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 🥰

I think it's greatly exaggerated by people who disapprove. I'll believe it if I see it from a reputable source but it's always based on assumptions about someone else's weight and health. For some reason there's a cohort on this site who want to discredit wlis as they dislike anyone having access to them

I was still wearing some size 12s and mostly 14s in my obese weight. I was in denial and was clearly a 16 at least but some shapes and fabrics worked over my pear shaped hips.

I’m regretting my choices tonight. Jab was due Friday but it was dh’s birthday and on top of that we all had colds. I decided to wait to jab this evening. I’ve been constipated all weekend, hideous trapped wind last night (not something I usually get) and now, 2 hours after jabbing I cannot leave the toilet yet. I am definitely no longer constipated! 🙈

Onwards to getting back on track and avoiding Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and Nutella sandwiches. What was I thinking?!

Expensive death jabs 🤣🤣🤣 weird that Lilly didn't go with that!

Thanks @Mounjaropen turns out so long as I put the damn phone down I'm good (plus the cliff edge deadline 🙈)

That pool lounging is going to feel sooooo good plus bonus schadenfreud for the suckers that are paying 😁

Checking in to the new thread. Thank you @Mounjaropen

I’m also very late to join this new thread. Will have a peruse of the aibu MJ thread if I can find it.

🙌 lost 2lb over half term so moving down the 11s. Currently 11st11 on the nose. BMI down 0.7 to 29.2. Glad I moved up the dose now as I was starting to stall a bit.

And I think you will find the people who really really disapprove are those who are a healthy weight and don’t understand obesity, those who do not qualify due to BMI not being high enough, those who are jealous of the gorgeous swans emerging and those who would struggle to pay for WLI.

The only people who I am taking jabs are DH, adult DD and my GP if he bothered to read my health record or whoever enters WLI prescription onto my health record and the pharmacy.

Woohoo!! 🎉

is anyone else starting to get annoyed with some thread topics? I don’t mean killer skinny jab envy we are only thinking about your health faux posts but the others. Posts such as do I need to keep it in the fridge, where do I jab, how many doses in a pen, it’s in the fridge for weeks but I am scared etc.

By just reading starter threads there will answers for all these questions or read the pharmacy instructions or pharmacy q&a section or EL information leaflets. I did lots of research before deciding to take WLI but I feel some don’t. I maybe harsh and people are just wanting quick answers

I’ve just made the mistake of going to read more of it and then stopped myself when I got to ‘ozempic arse’!

😂😂😂😂😂

Morning everyone! Hope you all had a good weekend? I do hope the blue skies and sunshine stick around because I'm an even happier person with them (cannot face more grey skies and winter!)

Big news from me today. I'm wearing a size 12 pair of jeans! 🥳 M&S boyfriend style, so I do think they're a big 12 but I don't actually care. They're a 12 and I'm delighted! Dh reckons I'm the same shape/size as when we got married now (I don't think it am - another stone to go i reckon) so I must dig my wedding dress out for a try on and a giggle!

Fantastic!

God, I’ve not fitted in my wedding dress for a really long time! It’s in the loft - my boobs have shrunk a lot but probably still not enough for it.

Oooh while we are on M and S jeans chat (style and beauty thread here we come 😉) I bought some size 10 wide leg M and S jeans the other day. I honestly don’t think I’m actually a true size 10 (yet) it must be their vanity sizing but I really love them regardless. Quite a fashionable shape if I say so myself they’ve definitely put a spring in my step.

Morning fellow expensive death jabbers!

My new scales put me at half a stone heavier than the old ones which sent me into a bit of a spiral, but as my DH pointed out, presumably I weighed half a stone more at the beginning. Still vexing though. I have lost inches, so must keep on keeping on. Funny how the scales are a bit of a nemesis. I am waiting until this Friday to officially have a weigh day.

I've also moved up to 7.5 from 5. Great advice from here was to go with 5 this week after nasty side effects from the bonus dose and to count clicks the following week to up the dose but when I did the 5 dose, I felt nothing at all in terms of suppression so went back in with an additional 2.5 that evening.

My suppression is great, food noise has gone, and no side effects! Was obviously the right time to go up.

I’m on 7.5 now and do find it’s really working. I’ve ordered the 10mg for next but may stick at 7.5 and count the clicks….time will tell.

Hello
Have also still been spiralling after the gain. Last week had little to no suppression and while food noise wasn't constant, it was really, really mean when it popped up. I mostly battled on and some of the gain is gone but not all.
So frustrating to have had a bigger gain than on holiday when tapering off.

But have gone to 7.5 today with counting clicks on my 5pen, not cost effective but uses things up.

On the positive side operation drink more water is still going well and I'll continue to try and up the protein and fibre.
Hope all doing well for everyone.

Not convinced all of me has shrunk enough yet 😆

I've not ventured into wide leg territory yet...haunted by the 1990s flares of my teenage years!

Hi all, just updating.

Started 22/11/24
SW 28 st 1lb
CW 25st 4lb
Loss this week 4lb
Total loss after 14 weeks is 39lb…I am absolutely thrilled.

Staying on 5mg as it’s great for me, full suppression every day, but still able to eat good food and no side effects 😁

Only 3lb off my 3 stone and just can’t believe it, I feel great in so many ways.
My husband has just given me weights to equal what I have lost and I am gobsmacked, how did I carry that every day!

I know I have a long way to go still but I know I will do it…hope everyone is ok, going to read back now as missed lots of posts.

Take care all x

Well done at @BagQueenBee . Great week!

I have a stay the same this week - bit annoying as I had a loss midweek - but at least it is not again. I dropped my dose a bit as had a bit of random sickness last week.

No gain is still positive! Keep going !

That is fantastic! Congratulations 🥳

Keep going! You’ve got this 💪🏻

New scales are always a risk but your DH is right. Glad you are feeling better 🥰