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!

Ooh ooh ooh. I’ve just checked my BMI and I’ve tipped into overweight 🥳 from obese!!

Happy scale tells me I’m 30% completed to my final goal so still a way to go yet but woop!

Well done @Grecianrainbow. 🏆

My pen is here, neighbour has just handed it over, I’ve got 2 x 5mg pens in the fridge. I might keep it in the fridge @Jins and see how long I’m happy to use it for.

I don’t think Ouskh care about gaps between orders btw once you’re in their system. I bought my first pen in September and it took me until late Jan to pluck up the courage to use it. I’ve bought three since and haven’t started two of them yet. No issues at all.

Had my verification call, very quick and straightforward.

I survived the clubhouse with soup and a slice of toast, boring but acceptable. Knackered after a good dose of fresh air and I’m out tonight (theatre so no food concerns).

⛳️ at my own club tomorrow and out both days at the weekend for food. Lunch and dinner out tomorrow, bad planning on my part.

@MananaMananaPenelope can I ask about the verification call, do they just call up out of the blue, or do they schedule it?

No loss this week for me, I’m not surprised as it’s been a tough one. I’ve not eaten enough, barely any veg, haven’t got my steps in… it’s been a waste of a week.

I scheduled it a month ago, if you log in you see consultations on the left hand menu. It was very quick, show driving licence, stand on scale and point camera down.

That’s it for now, the girl I spoke to said it was currently a one time event but they’d notify customers if that changes.

Stayed the same this week, not at all surprised and I'm not disappointed either.

7.5mg so far is doing very little for me and temptation has very much returned. Not helped by period dragging it's heels to arrive and fuck off again.

Doubt I'll stay on 7.5mg for more than another 2 weeks if this is how it is.

Gosh, busy week and have only just had a chance to catch up on the posts. Lots of great losses, losers. Well done!!

Was out last night, and today I felt the effects of it a d succumbed to some of the temptation. Still netted out at 1350 cals - would have been much higher before.

But - I am having to be more conscious of what I'm eating than previous. I'm ok with that and am sticking with 5mg for the next pen. Ordered with Oushk, and it arrived on time.

Hoping for a loss this week after staying the same last week when I was on. That has been the story each month.

Enjoy your weekends all...

So this morning, got up full of energy, weighed in and was pleased to see a bit of movement after a week of very little. Dropped my DD off at a driving lesson, came home (luckily working from home today) and was immediately felled by full on D&V for over an hour! Came out of nowhere. Had one other similar experience 6 weeks ago but in the night with an upset stomach alerting me to feeling unwell but this was something else. I’m still on 3.75mg and have not had too many symptoms for weeks now or ones I can’t manage. Has completely wiped me out for the day and it was so full on that I couldn’t have managed it unless I was at home. It has made me slightly anxious about the complete randomness of it! Especially as I’m away both with work and pleasure over the next month. Has anyone else have this happen?

I don’t want to over-share, but the stomach side-effects seem very random to me

Weight loss really isn't linear, I was losing kilos but measurements were not changing that much - but now, have suddenly dropped several cm all over. Really feels like body holds on to the fat and sudenly one morning decides that oh fine go on then.

That’s awful @workingbalance, I hope you are feeling ok now?

I have been very fortunate in avoiding anything like that. Woke up with a headache after yesterday’s 7.5 injection. I think I can shift it with a good head massage in the shower though.

I had too much fun last week and the scales aren’t shifting, but the overall downward trajectory is magic. That’s what I’m focusing on.

Have a good weekend losers.

Has anyone needed new pillows.. not something I considered when losing weight. But mine are now too high cos my body isn't as thick 🤣 and its causing me back ache.

Not pillows but some of my favourite shoes are too big.

A reason to treat yourself to some new!

Sorry to hear you’re suffering @workingbalance .

Fluctuating here ⬆️⬆️ ⬆️. FGS, hopefully hormonal and constipation related.

I put some black jeans on last night that I haven’t been able to wear for months. They’re verging on being much too loose to wear. I’m 😳 tbh.

Another ⛳️ competition for me today. I know that I can have a Caesar salad with dressing on the side at my club so that’s lunch sorted.

I was also squeezing myself into way too small clothes for ages, but yes, the larger ones are not wearable and even the smaller ones are getting too big. The kitchen roll comparison is really true - I didn't see as much difference with initial 10 kilo loss than I see with every single kilo now.

I agree :D
But also need new bras, and sports bras, and bikinis! Have gone from G to F/E cup and nothing is remotely wearable

OMG @IdentityCrisis101 i think you’ve solved a puzzle for me. I’ve been camped out in what used to be my office for the last year or so because of my sleep apnoea. I’ve got a complex set up of orthopaedic wedge, one particular memory foam pillow and an orthopaedic neck support pillow and I’ve been really comfortable for ages until this last week. I made changes last night but it never crossed my mind that weight loss may be part of the reason.

Nothing much to report here but my jab seemed slower to take effect last night and my usual jab day soup and sandwich wasn’t enough. I had the worst craving for mango which is weird as they are strictly forbidden by my consultant and I’d already had a banana (which are allowed but not too often). I’m off to google nutritional information for mangoes as I’ve always been convinced that cravings are your body’s way of telling you about a deficiency.

Woken up with a headache and good suppression so on we go! Off to DS1s house today for the final push to get it fit to move in so at least I’ll be active.

Ohhh can I have a prize for most weird/odd nsv? I can fold my stomach fat. So rather than having solid lump of fat on my tummy (hard to describe but maybe think beer belly), my torso to my belly button is way slimmer and I have my apron belly back from belly button down and it’s all soft and squishy (like the fat cells are smaller).

i appreciate this is quite niche but go with it…..

Hope you’re feeling better @workingbalance I’ve not had that happen (touch wood) but I have seen a few threads where it’s happened to others ie fine for 6 months than a sudden bout of D&V.

Oushk sent out an email last month warning about the effects of norovirus hitting those on WLIs more than usual because of slower stomach emptying. Wondered if this also had something to do with the random D&V people get.

Busy weekend for us prepping the house for painters to come in next week. Speaking of which, my period is due any day now…the perfect 28 day cycle streak has officially ended.

Thanks for your posts asking how I am. Not great TBH, awake most of the night with endless trips to the loo. I don’t actually feel that unwell like I have a bug though. Just nothing staying inside me. Interesting to hear it’s happened to others and I’m ok with a one off but still concerned about it happening randomly… I was hoping by week 12 that your body would have settled down to this sort of thing especially on a lower dose and not increasing in over 8 weeks! I’m thinking maybe taking a week off as I’m away with 4 of the ‘kids’ next weekend in London for a show and this would have been an issue for us all! Assuming a week off isn’t the end of the world?!

Sorry to hear it hasn’t subsided @workingbalance . I had ten days off after injection 2. Ouskh supported giving it a break.

@BlueLimes, I started MJ on January 3rd...and if I count that day as W1 D1, then I guess yesterday was 13weeks.

Rant coming up: I do find it really rude for people to be commenting on my weight like that. Many have known me well since I was 18, all know that I'm a complete foodie (I LOVE cooking, trying/sharing new recipes, bringing in things for people to try etc) and that I do like to stay healthy/fit. Particularly as I'm almost back down my post-DC and pre-menopausal weight (ok I was 55-60kg then, but I'm now not over that weight by much!) - and they have known me and worked with me at that time! Some of them have known me since I was late teens/early 20's (when I was 50-55kg*), so this weight and size really shouldn't be a surprise or shock to them at all.

What also really annoys me is that in the past 5/6yrs, since peri hit, my weight has gone up by 15-20kg - a huge amount, but only a couple have commented on that (only in an "are you ok?" way, which I didn't have a problem with). I don't understand why, when the weight piled on, the ones who now make the rude comments said nothing (I was very overweight/obese for my height/frame, and we're HCPs so know only too well the health risks of being overweight/obese), yet now, they make comments about me looking like a skeleton or that I've walked out of a POW/concentration camp. Some others have commented and said that I look like my old self again (and that's fine), or "crikey, you've shed the weight quick - was that on purpose? Are you ok?" and that's also fine. I think expressing a concern/comment about weight gain/loss for health reasons is fine...saying rude stuff is definitely not ok!

I think I'd better get some clothing/uniform in my actual/current size, and then maybe it'll look more fitted and not hanging off me, and the comments might calm down. Or I might ask the rude ones why they didn't see fit to comment on my weight gain, but think it's fair game now.

*the reason I know my weight from late teens/early 20s was because I used to do a lot of sailing and windsurfing (I taught it as well as raced, so I needed to know my weight, as well as obviously staying "boat/board fit" and having tip top nutrition/diet).

Sorry, rant over.

@DGonMJ, suppression at 7.5mg is very good. I am trying to get myself to eat a bit more but I know that without fail, if I overeat, I am sick (or feel vile/nauseous as the food seems to sit in my stomach for ages). So, I dosed yesterday morning before work (I always take my MJ first thing on a Friday morning), I ate a small supper last night (after treating myself to a panini from Costa for brunch at work yesterday) and still feel somewhat full now!!

I ordered the new pen yesterday and got a message back from the Zava doctors yesterday afternoon - they want more photographic proof of weight etc. So I will sort that out today for them. It looks like they want people to stick to a BMI of around 22-23, which is sensible. I'm not sure if they will take into account the different BMI values for BAME people. Hopefully they'll let me carry on at least with maintenance doses!!

Great day on the scales for me as the hopes @myladyjane sent yesterday have come though and I’ve dropped 0.6lbs overnight which is almost entirely the remains of the iron side effects and was indeed epic.

So I now weigh 10st 2.8 which is 0.2lbs less than the weight I was when I started Atkins years ago and also 0.2lbs less than a massive set point.

Nearly halfway to goal as progress is 49.1%. 9st something - I’m coming for you.

Ahhhhh fab @Jins. Super work