May Starters Thread 2 ~ heading into summer!

[SussexLass87]

Hi all...as the first thread is filling up I thought I'd start No.2

Come along to share experiences, vivid dreams, nausea remedies and celebrate eachother's successes...❤️

So sorry to hear that some of you are not getting the support you deserve. I'm very lucky that DH is supportive and the few friends I've mentioned it to have also been encouraging. I'm not going to broadcast it though - it's my business how I'm losing weight and anyone who thinks it's an easy option is misguided. I'm lucky that I haven't been suffering side effects, but I would say that I am working hard on making healthy food choices and not snacking. I still think about food a lot, but it's more about what can I eat that's healthy and good for me rather than where I will get my next chocolate or crisp fix!

Congratulations on your great loss first week. We have a similar starting weight was 242 on day 1 ( and I also loved going from 17st to 16... after the first week...such an encouragement to continue). These are the little milestones I'm looking forward to on this journey.

I'm about a week ahead , just about to order my next pen.
Good luck with your next loses:)

Need to keep an eye out for you on this thread, @Iggy35 ! Nice to have someone in a similar boat 🙂

I think I'm also having disturbed sleep. I'm a terrible sleeper anyway, but I'm now also getting vivid dreams (of my abusive XH ☹️). I'm exhausted today.

W2 day 3. I'm really struggling to eat. Got zero appetite and just can't eat much. I mean, great for weight loss but can't be healthy?!

I've just restarted MJ.
I did it last year/start of this year and had 2 pens - got 10 injections out of them and lost 1st 8lb.
I had to stop due to finances but have restarted last week - I put 7lb back on 😕
Last time other than a headache I had no side effects and felt the suppression the day after but this time round, I've got the headaches, feel like I've got mild morning sickness and pretty crappy. Also wine last time gave me hideous heartburn and it's the same this time!
It helped me reduce my alcohol intake massively though as I didn't fancy it anyway plus the thought of bad heartburn put me off.
I'm hoping to lose again but read it's not as successful 2nd time round.

Apparently a smaller dose is half the 2.5 so instead of twisting it to 1, twist it to the half way point. My chemist spoke to me again today and said that only to take it on Friday if I feel well enough.

Has anyone had to go lower than 2.5? I’m on week 3 and have had crazy suppression, I literally have to force myself to eat for the full week. I’ve also been so nauseous and had headaches and felt generally rubbish, like a hangover mixed with morning sickness! I lost 10lb in the first 2 weeks and dropped over a dress size. But I am struggling with work/kids and managing side effects. I read somewhere that some people can have extreme responses which I seem to have had and thought if I halved the dose it would help me function…

I'm determined to keep posting here for some public accountability as in real life I've only told my fiancé, who is on Wegovy so is super supportive. I have medical anxiety and just don't want to hear horror stories and other doomy judgemental stuff, especially not from people who have no idea what it's like to not be in control of their weight.

Anyway!

I weighed myself this morning on W2D3 and have lost 5lbs despite being more or less sedentary and not eating especially well because I have strong suppression and literally have no interest in food. The main thing is that I am no longer snacking at all and seem to have given up drinking so that's good?

SW 221
CW 216
TW 154

No SE other than crazy vivid platonic dreams about Paul Dano. Which I can live with tbh.

I feel a bit like this. I just cannot eat.

Would love to hear if anyone has started on or reduced to 1.25 mg to limit SE’s. Are you getting any suppression/loss at a slower level

@2old4thisshit I just posted about reducing to half the dose and then found your comments. Sorry you’re feeling rubbish, the side effects are brutal aren’t they! I’ve messaged my provider to ask about reducing for the next dose. I guess it’s good that it’s so effective for us but it’s really taken it out of me for the past few weeks.

@2old4thisshit thanks for that info. I'll try that. But not for a few days. I want to have had 24 hours without side effects!

It’s rough isn’t it. Dieting is never going to be fun, but at the moment I’d rather be hungry all the time (like all the other diets I’ve tried) than feeling like this!

Ran out of time to get breakfast so I just made a bowl of greek yoghurt with vanilla protein powder stirred in, some chia seeds and some blueberries. The vanilla is such an overpowering flavour, I don't think I can eat it. It's far too sickly. Gosh what a waste, that was going to be 35g of protein! It's horrible.
Dammit.

No worries glad it was helpful!!

My third jab is due today and I’m still freaking out every time I have to do it questioning whether I’m doing the right thing! It’s crazy. Anyone else?

@BerfyTigot @Roseyposey1
I had my first injection last Monday, for 3 days Wed-Fri I had chronic diarrhoea, could barely eat, felt horrendous. I lost over 7lbs. I have managed small plates of food over the weekend, still very tired. I got my injection through my local chemist, she’s been amazing, I emailed on Thursday, she spoke to me at length on Friday, and suggested I don’t inject today, then when I inject next week put it at 1.25 dose.
She rang me again today to see how I am, I’m going to inject on Friday 1.25 and hopefully the side effects are not as extreme.

I've also read that if you inject in your thigh, your side effects are lessened. I injected in stomach.

@DidILeaveTheGasOn perhaps you could try it just as a shake with water. The yoghurt and blueberries are sweet so will just have added to the sweetness of the whole meal. You could also try making it with half scoop (15g) then pour it over a bland cereal like Weetabix instead of milk maybe

@2old4thisshit thanks so much for that. I think I'll do that too as it's been horrendous. I'll weigh tomorrow but I've definitely lost at least 1kg.

That's a really good idea, thank you! I've got a big bag of it so I don't want to waste it. I think I was shocked at how sweet it was, I got it from Holland and Barrett, so in my head I really thought it would taste like Healthy Sadness and Vitamins. It actually tasted like pure sugar.

Same here - prepped 0% Greek yoghurt with 10gm mixed seeds and fresh raspberries for breakfast and binned it after two spoonfuls .
Just forced down some prawns for lunch - it really was forcing , no appetite or desire to eat whatsoever .
I need to weigh on Weds this week instead of my normal Friday so will be interesting to see what ( if anything ) I’ve lost by then . Panicking that my body will go into starvation mode and hang on to the pounds …

Am only on W1D5 at the moment so premature I know but how did people decide whether to go up to 5mg or stick at 2.5mg when they reordered?

I'll need to order end of next week due to holidays etc and don't know how to decide obviously don't want to waste money on wrong decision lol

Some weeks I've had no hunger for days 1 - 3. I don't force myself to eat, just trust that I'll make up for it as the suppression wears off.

I regained 2lb last week taking me back up to the set point plateau I'd previously smashed. Felt pretty fed up with myself and like a failure most of the weekend. This morning I've lost that 2lb plus almost another 1.5lb. Very odd, but motivating.

I’m actually a little peckish and wanted my late lunch just now. That is the first time I’ve felt that feeling since injection. Day 4 for me and interesting for me to mentally note that after your post @Mounraine ! I was worried about not eating much at all the first few days but if it kind of evens out over the week then I can live with that. 😊

@Elle771 Im thinking if im still getting some suppression and losing I’d stay on the 2.5. But after reading about counting the clicks, if I’m not sure when it comes to it then I may go to the 5 and then eke it out 🤔.