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

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

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That is interesting thank you! I had no idea this was a thing. Off to get my measuring tape…

Just booked my maintenance consultation with Oushk. Earliest I could get was 22nd May! If I lose at a rate of 0.5kg a week, I could potentially be 5kg down by then which would have me at 63.5kg and will definitely be thinking about maintenance.

Measuring complete and my wrist measures just under 5.5” which at 5.3 makes me small framed

I don't compute KG at all but I deliberately weigh in kg because once I got over 15 stone it was just too horrifying for me. Much easier to bury my head in the sand about it in kg because I've no idea what it relates to!

Big for me too, not a surprise. I'm 5'10" and dwarf my 5'3" DM who has a tiny frame. I can't even fit her wedding ring on my little finger!

@TicTac80 you are doing really well! Esp with walking this morning? Can I have your Thermomix chicken recipe please? I am not on Cukadoo as have TM5 and love cookbooks and bits I’ve torn out of papers etc.

I swear by the small glass Pyrex dishes for all food storage. I take them as a lunch box (they seem fairly robust) and you can freeze and heat. They are expensive but I bought some when trying to conceive many, many moons ago!!! It was to reduce plastic exposure. Anyway, 17 years later they are still going. 😍

Is this something you have to do if you're with Oushk? I want to swap to them before my next pen as they're cheaper than juniper and seem to have a clear maintenance plan but will I get the pen straight away or do you have to book a consultation? 🤔

myladyjane
I think we’ve said before for those of us who get the dopamine hit from food we miss that. Dh has decided the ideal approach is to replace food with sex

This made me laugh as it's something my dh has said also - he's 53 and still like a horny teenager 😬 I don't have the heart to tell him nothing compares to loss of enjoyment of food 😂

He asked me what the box in the bottom of the fridge was and I owned up. I just said it's an appetite suppressant and he said "not that ozempic stuff?!" so I said (honestly) no, but it stops you feeling so hungry all the time. He was surprisingly supportive but asks me nearly every day if I've lost more weight 🙈 he's also got me do his bmi and tell him how many calories he should be eating as he could do with gaining. I told him il be slightly happier when I at least weigh less than him. He's 6ft tall and about half a stone lighter than me, but that's better than where I was back in January. On photos from Christmas we looked like Jack Spratt and his wife 😳

@Cabinfever20 my sleep has been off since the beginning and every week it is affected for a few days post injection. I wear an Oura ring and it tells me that something is stressing my body. At the same time I started to get mild reactions to the KLORIS sleep patch I used to wear. They are brilliant, but I’ve reluctantly stopped using. So I have a double whammy affecting my sleep quality.

I’m still on 2.5 and do t want to go up as it working, but also I’m fiercely protective of my sleep!

magnesium helps. So does hot bath, calming music, reading etc. all the stuff we know (and find difficult to do consistently).

@HeavyHeidi that link is really interesting… My wrist size is just under 5.5inches and I’m 5ft 4…so small framed! That really surprised me as my sister has definitely a smaller/more delicate and petite frame than me! I have always felt like the “chunky”/more solid one out of the both of us!

@GrumpyMuleFan yes of course! I will try and screen shot the recipe and pop it on here :)

I use this one, it's a bit whiffy 😅 but I put it in my overnight oats and can't taste it at all!

I have a small frame apparently! Who knew!

Oushk have introduced consultation calls just for verification of ID and weight, but they are doing it for all existing customers on top of new ones so have lots of people to get through. So you can still sign up and order through them but just have to book a consultation call for the future, and don’t have to wait until after you’ve had that call to order as they are booked up quite a few months in advance now. I don’t know if I’ve explained that very well but hopefully it makes sense!!

The maintenance consultation calls are a different thing and only need to be booked for when you want to move to their maintenance plan.

I have been really happy with Oushk. They seem really forward thinking with their approach to maintenance and their customer service is second to none.

@GrumpyMuleFan I think I’ve worked out how to add pics. Here’s the first part…

And here’s the second part… (I have the TM6 and it came out very well)

Thanks discoballv 🙏

I’m still on 2.5! @MananaMananaPenelope I am experiencing enough suppression to help me hear the cravings, but not act on them. Plus I do have some nasty digestive side effects on day 2 & 3 post jab, and a bit off on sleep too. It’s slow and lost 15lb in 8 weeks. I’m happy with that and hope that I am retraining my brain to think differently about food, cravings and stress. Yesterday I gave my self permission to buy a mid afternoon snack on train journey, but then wandered around M&S and then WHS and didn’t really want it. Sugar crashes make me feel sick and I was able to think about what all my go-to’s do for me. I had an apple and nuts in bag, so had that. Wins like this are massive for me.

Hi everyone, late joiner! I started in January, having tried unsuccessfully to shift weight which has stuck since my breast cancer treatment some years ago.
I'm 5' 2'' and weighed in at 14 stone 5. Did a month on 2.5 and about to take my 4th dose of 5, but not sure whether to increase as I've felt very fatigued in the last couple of weeks. Down to 13 stone 4 in 7 weeks.
Reassuring to find this thread, thank you!

i’m thinking of changing to oushk, my bmi is 27.9 will they still prescribe and what ID checks did they do? Thanks

Just had a read through some of the posts and I'm confused by what people mean by 'golden doses' or 'bonus doses' - please could some one explain for me?
Thank you!

@Leadinghorsestowater When you have used the fourth dose of your pen, there should be a significant quantity left in it. This is the golden or bonus dose.

Up until earlier this year, it was possible to get that dose out by “breaking” the pen, giving it a strenuous twist with pliers or a nearby muscular person.

Now, to use this valuable dose, you need to use a STERILE needle and drain the pen, then inject yourself in the usual way. Dose is usually slightly more a regular dose, unless you are an over enthusiastic primer.

Thanks @HeavyHeidi for that, I have a large frame, 5ft 8 and large wrists, that makes me feel better 😀

I also came across this on another thread and while some of it is slightly ridiculous, also really helpful to visualise what we've all been carrying around ( for reference, as of today I’ve lost the equivalent of the average amount of manure produced by a horse in a day 😳🤣)
1 pound = a Guinea Pig
2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs
3 pounds = an average human brain
4 pounds = an ostrich egg
5 pounds = a Chihuahua
6 pounds = a human’s skin
7.5 pounds = an average newborn
8 pounds = a human head
10 pounds= an average Gallon of paint
11 pounds = an average housecat
12 pounds = a Bald Eagle
15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs (or 120 eggs)
16 pounds = a sperm whale’s brain (???)
20 pounds = a car tyre
22 pounds = 200 golf balls
24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 pounds = an average 2 year old
26 pounds = average weight of a Koala Bear
30 pounds = average Vacuum Cleaner
31 pounds = average amount of manure produced by a horse each day
33 pounds = a cinder block
36 pounds = a mid-size microwave
40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 pounds = an elephant’s heart
50 pounds = a small bale of hay
55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 pounds = an elephant’s peni$ (yep, weighs more than his heart!)
65 pounds = Lotus Mk3 – Aluminium Body Shell
68 pounds = 40” Sony Bravia Widescreen TV
70 pounds = an Irish Setter
77 pounds = a gold brick
80 pounds = the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 pounds = a newborn calf
100 pounds = a 2 month old horse
110 pounds = Mature Rough Fell Ewe
117 pounds = an average fashion model (and she’s 5’11”)
118 pounds = the complete Encyclopaedia Britannica
120 pounds = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 pounds = a newborn giraffe
140 pounds = Ricky Hatton (Boxer / May 2009)
144 pounds = an average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 pounds = the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 pounds = an average adult man
200 pounds = Vespa Moped
235 pounds = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 pounds = an average football linesman
400 pounds = a Welsh pony

I’m almost halfway to my initial goal weight which is just incredible after only 2.5 months! I honestly think the providers will have to think about proper maintenance options. It’s a fast moving field, with pills rather than injections being rapidly developed as an alternative. The wonder of science!!

thanks to everyone for being on his journey together and sharing your experiences. It makes it much more tolerable to log in and see how others are getting on and coping.

Keep going!!

(clearing I’m having a good MJ day!)

@2025istheyeari love this! Being able to say that I have lost the equivalent of a car tyre puts a different spin on it 😂

@TicTac80 thank you do much - i am going to try it next week 😀

I’m quite sad that I have lost a 🐨

I would have enjoyed having a cuddle.