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

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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 😃

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I feel the same @taylorswift1989horrible stressful non sleeping week plus family birthday & the baking that requires also on 5mg & wondering if I should go up (have just started a new pen 🫠)
My choices aren't too bad protein & fibre are good but there's too many dates/bites of biscuit pushing the calories/sugar up

i feel like getting sufficient protein means there's just very little wiggle room calorie wise. I'm going to KBO I know for me it's sleep that destroys all weightloss efforts - even if I can white knuckle through v low calorie I don't lose weight when sleep deprived so sleep is my priority. If I can get sleep sorted then everything else will fall into place 🤞

@Arglefraster yes me too, sleep is the killer! I've had a few nights of terrible sleep this week so that's probably why I'm struggling. It's not an easy fix unfortunately but if I can get more than 4 or 5 hours everything is so much easier.

@InfoSecInTheCity yes I need to make tomorrow a restart day for sure. I do usually start the day pretty well but have been veering off in the afternoons... I stop eating around 5pm and don't have anything until the next morning breakfast so at least I've been sticking to that! I probably haven't even overeaten all that much but I know when I eat the wrong (for me) foods I struggle more. And lack of sleep makes it harder to make good choices.

One thing I've been trying to do is move after eating, even if it's just five minutes or lifting a few weights. It's good for insulin resistance because your muscles will use the readily available fuel. It probably doesn't help that much with a whole bar of chocolate but it's a good habit to get into.

I wish I was still feeling the total lack of interest in chocolate, though! That would make it easier!

@Timetofindme
I am exactly the same. 50lb down and I know I must look different as I am down a dress size and lots of people have commented but when I look at myself I just see fat!
Today I was sat on a chair and my stomach felt humongous. I think it really is going to take some time for the brain to catch up with the body.

TMI alert! What a day!
I decided to change my injection day because of my upcoming holiday so, having heard of some people being told by providers that every 5 days was OK and, having no response to the query from my own prescriber, I brought my day forward. I've never had any side-effects other than mild constipation so didn't anticipate any.
I'm on 12.5mg and happy there so, just to be on the safe side I reduced the early dose to 10mg as I didn't want to risk going too high but Oh Dear Lord! I have rarely felt so nauseous and have spent all day today performing bodily functions through the eye of a needle! I'm looking forward to weighing tomorrow as I've had a very thorough clear-out and have done millions of steps to the bathroom and back, I'm claiming it as interval training! Good job I had no plans today. It has made me rather nervous about my next dose though...

Crikey, maybe I should try that then. I’m shitting shrapnel essentially. So bloated and my bowel feels like a bag full of spanner’s. I bought myself a new water bottle, the super sparrow, and I’m really drinking loads, when will I get some relief? Might have to break open the Laxido.

@Zebracat Optifibre powder is a lot nicer than laxido (unless you like the taste of laxido that is). It can be hard to find online or stupidly expensive but my local pharmacy sells it reasonably cheaply. If you're mixing it with squash though, add the squash after the powder has dissolved or it goes all weird and lumpy.

I'm sure this is entirely coincidental but since starting the new pen last week I have been struggling a lot with anxiety. As per usual there's a lot going on in my life- the Oldest is....... somewhat trying and emails have been flying to and from her school and my youngest has complex autism/pda/challenging behaviour. I've spent years fighting for every crumb of support for him. He's reasonably settled at the mo but I'm aware this is fragile and things could go very wrong, very quickly.

I'm no stranger to anxiety and have been medicated in the past for it, however I haven't been for about a year now. No matter how much wishing I do, life ain't gonna be anywhere near normal for me. I'd just like things to be a little bit less batshit crazy at times. Oh, and for me to stop thinking everything's going to go wrong all of the time. Or spiralling into dark places I don't want to be in.

And to make matters worse my cat has decided her usual perch oththe spare pillow on my oldest's bed is clearly unsuitable. So now she's on my bed. On my pile of blankets. I've asked her nicely to move and she gave me a look that plainly said 'fuck you and the horse you rode in on'. I tried to shove her off and got a slap for my efforts. So now I'm freezing cold to boot. Guess who's in charge in my house? Hint- it ain't me.

Starting weight - 217.5 lbs (15 st 7.5 lb) BMI 33
Current weight - 149 lbs (10 st 9 lb) BMI 22.7
Total loss - 68.5 lbs (4 st 12.5 lb)
Goal weight - 141 (10 st 1 lb)
Loss this week - 0.8 lb

Aww @alltablenochairs that's a lot to be having on your plate 😥 Probably coincidence though with the MJ - did you go up a dose, or anything?

I'm on Sertraline for depression and have been for a couple of years - menopause and marriage breakdown being the primary reasons... I've been hoping that I'll be able to come off it in the next year or so - was thinking losing weight will help, and it is, but am also realising that the rest of life is still a pain in the arse, even if there's less of my arse to have the pain in 🙄😬

I hope the anxiety calms down - do you use any breathing or mindful techniques when it's bad? I use breathing ones sometimes and word ones to distract me when I'm going down rabbit holes of doom...

Urghhh I hate hormones, seem to be having a surprise extra period this month just for shits and giggles, that does explain why people breathing generally within my vicinity has been enough to irritate the hell out of me over the last few days and my extra visits to the peanut butter jar and the little spate of spots that have been popping up all over my chin.

@MooBaggage I've been on 12.5 now for a while- I think this is my 4th pen. It seems to be mainly working for me at this dose. I was speaking to my bestie last night (who knows about the MJ) and she thinks me stressing out about the bloody wedding is probably what I'm winding myself up about. A lot. She's seen me at my nadir so knows what things can be like for me.

Life is a pain in the arse for me both literally and figuratively as well. However I've still got rather a lot of arse to be painful. Sitting on 600 pockets of air helps a lot! However I'll ride up the street on my pet unicorn before my biggest PITA gets sorted- a broken and fundamentally flawed SEND system that has failure as an inherent part of it.

As for what I do when things get difficult- I sleep. Literally. Bit of an extreme fight-flight-freeze reaction but I can literally sleep anywhere and everywhere. At any time. My greatest achievement is going to the cinema a few years ago to watch Oppenheimer with DH and sleeping through a nuclear explosion. He still laughs at me now about it.

Thankfully the Firstborn is back tonight so the cat has fecked off back to her usual perch. At least I get my blankets back tonight. I've attached a pic of said offending moggy. Anyone else got any pets?

No pets here I'm afraid. I've spent 40+yrs trying to train DH without success so don't want to chance things with animals too

I have three cats, two dogs and chickens

I had two cats - our gorgeous boy cat died a couple of years ago and was just the silliest, most adorable cat ever. Our girl cat lives with my ex, so I don't see her now. Life's a sod sometimes.

Eugh. I'm feeling so weird today - my boobs are all sore and I feel sooooo down - the world is ending and I'm so sad - basically classic PMT, except I don't do periods any more... No idea what's going on 🙄. Definitely don't want to weigh myself tomorrow, as I feel all big and lumpy, but it's kind of time to. Eugh. Will see if I feel differently in the morning!

this was silly, handsome boy cat - sat next to the great love of his life, the woodburner 😍

@MooBaggage your boy cat is totally gorgeous, ginger boys are the best! Have a big hug, pamper yourself with a nice bath or something that help, trashy tv, weepy book, phone a friend. Things will look better soon x

My big soppy ginger boy whose favourite food in the world are toasted almonds, but who isn't fussed about chicken, tuna, cat food ...

No pets here unfortunately as my DS cannot be trusted around animals.

Have not had a great week for food or exercise. Find it much trickier being off with the children too, so I will do my best this week but will need to wait til next week to get back into my gym routine.

Definitely don't want to weigh myself. Also I have been redecorating my bedroom so put my scales in the cupboard. Think I will wait until I can use the gym scales so that I can get an accurate reading (and postpone the inevitable disappointment!)

Today was one of my weigh days back when I set up my prediction chart and I've lost 1lb:

Week 1: SW 20st 3lbs BMI 43
Week 20: CW 16st 13lbs BMI 36
Total loss of 46lbs

So I can't be too miserable - finally in the elusive 16s 😃 I'm about a month ahead of where I predicted I would be - mainly due to bigger losses in the beginning. I'm settling into about 1.5lbs loss a week, which is great, although now feels very slow compared to the 2 - 3lb losses in the beginning! But @InfoSecInTheCity 's chart is great because it shows the consistency of it all, which is something I've never had in any previous weight loss attempts.

Feeling pretty down though - nothing to do with the MJ - just life... I'm wondering if it's almost harder these days, as usually in this kind of mood I'd just self medicate with Haribo and gin... Although I did watch a lot of trashy telly last night, which was marvellous 😊I've got an unusually sociable week this week - am out every night, so at least the time (and hopefully the mood) will pass quickly.

@alltablenochairs I’m sorry you are going through it at the moment. It’s a really tough life.

I am still bouncing up and down weight wise. From 189lbs to 192lbs. I am tracking everything. Stopped all fruit except blackberries, strawberries and raspberries. Not eating after 8:30pm and not before 1pm. Trying my hardest to stay in low carb and having as much protein as I can but still not losing. I’m never hitting my calories recommended in a day because that puts me over on carbs (I don’t know how people stick to 20g a day, I’m over that with my first meal of skyr yogurt, raspberries, strawberries and a portion of peanut butter!)
I have been trying to eat more meat, I just don’t like it but have been having chicken everyday. Salads with cottage cheese, chicken, egg, babybel, sometimes tuna for my tea. But I’m still not losing consistently.
I do have a protein pudding or protein bar a day. What other changes can I make because I’m stumped. I probably eat 1200-1300 calories a day, which is not enough but if I eat more, my carbs go too high 😫
Edited to add, I’m exercising pretty much daily. Either an hours walk, 30min jog or an hour cycling and weights through the peloton app.

Please can anyone do me a what they eat in a day, so I can see where I am going wrong?

Breakfast - protein smoothie with protein powder, collagen, kefir or Yoghurt, handful of frozen berries
Or
2 or 3 eggs, as omelette, scrambled etc, maybe some avocado or cottage cheese with it

Lunch - Oatcakes with cheese or smoked salmon, or toast with Sardines and cream cheese, or some kind of salad with prawns or fish

Dinner - could be anything but a good dinner for me would be a pan fried sea bass fillet, salad, beetroot. Or I have what the kids are having but a smaller portion of carbs, e.g. spaghetti bol, without the pasta but with some extra lentils or cottage cheese on top.

I try to aim for around 50 - 70 grams of carbs per day. Women generally shouldn't go too low carb. You also probably need to eat breakfast, even if it’s just a protein coffee.

Its a lot harder not to over eat and go over my calorie limit this week! I know tiredness is a trigger for me, but the weather and being cold also seems to set things off! Does anyone else find this? I also set some smaller goals- july, october, and december events so hoping that will help. Thinking about some NSV as well. I also told more people - one judgmental reaction but most have been great, and its good to get it off my chest.

Here's my approximate daily eating at the moment:

Breakfast - a fruit smoothie (frozen wonky fruit from Tesco, greek yog, milk, milled flaxseed, 3 x dates for sweetness)

Lunch - nothing or leftovers, depending on what I've had for tea the night before!

Dinner - protein + spinach in some form or other - so some chicken thighs (cooked in honey and soy sauce 🙂) or salmon, or bacon, or halloumi - all mainly cooked in the air fryer, on top of a HUGE pile of spinach! Dollops of greek yoghurt everywhere. Plus cherry toms if I've got any in. A lazy tea (like I had last night) = chicken nuggets plus spinach and greek yog.

I eat more at the weekend when I'm with the boyf and my suppression is lower - he also loves cooking more than I do, so this weekend we've had BBQ pork shoulder (which I just had with salad) and then stir fry with the leftovers the next day, with cauliflower and broccoli rice.

I'll probably also have a chocolate protein smoothie drink either in the afternoon or evening, especially if I haven't had lunch, just to keep my calories and protein up a bit.

I eat off a side plate now and the biggest change I suppose is that I don't eat at all in between meals.

And at least 4 - 5 coffees throughout the day!

Thanks guys. I should maybe go back to eating some breakfast.
From what others are eating I don’t think I’m doing too badly really, I just don’t understand it.
Don’t drink coffee and protein shakes don’t agree with me.