Jan 25 Starters Thread 7 😱 Losing, whooshing, turtle pace - we're getting it done.

[Thelittlestranger]

New thread for those who started in January 25. 3 months in and we're still going strong 💪

You’ll soon catch me up @discov. 10st 3 is my real sticking point and I expect my body to sulk for a while until it realises I’m serious

@Boohoo76 one way ticket to the people’s republic of None-ya-Business for her. I don’t get why people have an opinion on medication they aren’t taking. So weird.

Just checking in - loving all the positivity and excitement about clothes!

W15, 7.5mg, total loss 11lbs.

Still averaging under a lb a week. Pretty bloody unfair as I am eating very little - I definitely could easily eat a lot more and I still have cravings (made all the more insistent by feeling hard done by on the non losing status). But on the upside, very few negative side effects. So that’s something.

sorry to hear of those struggling. It’s a real balance I think between managing how you feel and can tolerate and your enjoyment of life. Feeling cold, messed up periods, crappy sleep and the shits (or opposite) means existing not enjoying. Whilst we all know excess weight is bad for our health, it’s not the only measure and you have lost enough to make a real positive impact and will be able to carry on.

i may weigh in tomorrow - my injury means I’ve been very sedentary this week and I think I’ve cranked out one of my ancient eggs which always shows as a bit of water weight for a few days so it’s probably a stupid idea but I am still a bit on the fence on whether to stick to 5 or go up and want to asses a not so good week. I was all for sticking earlier this week but yesterday/today have felt a bit ‘picky’ so am wondering if I get a 7.5 pen to give myself more options.

I have given up with vinted. Too much crap/low prices and crappy buyers and sellers. One day soon I will start my ‘less items/better quality’ wardrobe I have always promised myself ‘when I lose a few stone’….

@myladyjane ‘cranked out one of my ancient eggs’ 🤣🤣🤣.

I’ve purchased two more jackets this afternoon! A jigsaw wool tweed blazer and a jaegar boucle waist length thing with leather bound edges and a gold zip. Both BNWT, both about £25. These are the sort of things/brands I wear anyway, I’ve never bought from eBay, I’d just buy from the shop online and spend 20 times as much 🤡. I’m quite enjoying it actually! I’d be happy to pay for these things to be made smaller when I get there.

I’ve just got up 😫, definitely moving back to 2.5 on Monday. Let’s hope I don’t waste the rest of my break feeling 💩.

Sounds like it's a bit of a down week for some, and a clothes flurry for others. I'm still trying to hold firm, but where I'm not holding firm is because I really need some new bras. They are not firm at all.

@jins @DGonMJ I'm 1lb away from 10. These last few lbs have seemed to take an age, and now I've also cranked out an ancient egg 😂 @myladyjane and water weight is definitely going to be there.

I have decided that I am no longer telling anyone I'm on these things. Mentioned it to someone today who I knew started taking ozempic' for diabetes two years ago, as she told me that why she was losing weight at the time. When I told her, it was clear she didn't agree - asked why I would be on it, and pretty much shut down. Time to keep my counsel again.

My goal is 5lbs away. And then maintenance...

Congratulations to all for your great results. I lost only 8 kg since January :(. My current weight is 90 kg so at least 20 to loose

I’ve just had a weird experience. Intense stomach cramps, productive but not epic visit to the loo then nausea.

Could it be my first experience of a side effect? On day 5 of my fifth dose of 6.25mg in week 14? Seems unlikely

Pepto bismol on the shopping list

We don’t know the long term side effects 🤨 She was responding to a post from someone complaining about their weight that didn’t even mention injections. There was no reason for her bringing it up!

Oh and I’ve just bought an immaculate pair of Josef Seibel Rosalie sandals from a charity shop for a fiver! More shoes 😳

I’m holding fast on not buying anything yet. Like @myladyjane I am convinced I can look forward to a great new wardrobe when I hit my goals. Ditch all the crap.

Feeling so much better on a lower dose this week. 7.5 was definitely too much too soon for me. The scale isn’t moving, but I am ignoring it. It will happen eventually.

I'm struggling a bit with my goal. I was 8st 12 about 5 years ago and tried to get to 8st 7 but binge eating saw me piling the weight on. So I'm worried if I get to 8st 7 I won't be able to maintain it without mj (if I'm forced to go off it). I also need to set a goal for slimming world. I'm currently 9st 1 and undecided I could go for 8st 7, but for slimming world purposes make it 8st 10 (as you can go above and below by 3 pounds). In which case I just need to lose 5 more pounds? I've got one more jab left of 5mg and then I will be going down to 2.5mg to see if I can lose less weight / maintain. 8st 7 is BMI 22.2 so bang in the middle (when they used to say healthy was 20 - 25). Currently I still have a C section pouch and fat thighs and arms so definitely want to lose a bit more. Any suggestions?

Working out our ultimate goal is a toughie isn't it?

My current goal is to get enough under 10 so I can use that as my buffer. I'm actually pretty happy with my size right now - but I don't want to go higher than this, hence the buffer. My goal will actually not get me into healthy BMI - I'll be just shy.

But Im ok with that as I'm muscular, work out, have big boobs and have never (until it became useful in getting these injections) actually believed in BMI as a good way to blanket measure a population 🤷 Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but...

@tinyemmy do you work out and could it help you tone? Or is it more weight that you need to lose?

I’m very impressed with the resolve not to buy clothes, I thought the same but I don’t like the way I look in casual clothes that are getting big. These jackets will be it for now, plus new jeans and t shirts on the way down.

I must go into the loft which is full of clothes, most of them will be much too small. I don’t know what I wore from 14-16 casually tbh, probably leggings or something I haven’t kept. I can now take my size 18 jeans off without undoing them - could be a problem 🤭.

I won’t be buying new bras for a while. I think I’m a 36e from memory, I was measured last year and my cup size went from c to e (bra that actually fits). I’ll wait until I think I might be able to go back down to a c.

I try and get 10,000 steps daily, do martial arts 2 - 3 times per week and at least one strength training session (currently just one but I'm hopeful I will soon make it to two).
I've got a good amount of muscle but I definitely still have some fat that needs to go.

I’ve finally done it, hit the point where I’ve eaten too much on holiday and couldn’t put one more forkful of food in my mouth. Genuinely didn’t think this was possible and I was just using MJ to make good choices. But it appears I have an actual limit on 5mg.
Eating today was hard, suppression was high, with mild nausea since breakfast. Note that I’ve still eaten three meals though! Maybe I should’ve skipped lunch.

@MananaPenelope very impressed with classy your eBay purchases….maybe I’ll have a little browse.

@Thelittlestranger and @tinyemmy I’m also about 5lb from goal, so am watching with interest those tapering down for the last few pounds to get to goal.

I’ve just started this new pen so will think about ordering after week 3 - whether to go back down to 2.5mg. Same as @Thelittlestranger I’m also happy with how I look now.
My face in some of my holiday pics is about as thin as I want to get. Could do with losing more belly fat…but just have to hope that more strength training and toning will eventually sort that out. My upper arms and thighs will always be meaty but they’re beginning to look more in proportion to my shoulders and hips. I know with squats and deadlifts my thighs will firm up even more.

Anyway, I say all this as though maintaining goal weight is just around the corner…when who knows what the scales will say when I get home this weekend!

Exciting news!!! I think maintaining will be the next challenge. I've never really done it so lots to learn!

Hi all, Just caught up after a weekend away.

See we have the usual mix of plodders and wooshers. As always, really great to read about such a mix of journeys.
Sympathy to those struggling and big congrats to those in touching distance of target!

Weigh in this week saw me down to 12.3.1 from 12.3.2. No idea how to work out what kind of miniscule loss that was but I'll take it and run (plod), as I've eaten and drank more than normal all weekend.

Feeling a bit nervous about starting my last pen at the weekend.
As some of you might remember I very nearly threw in the towel a few weeks ago before turning a corner.
I then caved and bought a 7.5mg pen. Im planning to stretch it over 6 weeks and then see how I get on after.

I know for some there is a long term or even life long commitment to the jabs, but for me I feel I need and end point.

I don't see the jabs as an easy option at all, but it's reassuring to know that if i did struggle with maintenance and, God forbid fell back into old habits and regained it all.. there could and would be the support of the jabs again. Who knows, if that was the case I might become a "lifer" and that's OK, but in the medium term I suppose i want to try see if I have done enough to break the cycle.

Onwards and downwards!

Congrats to people close to their goals - and we only started in January! It's weird to even think about that just 3 months ago I was the heaviest I've been (except for pregnancies) and pretty mucl lost all hope I will ever manage to lose the weight again. Three months.

I've only lost half a kilo this week, which is still great considering I ate quite a bit more last week, including some crisps and ice cream. Also have just a couple of kilos now to go to my initial goal, but I think I'll lower it a bit more. Not entirely happy yet, and also want a buffer.

Onwards and downwards!

From the times this morning …

Older people ‘should be told to maintain a buffer weight’ Link

So pleased for those of you near goal, amazing!! Like Heavyheidi said, unbelievable that it’s been only 3-31/2 months!!

@Jins, hope yesterday was a one off but of you remember I had side effects for the first time in week 3 of 7.5mg ( week 12), hoping not the same for you but if it is, lots of protein, water and pepto bismal was my friend.

I’m not very successful on Vinted, partly because I don’t really know what I’m looking for! I’ve sold a few things but overwhelmed when I go on and don’t know what to search for. I’ve been overweight for so long that when I’ve gone shopping I’ve bought bags and shoes as they fitted!! Really need some T-shirts and tops, I have got a few pairs of summer trousers which I’ve had for a while which now fit but tops ( and bras!) an issue, but don’t want to spend money while I’m still losing. Any tips for Vinted v welcome! Oh I did get a sweaty Betty explorer dress for Japan in a 14 BNWT! Figured even if I am a 12 by then it’ll be fine!!

good luck @Randomusernameforcode!

@2025istheyeari have you considered a style consultation? Or figuring out yourself with online apps what colours and styles work best for you?

I used to have a really eclectic wardrobe, just bought whatever I fancied (especially bargains) and then wore 20% of it. First needed to figure out my colours - if I stick to my palette, not only do I look better, all my clothes can be mixed and matched. No random cute orange top that goes with nothing else.
Then went down Kibbe type rabbit hole some time ago, and that was a revelation as well. Finally realised why some clothes that look amazing on other people simply do not work for me. So now, even if it's a bargain and in the right colour and otherwise fits me, I won't even try. But if I see something on Vinted in my best style, I can pretty confidently get it.

About to take the last jab of my third pen (is that week 12 day 1? I think so but am losing track!).

2lbs down today and so I’ve finally cracked the 2 stone mark 🎉.

SW 15:10
CW 13:9
GW 9:10

After last weeks STS, I’ve been diligent about protein, lower carbs etc and whilst I’d didn’t get the whoosh I hoped, I’m very glad to have broken the 2 stone barrier.

When I have disappointing results, I remind myself how the me from say, 8 weeks ago, would love to be where I am now.

@2025istheyeari i treated myself to a colour consultation recently. I’d followed a stylist on Instagram (imageconsultantmaidenhead) who does your colours from photos. She’s very good and whilst I absolutely knew I’d be an autumn and a ‘true autumn’ (apparently there are layers to all of this), she’s made me consider colours I’d never have considered. It was £90 and she turned it around in 48 hours.

So interesting to hear everyone's updates @2025istheyeari I find Vinted is great if you have a brand you know fits! I use it for dresses and tops as I find those more forgiving but I tend to buy trousers new. Having said that, I have only bought one new pair of jeans since starting this journey. I am looking forward to going shopping when I am at goal but that might be a long time away!
I am going to 'get my colours done' for my birthday in the summer before I really go mad shopping.

It's jab and weigh day for me. After staying the same most of the week I am 2lbs down this morning!
So,
SW 15st 12lb
CW 13st 6.25lb
First Goal 14st 6lb MET
Next Goal 13st 3lb
Final Goal 12st
Total loss 2st 5.75lb