November ‘24 Starters Thread 8 - The one where we hop into Spring and thinks about new swimwear👙

[Mounjaropen]

Link to previous thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5268809-november-24-starters-thread-7-the-one-where-we-might-need-smaller-smalls?page=40&reply=142476529

Welcome to thread 8 to MN weight loss friends old and new!
Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we Spring forward into a new season...and consider new swimwear and Summer Wardrobes ❤️

I’m on W17 D3 and on my fourth 5mg pen
F in my early 50’s
H 5’ 5.5”
SW 13st 11lb
CW 11st 6.4 lb
GW 10st (maybe 9st 7lb if I don’t look like a melted candle)
Total loss so far 32.6lbs

Recommend the Shotsy app to monitor MJ in the system and pleasing graphs to look at…plus the MeThreeSixty body scan app to monitor inch loss for the weeks where weight loss is slow but you might have lost body fat etc. Both are free.
Feel free to swap recipes that might inspire anyone in a food rut, tips for side effects, exercise tips, tips for titrating up or down and we love a beauty/ style chat too 🥰

Ooh. They sound fab. I’m very much a stuck in skinnies kinda girl. Not trendy at all. I did try on some wide leg ones recently but I couldn’t work out what shoes would be flattering. I don’t do trainers except for training.

Get it out - bet you’re not far off getting into it!

🥳 new jeans and a size 12! The holy grail level unlocked 💪🏻

How funny, I needed some extra help with a property today and hired a local girl from the village to assist with a builders clean. Reckon she was a small size 12. 30 years old. On dodgy Ozempic (i say dodgy as she wouldn’t qualify BMI wise and got it on the black market) but she was suffering from low mood and illness which is probably because she doesn’t need it at all and is probably setting herself up for messing her hormones for a long time. I genuinely thought that this sort of thing was exaggerated in the Daily Mail but it turns out maybe not!

I don’t read any other than this one really…. It’s a bit like the one mum on the school class whatsapp who never reads any newsletter/letter home and just bothers everyone who has…..glad I’m out of those chats now 😆

Well done! 🥳

😂

I’ve not tried ice cream since starting MJ. Probably won’t either judging by your poorly tum! Hope you are better today!

Thank you, I have had a few maintain weeks, so don’t worry but I know it’s a bit disappointing….i have upped my water and that really helped as I lost 4lb last week too, but that was after 10 days as changed weigh day.

After about 45 minutes of clearing my bowels I was good. Suppression not amazing right now so I’ve gone for the 12.5 dose for my next pen. I’ve put on this week had more cravings than I’ve had since starting mj which is worrying. I do think my iron levels are low again so I’m being kind and planning to refocus as I need to lose 7lbs to be in the healthy range. A week ago I needed to lose 5lbs so I’m having a gentle word with myself.

I have just done my first 3.75mg dose from my first 5mg pen. Depending upon how in goes I might do 4 x 3.75 plus 5mg bonus or do 2 weeks at 3.75 and then go to 5mg.

It all depends if I can get a whoosh or not

Hello my fellow expensive death jab friends. I love that term now 😂

@TeenLifeMum my GP recommended spatone for low iron. I have the apple flavour. She said that the body absorbs the iron better than in tablet form and they are kinder on the gut.

I thought the AIBU thread was interesting. I felt a bit sorry for the OP with her history of ED and don't think WLI would be right for her. But I ended up on MJ as I realised so many people around me were on them and losing weight whilst I was constantly losing and putting on the same half stone and always ending up heavier. If people close to me hadn't been on it I would never even have considered it as being something for me or that I could afford.

I've had my order approved by oushk now so I can think about what my maintenance plan might look like in a couple of months. 4lbs away from the elusive healthy BMI. 2.5lbs to tip into the last stone bracket... whilst my loss is pretty slow compared to most of you, I know I wouldn't have lost this much without MJ. I have realised tonight though I have totally lost my bum. It's flat from my back down!! Time to work on my glutes at the gym 🏋️‍♀️

The final trigger that made me decide to start MJ was reading an article (think in the Times?) about a woman who used Wegovy (in secret) to lose a relatively small amount of weight and was preening about how she was happy to zip up her size 10/12 jeans after a couple of months. I thought - if people like this can use it - and I bloody well need to lose more weight than that - I had better do it!

I’m at the point to order my next pen (I do have a full 10mg in the fridge waiting for me) and pondering whether to go to 12.5mg. I stuck with two 7.5mg in a row then came to regret it (and ended up faffing with syringes to get 10mg doses out of it!) so don’t want to have to do that again.

Glad your tum has recovered now.

Interesting article today in The Times today about Osteoporosis. A friend of mine actually had an accident recently and didn’t just have a break - her bones pretty much disintegrated upon impact. We are the same age. It has been a motivation for me to sort out exercise which builds bone density. I am going to start eating something before working out though as I am guilty of exercising on an empty stomach.

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/over-50-osteoporosis-health-help-anna-maxted-72trtxz59

I’ve got my blood test tomorrow and my iron levels are being checked. Should be interesting. 🤞

I fluctuate massively across a week. I record my lowest level - usually found on a Thursday or Friday don’t panic 💪

🤞 for a whoosh!

Oh wow @Mounjaropen I'm concerned about strength and bone density.

So this morning is a good morning. I have finally hit 1.5 stone loss. I have just sneaked under 9 stones by .2 of a lb but still! (Disclaimer I am very, very short). My BMI is 25.7. I'm now 2lbs away from my slimming world target weight that I hit in 2018.

And I have changed my scales to lbs from kgs now that the readings aren't as emotive (in a negative way at least).

Happy, happy!!!! 😃

Off to check my bum for signs of Ozempic arse… 😂

That thread I thought summed up the worst of all worlds… the women who get sucked into lip fillers/botox etc not because it is right for them, but because everyone else is doing it. So WLI even though you are not eligible via normal channels and you risk slipping back into an ED (a bit like my cleaner yesterday). Then the naysayers popped along to advise of their Daily Mail- fuelled opinions about something they have had no direct experience of and desperate not to ‘catch obesity’ I didn’t comment because I didn’t want them following us over here where we have support.

Fingers crossed for the next milestone and for the heads up about Oushk. Think that’ll be my next step. My BMI now is 26.1 or 26.4 depending on which app I’m looking at which is in the slightly above normal range for my height.

🥳 congratulations!

I think it’s a personal choice depending on your food noise and weight loss progress. I probably shouldn’t have stuck for so long on 5mg but I’m happy(ish) with my 2 lbs pw loss and still not having hunger pangs. No whooshes but it feels right for me.

@Mounjaropen thank you!! I'm buzzing today. It's a big milestone. And I'll take my flat arse as payment 😂

I thought the thread was interesting to see the views and misunderstanding around MJ. It's a far cry from our little bubble here on the thread.

The black market thing baffles me, do you think they are lying to online pharmacies or getting from other places. I'd be terrified of injecting something into me that I wasn't sure of the source. As per the Times article on microdosing, there are clearly private GPs/clinics that prescribe off license but I assume that comes with a hefty price tag.

I only want to lose 2-2.5 stone so I'm in the band that was being attacked on the thread. But that for me is the difference between being obese and having a healthy BMI. And it's for both vanity and health purposes. I don't want to go into my old age carrying an excess 2 stone, with all the associated health risks that brings.

I got my mum back on HRT after she was diagnosed with osteoporosis. She broke her arm, her clavicle, her ankle, a toe - all in separate incidences within 18 months

There's a side hustle there for those of us still fat in supplying pictures to people who want jabs.

I don't really understand the mentality of wanting to throw money away when it's not needed. I really thought cost would make people think thrice before trying it. But I've never been one for Botox and fillers either.

Anyway, happy Fat Tuesday all, I'm looking forward to pancakes later.
So far 7.5 has produced a few toxic burps and as usual I didn't sleep much after jabbing. Nothing too bad so far.