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

[Thelittlestranger]

Roll up, roll up ....

Lol. I often think how much easier I’d be easier to just be a thin slob.

@2025istheyeari thank you, I did! 1871 calories 🏆, but I walked miles, 581 calories burned apparently. I never usually count but if you do count it isn’t too bad is it.

Injection day today, 3mg. Not sure I’ll bother weighing after ⬆️ and it’s warm isn’t it so I’ll be doing my best Verucca Salt impression.

In all honesty when you hear how much structured exercise some of you are doing and have done for ages the ‘eat less, move more’ mantra is blown out of the water.

This weekend my body has rebelled against everything and has been steadily gaining weight. It’s that sticking point scenario coupled with having far too much suppression and eating very little. Levels are starting to drop today so I’m feeling better and I’m hoping that the weekend’s ‘gains’ will go fairly quickly.

Off to get some euros today and will no doubt impulse buy some random tat. Good luck to us all for the week ahead

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Wow that sounds really promising! It really is a wonder drug, or at least it looks that way!!

I’ve put a pound on over the weekend, I know I haven’t but that’s the joy of regular weigh ins! It means this week( a day early as up v early tomorrow!) I’m down a pound and a half, but that 50 pound badge has been taken away, hopefully until next week.

Glad you enjoyed @MananaPenelope and no, it really isn’t that bad!!

I also gained a Mystery Pound overnight. It’s so frustrating isn’t, when you know it can’t really have happened.

I don’t mind gaining when I have gone over 1200 calories but when I am under 1000 I get 🤬🤬🤬

Current exercise schedule:
Mon 30min cardio on bike
Tues 20-30min yoga
Weds 20-30min cardio on bike
Thurs 30min dumbbells
Fri 30min stretch recovery
Sat 60min heavy weights with PT
Sun recovery

Pre-lockdown I did weekly 1:1 kickboxing training, heavy weights with PT, plus a couple of other gym classes (circuits or LBT). Maintained around 66-68kg.
Post-lockdown, the gym classes were hit and miss so I bought a peloton bike and used it mon-Fri alongside my Saturday PT session. Gained weight from being hungry all the time. So then I cut back to 3-4 days, added IF, and maintained at around 70kg. Had to give up KB as both DH and DS now see the PT and had to cut back on my PT costs!

I was one of those who could ‘eat less and move more’ and it worked from my 20s to 44. Wasn’t massively sustainable but I always knew if I really wanted to lose weight I just needed to count calories and hit the gym. But I got to 45 and that stopped working.

Hallelujah for MJ, all its fat burning metabolic benefits. I’ve got more energy, happy with my current routine. Feels sustainable. But like @MananaPenelope i sometimes feels a bit ‘meh’ about food and I was a real foodie before. So those days where I actually enjoy it are great.

@DGonMJ , I’ve booked two Michelin ⭐️ restaurants for my birthday weekend, I really hope I appreciate the food when I get there. I can’t remember really enjoying anything that much since I started MJ.

@Zempy I did weigh this morning ⬆️ a kilo. Oh well. I don’t think it’s food, even with yesterday’s intake I averaged 900 cals a day over the last week. I bet it’s the heat.

@MananaPenelope i bet if you time the jabs so you’re at the end of the week, or even delay the jab, that Michelin menu will be even more delicious!

Wow some fab exercise routines here!! I have always been an exercise hater but do enjoy walking now I am a fully fledged adult. The only exercise I get really is walking the dog, we do about an hour at lunch then 20/30 minutes in the evening. Better than nothing I suppose.

I had a McDonald’s last night as I was highlighting DD’s hair which took hours and we were starving with no shopping in. No ill effects thankfully (I don’t seem to get any triggered by food but I know a few do). I did actually quite enjoy it as a one off as I like their chips if they are done well.

It’s going to be 25 here today in Yorkshire so going to walk the dog now before it gets too hot. Hope you all get to enjoy some sunshine!

Currently raining in my part of Yorkshire @discov , I’m pleased tbh. Seeing my consultant today, keep your fingers crossed for me, just a checkup but still, I don’t relax until I hear that I’m still cancer free. 🤞🤞🤞🤞

My exercise schedule Is:
4 x heavy weight training a week, 2 lower body (hip thrusts, RDLs, lunges, kickbacks, leg curls and extensions, squats and the like).
2 upper body (push/pull) chest press, shoulder press, lat pulldown, rows biceps and triceps etc)

Weight sessions are usually an hourish. I've been using an app, the Harriet Harper Fitness Method (HHF method) for the last 18 months or so and I've seen amazing progress and increased muscle.

2x45 minutes spin classes on Tuesday and Saturday. Spin is the only cardio that I like. I'd like to do another class but it's hard to fit anymore in without impacting my weight training.

I do yoga at home most days, sometimes 20 minutes but usually 30 minutes. As I've lost weight my mobility has improved exponentially and I can do poses that i thought were beyond me.

I have arthritis in one of my knees and it hardly bothers me these days, my physio now thinks I might be able to avoid having a knee replacement in the future which would be fantastic.

As wonderful as it is to read how well everyone is doing, does anyone know of a thread for very slow losers? I’m on week 16 and I’ve not yet lost a stone. I’ll want to continue reading all the updates on here, but it’s so alien to my own experience.

I just walk a bit and swim once a week 🤷‍♀️ I’m doing LazyFit still but I’m sure that will drop off.

I despise structured exercise. I’m of an age where the benefits of regular exercise were never explained by our PE tyrants teachers. It was all about competition and absolutely no effort was made to encourage us non-sporty types to do something else while the sporty ones did their thing. We were frequently forced to watch at the sidelines while two teams played a match. The pointlessness of competitive sports has stayed with me. I’m also from a time when gyms weren’t on every corner. It is what it is. My mother was one of the fittest people I knew and it was all down to walking instead of driving, gardening and just generally being active.

I have tried gyms and classes on many occasions but they just aren’t for me. I’m not a people person and found classes challenging because they were too peopley. On the flip side I don’t do well with being told what to do so the PT thing only lasted a couple of sessions.

My bone density is high and my muscle mass is good so I’m not too concerned but I know I should be doing more.

@Jins I hear you, I hated all sports with passion when I was younger.
Where I'm from, ir was all about meeting the norms and standards, you had to jump that high and run this fast. I still have nightmares about the pommel horse or whatever the thing is called in English.
Luckily found an exercise I actually liked when I was mid-20s. And nowadays there are so many activities available. As you say, more important to keep generally fit, no need to force yourself to do something you hate.

Well just reading what some of you do exercise wise makes me feel tired! I walk for at least an hour every day and have been trying to do a 15 min Caroline Girvan arm routine a few times a week but apart from that and a bit of housework I'm quite lazy I'm afraid. One difficulty I've found is the lack of energy on MJ - I do still get quite tired a lot of the time. I'm wondering whether to come off it for a few weeks and see how I go without it or just carry on maintaining with a smaller dose. Like mananapenelope I have no enjoyment in food and it's quite depressing as we eat out a lot but for me it's just something to do rather than caring about what im eating. I ordered a delicious fillet steak on Friday and then could only eat half of it and some vegetables, dh had to finish it off.

Suppression has been high again for me this week after jabbing 7mg plus 20 units extra - I'm due to jab today but not sure whether to delay a day or two as I've not been eating much. Yesterday I had half a chicken burger, about 4 chips and a peach, not good. I've only a pound to go until goal but the temptation is to carry on and try to get closer to 10 stone. I'm not sure I'm liking how my face is looking though - I had Botox last week and had to tell her to "go in hard" around my eyes! They're looking very lined when I smile now and that was never something that I had before losing 3 stone. Hopefully the Botox will do its thing!

Does anyone else have any advice re treatments for ageing skin? I'm a bit loathe to go down the filler route but I'm feeling like I need something more than Botox.

mananapenelope - good luck with your appointment 💐

@JoanCollinsDiva I did recently something called HarmonyCa, it's a filler but also supposedly helps with collagen production. Very happy with the result, immediately lot less saggy and tired.

Also using tret and a lot of Korean skincare. And have an appointment with local beauty clinic tomorrow to see what else they offer - turkey neck is better, but could be improved.

I’m not a people person and found classes challenging because they were too peopley

I'm exactly same Jins - I avoid anything that's too peopley which means a lot of things 😂 I'm definitely an introvert.

And yes to the horrible flashbacks from school p.e. - anyone remember the bleep test? They still do it! Dd came home the other week and said they'd "done a running test where they had to beat the bleep" and I went all panicky at the memory! Dd loved it though and was one of the last - she is so fit and sporty that I sometimes can't believe she's mine.

Ooh thanks HeavyHeidi Il have a look into that. Did it involve a cannula? And did you bruise? Agree re the dreaded turkey neck too, I have the beginnings of one and have been smothering it in oil every night but creams etc don't tighten up skin. Need to look at tret as well.

Good luck @MananaPenelope
I’m another structured exercise hater! I love swimming, and I walk. Hated PT with a passion when I did it and like Jins, no gyms when I grew up. I can handle aqua but no other classes. I will try weights but otherwise I figure if I swim twice a week and carry on walking it’s all good! I’m in awe of all of your amazing exercise routines, my sister is a triathlete and my brother cycles a LOT. My 77 yo mum still walks 10 miles 3 times a week and does all sorts of gym classes, I’m not sure what happened to me!

Another introvert here who can’t cope with organised exercise. I hate getting wet, never have a bath, so swimming is out. I walk as much as my hyper mobile body allows me and that’s it.

Yoga and Pilates are out because the risk of me over stretching and injuring myself are too high.

Morning all,

I took my daughter to Alton Towers yesterday and it had its pros and cons!

a massive pro was I wore a skirt, took my shorts with me but did not have to wear them as no chub rub occurred!

the con is I don’t think I drank enough and feel very dehydrated today. I’m chugging as much as I can today and already had an electrolytes sachet.

scales seem to have stayed the same this week but I had a big loss last week.

hoping to feel better soon!

*JoanCollinsDiva *yes to cannula, but no didn't bruise. I much preferred the cannula, last time I got fillers was a needle, and that was way more uncomfortable. I have never bruised with botox or fillers though.

Wow it’s been glorious here all morning, couldn’t imagine it raining!! Hope your check up goes well ❤️

A set of Renfro scales have come up on my local buy and sell group. So going to pick them up tonight. As I have started strength training I hope i will be able to track my progress with these.