May Starters Thread 3 ~ Onwards & Downwards!

[SussexLass87]

Roll up, roll up...thread 3 for the loveliest bunch of losers!

"Onwards & Downwards" has become our little motto for the days when it all feels a bit tough and that wine / chocolate / cake looks a bit too bloody tempting.

Lots of love,
Lass x

A little reminder...we're all aiming for that elephant penis...

1 lb = a Gunea pig
1.5 lbs = a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts
2 lbs = a rack of baby back ribs
3 lbs = an average human brain
4 lbs = an ostrich egg
5 lbs – a Chihuahua
6 lbs = a human skin
7.5 = a grass strimmer
8 lbs = a human head
10 lbs = amount of chemical additives an American consumes every year
11 lbs = an average housecat
12 lbs = a Bald Eagle
15 lbs = 10 dozen large eggs
16 lbs = a sperm whales brain
20 lbs = a car tire
23 lbs = amount of pizza an Average American eats in a year
24 lbs – a 3 gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 lbs = an average 2 year old
30 lbs = amount of cheese an average American eats in (1) year
33lbs – a cinder block
36 lbs a mid-size microwave
40 lbs = a 5 gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 lbs = an elephant’s heart
50 lbs – a small bale of hay
55lbs a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 lbs = an elephant’s penis 🐘
66 lbs – amount of fats and oils an average American eats in (1) year
70 lbs – an Irish Setter
77 lbs – a gold brick
80 lbs – the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 lbs – a new born calf
100 lbs = a 2 month old horse
111 lbs = amount of red meat an average American eats in (1) year
117 = an average fashion model and she’s 5’11”
118 lbs= the complete Encyclopedia Brittanica
120 lbs = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 lbs = a newborn giraffe
138 lbs = amount of potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 lbs = amount of refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 lbs = and average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 lbs – the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 lbs – an average adult man
200 lbs – 2 Blood hounds
235 lbs = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 lbs = an average football lineman
400 lbs – A Welsh pony

Thanks for the lovely new thread! 🐘

Yay. Checking in on our new thread.
feeling much more positive after being pissed off at gaining 1/2lb at yesterdays weigh in. I know this is going to be a good week

Thanks for the new thread @SussexLass87

So glad you posted the lb equivalents 🤣 I'm aiming for a human head at tomorrow's weigh-in (which will be 8lbs after 4 weeks) 🤞

@SussexLass87 thanks for the new thread! Can’t believe it’s no 3 already!! Same day as my 3rd jab so feels very apt!! 🤣

Checking in.
Day one of the 5gm here. Feeling sick as a dog.

Thanks for the thread. Just checking in. Will be taking 2nd dose tomorrow. It’s going well!

Checking in too. 🙂

Checking in. Fourth 2.5mg jab done. Weighed in - seems I have lost about 9lbs since my first jab so perhaps a large human head?

Checking in ✨️✨️✨️

Checking in - thank you @SussexLass87.

Did my 5th jab this evening with my new pen - having wasted one from the old pen by squirting a whole dose out instead of priming. I won't do that again, what a waste!

I counted clicks to do 3.75 as I'm a bit frightened of going straight up to 5. I hope it restarts my downward trajectory.

I'm so impressed by the way people are coping with set-backs - injury, sad events, ill-health, horrendous side-effects.

I think you're all marvellous and I'm proud to be a member of the May Star (ter) s.🌟🌟🌟

That’s not encouraging news. I’m going up to the 5 pen next week. Hopefully your SE reduces tomorrow.

Hello. Third dose and weigh-in both tomorrow. Thanks for the new thread.

Also checking in, 4th dose tomorrow and weigh in on Sat

@SussexLass87 Thank you for the new thread. Just taken wk2 injection .. it hurt a lot more than the first one. Fatigue for d1-3 was tough so 🤞🏻 it’s settled this week. Well done to everyone for keeping on. 👊🏻

Took the goblins to Nandos today as a little half term treat and ordered a small, saintly meal.

Thought "fuck it - I'll have some chips" which was swiftly followed by "oh dear, I don't seem to like chips anymore" followed by "I'm sad I don't like chips anymore" followed by "perhaps your love of chips is what got you into this mess in the first place"

Just finished my first period on MJ and I think it's the first period of my entire life where I haven't eaten chocolate.

WHO AM I ANYMORE?!

😄

Hello just checking in to say hello.
I did my first dose today 2.5 mg around 4pm. Felt very full after dinner but not sure if it’s in my mind. Also have tried not to spend all evening grazing which has been marginally more successful than previous evenings but again not sure if it’s linked to the jab or not!
Will see how tomorrow is! Not feeling sick or anything like that.

Hello! 👋
I think I'm aiming for an elephants heart rather than Penis. I'm a little disappointed 😁

@SussexLass87 - thanks for the new thread!
@SignedUpAgain - hope the nausea wears off quickly for you .

Early-ish night as early start tomorrow. Goodnight all ! 😴 🛏️

Checking in. Due my second injection tomorrow. Feeling normal today, slight supression but side effects gone so thinking its eased off now I'm due next dose. Away on holiday this week so can't weight myself. Haven't told family about MJ so been making up loads of excuses about why not drinking much or eating normally. They definitely think I'm pregnant! 😂

Eeeek. This will be me on Sunday!

Checking in, thanks for the new thread @SussexLass87
1 jab in, & due to take 2nd jab tomorrow but am planning to wait until Sunday as ideally I want to jab Tuesday evening so if I can stretch out a couple of days this week and next I will be at Tuesday for jab 3 or 4.
To be honest, suppression was so strong on days 1-3, I want to get the MJ still in my system really low before jabbing again. Am hoping this will reduce the side effects too, but I will still take all 4 doses within the 30 day window.
Does that sound like a reasonable plan?

To everybody: Thank you for being wonderfully supportive and lovely, I feel so much better. Big hugs all round.

I'm on my last 2.5 tomorrow and then starting 5 the following week. I'm hoping those that go to 5 this week do so painlessly with no side effects.

As a cat person it pleases me greatly to see so many kitty usernames in the thread! @myscaredcat obviously now known as henchcat and then @friendlycat And @c4tintherug!

So I was thinking about negative self talk and what life would be like if I spoke to myself like I speak to my cats. 100% nicer I reckon. I have a lot of cats (don't ask me how many) (wait it's not that bad) (am I making it better or worse?) Some of the things I say on a daily basis:

You're so pretty and fluffy, you must have got up very early this morning
Who's a good boy/girl, aren't you good
Ooh dass a biiiiig stretch
You're my favourite, don't tell the others
You smell lovely!
Aren't you wonderful, yes you are
That was a lovely nose bunt, thank you
Please don't bite my nose
You're going to sit on me for a wash and then use my bladder as a springboard, aren't you?
Who's a good boy, are we eating alfresco this evening, very good sir
Please don't fall asleep on my face
I love you, yes I do, little sleepy kitty. Yes purr purr I know, right back atcha.

I mean, some of those would be sliiiightly problematic but the general theme is being overjoyed that they exist at all. I wonder what it would be like to direct that inward. Like an internal sunbeam!

Does this make sense or have I finally lost the plot? My inner narrative can be so critical and unforgiving and I really need to work on it alongside the other changes. Be loving and forgiving, acknowledge my own pretty and fluffy self, praise myself for my nose bunts. It's getting away from me.

Oh @AccidentalPrawnYouFool A bottle of wine is roughly 700 cals depending on type, not 1100. I just added the 700 to what I'd already eaten.

So I’ve just taken my last dose of 2.5, got my 5 sat waiting in my fridge for next week, but there’s still 10 clicks left in my 2.5, what do I do with that? Could I inject the extra tonight? Or wait until next week & just do a 2.5 dose with the 5 pen, but also add the last bit from this pen? I don’t want to waste it!