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

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Fage all the way for me!!
interesting discussion on body shape, I’m 14st 3 and a comfortable 14 in jeans. When I was slim I had no hips but I’ve always been huge on top, that doesn’t seem to have changed, so I’ll prob be a 10-12 at goal but a 14 on top at best!
did my second 7.5mg today and so far so good! I can’t figure out whether I lost a pound or stayed the same, at the weekend I had lost 2 1/2, yesterday 1 and today nothing so I’m going to weigh on Saturday and see how I do!
After feeling so awful yesterday I had a couple of small tony chocolonely eggs and half a portion of chicken tikka with half a chapati and the rest of the chicken today. Think it was just what I needed! So I’m upping my calories and aiming for 12-1300ish I think.

@cloudjumper that scan sounds terrifying 😳🤣

@Ireolu I was just thinking today that I wish I hadn’t deleted the original photos I took for my first prescription. They were so disgusting to me, I couldn’t bear to keep them on my phone.

I did take some a couple of weeks ago so I do have something, but I was already 21 pounds down by then…

it's a bit scary to look at the photos. I had not realised how much weigh and girth I had gained.

Has anyone found they lose well in the first couple of weeks of a new dose then stall for a couple of weeks? I had a 2 week plateau in weeks 3 and 4, then it kick started again when I moved up a dose, and now in weeks 6/7 I have stalled again. I am eating really well, drinking lots of water etc and the scales just don't budge. It doesn't seem to be linked to my periods at all. Maybe this is just the way it works for me?

I think I am a slightly slower loser as I've lost 16lbs so far. This is still great and I am thrilled I've lost weight, but it's frustrating when the scales just will not budge at all.

I asked for a second 5mg pen as I was finding the suppression pretty high (DH told me he was getting worried that I wasn't eating anything). But after the first shot on this second 5mg pen I seem to have very little suppression at all! I have felt hungry all day today (day 3) and had to fight hard with myself not to have extras or eat chocolate. Things have been going well but it is funny to feel hungry after I literally have not felt that sensation since starting MJ at the beginning of January. I guess next pen with have to be 7.5.

The skin on my abdomen (below my boobs) looks rather wrinkly, I wonder if that will get worse?

I don’t think I can be on the right dose yet - I haven’t ever felt like I can’t eat, apart from maybe the day after and week1 of 2.5mg.
I’ve lost 16lbs so it’s going ok but just reading everyone’s posts - I just haven’t been suppressed like most of you have.

@discoballv i lost the most on 2.5mg. There’s no rhyme or reason ?

It's funny how it affects people so differently. I've seen people say they lost nothing on 5 and others saying it was the best dose. It seems so random!

I am coming to the end of my first 5mg pen. Will take bonus on Friday.

I am very suppressed today. Have probably only scraped in around 450 calories. Most days I don’t go over 800 without even trying or counting.

If I weren’t post menopausal I would probably be losing weight far more quickly but my metabolism is fucked, and my disability makes exercise difficult.

It’s going to be interesting to see how I cope with the slightly bigger bonus dose.

Interesting how we’re all diverting onto our own dosing journeys as the weeks go on.
I’m doing ok on my 4.17 this week. Not high suppression but enough. Although today I was eyeing the chocolate at work, and had a square of Hazelnut Hu. Still haven’t got round to picking up electrolytes…turned out like @2025istheyeari i just needed a hit of chocolate to stop me from falling asleep at work! Have only just left the office.

I’m thinking to just go to the full 5 on the next jab. I’ve gone from 3.33 to 3.75 to 4.17 over the last three weeks and have been fine. I’ve had to eat out a few times and I’ve never eaten to ‘full’ as I’ve consciously stopped before getting there - so other than breakfast it’s quite rare for me to have been so suppressed that I’m forced to stop eating. But the fact it’s been easy to stop is v likely down to MJ.

@BlueLimes i don’t think I’m getting suppression like some of the others either. Or maybe I’m just really good at eating. I had a bit of suppression on 2.5mg and the first dose of 5mg but I don’t think I’ve ever felt too full to eat and I’ve only failed to finish a meal once since 10th January.

I’m losing weight, not snacking and I’ve had no side effects so I’m not unhappy about how it’s going

@Jins oh I’m good at eating too 😂
undoubtedly I’ve lost more in 8 weeks than I would normally but I haven’t really lost my appetite. I don’t crave chocolate as much, although can still eat it but it’s not as tasty. So somethings happening, but still having to use quite a lot of willpower.
I’ll keep going up the doses, I definitely feel more optimistic using the jabs than without.
DH is encouraging, I felt like I was wasting money but he said if you could pay £1000 to lose 2 stone, you would. And that’s exactly it. I’d pay more than that tbh.

My skin is the same @AmythestBangle in the same place. I somewhat naively didn’t think loose skin would apply to me but here we are. I’ve incorporated some weighted abs exercises into my routines to see if I can firm it up but to be honest I’m just so happy that the fat it used to contain is gone!

Was reluctant to move up to 7.5mg as I've still been losing up to now and had manageable symptoms.

Ordered my second 5mg pen to start tonight and you guessed it, no loss this week and food noise is creeping back in! Any words of wisdom?!

W10 D5 4.17mg

Sneaky mid-week weigh in and I’ve lost just under half a kilo. Let’s see if it stays off for the Sunday WI.

SW 79.6kg
CW 68.6kg
GW 60-65kg

11kg lost so far. Am 3.6kg away from my first target of 65kg…will then see how I look/feel and whether I want to lose a bit more so that I can gain back a bit more in muscle.

@AmythestBanglei have the same, no suppression on 2.5, but my second dose of 5mg really hit me. I’ve told myself the low suppression is good practice, so I can keep the weight off if/when I come off the jabs. I like to think the jabs supporting me lose weight but I’m changing too.

@millenialmolly Sods Law innit? 😡

I guess you could either order a 7.5 and ride it out until it arrives, or you could take a slightly higher dose (6?) from the 5mg pen? I am sure you will find a way!!

I am still 🥶🥶🥶

Weigh day on friday and am also curious if scales have moved this week. I do expect the weight loss to slow significantly when I get closer to my target.

This week I've felt like when dieting regularly and falling off the vagon. Meaning it seems like I have not made any effort this week, it's been just normal life - but according to my tracking app, that's not true at all. Have eaten well under my calories and exercised most days. It just does not feel like an effort. Maybe I'm also getting used to this new way of living, like @Therealmetherealme said?

Weigh day and jab day!
After no loss last week, 3.5lb loss this week. This takes me to within half a pound of my lowest weight for many years. Happy with that.
Took 3.75 out of my 5 pen. Seems to be working, so far.
Thank you for the advice about getting the needle lid off easily- followed the advice on here, couldn't have been easier 😀
Good luck to everybody who is weighing today, xx

Morning all, I’ve hit the 7kg lost mark today.

I noticed that my smart scales estimated my BMR at 1433 yesterday, that’s quite different to all the online calculators and sort of explains my 🐢 status.

1400 is indeed quite low, but would explain why all the 'eat in deficit, 1800 kcal per day and the weight will just drop off!' advice does not work for all people.

It sort of explains why I’ve lost zero weight eating 1200-1500 cals a day for 2 years though. I’ve literally calorie counted, weighing everything I ate and being very careful.

Morning all, second week of 5mg and suppression is…weird. I’m ok during the day, can eat most of what I choose to, don’t feel hungry in between meals. But my evening meal I really struggle to eat anything at all, couple of mouthfuls and I’m done.

One thing I can still manage is alcohol, haha. But given that this is a whole lifestyle journey for me I want to limit this too. I am partial to a pink gin and tonic. So I’ve ordered those Trip drinks that are all over TikTok. They’re cbd infused so have a ‘relaxing’ element to them, apparently. Anyone tried them?

W7 D1
3.2lbs lost this week! I’m thrilled to have gone over the stone and a half mark. This is changing my life!

SW 15:10
CW 14:2.5
GW 9:10

@CurlsandCurves have not, but will check out.
I still want 'a drink' occasionally, it seems more due to habit than actual need for alcohol, because alcohol-free beer hits the spot just as well. Still have no desire to drink alcohol - bit of a shame really as I have several work trips coming up and I have airport lounge pass, so I would always take advantage of the free champagne. 😎