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

What about taking a half dose? Would that get you through the holiday without too many side effects?

Some of the messages on here really make me smile. Great to hear your stories and lovely to know about all your losses. Keep it up! (Or down!)

@ConfusedMiddleAger83 its good to hear your positive plans for the summer. I’m sure everything will turn out even better than hoped for.

I just tried getting the 'golden dose' from my first pen. I managed to force the mechanism with some pliers, but then the plunger wouldn't work. Ah well, it was worth a try!

I'm still "spilling" a lot when I inject. What can I do differently?
This stuff is expensive!

I push the plunger really slowly and then give it another 20 secs before pulling it out just to make sure it’s gone in somewhere!

Thanks @hottubsundays

I do do it slowly, and always wait at least 5 seconds but I'll try now to go more slowly still, and wait a bit longer!

Phone?? I meant job! I can never type a whole sentence on this phone without it changing a perfectly good word!

Haha I read it as losing your phone made you more productive so you could follow your dreams :)

@SutekhsEars - thank you, I did consider that but have decided against taking “the kit” with me, more cons than pros overall.
Will give me a few weeks of practicing self-control, at least .
@OhPolly - good to hear from you. You can look forward to a weekend of spoiling DDog, bless her. Hope all goes well with the surgery. Your wedding music plans sound amazing, and très chic!

Interesting to read about the successes, and failures, of obtaining the “golden dose”, think I’ll give it a go with my next pen.
Joining you in a life of crime, @DidILeaveTheGasOn …..
Will have to be another 2.5 pen after the upcoming gap, but don’t think my appetite could be any more suppressed that it already is, so quite content to stay at that dosage for as long as I can.
@SussexLass87 - sorry you’ve felt low this week, fingers crossed a night out on the mocktails with your friends will cheer you up.
Hope you have a fab time 🍸 🍹 x

Thanks @ElsieJay - hope you've got a nice weekend ahead too!

Just came across this on Google...I've never thought about how many calories were equivalent to a pound of fat before.

Interesting thought...and puts it into perspective when we're a bit disappointed with a 1 or 2lb loss...

Hi!

here’s a really stupid question (forgive me!), does going up to 5mg increase the rate of weight loss? I’m trying to get my head around the affects of MJ, if it’s purely appetite suppression (already ace), then going up wouldn’t necessarily make you lose faster, is that right?

thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, great to read about all these amazing losses! And sending strength to those having some wobbly days 👊

@Mounraine I'm also still having vivid dreams and have to say some of them aren't fun! I'd much prefer to be dreaming about Keanu Reeves or something 😀

Anyway, end of Week 5 here, and my 6th jab. 1.5lbs off for me this week:
SW 11st 12
CW 11st 1.5
So 10.5lbs in 5 weeks, still resolutely part of the plodders club.

After last week's golden dose of 2.9mg, I went right off food and really didn't like that feeling of strong suppression. It eased up as the week went on to where I was before - which is happy to eat 3 meals but not snack. So I decided to take a half dose of my 5mg pen so I'm back to the starting dose. Shotsy told me I still had about 1.75mg in my system so adding 2.5mg felt enough for me. I figured I can always top up if I need to. Let's see what this week brings.

Have a great weekend everyone! Onwards and downwards 👍

Anyone else really thirsty. I’ve drunk 1.7lts already today but still feel thirsty.

Me, always! I must be getting through at least 3 litres a day. Burning extra calories nipping to the loo every 30mins! 😀

No I wouldn’t say it increases weight loss rates. I think you go up because your body can get used to the drug and it becomes less effective. So you take a higher dose. I’ve read somewhere (possibly from me of the pharmacy’s selling it) that you should take the highest dose your body can tolerate. But I’m not sure I agree with that. Surely it’s better to take the lowest amount of a drug that you need? If a lower dose works for you and you aren’t getting too many side affects why would you go up?

ps, your username always makes me think of my flying days to Hong Kong. Happy days!

I'm not sure if this is an NSV or strange sizing but I bought a size 12 dress today!

I tried a 20 first - my usual size - and it was clearly too big. My daughter was with me and encouraged me to go smaller. I laughed when she brought me 18, 16, 14 and 12. But 12 was the one!

So if you need a confidence boost I recommend going to Next. (Other clothes shops are available).

PS I couldn't get into size 14 jeans in Bon Marché so I'm not totally convinced ....

Have a lovely holiday @ElsieJay

I’m on golden dose this week of 2.5, but I wish I’d gone up to 5 because after 4 weeks of great effects it’s definitely wearing off, I only did the normal dose I didn’t try to get any more out, so maybe I should have. I can’t wait till Monday to start my 5 pen! Just hope I don’t eat too much before then. I’ve decided to let myself go up to my 1400 cal if I need to, as I’ve been on about 1000 up till now with good weight loss.

wish me luck for the weekend 😀

Thank you , much appreciated ! xx

@PinkScot - good luck !! 🤞 🐈‍⬛ 🍀

Thank you! That’s what I thought and I was thinking the same, surely it’s better to stay in the lowest dose. Thank you for helping me think that through.

And what a coincidence! I chose my username because I’m from Hong Kong and as you know, HKG is on all the flight tags! Yay! It’s so lovely to find something in common. I miss my hometown!

Wow, @Apprenante - that’s great , what a morale booster!
I’d be tempted to wear the new dress with the label on show …..🤗🤗

Afternoon all, been a while since I checked in, I'm definitely the slowest of ouur plodders club, but that's OK - I'm now feeling really positive!

I've lost 1lb this week after staying the same last week. This is frankly amazing though as I had friends up visiting for a big birthday weekend, then was away in a hotel for 3 nights with work. The jabs have helped me make good food choices, even with quite a bit of extra booze on top.

In total, I've lost 8lb in 5 weeks, which although slowing down lately, is a good steady amount to lose for me overall. I've gone from obese to overweight BMI. I've just had my 2nd dose of 3.75mg today, I'm going to try and stretch out this 5mg pen to 5 doses this month by doing this.

I have had slight food noise creeping in the past 2 days before today's jab. I absolutely smashed a creme egg I came across in a drawer on Wednesday, quite frightening how little control I had over it - I just NEEDED it immediately. I'm definitely a bit worried about coming off as this is quite common for me, to just see something and think I deserve that, and have no control over stopping myself.

NSV - my clothes are definitely looser, I can see weight lost now, and even my back of all places (!?) feels slimmer. I also had a lovely try-on session in John Lewis this week where things just looked so much better on me, and I've gone down a dress size.

So, that's me. Doing my thing slowly over here but feeling great. Constipation, I forgot to mention that! Other than that no side effects to speak of.
Well done fellow losers!