April 2025 Monjourno Starters - Thread 3!

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Hopefully the title is correct this time!

And on that note the peppermint tea seems to have saved the day 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Boots currently have Peptobismol on buy one, get one half price. I bought a couple in readiness for starting my 5mg pen on Thursday. Also bought some mint tea as well. Just in case.

https://www.boots.com/pepto-bismol

I’m so useless at taking stuff like this I just can’t do it they make me heave and actually vomit as well lol I’m the same with gaviscon!! Rennies I can do as they are chew tablets but thick gloopy liquid noooo way haha

Not yet - MedExpress seem quite quick to dispatch and deliver, so not too worried.

My Auntie has stayed on 5mg a long while, and has done well on it. I plan on going up again to 7.5mg - just want to get the weight off tbf and be done with it. I'm lucky though so far though, that I've had no SE. Might feel differently if I'd had some.

@Ofcoursehesthefkingfarmer If you're overweight, with no health issues, you don't need 1,000 per day. I really would recommend reading / listening to The Fast 800. Might put your mind at rest, and interesting too imo x

Yes! Although I think this has always been the case when I've lost weight, however it was done.

I was so fed up with the SE last week (diarrhoea in the middle of the night, every night) that I delayed this week’s dose by two days and only took 1.25MG. If all goes ok this week I’ll go back up to 2.5mg next time as the suppression is definitely not as good on a half dose! Haven’t lost any weight for a week either. But still, 5.6lbs in total since I started two and a half weeks ago, which feels sustainable.

Thanks, that’s not a bad idea actually, I think I have this book so probably a good time
to get into the groove of a more sustainable diet now for the future.

My main issue this weekend has been my social life - it’s very easy for me to miss three meals on the bounce with this WLI, but that doesn’t extend to skipping on the rose wine when I’m out with friends and on an empty stomach it’s the worse thing to do!

I’ve had the same SE as @TC4 with the post booze acid and nausea and had to chuck down half a pack of rennies and some mint tea to get to sleep last night. I don’t know why I’m surprised - wine is acid central at the best of times!

Had my first 5mg last night and boy, am I feeling it ,🤢 No sleep due to heartburn that Rennies aren't touching, and painfully violent belches. I don't think I've burped in years! Feeling very delicate this morning and definitely not in a food mood.

I do sympathise there - we're a red wine household. Had half a bottle last night after no dinner (had a late lunch and some fancy breadsticks with the wine). Couldn't even finish my last glass (I can normally sink much more). I guess that part's good. But did feel a bit sicky last night afterwards 🙁

It’s not nice is it and to be fair I wasn’t even drinking nice wine haha I think il save it for something I’m going to actually enjoy next time 😂😂😂 I’m with you on the rennies last night 😂😂 but feeling a lot better so far this morning

W4D1
SW 16st 9lbs
CW 16st 3lbs
Total loss 7lbs

I’m happy with that to be honest as a nice steady pace. Suppression definitely less now so will do bonus dose then move to 3.75. I have had some wine this week so just hoping that doesn’t show on the scales next week.

SW - 16.1
CW - 15.2
lost 13 pounds in 4 weeks wahoo :)

completely fucked up bonus dose. Bought needles and syringes on med express (blue head 6mm). Got 0.7 out but air bubbbles stayed in the top blue part of the head. Tried tapping and pushing out extra liquid thinking the bubbles would go but they didn’t so I kept pushing and then all the liquid was gone and the little fucker bubbles still in the top. Watched so many videos on how to do it too 😂 what have I done wrong? Might try the break it technique instead next time. Although I’ve now got all these needles in the kitchen cabinet.

Did the clicks thing and think I have taken 3.75 from my new 5mg pen instead and will see how this week goes. Was planning on eeking out the pen a bit so could do bonus dose but not sure now may just try and get onto the 5mg if the head aches aren’t awful this week.

@Raffles134 what horses do you have? Used to love riding back in my younger days.

I have 2 dogs, 4 kids and a husband. (4,8,9,12)

W5D1

SW 197lbs
CW 186lbs

So 11 lbs over 4 weeks.

Non scale, I think my waist is shrinking. Hard to tell with all the bloat and menopause to get an accurate baseline and then a current reading but probably down 2 inches.

I am in the obese BMI, 5ft7 and was buying size 20 to fit around the stomach. Such a dangerous place to pile on the weight so am keen to shift it for my older years. Those elastic waists have been doing some heavy lifting.

Stalled a bit this last week. No idea why because suppression is still good, diet choices small and healthy.

Can anyone recommend collagen supplements. I’ve been taking the willpower powder one and honestly makes me gag, it’s definitely not scent less or tasteless. My weight loss plus having a baby recently is causing my hair to fall out more than normal. I’d rather take tablets - any recommendations?

@Potato1234 I’ve been taking ‘feel’ vegan collagen. It’s alright!

bought the soulfree electrolytes and they are absolutely vile - tastes like pure salt and fairy liquid 🥸

Try the nutrition geeks one, I mix it in my coffee first thing, I too can’t drink them with just water, all the tasteless brands I’ve tried still have a bit of an aftertaste that makes me heave

I could be wrong and hopefully there’s someone who has a medical background that can advise but I don’t think the air bubbles matter massively when injecting subcutaneously (into fat)
but also I think if you just turn the syringe the other way (needle down) the bubbles should move to the plunger end of the syringe

Oh I’m glad you said that as I was going to order them!

Any recommendations for electrolytes? I’m about to run out and like to take them on work days so I’m not back and forth the toilet all day after drinking so much water

@saxonyv thank you x

SW : 200lbs
CW : 184lbs
loss : 16lbs (in 5 & 1/2 weeks)

had a big loss in the first week of 8lb and since then its averaged 1-2lbs a week but I’m really happy with that, I’m only a few pounds off a new stone bracket that I haven’t seen for a very long time too!
like someone else said, we are consistently losing and not losing 5lbs then putting it back on a few weeks later.

I would’ve fallen off the wagon by now 100%, during my period week I gained a 1lb and old me would’ve hit the fuck it button and just gone back to eating junk, but I recognised that my body needed more food that week and then reigned it back in the following week.

For those who are struggling with lack of suppression try tracking your calories for a week and see if they average out…for me I eat less around Jab day but I then eat those cals towards the end of the week when suppression is waring off.

eg my cals for loss are currently 1450 a day, which is 10,150 for the week.
I might have 2 days where I can only manage 1000 cals so I then have 900 extra cals I can use over the other 5 days.
But crucially, over the whole week, I’m still in a calorie deficit

Half way through week 5, and have lost almost 6.5% of my starting weight!

SW 224 lbs (16 stone)
CW 209.4 lbs (under 15 stone)
WL 14.6 lbs!

Ran out of clean laundry yesterday, and tried on an old pair of jeans to see if I could wear them. Wasn't expecting to get in, but I did! So am down from Size 20 round waist to Size 18.

It's ridiculously comforting to read about your losses. I have a bit of a wobble about the low losses but I need to lose this tyre one or two pounds at a time.

This week I've lost 4lbs, but it really does fluctuate. Some weeks I've lost 1lb or half a lb. We'll all get there!

I took my first 5ml dose Friday night. The appetite suppression yesterday was unreal. I couldn’t believe how much I didn’t want to eat. Not at all! I didn’t have such strong suppression on the starting dose so really had no idea it could be this strong.
no major SE except loose bowel movements and a bit of dry mouth.