January 2025 Starters Thread 5 - Tortoises, Slow Runners, let’s lose a bit more!

[DGonMJ]

Previous thread https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5270287-january-2025-starters-thread-4-lets-lose-some-more

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Was actually feeling a tiny bit nauseous this morning, first time this happens. I did eat a bit more over the weekend though, so that might explain it.

Am still on 2.5, week 6 now.
Next goalpost - have a big meeting with entire global department in 3 weeks - am also facilitating, so will have many people looking at me for several hours. Really want to lose another few kilos for that, so I could concentrate on that work and not holding my stomach in.

W9 D2 3.75mg

Woke up, weighed, dragged myself onto the Peloton.
SW 79.6kg
CW 69.3kg
GW 60-65kg

Will try not to weigh again till end of the week.

My hope too, breaking the habit cycle, although I'm not against a maintenance dose and suspect I will have to. History tells me that something bad happens / injury / whatever and I get out of my usual routine and put weight on and then struggle to lose it, but maybe that's where you pay your £15pm to Oushk and if you find yourself in a position where you need a boost you can get back on the jabs? Who knows, I'm a way off there!

@kmreeve i’m the same as you. I lost 2 stone in 6 and a half weeks, thought i had slowed down massively week 7 only losing 2lbs and worried it was going to be slower from now on but im day 3 of week 8 and lost 2lbs already.

Rays of hope!!

My previous weight loss has never smooth and linear either. Some weeks I've been in decent calorie deficit and nothing. Seems like my body makes a massive effort to hold on to the weight, and then suddenly goes 'oh allright, go on then' and randomly drops several kilos at once.

Wise Words about not dealing with anyone else’s opinions. This is such a haven and I am vvvv glad that I didn’t tell my DH or DS in the first couple of weeks when I was feeling so excited.

It’s interesting how this topic seems to stir a lot of people up. The hot anger and resentment, aimed mainly at women and their bodies. @HeavyHeidi love the WL Bingo analogy!

Meanwhile, we can all calmly and happily, swish into another week of weightloss (and side effects). A bit like the “is she or isn’t she?” hairspray advert in the 80s. 🤣🤣

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This weight loss attempt has been unusually linear so far for me but patterns are emerging. The day after my jab I stay the same or gain a little. I plateau for 2/3 days then have a decent loss at the end of the week when the levels start decreasing. I’ve been the same weight for 4 days now but I’ve lost half an inch off my waist in that time. The numbers on the scales don’t give you the full picture.

DH says my face looks thinner which is a bummer as it was the fat keeping the wrinkles at bay. I can already spot a bit of saggy skin here and there. It’s not a complete shock - I’m post menopausal but not yet at bus pass age. 😆.

@Jins im v similar in my patterns - last week I stayed the same for 5 days and then lost. Plus my poor face! I am 15lb off goal and it’s already too thin. I have bought some more cream (!!) and have been researching some beauty treatments for scraggy skin/face. 😀😀

I don't mind my face getting slimmer, but I have one of those faces that really does not look good plump. I look a bit like (a fat) Uma Thurman, strong facial features, and a bit of a gaunt look is much better for this type of face.
Will book an appointment to get some fillers and stuff in a couple of months.

My face isn’t ideal for plumpness either. I have a receding jaw so I end up with many chins. It’s like the old wives tale about having to choose between face or figure after 50 except I’ve decided to go for improved health.

W7 D1

Last week I was jubilant as I’d had the highest weekly loss of a smidge over 1lb. Today it’s all back on again and I could genuinely cry.

My weight tracking app says it will take me over 2 years to lose the weight - I’m averaging less than 0.5lb a week.

I don’t have any lessening of the food noise and there’s nothing I can’t eat/drink. Some suppression I think - I’m skipping breakfast having a v small lunch (more of a snack) and a small dinner (sort of toddler size).

I guess it’s an easy decision to go up to 7.5 after the end of next week.

@0ncemorewithfee1ing please don’t despair. I read somewhere that 7.5 is the therapeutic dose for many people.

Try that and if it still isn’t working, contact your provider and see what they recommend?

Happy Monday all! Gosh, this is a busy thread, struggling to keep up! So much is going on! So glad to hear that so many are having similar experiences to me, both in terms of relationship with food and how MJ is working for them.

I had a bit of a 'lapse' yesterday, which made me realise that I still need to work on my eating habits, or rather the lack of them. I had made a cake (I love baking), and when it was done, I kept nibbling every time I walked past - just like I would have done in pre-MJ days. I certainly wasn't hungry, and I didn't even felt that I fancied some cake, but I still picked at it again and again 😫What I should have done is to cut myself a good slice and enjoy it with a cup of tea, and then be done with it. Instead I ate and ate (OK, it was effectively far less than it would have been in the 'olden' days, but it's the behaviour that concerns me, not the fact that I was eating cake). This is exactly the kind of behaviour that's brought me here in the first place. Sigh. I still have the ability to sabotage myself, unfortunately, MJ doesn't cure that!!

In other news, I have taken the plunge and ordered the 7.5 mg pen. I've got one more week with the bonus dose, and then I think I'll go up.

I think we probably all start out hoping we can stay on 2.5mg or 5mg but with doses going up to 15mg it’s likely that the majority of us will need to go up at some point.

I’ve had a great 2 weeks on 5mg but I can feel a change this week and I’m glad I ordered a 7.5mg pen now.

Stick with it @0ncemorewithfee1ing but definitely get in touch with your provider if the 7.5mg doesn’t do much

same, cloudjumper. The habits are strong - I have a drawer with nuts and dried fruit, and whwnever I walk past it, I habitually reach and grab something. Need to work on that. But should be doable, I have managed to break the 'wine o'clock' drinking habit - it seems it was just 'I need a glass of something' and not need for alcohol as such.

@0ncemorewithfee1ing I am also a slow loser, at under 1lb a week.
I'm 6 weeks in and my diet has had a huge overhaul for the better, but my friend who started a fortnight ago has already overtaken me in terms of weigh loss.
I’m just hoping that the slow and steady results will help with no hair loss, and less wrinkles than some are finding.
But when it’s best part of £50 per lb lost it’s so frustrating.
Nutritionally I’m much better, and I do feel better for it. Both wins for me.

Weigh day for me.

Week 6 day 1
SW 15.1
CW 14.1
GW 12.1

A nice set of figures there - one third of the way to my goal and a whole stone gone! I’m tall so 12.1 is the top of my healthy bmi number and I’d be happy to get to that. Next mini goal will be to get into the 13 stone bracket.

i know what you mean about habitual eating. Instead of having things out I’m putting all food items away because otherwise I will just have something even though I’m not hungry. It’s like my mouth is hungry but not my stomach. I also find sometimes my mouth wants to chew something and I know my stomach doesn’t particularly want food. It’s very odd but I’ve started eating celery (cut up in pieces in a bowl) which seems to help satisfy the eating craving and also some chewing gum although I’m in two minds about that as I’m not sure if the sweetness will trigger me to want to eat later.

Many thanks @DGonMJ for the (not so!) new thread. Back from holiday and trying to catch up with all the posts 😅

Did my bonus dose from my 5mg pen when I got back last night; worked out 0.7ml/5.83mg.

Weight before holiday 14.1.6, weight this morning 14.1.8, so not too bad. Skipped breakfast (a real hardship given the lovely food on offer!), ate mostly fish & veg with some rice (was absolutely delicious) and did drink (a lot) more than have been used to since starting MJ, but much less than would normally drink on this holiday! 😂

Feel a bit discombobulated this morning; not sure if it's the increased dose or a bit of jet lag. Hoping to keep strong though. Now to plough through all the washing ... 😩

I'm feeling a bit low today, despite the higher dose giving my lots of gastric side effects I seem to be more hungry the past two days. Yesterday I ate too much bread and then had a biscuit in the evening which is the first time I've done that. Today I've eaten my protein bagel earlier than normal and could totally still eat something now. I'm sure last month there was a point when it felt like all the food noise came back for a couple of days and then went away again, I decided it must be hormones overriding the MJ. I never know where I am in my cycle these days but maybe that's the case again. Don't feel like I will have lost much this week, which is frustrating as I'm so nearly under 200lbs and it would be a nice threshold to break.
Also had my parents asking me if the diet was working yesterday, so obviously I don't look like ive lost nearly 23lbs! Grrr and grumble

I am so hungry today! Jab day tomorrow…

I had a NSV this morning- I bought a size 18 button down dress on Vinted last winter and I tried it on with shapewear but it was too tight around the lower belly and the buttons were gaping. Today I thought I’d try it on, with no shape wear, and it’s loose and comfortable! I’m happy with that, even if the scales don’t shift this week.

Has anyone ordered from IQ Doctor and can give an idea of delivery times? My order seems to have been stuck on assembly, I have emailed and they have said it will be sent to their dispatch team.

I also do this with stuff in the cupboards/drawers - which is why I could never have chocolate, biscuits or sweets in the house in the past. Although I have noticed that this habit has massively decreased since starting MJ... So maybe what I need to do is remove the cake from my line of sight, i.e. put it in a cupboard! I shall do this now 👍

I’ve felt like this the last 2 weeks on 5mg, so I had 6mg and the suppression is back. Obviously I know you’re supposed to do 4 weeks on 5mg but there seemed little point. Rationally, nothing dreadful should happen by tweaking doses slightly imo only of course.

I’m thinking about doing that for my next dose @BlueLimes. I’ve got one proper dose and the bonus dose left in my pen so there should be plenty to increase by 0.1 ml or so.