April 2025 Monjourno Starters - Thread 3!

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Hopefully the title is correct this time!

@SaddlebagSalone of my weight loss goals is being able to wear my wedding rings again - they haven’t fit for years.

I've had a crappy day at work and old me would have bought a tub of ice cream, cheesecake and chocolate biscuits and eaten the lot all before DH got home from work. You know what? It didn’t even cross my mind today!

@Zireael same! Mine haven’t fit for about 5 years 😭

Interesting on the tiredness affecting grehlin. I'm usually pretty great in the morning, out of bed on first alarm, sorting out teens etc but i had a horribl night's sleep and when i dragged myself to the kitchen I didn't want yoghurt and berries...instead I had the crust of a white loaf and peanut butter. First time since starting MJ I felt like I just wanted stodge. Think I am due my period too though so it might be that. Ugh..hope it's just today 😕

Wedding rings was one of my goals too. My wedding band now fits but not my engagement ring. Hopefully soon though!

Did my weekly weigh in this morning and lost 4lbs / 1.8kg. That’s the most I’ve lost in one week, not surprising given how little appetite I’ve had. For me that’s a bit too much so am hoping for a little less suppression this week. Second 5mg jab being done shortly. Only 2.5kg to go until I’m out of the obese BMI category!

W8D1, Wednesday weigh in!

SW- 12.10
CW 11.4
GW was 10.7 but I think I’m probably going to move that to 10 now.

3lbs off this week, happy with that, today is day1 of my period but I actually get my biggest fluctuations in week 2 so we will see.

The warm weather is making 3litres of water a bit of a doddle I’m finding!

Congratulations on the losses all 😊

For those who are just getting back into exercise, what exercise are you doing?

I’m not very active and think it’s time to get back into moving more. I’ve been debating whether to do the 30 day shred again (I’ve done it a few times before), but I’m worried it’s too much too soon. I was exercising consistently last year, I think I stopped around august and haven’t really done anything since so I’m now very unfit! I can’t afford and don’t have the free time for a gym, so I tend to do at home workouts via YouTube. Would appreciate any suggestions/recommendations for something that will burn the calories but isn’t too rough to start! Thanks, hope everyone has a good day 😊

I’m 10.8 now and just dropped my GW to 10.0. Still got plenty of back fat rolls!
My BMI target weight could be as low as 8st😬 Which I think would look very skinny. Not great on a 56 yr old!

If you like HIIT training which I do because it can be short, you can take breaks and you burn fat and build muscle (all good!) I would look at insanity type exercise. You can do the low impact version and build up to higher intensity as you build strength and fitness. I still can’t keep up with Shaun T and the gang!
I also do kettle bells training - also good for heart rate and strength. There’s plenty on you tube for all of these, and you don’t need an hour to do them. You can also build up slowly. Lots of people also do rebounder exercise if you need to be careful of your knees etc. Walking up hills is also great to get your heart rate up!
Are you starting from scratch again? 😊

Sorry, I meant to add that I bet you will find you still have some fitness from last year and you’ll be able to build up relatively easily. I think we hold onto muscle memory with exercise. Just be kind to yourself and start slow.
i had major surgery last year in July and had at least six months off while I recovered. But since getting back into exercise after Xmas I’m not far off where I used to be.

@fox919 I hate exercise. But love dancing and yoga. So I do just dance on the Xbox and yoga on Amazon/youtube. Think you have to find something you personally enjoy!

Im on day 3 of no sleep and the hunger is something else. Thankfully I have family coming over later so will try and sleep a bit then. And I’ll try my best to be healthy! Some days are just very hard

I lift weights and mix some cardio on the bike, ski, burpees once a week, and do some weights at home and walk a lot! Make sure you get your steps in daily!!

@fox919 I love team body project, they have a lot of free workouts videos on you tube and can also pay to sign up to access more. They have so many different types of programs and for different levels I loved the real start programs best.
I found that chat Daniel in particular does just so supportive and for the first time in my life I didn’t feel like I was failing or I couldn’t do an exercise and needed to do an easier version (which they show you examples on).

I do hope you are correct - like you, I get bitten so much. When I go to a hot country I have to take antihistamines

@MissCreative @StrikeForever yes me too on the bites, they'll even go for me through trousers.Then I come up in huge red welts which last for ages (even if I've taken anti-histamines). Would be amazing if the MJ somehow makes us less tasty.

I've done a bit of looking around online since last night and a few people seem to think it does help while others are saying it makes the bite reaction worse when you do get them so who knows. Might have to have our own very unscientific study here although I'm not volunteering to seek any mozzies out to see if they go for me!

Interesting 🧐- I’m in Scotland so no mosquitos up here yet. However I did remove a tick from my thigh a couple of days ago so it appears I am still quite delicious! I have a huge reaction which is normal for me (hopefully not evidence of impeding Lymes disease!) Mosquitoes love me so I’ll try and persuade my husband to book a foreign holiday so I can take part in our study!

I’m Northern England so I think they’re just getting going here. Slightly off topic but if you haven’t tried it Smidge is really effective for me, and much nicer to use than DEET. Although hopefully won’t be needing as much of it if this theory holds up!

I’m in Scotland too & don’t think I’ve seen a mozzie near me!

I use the Avon skin so soft. The nasty little critters leave us alone if we cover ourselves in that in the evenings abroad.
I’ve also recently discovered that wasps hate the smell of cloves on cut up pieces of lemon! 😎 I’ve a dish of this on my windowsill and they don’t come in!

Hi all!
I've been a long time stalker of this thread as I started MJ in early April, and found this thread super helpful despite never posting myself!
Background: I am a gym lover - I weight train 3x per week, run 2x per week and do reformer pilates a few times a week too. Walk everywhere and live a very active lifestyle (and also run around my 2 young children constantly!)
HOWEVER I am also an occasional binge eater and obsessed with food (lol) and was shocked to see how much my weight had crept up over the last few years since having kids, too many dinners out, indulging in morning croissants and (too many) chocolate fixes. Also a lover of cooking and trying the latest restaurant - no joke, I am actually obsessed with food, haha.
MJ has been incredible - stopped me from ever snacking really, stopped me ever indulging, and allowed me to eat more healthy food within appropriate 'windows' which was always my problem as am a real grazer usually.
My BMI was 31 but as a lot of that was muscle (and I look quite muscly) I guess I never looked that big, but I had always been a healthy size 10/12 and suddenly no clothes fit me anymore and I had to accept that I was much bigger than I used to be.
I've lost 5kg and stayed on 2.5 for the second month and am already half way through.
I've sent this essay because I'm not sure what to do about my next pen! I quite like that I still like food, and it hasn't suppressed my appetite completely (so I can still workout/go running every day) and because let's face it, I still love food. But I went away for a long weekend with some girlfriends and basically ate and drank as usual and feel very downbeat that I gained a couple of lbs which I thought wasn't even possible.
My question is does that mean I must go up to 5mg if I can't be trusted on holiday? Now I'm back I'm not snacking really. But it does scare me that I do have the capacity to still eat big meals with very little control because in August we are in Spain for the whole month (I can work remotely) and whilst I don't want zero appetite I'm scared of falling back into old habits.
For context I really wanted to lose 15kg, and so far have lost 5kg. Not going by BMI but I know my goal weight will get me back into all my old clothes!
Thank you all for reading my ramble, and thank you also for motivating me through all of April with this lovely community that I could just stalk!!!

I didn’t know they still sold Skin So Soft! My grandmother was an Avon lady in the 80s and 90s and the smell of that takes me right back to childhood.

I also get bad reactions to mozzie bites, I’ll have to try to find some of this.

Amazon sell it 😀

I have a kind of serious and tricky question to ask and given how supportive this group is I’m hoping this is a safe space to do so.

Am I terrible for considering talking to my 19yo DD (very gently and considerately) about whether she might want to consider trying WLIs? I want to preface this by stressing that I am a huge feminist and am very much a proponent of ‘love the skin you’re in / body positivity’ and have talked to my DD loads about body confidence, not caring what other people think, etc.. as she’s been growing up.

But she gained a LOT of weight during the COVID lockdowns which coincided with puberty, having to stop the sports she was playing, and a decline in her mental health. She has continued to gain weight steadily over the last few years to the point I am actually worried about her physical health. I don’t know her weight but I reckon she has a BMI of 40 or more if I had to guess.

She went to the GP a few months ago to get on the pill to help with bad periods and she had to have the progesterone only pill due to her weight. The doctor actually mentioned weight loss injections to her then, though I don’t know if they were offering them on the NHS for her. Seems unlikely given what I know about the criteria now but the fact they mentioned it means they are obviously concerned about her weight too.

She has recently become more confident and started buying nicer clothes instead of the baggy jeans and t-shirts she’s been wearing for years so I don’t want to quash that or make her feel bad about herself, but I see how much food she eats and how much of her behaviour around food is problematic and I worry for her. I’ve tried saying ‘Let’s get healthy together!’ and encourage her to go for walks with me, eat better, etc.. but she either does it halfheartedly for a week and then gives up or doesn’t do it at all. My DH thinks I should have a gentle word with her to ask her to read about Mounjaro and consider whether it’s something she might want to try and tell her about my experience on it. Is this a terrible idea or would I be doing the right thing to address it head on with her?

For anyone worried about side effects going up a dose. I thought mine were due to MJ but turns out I’ve had an infection for a couple of weeks, which explains why I’ve felt so unwell. Don’t let my negative posts put you off! 😆

@wordywitch I think it's a good idea to talk to your daughter about MJ.

If she doesn't know you're on them it'll be helpful for her to hear your experiences.

I can only give you my experience and feelings about this. My own parents were awful to me and my sibling growing up about our weight. Even when I tried to lose weight they would take the piss when I did exercise for example. It always came across as judgement, and not care. Tried to send us to slimming world (I was only a bit over weight but in the noughties I would have been classed as huge). I would be careful how you word this as it’s such a sensitive subject, especially for a young adult. If she brings the subject up then definitely jump in and bring up WLI - but in my experience, if you push it, it causes resentment and usually backfires. But I don’t know you or your daughter and you may have a very open relationship. It’s your call I guess only you know how she will respond