Jan 25 starters Thread 6. Set points, baggy trousers and all the ups and downs

[Thelittlestranger]

Didn't want to lose you all, so have started a new thread.

Roll up, roll up!

OK, so weighed in nearly two pounds heavier than two days ago. Triple checked.

Seeing as I don’t exceed 800 calories a day, I know this isn’t actual weight/fat gain, but just my sluggish digestive system.

Just posting so others affected like this don’t give up or think the medication has stopped working or something.

I will take my first 7.5 tonight, or possibly tomorrow as am out tomorrow night.

Amazing @HeavyHeidi ! Congratulations! How close are you to goal now?

Weigh in day today, I've still got absolutely miles to go. Lost another 0.7kg, so absolutely average for me. happy with that.

SW 101 kg (15st 13!!!)
CW 92.6 kg (14st 8)
GW 70 kg (11st)

I've felt a bit disheartened this week too, only because I still have such a way to go and like a lot of us, I'm still feeling absolutely massive. Happy Scale has me reaching goal at the end of August.
I had a 50+ well woman blood test at the start of the year which showed I had high cholesterol, tending towards fatty liver and some kind of kidney problems too, so that's my motivator.
off to aquarobics again later and I've signed up to do a clubbercise class next week (80s/90s music, dark room, disco lights and glow sticks! Can't wait!)

I’m 2lb up today, which doesn’t surprise me, after a week or so of awful eating, and my system getting back to normal after a big D&V induced loss. I need to find some willpower from somewhere.

Well done on all the losses everyone!

Did my 10th injection last night (5mg) and my weight loss has well and truly stalled for the last 2-3 weeks now 😢 I know I shouldn't compare myself to others as I'm definitely a slow loser, however it's just disheartening to know I've only lost 17lbs so far and still have about 5 stone to go.

Really kicking myself for staying on the 5mg dose and not going up to the 7.5mg, still have two doses left.

Sorry for being needy but does anyone have any words of wisdom?! X

Congrats on reaching a healthy bmi @HeavyHeidi 🥇

I’ve been weighing on and off this week and surprised to see a constant downward trajectory - as I normally fluctuate. But maybe this is the 5mg working?

W11 D6 5mg
SW 79.6kg
CW 67.5kg
GW 60-65kg

I’m 2.5kg from the top of my goal bracket. Which is a bit crazy, I still ‘feel’ flabby. Expecting things to slow down but in the last 7days I’ve lost a kilo. I’ve got another 5mg pen coming in two weeks.

@unicornsaremagical I'm still at the top end of healthy BMI, want to lose a few more kilos.
But yes I am a lot smaller, getting dressed is a pleasure again and not damage limitation. Was just telling DH this morning that naturally skinny people like him can never understand the joy I feel when my clothes are skimming, draping and flattering, and no longer clinging to fat rolls and protruding belly.

SW 78.3 kg
CW 66.3 kg
GW originally 62, but may adjust it when I get there.

Welcome @0987654321q . Well done losers.

When I’ve gained or not lost more than a gnat’s weight it has either been hormonal or constipation.

Keep the faith friends. My loss is 🐢/🐌 like but, as of this morning, after eight injections I’ve lost 8kg. That means I’m more than a third of the way to my first nutracheck milestone of 83kg, only 13kg away.

When I look at ⬆️ it keeps me going.

@DGonMJ we've lost almost the exact amount of weight, you're ahead by 100gr

@Zempy yes just a fluctuation, I'm sure you'll drop it next week.

@millenialmolly how many 5mg doses have you had and how’s your suppression on it? If over 4 doses and not much suppression, could you ‘top up’ to 7.5mg today with another half dose?

@HeavyHeidi my MJ twin! I’m with you on the ‘see how I feel when I get to goal’ thinking. I was thinking of slowly increasing my calories once I got to 65kg, still at a deficit but so weight loss would slow down till I was comfortable eating at maintenance. I worry about jumping from straight from 12-1300 to 18-1900.

17lbs in 9 weeks is a brilliant loss! 1.8lbs a week, so right in the 'healthy weight loss' range of 1-2 lbs a week.
So, a tin of beans weighs around 1lb. Go and see if you have 17 tins that sort of size in your cupboard, get them all out, put them in a bag and see how long you can carry them around. That's what you were carrying all day every day a couple of months ago!

on the dosing, why don't you inject 7.5 mg from your 5mg pen? So do a dose and a half this week, that'll leave you with half an official dose plus bonus dose left. Then next week do another full dose which should leave you with about half a dose as the bonus dose. Then order a 7.5mg pen for the following week.

@MJalltheway it is a very good loss.

@millenialmolly I think we need to shift our thinking and I feel like I might be making progress on that front.

We’re calling ourselves 🐢🐌. We’re not, we are losing weight at a healthy and sustainable pace. We are just comparing ourselves to others with rapid losses. We should be celebrating 🥳 a loss of 1kg a week, not aiming for more than that.

I actually don’t think I’d realised/twigged that I had lost 8kg after just 8 injections until I wrote it down this morning.

@MananaMananaPenelope is absolutely right. 1kg a week is fabulous. I’m averaging 1.4lb or 0.6kg a week and it soon adds up. I’m not going to lie, part of me wants instant results but over the weeks I’ve adjusted to the steady and predictable way I’m losing weight.

It’s weigh in and jab day for me and I’m having a very slow start. At some point soon I’ll have to get moving but I’m enjoying coffee in bed that someone else made for me!!!!

I’ll be back soon to submit my weekly report

Yes, this is a sustainable journey to finally keep our new, healthy weights. It is not another 2 week crash diet, where we drop a lot of water weight but that we will finish and put all weight (plus some) back on.
If you're getting impatient, check the losertown link again. Pound this week and half a pound the next adds up!
losertown.org/eats/cal.php

Week 10 weigh in complete and I’ve lost 1.8lbs. Renpho scales tell me my body fat is now 32% so next target is to make it go green at 31.9%.

SW - 11st 5 BMI 28.2
CW - 10st 4.8 BMI 25.6
GW - 9st BMI 22.3

Plateaus are really normal. I felt down when I only lost 1lb one week. There so much emotion wrapped up with weight loss. Your body is adjusting. Take comfort in the knowledge you’ll be carrying on injecting therefore you can’t fall off the wagon and go back to old ways. Since my plateau I’m back to loosing more. 4lbs this week on my first 7mg pen. You can do it! 💐

Our goal weights are the same! What height are you just out of interest?

Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement, you're all right!

I'm very impatient by nature but it's a downward trend and I'm just not going to have rapid weight loss with thyroid issues and peri menopause to contend with 😂.

I was thinking about when I'd done SW in the past and by this point I probably would have lost a few lbs more. But then it was never sustainable and as soon as I told myself I was having a day off, the bingeing would start. Not once in 9/10 weeks have I been able to or even wanted to do that. I know that's the drug doing a lot of the work but hopefully my mindset is slowly changing and those old unhealthy habits of on/off diet mentality.

I really appreciate the support ☺️ just with regards to 7.5mg dose from my 5mg pen.. would I have to count clicks? I jabbed 5mg last night.

My weigh in day is Mondays but I cheekily had a weigh in this morning and I’m 10st - can’t believe it! if I get to 9st something next week I’m going to be in shock. Starting to wonder about maintenance and pretty nervous about it…

Nsv I can feel less fat between my legs when I’m walking - so nice!!

SW 12 ish st
CW 10st
GW 9st

If you can go up to 7.5 I would. I don’t know about the clicks though. A medical dr said 7.5 is the best dose. I’m peri and my side effects have been SO much easier on the 7.5. Really really up your protein too.

You have done so well. We started at the same weight but I’m still in the upper end of the 10st range! You must feel fantastic.

@millenialmolly its 30 clicks on a 5mg pen to get 2.5mg. 60 clicks is the full dose, so 30 is half a dose.

Are you on the 7.5 dose yet? 5mg was not great for me. I do feel fantastic but also in slight disbelief…!
the only thing I do worry about is - I’m looking forward to enjoying food and a glass of wine normally again…
like as a treat or special occasion. I don’t have any dopamine hit associated with food. So I do wonder if I’ll need to perhaps have a maintenance dose…
I’m still not interested in carbs - I eat a lot of protein.
ps it’s not like I look like gods gift at 10st btw! Still have a tummy… I’m an inverted triangle shape

SW 14st 7.5lb
CW 13st 4.75 (-1lb loss (- 1st2.75lb total)
GW 10st
Wk11 weigh in, just done 12th jab, weekly rate has dropped from 1.5lb to 0.9lb a week on my chart so I’ll have my first bonus dose next week then move up to 7.5mg.

I really wanted to be at goal by the end of the year, so keeping plodding. Still lots of chatter about wli at work but I’m keeping firmly quiet and not joining in as most are derogatory gossiping that it’s cheating.

Morning all.
Anyone else having problems with the page crashing? Not sure if it’s my phone or the website. I’m going to try and read all the posts now.
Well done for all losses and sympathies to anyone struggling.

I’m week 2 of 7.5mg (week9?) . I’ve some suppression, planning to increase to 10mg in 2 weeks.

SW 12.2
CW 10.12
GW 9.3

BTW I used my pen after 30 days due to a needle issue. Think someone asked this - the 30 day advice is due to bacteria risk but if you swabbing the end and extracting with a needle, the risk would be minimum.