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!

has anyone in this group got the contraceptive implant? i’m now into week 10 and have had 5/6 bleeds that last a few days but before starting mj my periods had completely stopped due to the implant. Is anyone finding the same? Don’t want to bother my GP but not sure if it’s meant to be doing this

@Zempynope, no ice cream! Not particularly a big ice cream eater even before mj, but definitely not interested now. Didn’t even fancy the petit fours they brought at the end of the meals! 😱

I'm not feeling great today, not sure if it's finally MJ side effects or something else. Stomach ache, super tired, slightly dizzy. Did eat more than usual yesterday but not excessively so. Hope it passes, really annoying.

@unicornsaremagical I have a Mirena and yes got some random spotting several times.

I’m not, but I’ve read that MJ can interfere with the effectiveness of hormonal contraceptives. Worth checking with your pharmacist.

The scales have moved a whole pound this morning giving me a BMI of 25.9 and a metabolic age only 2 years more than my actual age. That’s a drop of 3 years since starting MJ. Oh how I wish that reflected in my face!

I was treated to home cooked brunch (bacon, sausage, black pudding, mushrooms) by DS2 and it filled me up till after 6pm when I had some tinned tomato soup and a cheese and onion sandwich. This is diet food I can really get behind. Total carbs for the day -12g.

Week 11 and day 2 my first 5mg jab. Not noticing much difference to last week, which is good. Slept ok. I think effects peak 24 to 72 hours post jab so will see how the next couple of days go.

Had a mixed food day yesterday - a healthy porridge breakfast, but then a chicken escalope sandwich (ate half the bread) for lunch, a healthy tuna steak salad dinner but with half a homemade flapjack for pudding.
Totalled 1400 calories. I’d only had 1000 on the Saturday so it averages at 1200.

We went for a long walk and when we got back we cleared out DS2’s room - involved humping a big set of shelves down the stairs - so a little extra exercise for a Sunday. Since the beginning of the year I’ve slowly been clearing/sorting things out. Put a whole load of clothes on Vinted and now re-decorating DS2’s room (from pre-teen to teen).

Thank you for the new thread. 🙏🏻 Just checking in.
Last week having really upped the water my energy levels are so much better. It was my bday at the weekend and I was away for a night. Few glasses of organic wine - no cake! And only a slither yesterday with the kids. Amazing!
I was rather pathetic on my last post thinking I’d never be lighter than 10.6 - I can confirm I am now 10.4. 😭🙂

today I’m due my first 7mg pen and I’m not sure what to do.. stick with the 5 or go up. The weight loss has not been as impressive on the 5 so maybe I should? Just a bit nervous…

WK 9 day 1
SW 12ish st
CW 10.4 st
GW 9st
Height 5’5

Well done for amazing losses and victories everyone!

About to start my 3rd pen today, second at 5mg. I have officially lost more than 10kg, gone from 90-80kg which feels great and definitely shows - but as I packed on a few of those recently and have only been wearing winter clothes no one has really noticed.

I will also never be 9 stone anything even though I am 5'4. I think my lightest as a student was just over 10, and even thinking about being the same size as that again seems mental but you never know.

Re finances, I did something a bit naughty and cancelled my private health plan to swap for the SheMed £99 per month, 12-month plan. My work notified me that my health plan was going up to £120 a month or something and I haven't claimed on it once since having it years ago, so figured I would be better off proactively doing something that would directly benefit my health and stop me from developing a load of health problems down the line.

Thanks for the new thread. Great losses, progress and motivation.

I had my 2nd 7.5mg yesterday - I’ve some suppression. Weigh in is tomorrow but did a sneaky weigh and no loss, feeling a bit fed up. Keeping to 1200-1400 calories, a bit of snacking has crept in, not sure the pens are working that well for me, I still have a lot of food noise. I’ll go up to 10mg in 2 weeks and reassess. Maybe I’m just wasting money, I’m at the weight I could be after 8 weeks of low carbing with no jabs.

Sorry for moan.

@BlueLimes I think as well that I would have been at the same place when simply dieting without jabs. Except that... I would not be dieting any more, would have given up weeks ago, as it's too hard and too much of a deprivation. Jabs help me stick with it.

@BlueLimes I’m with you on the low carbing! I lost more weight than this on my first low carb attempt in the first month. However I’m seeing the MJ as a route to ease myself into a lower carb future.

I just picked up the Blood Sugar Diet and I’m a few pages in. I’m reading all the low carb books again to let the science sink in. I’m more likely to jump into the Atkins or Barry Groves plans than the Mosley plan because they make more sense to me but I’ll tell everyone I’m doing the blood sugar diet 😆

I was talking to someone who is further along on MJ than I am and she said the best way to test whether food noise has gone is to miss a week. 😆. I’m not going to try it but it does make sense. On the days that I feel like hunting round for food that is talking to me I’m probably just hungry. Like naturally slim people do! We just pile guilt on ourselves for having a snack and we probably don’t recognise hunger properly.

I feel the same in that I could have lost this amount in 8 weeks low carbing but I would have thrown the towel in and gone off the rails within a couple of weeks. I just can’t do it on my own without being absolutely miserable. I lost 2st previously loosely following Fast800 which was good, but it was really hard for the first few weeks. The only time I’ve naturally had a reduction in food noise is following Fast800 - eating low carb and high protein totally reduces my sugar cravings, but it’s really easy for me to slip up and end up in a sugar binge cycle again. With MJ I don’t have those slip ups, and the few times I have enjoyed a small chocolate bar or something, it’s not triggered the need to binge, which would have happened if I wasn’t on MJ.

I am actually quite worried about coming off it because I don’t want to slip into old habits, but I have been that way my whole life so I can’t imagine it will ever change. I’d happily take MJ forever but simply can’t afford it.

Just placemarking the new thread

Hello all, just found the thread. I'm down 1 stone since 24th Feb and 3 jabs. I'd had the pens for months but kept waiting for my 3 year old to stop breastfeeding. Eventually told him I had to take medicine and we were off!

I had hypothyroidism diagnosed a few years back while having ivf abroad. I've had all the symptoms since puberty but was continually told there was no problem as tsh levels are so high on NHS I was under even though I was, in retrospect, obviously ill. Saw an endo privately as worried about maintaining the pregnancy (we have a beautiful DS as a result) and have been on thyroid replacement ever since. Weight was one of the most obvious symptoms since about the age of 10, only half a stone then, but so difficult to shift. Reached my highest weight about 7 years ago through what must've been a bad thyroid patch but then lost 4.5 stone on Cambridge diet with tonnes of exercise. Had a 26 inch waist and was thrilled...then came lockdown and baking, then ivf rounds, pregnancy, breastfeeding and the weight piled on again.

I thought thyroid being treated would magically sort weight. It hasn't and it was my endo who prescribed the mounjaro. So thrilled and totally understand 'shutting out the food noise.' I was always thinking about food before. It's so great to cut it out but still enjoy the food I'm eating, then just get on with my day. Feels like I have so much more headspace.

I haven't told anyone irl that I'm using it as there seems to be some judgement out there. I feel that, in the same way I need thyroid replacement to balance out a natural deficiency, mounjaro helps with the insulin resistance (I also have pcos and this is linked to insulin resistance) It's just underscores that it's not all about willpower as has been claimed about weight loss in the past. I think I demonstrated will power when I used the Cambridge diet, in fact I've had to work way harder to lose weight than a lot of people, ever since I was 10 years old. I don't know why anyone would begrudge me the help after decades of struggles, but they will!

Anyway, long waffle, but yeah, loving the mounjaro so far and looking to find out about others' experiences.

Same!!

@Nomunchmounjo sorry to hear about thyroid struggles, I have seen so many posts where people say they have all the symptoms, but as TSH is not high enough as per NHS guidelines, they won't get any help. Seen people posting that their TSH is 5 or even close to 10 and still being told it's not high enough. I would feel like death with those levels, mine needs to be under 1 so I can function. And yes I've also noticed that many doctors have very relaxed attitide about thyroid and fertility, while the studies are clear that optimal TSH for that is under 2.
(I had total thyreidectomy about 15 years ago, so also on replacement ever since)

For me it's like anti-depressants, keeps my brain from being obsessed with food all the time. There isn't as much judgement there - although there are of course people who think antidepressants are also cheating and easy way out and one should just go for a walk instead..

I did the F800 last year, and it was not a good experience for me. I lost 10 kg in less than 6 weeks, but omg, I was absolutely miserable during that time. No energy, foul mood, nothing in the tank - had to go to bed early each night because I was so wiped out. While I do think that there is solid science behind it, I just don't think it's the right approach for me. I also don't get on with intermittent fasting or the 5:2 approach - I always end up getting really stressed and thinking all the time about when I can eat again!

First week on 7.5 mg is coming to an end, and I have to say, it's been quite difficult. The suppression has ramped up so much, and I really struggle to eat enough to function - meals are a real struggle, and it's a big effort to hit my calorie target. I also struggle with drinking water... I remember it felt similar for the first couple of weeks on 5 mg, so I'm hoping it'll all calm down a bit. I had a bit of 'urgency' with my bowel movements the day after I jabbed last week, but that has fortunately calmed down again. Those scales better have moved on Wednesday! 😆

I've done very low carb as well before. Weight did indeed drop off nicely, but it's so boring and restrictive. I would never be able to stick to it for months and months.

Happy birthday @Upperroom and congrats on the loss! 🥳

I've also done very low carb and had good success, but it's really hard and this isn't so far. I've lost big chunks of weight multiple times in the last 13 years but always by being incredibly restricted and doing huge amounts of exercise. Since having my son almost 3 years ago I just have nothing in the tank to do that again, so I'm very grateful for this allowing me to lose whilst not killing myself.
I've just ordered my first pen with oushk, seemed relatively straightforward and a similar price to simple, who i had been using. I don't need it yet but I like to be prepared!

Last year I started a big New Year diet. Was probably eating a similar amount of calories to what I'm now eating but it felt so restrictive. I lost about 1.5 stone by the end of April (so way slower) and then got so dispirited by several crap things happening around then that I gave up/consoled myself with food and gradually put it all back on by the end of the year 😭
Because I have lost a bit a lot more quickly with mj and can see and feel the results I am feeling so much more positive about going forward and trying to lose the mountain of lard that I seem to have accumulated. My joints are still hurting (probably arthritis, plus a bad foot injury) but I feel so much easier walking around/ climbing stairs etc that it makes me want to keep going.

@JoanCollinsDiva I've been doing the same, hoping that it might squeeze it away! I feel like the Pillsbury doughboy!

A little NSV I noticed yesterday whilst walking the dog. I live in a hilly area and it’s a long and slight but deceptive incline all the way up the road we walk, and I just powered up it like it was nothing. This is as a totally unfit exercise avoider too! So just over a stone has made a big difference. It must have been hard on my body lugging extra weight around. I’ve noticed some knee pain I was getting has disappeared too.

OMG I adored low carb and managed to maintain happily and healthily for getting on 10 years. If I didn’t have to go very low fibre and gluten free I’d still be slim and fit. Adding low fibre to a low carb diet was nigh on impossible and the clinicians were very insistent that I followed their plan. Nearly 3 stone later I’d had enough 😆

I’ve got a review next month and I think I’ll just tell lies. They’ll know I’m on MJ anyway from my prescription history

Hahaha if only we could squeeze the fat away!

I did the bonus dose of my 5mg last night using the insulin needles - never done it before. I was so confused as I thought I had one normal dose left too but when I checked my graph I realised I'm a week further on than I thought!