Plodders Club 🐌

[PlodAlongPolly]

Hi,

Anyone on WLI and in the slow lane v. welcome here for a bit of plodding supportive chat!

Plodders, bobbers, plateau-ers, stallers and stuck ducks come on in! Would be great to chat with others who are in the same boat, ie travelling at the speed of snails on their WL journey.

I have a mountain to move (nearly 5 st), am not ready to give up on Mounjaro yet and would love a bit of company here on this long haul to reach a healthy BMI. 🦥 🐌 🏔️

Come join me if you have a long way to go (either due to slow losses or amount to lose) and would like some peer support to keep going when the scales are being stubborn. It’s hard being on WLI when it’s not working as well for you and progress is slow or stalled. This is a safe space to share anything, the good, the bad and the side effecty. Anything positive (scale or non scale related) as well as freedom to vent and grumble as much as you want

If you taking WLI and trucking along nicely or nearly at your goal weight that is fantastic but please post on a different thread.

Hi @PlodAlongPolly hope you’ve got space for another plodder to join. I was on the slow losers thread but it’s quite quiet. I’ve been on MJ for a year now and have lost 16kg and have another 10/11kg to go. I seem to have periods when I lose 7lbs in a month or nothing for a month or two. Although I am losing even though it’s slow, partly I think due to peri menopause and recovery from a broken leg. I’m now exercising more as I don’t want to lose muscle or be saggy.

I’m currently on 5mg as found the 7.5mg made me feel very unwell. May go back up if needed as since I’ve dropped down I’ve lost 1.5kg which is quite odd!

onwards and down wards! ☺️😊

Welcome @NaivePrey i have also dropped down in dose. I was in 10mg but wasn’t losing and felt awful so I have dropped to 7.5mg. I’m even considering going to 5mg. If I do I will then have enough pens to last 6 months. I have had low mood, tiredness and endless stomach issues. I was getting close to stoping altogether.

I hope just feeling better from a lower dose will help and that the scales will start moving again. I was losing a steady 4-6lb a month. I’ve not lost anything in 5 weeks.

I am still plodding along, one pound a week, I am at the halfway point now, 2 stone loss in 6 months, another 2 to go. Pissed off about the price increases, I have 2 pens in the fridge and after that I might switch to wegovy. I am going to attempt getting the golden dose out tomorrow for the first time, wish me luck!

@Deadringer good luck with the golden dose! I've done it since the start as I couldn't bear to think of all that wastage (and ££ signs attached!) I've found it fine - I mean I don't love it and prefer the tiny normal pen needles but tbh I've hardly felt it.

I continue to plod, something like 0.5lb in 10 days. I'm mulling over whether to give my body a break after the last 4 months and start eating more for a few weeks while I'm still on MJ. Have heard that the weight sometimes can start to come off again more easily after a break? Has anyone done this and had any success?

At the same time, I've got my eye on how to come off MJ and have already started to spread out my doses a day longer each week (currently 5mg and 9 days gap with the aim to get to every 2 weeks). I've got a pen and a half left so want to give myself every possibility to maintain the loss off MJ. Is anyone else close-ish to coming off and how do you plan to manage it?

I still have some to lose to get to 25bmi, I think 4lb. I was hoping to get to 20 BMI but I'm already a size 8 to ten any 55 so I might rethink. I have 5 15mg pens and an gradually stretching the days between used to jab Wednesday and now Friday. I don't really notice any different. I don't think I will buy anymore pens now. Unless I get a job soon, it's too much, almost a whole month's job seekers

@Doggymummar wow already a size 8-10! Congrats, that must be a good feeling. I am resolutely a size 12 with a few lbs to go to 25BMI 🐌
Like you, I haven't really noticed too much difference extending a day at a time so far. Do you plan to keep your pens as back-up once you come off and use them as and when?

Congratulations to people at or near where they want to be - that’s a great achievement.

Coming off seems either too far ahead to see or impossible to me. I’ve been taking for 9 months now but my total loss is 1st 9lbs. If I lose 2lbs a month, I’m on a speedy streak! I don’t even know how that does equate to loss per month but it’s pretty pathetic. I have just gone up to 15mg though and am always (possibly stupidly) hopeful that something will just click.

Of course, that’s even more loaded now that the pen prices are rocketing. I possibly have enough to get close to Christmas so I’m trying not to panic just yet. Plenty of time for that later!

Hello, thank you all for your earlier comments about starting again on the MJ journey. My 2.5 is arriving today I’ve got about 3st to lose. I was a bit rubbish with my exercise and water last time so I’m going to give it a good go this time around. Can you all remind me of all the top tips for the journey as I go in again? My list so far

water
steps
protien

I remember having zero appetite before and feeling really rubbish a day after jabbing. Have you found any top tips to overcome the fatigue?

thanks all, here’s to the plod again.

😊

I'm sure it's vanity sizing these days, last time I was size 8 I was about 8 stone, I'm still over 11. I'll just make the jabs last as long as I can. Before the price change and losing my job I p,planned to stay on for life but that's out the window now.

Mines less than a pound a week, but it all adds up.

Stuck stuck stuck … still the same weight I was nearly a month ago. I know I am eating really well, so healthily and at around 1000-1200 cals a day and feeling satisfied on that, moving more, my clothes fit so much better, better than a month ago. But no movement on the scale. I think I’ve hit a ‘set point’ and my body is not giving up this fat easily.

but, dropping from 10mg to 7.5mg has been the best. My mood is so much better, I no longer feel low for no reason and have found my mojo again. I am going to stay here and focus on eating well and exercising and hope that I break through this stall.

Great you are feeling so much better @tryingtobesogood , I hope things get moving again on the scale soon for you soon. You are being very consistent so it sounds like you are due a whoosh.

I feel a bit rubbish, but I do have cold as well - which obviously isn't helping. Took my 10th dose of 15 mg that this week, I feel way more suppressed than I did even a month ago. I am considering dropping down slightly - maybe back to 13.75 mg, as I am struggling to eat properly. See how I feel next week...

I hit 4 st loss today (week 65 - lost 1.7 lb this week). I have lost 6.8 lbs in the last 5 weeks which is considerably faster than I have been used to (it was taking me 20 weeks to lose 9 lbs - so 3x as fast).

I guess the sweet spot is losing a bit slower and feeling good whilst doing it! I did buy some protein shakes but I don't much like them, which is proving a bit of a barrier. I should bite the bullet and get some slim and save (now shake that weight I think) ones as I know I like those...

I have changed to wegovy and just finished my first week. I think I might prefer it to MJ, getting less nausea with it. Have lost 0.5kg this week. Have started swimming and got a gym pass. Feel a bit more energetic too. I'm on 0.5mg wegovy from 10mg mounjaro.

PURITION or BOL shakes are nice. Sorry about the caps, it wouldn't let me write them otherwise for some reason.

Great attitude. I'm having to spread my doses, so I'm aiming to jab every fortnight now with 15mg or weekly with 7.5mg. hopefully it won't be detrimental

I am considering switching so good to hear someone getting on well with wegovy.

Thank you!

I've got nearly a whole packet of innermost the health chocolate protein shake at the moment, that is the one that I don't particularly like. I should just give this to my son, as he said he liked the vanilla...and draw a line under it.
I've had puriton in the past and yes, that was nicer!

I wonder how long it will take for the MJ pens with a lower capacity (no bonus dose, just enough for priming) will take to filter through. I'm not surprised they are doing this (more surprised they gave so much for priming in the first place really) but another blow for the cost of MJ!

I am with mybmi and at the moment the increase is only 90 euro a month for me as it's already more expensive for me buying from Ireland so i will stick with it intil xmas anyway i think. 90 is a lot extra but not as bad as I thought it would be. Now that i am using the golden dose I feel i am gaining a little there too.

@Orangesandlemons77 Thanks for updating about the Wevovy. Half a kilo is a very solid loss. Be really interested to hear more about your experiences as you go along.

A loss on the scale at last, such a relief. Only half a pound more to get into the next stone bracket, phew. Also got a strength training class done first thing.

hope everyone’s Monday is going well.

I'm now 0.7kg down on the wegovy, that is today's reading but I know readings can be up and down depending on what you have eaten etc! I went up to 1mg this weekend, have not really had any side effects

I'm managing intermittent fasting on it, missing breakfast, usually having e.g. a protein shake at lunch then a full dinner, and I am exercising more so I guess that makes sense to be losing on it. I'm ordering these meals from Frive, as I have some health problems and don't cook much.

Anyway going to try continuing with this. The thing is, I do have some MJ pens in a stockpile so I will probably be going back to that in future months, maybe at a lower dose to avoid the nausea.

That sounds good. I am considering Body Pump classes but am a bit scared. I used to do them but that was over ten years ago. I guess I could start with lower weights and see how it goes.

Go for it, I started a couple of weeks ago and can already see some improvement in what I can do. I have 3 weeks until I go on holiday so am planning on doing something every day until then. It will be good to wear all my nice clothes while I’m away and feel confident in them.

May I ask a quick question pls - is the one valid for 30 days from opening or from when it loses it cold chain (eg a delayed delivery)? I’d originally been told from the pharmacy from the cold chain but they’ve now changed their tune and saying from opening the pen. I’m unsure as to what actually is safe
thank you

@DrowningButNooneIsListening It's both. The pen must be discarded after 30 days once it's in use, or, once it is at room temperature. If you check the paper information leaflets that come in the box with the pen you will see there is a section about how to store the pen that covers both scenarios.

When the pharmacy is delivering to customers, they must ensure the cold chain is maintained and cannot use any of the 30 day timeframe as part of the delivery process if the delivery takes too long.