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 💪

A mini whoosh this week with just shy of 3lbs off but more importantly, my BMI is now 29.5 - overweight and not obese at last.

W13 D1
SW 15:10
CW 13:6.2
GW 9:10

It’s great, isn’t it? I just got my second order of it and have it mixed in my morning tea. I can’t taste it at all.

@MJalltheway That’s a fabulous loss and such good changes. I think I need to copy you 😊

Nope - they talked all the way into London - I even did a little sigh.

@meatyryvita yay- fabulous progress.

sorry I sound like a cheer leader. A middle aged chubby one.

Did you tut loudly though? To really express your annoyance! 😁

Well done for reaching just overweight! 🥇

We have very similar start and current weights. I started on 15 st 12 and currently 13st 12 ish.

I think I’m on W19, D4 -- total loss 12lbs. I’ve eaten very little the last three days and I’m trying not to eat before 12.30pm. Yesterday morning I was hungry but managed to wait. This morning I feel shaky (as well as starving) and am just hoping to make it into the office okay.

I have half of one of the little bottles of orange juice with my iron supplement but I’m going to have to have it super early, rather than wait until gone midday. It’s so frustrating.

I guess the drug is waning from my system by day 3 and gone by day 4. I’m currently on 7.5mg and will go up to 10mg on Sunday night and hope that works better.

I have just started taking this one too, but it smells and tastes like cows hoof to me! I have tried it in coffee and it was grim. So at the moment I mix it with hot Ribena and down it when cool enough. Also I think it's giving me a bit of a runny bum, don't think it's the MJ. How are you finding it?

Anyone an expert on aesthetics/tweakments?

I hate my turkey neck. It’s a new addition to “things that make me look shit” and I hate it.

The scales have shifted! Yesterday I did Atkins induction but I used the 1972 book rather than current. Total carbs for the day under 10g. Calories - irrelevant.

So lunch was chicken salad, easy on the salad and heavy on the mayo, evening meal was grilled steak with a flat mushroom and small but not cherry size grilled tomato. No breakfast, no snacks. Today I’m going to try for similar.

Today I’m 9st 12. Such a relief to get off that dreaded number on the scales.

@Zempy I did something called HarmonyCa recently and it did also improve my turkey neck. I hear Ultherapy gives good results, but haven't tried that. Otherwise, don't forget to use the same skincare you use for face. Tret, if you're not into it yet, and sunscreen.

Fantastic @Jins

Weigh and jab day for me.
After weeks and weeks of 2lb losses I've put a pound on 😪
I'd stayed at 3.75 for 9 weeks with one 5mg in the middle. This gave me super suppression at the time so I went back down.

I've gone back to 5mg this morning. Hoping to get a whoosh!
Out of my list of healthy lifestyle items I am continuing with supplements and I have increased my water.
This week I am going to concentrate on some strength training and upping my daily steps.
Looking at the positives (struggling to do this this morning) I have lost 2st 5lb this year. I could never have done this without MJ. The call of the Easter chocolate was too loud for me!
So, a new week starts . . .
Good luck to everyone weighing and jabbing ❤️

I jab this evening, and still haven't decided on the dose. Last week did the golden one, but the pen jammed mid-shot, so not entirely sure what I got out of it, I think around 3-3.5ish. No side effects but also not enough suppression, so maybe time to go up to full 5?

Hello all. Just checking in to say hello and say I’ll be back in full swing shortly after a month off MJ while I’ve been on a holiday-of-a-lifetime. It’s been a very active holiday but also I have not been particularly restrained food wise. I had paused MJ mostly to avoid side effects while travelling rather than to feast. No scales here so I’ve idea what I’ll land at.

Full report and graph to follow next week.

Morning all!
I feel horrendously stuffed up today and the psyllium husks don't seem to be helping at all. I'm hoping for a nice woosh when this finally clears. I'm very suppressed on this 6.25 dose, i think I only had 500 cals yesterday. Hopefully this all gets the scale moving down again!

Hi all 👋

HeavyHeidi
What does tret do again? And which one do you use?

Im a very lazy girl and that's true when it comes to skincare too, I tend to buy cheap moisturiser and then just use a face oil at night. I've noticed my skin has become a lot drier, especially on my hands and I'm constantly smothering them in cream. I think this is probably due to lack of nutrition (but I am taking vit d, iron, B12 and collagen supplements)

Still very strong suppression for me on 7.5mg and a bit of a dicky tum/nausea. I held off jabbing for a few days this week as we were in the lakes and I wanted to enjoy some nice food. Still didn't manage to eat much but did force down fruit and cereal for breakfast each day and had a lovely afternoon tea or two, also enjoyed a large ice cream cone. I'm having to be really careful at the moment as dd13 is showing signs of an eating disorder. This started a couple of months ago with her wanting to be healthy and get fit but has escalated quite a bit in the last few weeks. I want her to see me eating normally (the dc's don't know I'm on MJ). I'm worried about her.

Ex3crcise wise we took the ferry across lake Windermere and then walked up to Beatrix Potters cottage, Hill Top. It said it was 1.5 miles but it felt much further and was almost all uphill. Readers, I nearly died!

Bum and legs aching like mad today, I am clearly very unfit and dh was lecturing me about muscle wastage.

NSV's I now weigh less that 6ft dh who is about 11.7. I'm now 10.12 as of last week. The fact I weighed two stone more than him horrified me!

Well done everyone for still being here and ploughing on. MananaPenelope I'm glad your side effects have subsided and you're feeling better. I lasted one session of driving lessons with older dd and never again so good luck with that!

@JoanCollinsDiva tretinoin is really the only thing scientifically proven to help with signs of ageing. I get mine (Retirides) from Spain, pharmacies there sell it over the counter. But I know in the UK you have prescribers like Skin and Me.

Oh and 1.5 miles uphill is indeed a decent workout.

It was very gratifying once I reached the top but I don't think I stopped moaning the whole way 😂 il be going on a nice flat walk today - I don't do hills if I can help it!

I have bodypump classes to teach tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. So my Garmin can stop whining about more vigorous minutes, I hope.

That’s interesting…. I’m only putting 2 teaspoons into hot milk, then coffee pod from machine. I think on the back it says the dose should be a tablespoon which I think is too much in one cup - I’d be worried about tasting it in my coffee with that amount. 🤢
I think you need to take it for 3 months before you see /notice a difference? My knees ache in the morning so I’m hoping it helps with that x

Welcome back @Pandora71!

Excellent news @Jins glad you’ve seen a change on the scales.

Sorry for your gain @BreezyPeer not sure if you’re a daily or weekly weigher - but hopefully just part of a fluctuation and you’ll be back on track with a whoosh.

On the collagen chat - I use the wild marine one from Ancient & Brave. Pop it in my black coffee each morning and can’t taste it.

I ended up working late from home last night so gave myself a little lie in and did my 20min dumbbells session this morning - lower-mid back ache is still there but warming up with the Cat-Cow stretch really helped. Had a cheeky mid-week weigh and I’m down to 63.7kg today which is on track when I look at my graph.

I’m trying to switch suppliers again to get a cheaper price but are there any suppliers that don’t request dated photos? I live alone and was able to get a visitor to take the photos the first time but it’s just impossible to do these on my own! I’m happy to do an online consultation but having to take dated full length photos each time is impossible for me.

Ive just done mine in the mirror, haven't had to demonstrate a date i don't think