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

[Thelittlestranger]

Roll up, roll up ....

@Reliablesource yes it really looks like there's more than a full dose there. I use insulin syringes and push though the red part. Note the syringe needles are longer, so I didn't push it in all the way.

Well I’ve woken up with sulphur burps and the runs again!!!! I’m so fed up, wish I’d stayed on 6.25mg instead of moving up. Feel like I’ve jinxed myself in the final lap. I don’t really understand it as the side effects don’t happen when I’ve got the highest level of MJ in my system, it’s when it starts wearing off.

It’s jab day and flight tomorrow and I just don’t know what to do. I was going to drop to 5mg but now I’m thinking maybe skip it completely? Words of advice, particularly on whether things settle as you titrate down very welcome.

@Reliablesource if you’re asking a pharmacist for insulin needles try to get 30 or 32guage as those are the thin ones (higher the number the finer the needles). 1ml capacity as you only need 0.6ml for one full dose.

Congrats on the losses this morning! Lots of milestones being hit 🏅🏅🏅

I drank a glass of wine at the event yesterday. Not planned but I had a long night to get through and the wine was being poured more frequently than the water. No gastric effects, but I didn’t sleep well and woke up early after only 5 hours sleep. Did a 20min strength class this morning which involved 50 press-ups…had to switch to knees and definitely worked to fatigue! Hopefully I’ll sleep better tonight.

If it was me, and I was travelling, I would skip a dose…but maybe bring it with me in case I made a miraculous recovery and then do 5mg for the next dose. Can’t hurt to space out the doses.

Morning all! I had an unexpected really hungry day yesterday and ate way too much. It was day one of my period so maybe connected but it felt like old times! I had, two crumpets, a latte, a packet of pop chips, vegetable Thai curry and rice (low calorie as homemade), then a mini magnum and a Toasted cheese sandwich about 9pm! I'm normally under 1000 cals a day so I guess one day won't hurt but I felt like the hungry caterpillar!

Thanks for your help 🙂 I had to go to 3 pharmacies to get syringes! The first 2, including Boots, said they don’t sell syringes?! The third pharmacy only had 0.5ml syringes so I got those, went home and carefully extracted it into 2 syringes. There was definitely more than a full dose in there as I had extra for priming as well.

It was much simpler than I thought it would be, so I’m going to order some 1ml syringes online now in readiness for when my next pen finishes. Really appreciate your help!

Well, I guess it’s a silver lining that I can probably go on to Vinted and snap up all your too big stuff! Not really used Vinted before. I’m at the 6 month point now but still only lost just over a stone total. It’s better than nothing - but only just!

I won’t have been able to weigh for a fortnight - and of that had just over a week when I was waiting for my order from Oushk - so one one hand, maybe there’s been progress but I’m nervous about weighing on Wednesday (my first opportunity) and being disappointed.

@Jins ugh so sorry, how frustrating! I agree with @DGonMJ and I would skip a dose too. I wouldn’t risk it with going away.

@discov you’ve done amazingly well.
I’ve been plateauing above 10 for weeks then had a set back with half term holiday where I gained but hopefully I’ll follow your pattern 🤞🤞
Haven’t been in 9s for almost 20 years !!

Thank you, that’s very kind of you to say. I feel like I’ve made more progress in the past month than I have for a long long time! It’s hard to ‘trust the process’ but it’s all you can do when you’re at a sticking point. It’s happened a few times for me and eventually I’ve broken through, so I am sure you will too 🤞🏻

@discov yoy must look completely different. Enjoy your skinniness, health, summer and new clothes 😊

Well done to all the losers!!

Have a great trip @Jins

My kibbe body type came out exactly right for me. It told me what I already know. I look best in crisp and structured clothes. Basically I should never leave the house without a blazer. To be fair, I do tend to dress this way. However, my eye always gets drawn to the Floaty Romany Boho clothes that I look bizarre in. Think Joe Browns meets Stevie Nicks.

My “new” Vinted wardrobe is definitely kibbe adherent and my clothes are fairly classic. I stick to a neutral palette and rarely wear patterns.

@Zempy I've been drawn to those lacy boho airy fairy delicate summer dresses. Many, many times I see one, go 'oooooh gorgeous' and order it. Invariably it just looks horrible on me. Expectation: elfin maiden on the meadow. Reality: Mrs Doubtfire wearing lace curtains.

Right! Here’s the plan.

I’m skipping tomorrow’s jab but if I wait till I get home I’ll be just over 14 days which I’m comfortable with. Shotsy estimates that on the last day of my hols I’ll have 2.3mg on board which sounds ok as when I moved to 5mg months ago I had 2.04mg on board. So that sets me up nicely for the next jab of 5mg.

However - there’s a strong possibility that I’ll hoover up the buffet towards the end of my hols so I’m going to take my old pen which has about 1ml left by eye and do a cheeky top up mid week if I need to and feel ok. It’s over the 30 days but I’m ok with that and hope not to need it

That sounds a great plan Jins, you don’t want to feel grim on holiday. I feel your pain, have exactly the same today, it’s horrible.
i do wish they hadn’t removed the 🤣emoji, @HeavyHeidi you’re making me laugh with the image of Mrs Doubtfire 🤣

I’ve just done a kibbe test and I’m a soft dramatic which suits my current style of drapey, flowy dresses, tops and ‘festival’ trousers. I don’t own much that needs ironing!

If I’d answered a couple of questions that I dithered over the other way I’d have been flamboyant gamine which fits my younger self perfectly.

Where can you do the kibbe test? I tried one just now and it said it was undefined! But I didn't take a picture of myself so there was some guessing

here, but I found it quie challenging to assess all the elements they ask for https://theconceptwardrobe.com/kibbe-body-types/the-kibbe-body-type-test

just read through the test, it looks exhausting!

After all the hoo-ha over discount codes for WLI's was rather surprised to see this ad pop up in another thread! Wonder if my post will be deleted?! 🤔😂

I wonder if they are suddenly losing customers? I’ve just switched from ME and ordered from Zava, even with a small amount of credit at ME, Zava was cheaper.

@Therealmetherealme it was more about the fact we're not allowed to post codes and they always had to be in a specific place when we were allowed. Found it rather amusing that the rules don't apply to mn itself!

@mince3point14159265 I know. I wonder if without codes being shared publicly and by threatening to rescind peoples credit, they are losing customers.

@Aimingdown me too! It reminded me of a more extensive version of those quizzes you used to get in Cosmo in the 90s where they would ask you to fill in a/b/c/d etc and then tell you you will never look as good as that picture of Cindy Crawford you just saw.

@discov exactly the same happened to me! Was stuck just over 10stone for ages. Since getting past there, it is steadily coming off at average 2lbs per week. I did go up to 7.5mg but only from 6mg. Either way, delighted to see the scale move regularly.