Mounjaro/Wegovy with > 5st/30kg to lose: Thread 7

[MooBaggage]

Thread SEVEN of this lovely community. Anyone using weight-loss injections to lose more than 5 stone or 30kg is very welcome to join us, no matter what stage of the process you are on. Share your losses, your non-scale victories (NSV), your frustrations and your love of Longley Farm cottage cheese and kiwi fruit here!

Nothing is off limits to discuss - from protein sources to B bellies; Hammocks to smart scales; feeling chilly to easier bum wiping 😃

Please don’t post discount codes on this thread as your post will be deleted. These need to go in the dedicated thread on this board

I am there too. Feeling like I've been here before and it was all for nothing. I also seem to have plateaued here, which is frustrating but also kind of comfortable. I've lost over 1.5 stones since starting, which seems reasonable but not dramatic and am now at a weight where movement is easier, life is easier, my clothes look better and so does my skin and hair etc. But here I get a bit complacent, and it's hard to go further into weight loss because the next stone is when it will become really noticeable to others. And I've been there before, and it's hard.

But! I've made this commitment to myself, to heal from this disease of obesity, and so I am framing everything in that light. I am healing in ways that can't be seen on a scale or in my appearance. I'm healing from years of disordered eating and self hatred and insulin resistance and I'm healing from the things that put me here in the first place - childhood neglect and abuse. I'm slowly but surely changing my body to be safe for me to live in, a body that no longer hurts, a body that no longer feels crippling shame just for existing. It's a long road and I know we all have these ups and downs and moments of doubt. But for me, framing it as a healing journey helps me keep positive and have a reasonable perspective on this experience.

MJ is a tool that is supporting me to make this journey but it isn't magic. It still needs me to be self-loving and compassionate and patient with myself as I heal. I find this thread to be a great support, too, and I'm so glad I was directed here. It all helps!

Just realised my weight this morning means I’ve lost 5stone now, yay!

@alwaysscaredrhubarb, lemon, honeydew melon, strawberries, coconut, raspberries, blackberries, grapefruit, watermelon and papaya are all classed as low carb fruits. Still to be eaten in moderation but better choices.

My average carb intake over the last 7 days is 66g a day, I predominantly get carbs from green veg with occasional basmati rice and protein bars.

@InfoSecInTheCity yep, I’m going to replace grapes (😭) with strawberries and limit my blueberries too. I just love those sweet, sweet grapes! But, I need to be strong

Watermelon, I have found on the app, is very high sugar, so have been avoiding that

These posts of gaining and losing are resonating with me too - it's a familiar path we are likely all familiar with, but here we are - on a journey we are all pleased to be committed to, but we seem to be holding each other up as well. I am grateful to be here.

@alwaysscared I agree with others, your carb and sugar numbers are too high. I keep my carbs very low. Usually 20g a day, but never more than 50g (I don't count vegetables though). To my body (where I have hellish insulin resistance), refined carbs = sugar. My body treats it all the same. I didn't discover this until relatively recently, but it has explained a lot in terms of why, despite a calorie deficit, etc, my body will not budge and nothing I tried worked.

@MooBaggage - 3 week holidays are the way forward, surely? It was absolute bliss and I really managed to completely destress. You'll be counting down the weeks - and January is such a great time to get away to the sun.

I bang on about being a slow loser (I average 7 pounds a month), BUT another pound down today! I have no idea what is happening, but it is bloody fantastic and I can hardly take it in. Racking my brains as to what I am doing differently and the only thing I can think of is more water and sleep. I'll take it....the scales will likely stick again next week😂

Berries are lower carb than most fruits, IIRC, so the grape to strawberry swap sounds like a good start. Also, frozen blueberries are really nice eaten one by one, if you just zap them in the microwave for no more than a few seconds - each one is like a tiny sorbet!

@NewbieMJ yep, I’m taking it all on board.
@SqueakyDinosaur I always eat all my fruit frozen, it’s lovely (not apples though, although I have stopped the apples)

For those asking about peanut butter - Pip and Nut do a sweet and salty version which is like crack. I love it on sourdough. I used to have 2 large slices with lots of lurpak every morning.

I don't eat bready things anymore as I find when I do, I get bloated and hold water and feel like shit. But occasionally when there is nothing else to eat I'll have a slice of peanut butter on toast.

I hurt my knee on the trampoline about 4 years ago and saw a physio who advised going certain exercises to help. I have noticed with my walking (I try for 3 miles a day) that it is getting stronger and gives out less. I have also added a strengthening movement to my kettle bells in the morning which is obviously helping.
It still hurts though, especially going from sitting to standing. I need to go see the physio again but hate the thought of being told off.

Please tell me some good, low cal, low carb protein bars?? Anyone??

Kind Protein bars are made with recognisable ingredients and the dark chocolate and nut ones are delicious.

Barebells are the best of the more "sciency" ones, IMO. You can get them for about £2 each if you buy them a dozen at a time on Amazon. I like the salty peanut, hazelnut/nougat and cashew/caramel ones best. They have 20g protein each and about 200kcals.

@alwaysscaredhitting all 4 of your requirements is not easy, I tend to find they are either:
good taste, high protein, low carb, but not low cal ie barebells (200-220 cals)
good taste, low calorie (80 cals), not low carb or high protein ie Lidl peanut butter popcorn bars
low calorie, low carb, high protein, ok but not great taste ie fulfil bars (140 cals)
Good taste, low calorie, low carb, not high protein ie Slimfast strawberry chocolate snack bars

Thanks guys. I’ve done some research and ordered some of these. Good reviews on Trust Pilot too!! https://www.yubibar.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22195015619&gbraid=0AAAAApFp2xIOG3MmcYGCDerrdx1zQjlxH&gclid=CjwKCAjw87XBBhBIEiwAxP3_A7L0t69dc_YghwAgBNSsJxk-TkeOymVRbnHkRORSwlsCmnKvgOwQMhoCw1gQAvD_BwE

New deliciousness unlocked. 2x lightly salted rice cakes, 1 portion (15g) pip and nut sweet and salty and a chopped up strawberry on top, yummmy!!
Is the pip and nut supposed to be that runny/watery? It’s not the smooth one @CanIGoHomeNowPlease??

Give it a really really good stir, should only need to do it the first time you use it, then you’ll notice it should thicken up a bit. I don’t go for the sweet n salty I just have their crunchy normal version which has a hint of salt and once I’ve stirred it it’s definitely spreadable rather than watery.

Turns out my brain is really good at subconsciously avoiding exercise I don’t really want to do and since imposing my ‘coffee fee’ of 30 squats for every coffee I make I just realised I only hit the kettle 3 times today instead of the usual 5 (or more) while this may help my coffee addiction it won’t do much for my glutes so I need to convince my brain that coffee is a good enough reward to justify rubbish exercises 😂

@InfoSecInTheCity it thickened a bit but is still quite runny. I’m a bit nervous about it, scared there is something wrong with it. When I first opened it, it was very watery, then mixed up it was still quite runny.

I doubt there’s anything wrong with it @alwaysscaredas long as it’s in date and was sealed when you got it there’s a really low chance of it being bad.

does it look like the video reviews

https://www.tiktok.com/@yuzzaaaa/video/7349224927960026375

@InfoSecInTheCity yes I think it looks like those ones

@alwaysscared yes it is quite runny. The peanut oil is separated when you first get it but with a good mixing that all blends together. I find that because it’s a little runnier than other peanut butter you actually use less.

Random weigh day and 1lb off, which takes me to 17 stone exactly!

SW 20 st 3lb. BMI 43
CW 17 st 0lb. BMI 36.1

Can't believe I might be in the 16s at some point next week 😯. Bonkers.

NSV I noticed yesterday - there is far less tummy resting on my thighs when I sit cross legged 😃 Not saying there's none.... but my tummy doesn't make my legs go numb, which is what used to happen... 🙄

Can I ask - is anyone taking collagen in any form, and/or creatin? I keep seeing sodding Instagram posts about both and am ignoring so far, but at the same time, wondering if either are beneficial!

Obvs I am easily influenced (see Eufy scales and hammock wishing), so trying to resist...!

Yay for hitting 17 stone @MooBaggage! I am taking collagen, I have it in tablet form just 1 a day and seeing as I have a collection of other tablets I take every day it seemed an easy add to put another one in the mix. Honestly I have bugger all idea if it’s doing anything. I haven’t noticed any kind of magical wow moment but my skin, hair and nails have always been ok and they’re ok now. Might they have gone downhill due to the diet without it 🤷‍♀️ I have loose skin on all the expected body areas due to weightloss but it’s a collagen tablet not magic beans, there’s no supplement in the world that can fix 30 years of over stretching my skin and expecting it to would be living in fantasy land. In fantasy land by the way my stomach is firm and taut with just a hint of muscle if I twist in the right way and my boobs don’t look like tennis balls suspended in sports socks.

my very very limited understanding of creatine is that it’s used by hard exercisers to fuel the workout and it gives the muscles a boost, I haven’t researched it much because I’m way at the other end of the exercise scale. Nothing I do could be categorised as ‘hard exercise’.

I think I'll probably not buy any collagen just yet, although my poor hair is thin already and I think thinning a bit more - but is going grey rapidly (which was happening before I started on MJ), so I can't tell if it's just old age, or the weight loss. It's fairly long and now going straggly/wispy/annoying, so I might get it all cut off when I lose a bit more weight (poor boyf - he loves curvy women with long hair, which was me when we met - he'll end up with a slim girlfriend with a pixie cut at this rate🙄😃).

I've realised that I'm exactly halfway to my end goal - 45lbs to go! That takes me to a BMI of 29, which is as far as I could think when I set my initial target. Hopefully will manage to lose a bit more than that in the end, but am v excited to be halfway there.

I have collagen powder, which I use to make my breakfast smoothies or just add to coffee in the morning. It does seem to make a difference to hair and nails, but I'm not sure how much of a difference compared to just taking protein powder (which I also use.)

I also take creatine, mainly because Stacy Sims told me to! It helps preserve and develop muscle, and also helps with muscle recovery. Stacy Sims says it also helps with sleep but I can't say I've noticed that in my case.

Congratulations @MooBaggage - absolutely fantastico. It is such a motivator seeing the scales move down like that. Also the NSV's - they really keep us going.

I switched collagen recently and I LOVE the one I am now on. A tablespoon in my coffee every morning (I can't taste it, I have my coffee black, so not sure if this makes any difference). Everyone comments on my "glow" and my nails and hair now grow at a ridiculous rate (my hairdresser asks what I am doing every appointment (I have a short cut, so get it cut every 6 weeks).

I actually thought the reviews were too good to be true and clever marketing, but I would recommend it:

Collagen Glow Up Powder 420g | UK's #1 Best-Selling Collagen

The scales are going down rapidly this week. I NEVER have this kind of weight loss, as I am very much a slow and steady loser, with the emphasis on the slow.

SW:18 stone 11 (263 lbs)
CW: 14 stone 6 (202 lbs)

I realise I've lost 61 pounds. It'll be Onederland shortly😍