January 2025 Starters Thread 8. New clothes, new shoes, new bodies...

[Thelittlestranger]

Roll up, roll up ....

I hit three stone loss today!!!!

I am still overweight but nearly healthy BMI now. Hopefully by the end of May, depending on how much pizza I eat in NYC!!

Feeling rather faint today and had the runs this morning, but OK otherwise.

Looking forward to the weekend.

Congratulations @JoanCollinsDiva ! Must feel amazing to be so close to goal!

Well done everyone! Jin, that’s brilliant, always good to be a bit down so you can take the brakes off a little!!

Yay, go Zempy, amazing achievement 👏, when do you go to New York?

Thanks for all the advice on travelling, really appreciate it, may also look into the frio and I think from memory Oushk may do something.

Did my mid week weigh in today and I’ve reached 50 pounds off 🎉. Also less than a stone to go to top of my healthy weight range, currently sitting at 27.1 bmi. Some of this undoubtedly due to side effects of 8.5mg, but I’m taking it 🤣

Sorry @JoanCollinsDiva i
missed your post, woohoo, fantastic👏 and that was after the night out last week too!! You must feel fantastic!!

Amazing work everyone who has had good losses, almost hit goals etc! Absolutely fabulous 👏🏻

Hi everyone, may I join you? I started in January. Weighed in on 04/01 at 16st 1.8lbs, started jabbing on 17/01, having lost a few pounds between those dates, and today am 12st 10lbs. BMI has gone from 37.6 to 29.6. I've done 2.5 every time, but today am going to attempt 3.75, as for the past few weeks I've definitely had some food noise back, which I haven't enjoyed. My goal weight is still 2st away, so I've got some weight to go!

@JoanCollinsDiva and @Zempy flipping fantastic 🤩!

Well done everyone!

Dose wise I’ve settled on 3mg every six days. I can’t seem to go higher without side effects that affect my daily life.

26 pounds down here, hopefully I’ll hit two stone soon.

I kept a beautiful dress from Jigsaw that didn’t fit me last month. It was reduced from about £300 to £75 and is gorgeous, fabric, cut, all of it. 🏆 it fits today, I’ve ordered Spanx to try to remove a bump 🤪. I’ve never bought Spanx before so 🤞they work, I’ve ordered two sizes, good old Amazon, they’ll be here tomorrow, event tomorrow night. I went for the ‘higher power’ flavour 🪄 May the lumps disappear.

It's odd as I’ve only lost 2kg since the dress came and I couldn’t get the bit that is meant to be on my hips lower than my low waist.

Delighted, it’s bias cut and I’m sure I can wear it for a while.

Wow that is an impressive weight loss so far! Well done!

Hi
Welcome!! Great loss, yes come and join us, we’re a friendly bunch!

Similar here. I had a suitcase I could hardly carry and then realised I had lost twice that amount myself.

This has made me laugh today! Yes! I have the ideal body shape at last!

Hello, I haven't posted since the first thread, but I've been catching up on the last couple of threads and all the very useful info in your posts. Congratulations everyone on losing the pounds or kilos whether fast or slow 🙌.

I'm definitely in the slow camp, since my 1st jab on 2nd January, I've done 2 lots of 2.5g and I'm on my 3rd 5mg pen. I'm going up to 7.5mg the week after next. Although the weight has been slow and steady, the inches have been disappearing very quickly, but it seems to be coming off round my middle one week and off my legs the next.

SW: 15st 8lbs
CW: 13st 13.8lbs
GW: 11st 7lbs.

I haven't seen 13st starting my weight for 5 years, after 2 hip replacement ops in that time. It's definitely harder getting the weight off as you get older (I'm 61) but the great thing is finding more and more clothes in my wardrobe that fit again. I'm feeling so much better and fortunately I haven't suffered with any side affects other than some very vivid dreams.

Onwards and downwards everyone

@MananaPenelope it's funny isn't it, I also had some trousers that fit very nicely and suddenly they are falling off, even though I haven't lost that much. Body is kind of ..shrinking?

Glad it’s not just me @HeavyHeidi . I’m wearing a belt today that I haven’t worn since BC. Holes to spare.

I wore a suit yesterday, 18 trousers, 16 jacket from Hobbs (I don’t find Hobbs tailoring big, not much in the way of vanity sizing) and it all felt a bit roomy. This is a suit I had to stop wearing at peak fatness. Roomy!

I am shrinking 🙏 a little bit even if the scale movement is slow. I’m hoping to achieve a three stone loss by 1/7, have adjusted my expectations a bit, but I’ve got quite a busy holiday planned in July.

I bought a gadget to punch new holes in belts. It has been used extensively.

I’ve got one of those @HeavyHeidi , in the horse section of my life. It’ll be a while before I need it I think as I’ve gone from an 8-10 to an 18 in the last six years, so I’ve almost got the contents of shop in the loft.

Congratulations @JoanCollinsDiva & @Zempy ! Bet you're both feeling great going into this beautiful sunny weekend ☀️

And welcome & well done to @whyamisuddenlygettingolder , that's a fantastic weight loss 👏👏👏

Congrats too @hunkydory54 , it's lovely seeing a new number on the scales, isn't it?! I still keep looking at mine in disbelief! 😂

wow - amazing progress. So pleased for you all. Thanks for the new thread @Thelittlestranger

I started Jan 15 - so I’m 16 weeks and 2 days.
I’ve been a typical blasé HCP and not stuck to the dose regime, once I got to 5mg, I increased doses each week slightly as wasn’t feeling much suppression. So had 6mg for 2 weeks rather than the 5mg. I had 4x 7.5mg, but only did 2x10mg, then had 11.5mg x2. I also moved my injection forward a few days to fit in with holidays. Anyway to cut the waffle (although not sure I did) I’ve had 12.5mg this morning, so fingers crossed I stop wanting to snack.
I’ve lost 26lbs in 16 weeks, which I wouldn’t have otherwise.

I am starting to feel like a small person again, rather than a chubby short person. Feels good !!

love all the clothes talk - I’ve planning a spree after the next stone.

What a beautiful day it is here in London Town! Am sat in the garden on my WFH lunch break reading all your lovely updates on losses and NSVs!

@JoanCollinsDiva only 1lb to go, amazing! How will you mark the occasion?

Congrats to @Zempy on your three stone milestone 🏅 🏅 🏅
and @2025istheyeari on your 50lb milestone 💐💐💐

welcome back @hunkydory54 and welcome @whyamisuddenlygettingolder

I did a 30min Stretch class on the Peloton app this morning. Very much needed after yesterday’s weights. Then got a quick walk in before my first meeting. I didn’t have time for breakfast, but did ok yesterday on the calories up to 1650 again so have felt fine up till now. Everytime I think suppression is dwindling I’m eating at maintenance it’s followed by a day where it’s back and I’m consciously having to hit at least 1200.

On the surprised by own thinness - definitely not in my legs, they will always remain chunky. My face is looking quite thin now, and my glasses (when I’m not wearing contacts) no longer suit my face shape. I might need a new pair, I’m constantly pushing them up my nose.

Week 4 on 10mg, injected yesterday and today is probably the worst I've felt on MJ, quite queasy, sulphur burps and feeling like I won't make it to 1000 cals.

I have another 10mg pen but may need to count clicks and go back down to 7.5mg. I'm too near goal (4lbs to go) to need this level of suppression and with the amount of exercise I do, I need to eat a bit more.

I'm with Oushk and I have my maintenance chat in June, I think 7.5 or 5mg might be the right level.

I'm enjoying the sunshine but still chilly.

I hope you are all having a good day.

I'm aspiring to get to the surprised-by-my-thinness stage! At the moment I'm at the staggered-by-how-much-I-can-lose-and-still-remain-fat stage. 😄

Off to Clubbercise later on, which will reach my 4x exercise sessions for this week. Hopefully not as stinking hot as it was last week 🥵

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone - such a lovely, supportive group we have here ❤️

DGonMJ
I'd like to say il celebrate by quaffing a nice bottle of champagne but il probably only manage a glass - can't really do bubbles anymore! If I lose the last pound in a week or two it'll coincide with my birthday and I've a feeling dh is taking me away somewhere for a night or two so that can be my celebration.

I feel like I should maybe have a little shopping spree but I've had a mammoth clear out this week and have today taken 10 bin bags full of clothes and shoes to several local charity shops. So now I'm a bit loathe to buy more stuff as I can finally see things a bit better in my wardrobes! I'm guilty of wearing about 5% of my clothes even though I have some really nice things. I just feel like I never get the opportunity to wear them!

Im pretty sure this has been mentioned before regarding MJ's effect on dopamine but I'm finding I don't get the same "buzz" from things any more. I stopped smoking near the start of this journey after being a one-or-two-a-day smoker, it now knocks me sick (this is a good thing obviously!) As well as the inevitable loss of interest in food and booze I'm not really interested in going clothes shopping either after previously being quite a prolific shopper! It's good for the bank account though.

Apologies, I’ve been MIA for the past three weeks. I got some terrible news and it’s been a ghastly time processing it. “No more fizzy drinks” my dentist told me, which as I pretty much live on Dr Pepper Zero, was a complete shock to the system. Coming off them has not been fun!

Anyway
SW 14.1.8
CW 10.7.4
Goal 1 11.7 ✅
Goal 2 11.0 ✅
Goal 3 10.7 ✅

I’ve lost 50lb, am within a gnat’s breath of reaching normal weight, and people still haven’t noticed!

I’m not enjoying food at all @JoanCollinsDiva , we had an early dinner tonight at a nice local restaurant. It’s lovely, good food 3 rosettes. I usually love it but was completely underwhelmed. I chose wisely, portions are tiny, so small that I got one fondant potato. It was just a bit 🫤, again for me, this is literally everything I eat. I think that’s the MJ effect.

After my disappointing losses over the past 4 weeks (4.4lbs), I’ve just heard that SheMed are upping me to 7.5mg. I hope it does the trick.

Onwards and downwards losers!