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

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Hi guys haven't checked in for ages but I'm on week 9 of the 5mg. Due to do dose 5 of that this week. Still going well for me so far. Suppression varies but is mostly good.
I have a 7.5 pen I got last month but I decided 5 is good for me so ordered a second to start next week from IQ doctor. Unfortunately my order has been stuck in "order assembly" since Friday which isn't great considering the last two pharmacies had me approved and shipped in 24hrs.
I've sent them an email so hopefully it can get moving as I'd rather the refund and go elsewhere if it's gonna take an age!

Just checking in! Can’t believe I’m week 7 already!

Wk7 Day1
just jabbed my third 5mg despite having 2 days of difficulty last week I’ve decided to keep going on the same dose. As week 1 on 5mg was ok?!

SW 12ish st
CW 10st 7lb !
GW 9st ish

so I’m super pleased with the weight loss - I’ve noticed on 5mg I really can only manage 1 glass of red wine as opposed to 2. Feel dreadful the next day otherwise. NSV = my wedding rings are looser although I’m worried I’m going to lose them now! I’m still slightly in unbelief I’ll ever get to 10st even though that looks quite close on my graph.

second period too - 3 days late but lighter which is lovely!
beautiful sunny day today 🌞

Ps. Had good losses but this week wasn't quite a point and it's taken what feels like forever to get under the 14 stone bracket 🙈
All in all I've lost nearly 2 stone though

Gosh there are a lot of mean people on the AIBU thread. Ha ha wait til you gain it all back, you flat Ozempic arse.
I haven't seen that much vitriol when gastric bands etc are discussed, what is ti with jabs that makes some people react like this?

@0ncemorewithfee1ing sorry to hear your frustration, am sure you’re doing everything you can. Sounds like 7.5mg might be the best thing.
There seems to be such a range of tolerance/sensitivity to the doses. And I imagine for those who are less sensitive to it and need higher doses to start to feel the benefits it must be hard reading about all of the different responses everyone on this thread is having. I sometimes read the threads of those who are a few months ahead to see what’s to come. Especially on days where I’ve stayed the same or gained. Keep having to remind myself of the long game.

I had a late lunch today, which I needed to wolf down in order to make my next appointment. I was hungry, in a rush, but aware of a pressure on my stomach like I’m wearing a corset signalling that there’s no room in there. I got halfway through my bowl and realised I’d ‘sighed’ twice already and that I needed to stop even though I also felt compelled to finish the bowl and get it over with so I could tick lunch off my to do list. I left a bit. I guess this is suppression on 3.75mg.

Keep plotting different plans for doses with my next pen on the glp1plotter website, to see how much would be in my system. I don’t know whether to go to 4mg and stay there for the duration of the pen or increase each week till I get to 5mg.

To be fair, quickly after my email earlier they processed by order and said they were prioritising it and dispatching. I guess as they are the cheapest currently for 5mg they are mega busy

This is the same for me, I posted a couple of hours ago asking if anyone had experience of delays with them, and then had an email shortly afterwards.

The emotional crutch for food is still quite strong for me and I totally get the mouth wanting food when the stomach doesn’t feeling. But at least I am starting to recognise that now.

my DC have just had creme eggs, (DH went shopping) and I felt like I had to have one - but then thought no I don’t, they are so sweet my teeth ache and I will feel rubbish afterwards.
that mental reach for sweet treats is really strong though, i think it will take a long time to break it, and the liquid willpower is definitely helping me at least today for resistance

Hiya
I did last week and received my pen within 3 days, hope yours arrives soon, I found them super efficient.

Oops sorry, note to self don’t reply until you’ve read all the posts! Glad yours are on your way!

@Upperroom 10.7 is the dream ! Amazing.

I use them - no issues and very quick delivery. Very good at responding to emails too, so definitely drop them one if you haven’t yet.

I had a quick look, it’s vicious. A few people seem to want the jabs to fail and for people to be v v unwell to either punish chubby people/ prove a superior point.
Dicks!!

I’ve blocked AIBU 🧌🧌🧌🧌🧌.

Had a good day food wise which I’m happy about as it was long. Things are moving along nicely 😉, following my new week’s resolution to remember to actually take my psyllium husk pills. I think mag citrate might be giving me stinging wee this week so I’m going to lay off it for a couple of days.

Injection day and official weigh in day tomorrow. 🤞 staying on 2.5mg as I’m achieving 1000cals a day on it without any issues.

I’m so tired I’m off to bed, bit boring I know but I’m shattered.

Hoping to move off my mini plateau tomorrow- I jinxed myself by saying if I carried on as I was etc as I’ve stayed the same on average since then.

My 7.5mg pen arrives tomorrow and I think I’ll need it. I’ve one official 5mg dose to go plus the bonus and I think by the time I’ve finished them I’ll be ready for 7.5.

Had a bowl of soup earlier as I couldn’t face anything more than that and now I’m hungry. I’m going to ride it out as I read somewhere it’s useful to feel hunger. Probably so you can tell the difference between real hunger and just having bored teeth I suppose.

Ah thank you! I don’t think it’s very obvious yet though… 🤷🏼‍♀️

Bored teeth! I love that 😂

W9 D3 3.75mg
Woke up and did not weigh myself today.
Did some strength training. I’m going to try and eat well today as was feeling wiped out yesterday evening.

Was worried I wouldn't be able to get on today after the annoying unblock the ad blocker message kept popping up yesterday!

I've made it to the first stone down milestone! Nearly another 4 to go.
When I did IF the last time I read a really interesting article about it (can't find it at all now) but it said don't be afraid of feeling hunger. You should be a bit hungry before you eat. A lot of my issues stem from my first pregnancy, I was so sick that if I let myself get even a little hungry I'd be shaking and sick and it would take ages to recover from so I learned to keep grazing. It lasted the whole pregnancy and I've been doing it since! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Morning, W6 jab done today and the scales have moved upwards (daily weigher) since Sunday. 1st on the nose lost since I started..

Losertown has me at 97.64 on 6th March. I’m 97.8 this morning.

Really interesting to hear everyone's experience with sweet food and treat food. I haven't had any sweets or chocolate ( usually my evening downfall) or crisps or cake or biscuits since starting. It's a difficult one because I don't want to never eat those foods again, I enjoy them! But, I also don't want to open the floodgates.
On a but of a plateau this week, hoping for a whoosh by Thursday weigh day, xx

So a weird nsv for me - our shopping bill has come down about 150 quid this month.

This is not all me! But we have a shocking habit of popping in to the shops to get milk and buying 'something nice' for dinner or treats etc. I've not wanted that and dh has naturally cut back as a result (he was eating too many sweets). Still treats around but my kids have always been able to take them or leave them - if I hadn't seen them literally come out of me I would doubt they were mine.

Still no period - I have given up expecting now - maybe I have had a spontaneous mj induced menopause! That would be nice.

Morning. I did a late supermarket shop last night and bought a bag of licorice which I ate on the way home. This is an old habit... but I haven't done anything like that since starting MJ. Oh gosh, I won't be doing it again soon. I felt so sick, weak and so uncomfortable in my body - as if my skin was going to pop. Took me ages to get to sleep but felt so tired. Slept like a twig. Lesson learned.

DId a morning class at the gym and thought I weigh myself - but they have one of those doctor's office scales where you need to manually move the little weights, and someone had left 53 kilos on it. So I didn't feel like it. 😂

But isn't it just the best feeling when your previously tight and unflattering clothes are skimming and loose? And I think I need to retire some bras - the moulded ones are half-empty.

All my clothes are skimming and loose so they are just getting looser. 😆 Anything fitted or tight with a waistband or that required a zip went into storage long ago and I moved into my ‘I’m past caring what I look like but at least I’m comfortable’ phase.

I’ve taken a few tops out of my wardrobe to alter but my flowy ‘festival’ trousers will work from size 8 to 16 so no need to alter them.

I’m planning on continuing to wear my current clothes for as long as possible and then emerge like a butterfly from a chrysalis with my new slim figure. Well I can dream