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!

I couldn’t find this either - could you share with me too please??

Congrats @Zempy what welcome news! Must feel so validating to know you’ve made the right decision for your health.

Am also from ‘finish your plate’ family. So it’s important for me to watch my portions. Still find it strange when I get so full I can’t finish my plate, which is rare. And because I’m having to consciously make sure I get enough protein I quite often have to force breakfast down me whether I’m hungry or not.

Awesome results, @Zempy ! This really shows that it's so worth doing this for our health and wellbeing!

@Sunnydaysahead22 do you mind sending me the 20% existing MedExpress users code too please? 🙏

Do you know why you were sent the code? Hoping I get one too and I'll share the love back.

If you advance search Sunnydaysahead22’s username you’ll find the code 😉

I’ve only just ordered another 7.5mg pen, do you think they’ll let me order another one so soon? And then not sure if I’ll need to move up to 10mg by that point… 🤔

the code @Sunnydaysahead22 shared only works if you haven’t ordered in 50 days sadly.

I’m another don’t waste food must finish your plate. Although I am much better with the DC.
still stuck in this plateau mid week, hoping that this will shift soon as I’m due on so may be a contributing factor

I really find this hard - wasting good food! Have to remind myself that my body is not a garbage can, I don't need to fill it with stuff that I don't want or need. Besides when at home, I have 2 large dogs who love most of the leftovers :D

I’ve really switched my thinking about clearing the plate. I also dish up smaller portions. I was talking to my daughter about it, saying she can stop when she’s full and older relatives looked a bit aghast.

Its interesting stopping when you are full vs clearing your plate. My default has always been to clear my plate - even when I lost a big chunk and kept it off for years I would dish up a smaller portion so I didn’t need to think about it.

now I leave food most meals. Not heaps but as soon as I get the sigh I stop. This is how dh and dds eat - dd2 for example is a titchy tiny thing who can put away an astonishing quantity of food but as soon as she is full she will stop. She will also happily eat to her own timetable when she needs food so someday barely touch it and others eat like a starving wolf.

my mum did penis portions for m dad and brother but also for me as I was ‘growing’. Thing is I ate them. My dad and brother were taller and both active/sporty and my mum is a little dot of a thing so of course she needed less. So did I but again she thought I’d self regulate like she does but I just didn’t. No off switch.

Aah! That solves my dilemma! 😂

Good morning.
Tortoise check in.

W10 2nd 7.5mg jab - side effects mild nausea at times, bit tired.

SW 12.2
CW 10.10 and a half
GW 9.3

I’ve only lost 4.5lbs in the past 4 weeks, despite sticking to 1200 calories a day and increasing my exercise. Just demonstrates how hard it is 😞

Have a great day everyone 😊

@Zempy amazing results- must be such a good feeling.

Some fab losses and wins - let’s keep going !

@BlueLimes but you’ll get there! Looks to be the same weight loss as me so be both rock

@myladyjane we will ! ! And the jabs do make it easier. I’m away with work a few times over the next 2 weeks, so I’ve reset my expectations…
How much more would you like to lose?

@Zempy I’m so pleased to hear your results. One in the eye for the doom-mongers I reckon and I couldn’t be more pleased about that.

I was subjected to a rant from an acquaintance yesterday about WLI. She doesn’t know I take them but she was extremely negative about them. Unnatural apparently. Messing with your hormones. Unusually for me I had the ideal response at the time - ‘oh! Like the implant?’ She has a contraceptive implant otherwise I’d have likened it to the pill. After a bit of bluster the subject changed thank goodness.

Nobody has had any issues that I take synthetic thyroxine, but synthetic GLP-1 ...

It’s a very significant day for me today. I’m now the weight I was all those years ago when I saw a photo of myself and went on Atkins the following day! I can’t believe it’s taken so much effort to get to the weight I was when I decided enough was enough. Sobering.

I dug the photo out and it’s crystal clear that this time round I’m carrying much less body fat. I don’t have my records any more but I seem to remember that my body fat percentage was about 36 then and it’s 31.7 now. It has to be down to muscle mass doesn’t it?

Travelling today. Accountability check in for Monday:

• exercise - 35 mins ✅
• walking 25min + 35min —> 9,300 steps ✅
• no wine as planned. ✅

Just a quick reminder to always request a price match with MedExpress. They match about 8 companies. Really easy and they credit your account the difference, plus £5. I’ve done it 3 times now. You can price match even if you’ve used credit to pay towards your pen.

Well that’s a record. MedExpress have just accepted my price match request and credited my account in 6 minutes!!

So far so good on work trip. Didn't eat any of the pastries during coffee break and managed to pop to hotel gym. Now dinner but luckily buffet, so can take what I want and not explain why I'm not cleaning my plate.

First update on the Zara jeans. I thought I would try some to see how far I have to go. Weirdly I saw that they had an 18 (which I’ve never seen in there before). Took 16 and 18 into changing room. 16 wouldn’t fasten so I picked up 18 to try. Waistband was smaller than 16. I happened to have a tape measure in my bag so I measured the waists. 16 was 32 inches and 18 was 30 inches. In what world is that right? I’m amazed they sell any jeans.

That’s rubbish! How on earth does that work 🤷🏻‍♀️I ordered an xl knitted waistcoat from there a few weeks ago and I kid you not it wouldn’t have fitted a 10 year old girl! My son thought I’d bought kids clothes! Their sizing is awful.