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

[Thelittlestranger]

Roll up, roll up ....

I’ve been off MJ for 9 days due to delivery problems. I injected on Tuesday - same dose as before - today I’ve had terrible diarrhoea but also big burps which sound like I’ll be sick. Not eggy though. This is a first for me - does anyone have any advice please? Seems to have come out of the blue. Thanks in advance for any help.

Sorry to hear you’re suffering @0ncemorewithfee1ing . I don’t have any words of wisdom but I hope you’re feeling better this morning.

I don’t feel like I’m thriving on MJ, I’m permanently exhausted and feel low, but I haven’t got any gastric issues.

Small loss today, 89.6kg, 14.5kg lost. My initial target was 82kg by the end of June. Not sure that’s achievable after my endless plateau but I’ll keep plodding on 🐢.

@MananaPenelope 14.5kg is 2kg less than me. I started the last week in December. When you count it up, I think that's a steady loss 👏 Perhaps the low feeling isn't helping? Is it worth it?

Weigh in day today and disappointingly have stayed the same. Disappointing but not really surprising for this week.

SW 101kg
CW 85kg
GW 70kg
Big fat 0 lost this week.

About to start my 3rd 7.5mg pen, it's definitely been a bit more static staying on the same dose but I don't really want to eat any less than I am doing now so I will stick at 7.5 at least for now and ride out the sticky patches.

Well after a really slow couple of months on 7.5mg I moved to 10mg last week and I am still loving it!

Weigh in today and I’ve lost 4.5lbs this week- my biggest loss since weeks 1 and 2 so I’m really pleased. Hoping the love affair with 10mg continues 😂

@0ncemorewithfee1ing sympathy from a fellow current sufferer. I had a dose of pepto bismol after the first bout of unpleasantness and a second one later. That helped with the sulphur burps as well. No diarrhoea after lunchtime but I had awful cramping pains and bloating which I put down to trapped wind and had a couple of wind ease tablets. I feel much better this morning - don’t know if the runs have stopped yet but as the old saying goes it’s getting safer to trust a fart 🤣

I’m all packed and ready for the off. DH yet to start packing as per usual. Our lift arrives at 12.15 so there’s no urgency for him yet 🤣. Will do my official weigh in when I can force myself to get up. Managed to find someone to weld my car yesterday so I left it with them. Not going to be cheap but it’s the first work it’s needed in 10 years so I’m not grumbling about it.

I weighed in this morning and stayed the same, which is a bit sad after my 2lb overnight loss when I had my colonoscopy - and which immediately went back on 😅

I went up to 5 last time, as had stalled a bit, but jab yesterday and decided to go down to 4. I'm pretty much where I want to be, a couple of more kilos, but happy to take it really slow now. And build more muscle.

Flying to Spain this afternoon for the long weekend, nobody has packed anything, but I've been training the kids since they were 3, so they can happily take care of their own packing after I pick them up from school.

@Thelittlestranger I don’t think I’ll be increasing my dose on reflection, and I’m not planning on a maintenance regime. I feel completely overwhelmed at times, work is stressful and my workplace is toxic. As SLT I take a lot of 💩 to shield my team from it. But this isn’t new.

Unless my body has had some huge physiological change behind the scenes in the last four months I would say that it has to be MJ.

Thinking of skipping MJ on my upcoming three week holiday. I’m only on 5mg anyway so I can easily go back down/build it up.

@MananaPenelope i think you’re doing great considering you’ve been on low doses and took a couple of weeks off here and there. But the low mood (I get that) does sometimes make it feel like it’s slow going. I think a break of a few weeks sounds good. Enjoy your holiday, enjoy the food.

@0ncemorewithfee1ing sorry to hear of the side effects. Does your prescriber have any advice? Hope you’re feeling better today.

@LillethCrane congrats that’s a huge woosh for one week!

@Jins safe travels!

I’m now 60.7kg (700g from my self-imposed lower limit) despite the wine, rich food, cake and chocolate this week. I’m thinking of doing one last 5mg shot this weekend to take it to a month on 5mg at ‘maintenance’ (which has really just been another 2kg loss), then next week I’ll do 4mg of my bonus dose. I have another 5mg pen arriving today, I’ll definitely use this to titrate down.

I’ve really got on with the balance of suppression on 5mg. It’s got me to goal, and I’ve been able to enjoy food on it, but it’s definitely stopped me from overeating. I’d love to stay on it forever, as it’s been such a safety net, but I really need to build muscle and I need to stop losing.

Thanks for the sympathy and advice @MananaPenelope @DGonMJ and @Jins I did take a lot of Imodium and my first ever dose of pepto bismol - that stuff is vile! But feel cautiously better today. Really hope you continue to feel better @Jins - it’s rotten travelling whilst being ill and you need to be able to enjoy your holiday!

Sorry to hear that people are feeling fed up with slow/no losses - I hear you! But if you look back, you’re all doing amazingly and have made such progress.

I'm 59.8 kilos this morning, it was not just a scale error yesterday, it really says 5.

But now need to eat a bit more and do good weight training for the next 2 months, as apparently not allowed to lift anything in August. That will be annoying. I was even thinking if I really need the surgery, it doesn't bother me that much - but that's just silly, hernias do not improve. And I've had breaks from exercise before, like after having kids, it's not so hard to build the muscle back once it has been there. Right?

Quick weigh in report before I sort the various animals out but 1.4lb loss taking me to 9st 4.4, 23.1 BMI and 18% of body weight lost. Feel really bloated and inflamed today so it’s probably not accurate but it’ll do.

Off to Turkey and I’ll be relying on hotel WiFi and a data eSIM so I’ll check in when I can!

@Jins hope you have a lovely holiday and are feeling better soon!

Hi everyone
Just wondering if anyone's periods have been affected bh MJ?
I started HRT in Dec and then MJ in Jan. This may have been a big mistake!!! My periods are all over the place and I think I need to see a doc as I'm a bit worried now. Anyone had any changes? Trying to work out if it the HRT or WLI..

I was trying to address all my issues at once, hence starting things at a similar time.

yes it seems to be a common side effect.

@herinthehill yes, it does seem to be a common side effect, possibly due to oestrogen stored in fat cells being released, is one of the theories I've read. Also there are reports of HRT uptake being affected, I think primarily it's when taking oral forms of progesterone, due to MJ slowing down the stomach emptying process. I've been trying to find the thread I read recently that had quite a bit of info on this. A lot were saying they were switching to taking the progesterone part vaginally in order to get round this. It might be worth a discussion with your GP about this if it applies.
There was quite a bit in the news over the last couple of days about MJ affecting the uptake of the contraceptive pill and as a result pregnancies, possibly for the same reason.

Hope you have a lovely holiday @Jins 🏖️

@Jins have an amazing holiday and enjoy Spain @HeavyHeidi

@DGonMJ I'm interested to follow your maintenance journey. I've reached my goal of 8st 7 (now 8st 5.6) but happy to get to 8st 4. I'm working on increasing muscle now as renpho is all green apart from subcutaneous fat. I last jabbed 2.5, I think I will stay on this for a bit whilst increasing calories so that I maintain. I'm ordering 5 so I have the option to go up if I need to. I'm sticking to my usual eating regime and keen to do that Monday to Friday lunchtime and then relaxing Friday night, Saturday night and perhaps Sunday too. Realistically I don't socialise during all of those times so it's more that if I want to be able to go out for dinner I can. I may need to add extra calories. I definitely feel I could I'm just eating to habit (just a much better one that pre-mj)

There’s an article in the Times today (The weight loss drugs guide to how to temper the side effects) which specifically talks about low mood. I can’t work out how to paste it in here, frustratingly - I suspect because it’s behind a pay wall. But for those suffering from this, they may want to pick up a copy.

Safe travels to those going on holiday.

I jabbed a dose of 8.3 last night from my first 10mg pen. I don’t feel ready for 10 yet but was thinking about biscuits too often on 7.5! Quiet weekend planned getting my little house ready for the decorators whilst I am away in a couple of weeks. Lots to get sorted. Mainly storage of The Vinted Empire.

I went to see some colleagues today for a face to face meeting and I haven’t seen them irl for months. Two of them walked right past me in the street! They simply didn’t recognise this much smaller person until I said hello!!! Really funny. They kept saying “I just didn’t recognise you! You’re so slim I didn’t recognise you!” This may explain the issues I am having with my phone not unlocking using my face!

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Do you know what section it is in @0ncemorewithfee1ing ? I subscribe but can’t see it. 🙏

Found it, off to read.

I think the powers that be have stopped the posting of share tokens.

@herinthehillivr had issues to. I’ve been on HRT for years but changed type just before starting MJ in Jan. I’ve had a couple of random bleeds. The pharmacist wasn’t concerned but if it happens again I’m going to see my GP. I’ve not had a real period in around 10 years. Body fat is a source of Oestrogen, so I assume weight loss has an impact.