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 💪

Oh lord @cloudjumper that sounds awful. I’m in an online hysterectomy group and it’s all they talk about too. People swear by all sorts of remedies - stool softeners, movicol, gasX, Laxido and the ‘moo to poo’ technique. Honestly it scares the life out of me. I had to have episiotomy repair surgery after my second child and I ended up in a&e as I could not poop. It was one of the worst experiences of my life. I really do not want that to happen again so if you have success PLEASE let me know what worked!

yes, during my last 2 week holiday before MJ, I put on 4 kilos!

@cloudjumper you poor thing. I’m glad you’re resting, hope things get better soon.

Has anyone had a needle fail?! I just used a brand new pen and the first needle didn’t release any MJ. I was worried the pen was a dud but thankfully the second worked, so odd, what could have caused that?!

stats for w17
sw 16 3 1/2
cw 13 stone 1/4!!!
total loss 45 1/4 pounds

Desperate to see a 12, will be the first time in 13 years!!

In case anyone is interested, Boots have the Bio oil body lotion in their £10 Tuesday offers today, I’ve read great things about using it on wrinkly skin!! I’ve stocked up.

I used to use bio oil many years ago, it was good for minimising scars/promoting healing I seem to remember. If it’s the same one.

Where are you using it @2025istheyeari ?

Ive had a crap day today and feeling really pissed off - I think I must be premenstrual. I'm hoping it's that anyway as just feeling like I can't cope with anything. I'm ordering dominoes for dinner tonight, that's how bad it is! Don't remember the last time I had it.

Polkadotdash
Im sure you've already been asked this but maybe you need to move up a dose? The fibroids can't help, my sympathies!

cloudjumper
Hope things start moving for you soon, that must be painful 💩

Jins
I only live about an hour from Shrewsbury but I've never been, maybe I should check it out.

mananapenelope
I possibly would feel ok once I was out on Friday but I think I'd much rather go away for the weekend. I didn't realise when I agreed to go that it's bank holiday weekend and I think the weathers supposed to be ok so I think I'm going to flake and go to our holiday home near the beach instead. We could all do with it I think. Il take my friend for a birthday lunch when I get back instead.

UnderandOverwhelmed
What dose are you on? I sympathise, I've only had one weigh in of sts and it's pissed me off mightily. I need to give my head a wobble though. I hope things move for you soon.

That sounds like a much better plan @JoanCollinsDiva .

I’m going to try 2.5mg tomorrow, last injection on Friday so two days early.

Hi
its the body lotion version @MananaPenelope , I’ve used the oil before like you say for scars but this one is supposed to be great all over, it’s been recommended on some of the other chats and also by 2 friends so thought I’d give it a go!

We’re about the same distance from Shrewsbury @JoanCollinsDiva and it’s only recently that we’ve gone for a look around. We’ve done all the National trust and English heritage sites as day trips but somehow staying in an area gives a different perspective.

Weekend loss still holding but I’ve felt unusually hungry today for some reason. Possibly because I didn’t eat much over the weekend and MJ levels have dropped enough to notice. The pizza oven is being lit tonight but I won’t be indulging as it all gets a bit gluten strewn when my menfolk are throwing pizzas around. Not sure what I’ll have yet but I wish there was some of the ‘massive’ chicken Caesar salad I made yesterday left because I really enjoyed that

I've been hungry too @Jins , mind you I slept appallingly, I was still awake at 3am and have struggled today. Lunch included a packet of crisps, I rarely eat crisps 😩.

Thank you @2025istheyeari , is it for a specific skin reason/meant to do something? I really love This body lotion and use it every other day. It is amazing, absorbs, not greasy, maximum moisture and smells gorgeous I also love the Espa scrubs which leave your skin incredibly moisturised (and make the bathroom smell like a spa 😍).

I’m also super hungry, have been for the past few days. I even jabbed at lunchtime, my 3rd 7.5mg pen and wondering if I need to go up next time.
Ooh I love rose, will have a look at that. I have some le labo rose body cream but I want something super moisturising and that I can use which won’t clash with my perfume if I don’t want to use le labo rose. my skin is so dry, I’m not great at moisturising it because I don’t have something that doesn’t clash with my perfume! So giving this a go!
@JoanCollinsDiva hope you have a better day tomorrow and your weekend plans sound amazing, the coast always cheers me up and if you’re not feeling the move for a night out, don’t go! I’m at the age now where I refuse to be made to feel I should do things!
@UnderandOverwhelmed , that’s pants😳, do you maybe need to increase your dose? Hope things change soon.

NSV, my thighs no longer touch or rub together. No more chub rub! I probably will wear shorts under dresses because they make me feel more comfortable but it's a choice not a necessity.

Weight loss is the gift that keeps on giving.

To those who are struggling a bit. it's true that weight loss isn't linear. I had quite long periods when I lost very slowly but even the quarter and half pounds add up - keep going. It is so worth it.

@DareDevil223no chub rub is the dream! I live in dog walking leggings so haven’t tested my chub rub in the hot weather yet but I’m hoping it’s at least significantly reduced. My snag shorts are all too big now!!

Me too with the hunger today. I've just had four slices of dominoes and then two cadburys crème eggs and it went down quite easily! Haven't had anything like that since I started MJ in mid jan - I'm hoping it's pmt.

2025istheyeari
Thanks, I agree - I'm just not bothered about big nights out in the city any more and then I know my friends will want to go dancing/more drinking after the meal - I'm just over that kind of thing 😂 im in bed by 9pm most nights and I can't face booze any more. The thought of not getting home until 1am is just 😩

I might order that moisturiser mananapenelope, my skin is so dry especially on my hands - I'm always on the lookout for a good one.

in November last year, one of my international work teams (several dozen people) decided to hold the team event in a spa hotel in Czech republic, end of May. Hotel pools, baths, sauna and thermal baths look amazing and they left us several hours of free time to make use of it. As you can imagine, in November I was very much not looking forward to showing myself in swimsuit.

But now I am.

I'm not sure if I'd want to hang out with my work colleagues in a spa ever!! A new swimsuit would be a must...have you got a nice one?

Day 2 of first 7.5mg and appetite has reduced right back down. Cals have been lowwwww today, but kept my protein pretty high considering (85grams) Very pleased I went up. It feels right.

@cloudjumper I have used a laxative once on this journey. It was needed, and I don't regret it at all. Do what you need to do to make yourself feel better. Hope something works soon.

Thanks @JoanCollinsDiva @2025istheyeari . I went up to 6.25 last week from 5mg the week before. I've always had loads of gastric issues moving up before so I go up slowly. It feels like I haven't taken anything at all, I've been starving all day. I think I'll go up to 6.5 tomorrow and see how the next week goes. Maybe it's cycle related but I'm still almost a week away from my period, although it's very unpredictable these days. I'm just grumpy because I'm not even half way to goal so it's just not on for the weight loss to stall at this point.

@HeavyHeidi I’d be mortified to be in a swimsuit with my work colleagues at any weight!! You must have a very different work culture to mine 🤯

@UnderandOverwhelmed one thing I’ve realised (maybe this is obvious to everyone else!) - it takes time for increases to accumulate. The amount of MJ in your system continues to increase for weeks after you make the jump from dose 1 to dose 2. So just because you’ve increased and not noticed a difference yet doesn’t mean you won’t. I’d give it a bit of time and try and be patient, but I may have less to lose than you or not have the same pressures on making progress.

@Pandora71 I work in Switzerland, mostly with Germans and Scandinavians. Just lucky we are going to a spa that's not 'textile free' as they say in Germany, meaning fully nude 😁

😱@HeavyHeidi , I definitely wouldn't want to see any of my current colleagues 'textile free' 😂, bar one.

I think you get used to yourself in a swimsuit. I was a member of a spa/gym/golf club until this year and once you get your head around it, no one actually bothers. All shapes and sizes every day. I did used to take my PA for the day on a guest ticket a couple of times a year.

I've injected 2.5mg this morning, I'm still almost a kilo more than I was two weeks ago which is a bit disheartening. Still, just over 10kg lost.

I wonder if I will still swell up in the heat, did anyone else do that pre MJ? A lovely side effect of fatness.

Well after all my moaning I have actually lost this week. I'm shocked as my midweek weigh in was rubbish and I've been starving the past few days and eaten much more than usual.
Day 1 of week 18, gone up to 6.4 loss 1.6lbs
SW 223.6
CW 186
GW 140

A spa? With work colleagues? Team event?

Three of my least favourite things right there. Retirement is soooooo good. Wear your most fabulous swimsuit @HeavyHeidi and flex those muscles 💪

I’ve woken to that deep abdominal pain again which is very odd as my food choices have avoided pretty much all fibre recently. Hopefully it will resolve itself quickly. I find it staggering that I lived with that pain every single day before MJ.

I’ve started altering clothes to fit better. Mostly tops as the fit round the armpits is becoming noticeably loose on them as the pesky pads of armpit fat have gone. 16 days to my holiday and last year’s tankini and one bikini are fine but my one piece for proper swimming needs work, possibly replacement.

I tried a few bikinis that had been relegated to the back of the cupboard and they fitted. My usual high-waisted ones from last year were a bit baggy, but I may be able to get away with the lower cut ones after all (I have a bit of an overhang after 3 c-sections).
Last weigh in of pen 4 today and I've lost another 2lbs, which brings the total weigh in to:
P1 2.5mg 10.6lbs (included skiing holiday)
P2 5mg 9.8lbs
P3 5mg 8.8lbs
P4 5mg 7.8lbs (away for Easter)

I jabbed my first 2.5mg today, hopefully I still have some suppression as I still want to lose 5lbs in the next 3 weeks before I go on holiday!!

Dosediary graph seems to think it will go up a bit so a bit like titrating down as I was worried about dropping from 5 to 2.5 without an interim step, but also looking forward to finishing more meals and maybe looking forward to more meals?

Have just ordered this one. NSV as well, I always had to buy Bravissimo swimwear due to boobs, but they have shrunk so much I can now buy high street
https://www.next.co.uk/style/st450795/e51502

Well done on all losses and progress, sorry to hear of struggles.
Bit behind on thread due to work deadline.

I was due to inject 3rd dose of 10mg but drew up too much in the syringe so decided to have it as my suppression is low, I can report after 11.5mg suppression was high for 2 days (I finally felt how lots of you feel, no snacking, not able to finish a meal), now I’m back to normal, so my unplanned small research suggests I am the opposite to a super responder. Fab.

But I am much further along than where I would be without the injections. I plan to have 10mg this week as have so much on.

So week 15 (I think!).

SW 12.2
CW 10.4 and a half
GW 9.3

I’m not losing weight from stomach which I normally do, It’s very flabby not sure how to tackle. I’ve a huge c section pouch.

NSV wearing a dress to work I couldn’t zip up, probably a bit overdressed but I guess in 2 months time it’ll hopefully be too big. Thinking positive.

Happy sunny day everyone.

Agree - I don’t want to see any of my colleagues in swimwear but wonder who @MananaPenelope wouldn’t mind seeing !