week as I’m scared and it was so horrific. But on the plus side I’ve lost more weight 😚
Still a fair way to go so I’m not giving up yet. Like @Snoopibird the nausea has been insane and I didn’t even get sick when I had all my pregnancies!
I’m going to try 2.5 again on Monday but if the side effects are really bad again I’ll have to stop. I had to ring in sick this week as I couldn’t eat and the stomach aches were awful.
I’ve lost close to 9kg in 6 weeks which is crazy really as it took me a whole year last year to lose that (then a month to regain half of it).
I can’t even imagine overeating at the minute. I’ve just been getting normal meals but only eating half or a quarter of them which seems to be working fine.
its great to read everyone’s journeys. RE periods I barely had 3 the whole of last year but when I started this I had spotting most days. It seems to have stopped now but its weird.

Same here

Week 7, Day 1. Last week i struggled with bad nausea, absolutely freezing and awful constipation so i’m hoping this week is better. Another 4lb loss for week 6 so that’s 26lbs in 6 weeks which i’m very happy with as that’s only 1lb of being half way to my target. Well done everyone on your losses.

SW 14st 7.5lb
CW 13st 9lb (2lb)loss (- 12.5lb total)
GW 10st

dose day today, but I can’t do it until later as DH still in the room and I’ve still not told him😳 hunger levels feel ok still, so I’ve stuck to 5 for my next pen. Almost at my stone mark!!

This is strange, I feel I’ve lost about 80% of suppression on the bonus dose of 2.5. I wonder if I’ve defeated MJ with the amount of crap I’ve eaten these last few days.

I’m week 6 on 2.5mg and have just ordered a 5 mg pen. Things slowed down a bit on week 4 and 5 hence going up but I’ve now had a bit of a whoosh so not sure whether to stay at 2.5 or go up to 3.75mg.

Thanks to whoever mentioned the price of maintenance (maybe @Jins ). I hadn’t looked at prices but purposely chose Oushk as my provider because they seemed one of the few with maintenance plans. £15 feels extremely reasonable and I certainly wouldn’t mind paying that to maintain!

W6D1 and going to do my second 5mg dose shortly. Decided to stick to usual injection day this week and then do a day early next week ahead of going out.

Weighed myself just now and another 2lbs off, bringing my total loss so far to 1st 4lbs in 5 weeks.

SW - 13st
CW - 11st 10lbs
Loss - 18lbs

I caved and ordered the 5mg, so I've got one more 2.5mg for Sunday then I'll increase. It's reassuring to see a few of you with minimal side effects though, I won't lie I've been worrying about the things I've read about increasing being awful

Morning everyone, I survived the restaurant. Not eating a lot was easy as I didn’t like three of the courses 😬, I did eat a small amount of the others, but a very small amount. Felt ok, had a glass of champagne too. No ill effects- so relieved. I literally ate a small serving spoon of everything. By the time dessert came I could only manage a token forkful.

That’s my first proper night out on MJ done. I felt good about it (was dreading it).

I’ve just noticed that I walked 16450 steps yesterday 😳, unheard of.

@Bellabluea I’ve changed from Juniper to Oushk as I also realised I wasn’t getting much out of the Juniper support that I don’t already know.

@IBloodyLoveMyBlanket i sometimes get less suppression on some days and then it seems to come back randomly. But see how it goes with weightloss too, you might be ready to move up.

I seem to have developed dry, slightly bloodshot eyes over the last couple of weeks. Considering I’m eating clean every bloody day, I would expect my eyes to be sparkling, like when I gave up alcohol. Unsure if it’s the MJ or if I’m now susceptible to tree pollen.

did the bonus dose yesterday. May go up to 3something next week, felt like suppression was waning a bit the past week.
Now looking into some fillers for face and turkey neck treatments I will need in a few months :D

Day 1 week 5 today and about to go up to 5mg pen later today. Might only go to 3.75 for the first 2 weeks as I lost 2 lbs on my last week of 2.5 and want to minimise side effects.
Stats:
SW: 88.9.kg
CW: 84.4 kg
GW: 65 kg
So 4.5 kg in 4 weeks, which I'm very happy with and I'm almost at 30 BMI now. Still in the same size clothes but they are definitely more comfortable! No more surreptitiously undoing the top button of my jeans when I sit down!!

Good morning everyone and well done on all the losses.

I’ve weighed early this week as I’m going away for the weekend. I’m taking my pen with me though to jab in the morning.

I moved up to 5mg last week having decided to follow the recommended program. I felt absolutely dreadful Tuesday and Wednesday. I ate very little. I wasn’t surprised to see a loss again this week because of that.

I’ve lost 10% of my body weight in just over a month. 20lbs exactly. I’ve also moved down the BMI bracket to just overweight.

I can’t see any difference in my clothes yet and my waist hasn’t budged from 37 inches but I’m menopausal so always knew that would the hardest place to shift the fat. It’s been hanging around since the noughties so it’s not going to disappear overnight.

At the moment nothing tastes good. After last weeks veg sensation, I’m really struggling to even pick food that I want to eat and when I do it tastes bleurgh.
i think another poster likened it to being pregnant and I totally agree.
Really hoping its just another side effect.

Good luck to all for the week ahead.

SW 196
CW 176
GW 133