January 2025 Starters Thread 9!

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Time to check in losers!

Morning all, back with another maintenance update (feel free to skip past)

It’s been a week of indulgence for me (birthday) so have had a couple of evenings of overeating and going to bed feeling stuffed and a little nauseas from all rich food. Tried to balance out with sticking to more reasonable sized portions later in the week and ignoring the 3pm and 10pm snack-noise which has returned. Failing on the 3pm at work, there’s been a box of hotel chocolat to dig into! But have continued to feel really good on this 4mg dose, so the plan has been to stay at this dose even if I gain by jab day.

My body is beginning to tighten up to its new shape so I feel much less ‘hollow’ than I did a few weeks ago on the 5mg. Last week I gained then lost to stay the same. However, weighed this morning and I’ve lost a little more again and I’m now below 60kg which is past my self-imposed lowest limit, so now wondering if I should reduce the dose to 3.75mg. I have till Sunday to decide.

@MJalltheway good going matey. So close to the 3 stone so you’ll be there next week.

@DGonMJ I find the maintenance chat v interesting. It’s not something I will be thinking about until after Christmas but i am very curious and learn a lot from the experiences of others.

i did my first full 7.5 last night. Not sure if food noise creeping up or just hideously bored being sofa bound but food has been on my mind more the last couple of days although still getting g some suppression. Sulphur burps back this morning already though. I just did a seated workout for seniors in an attempt to do a bit of movement. Was a bit of a mistake I think as my wound is throbbing/painful. Also it was a bit dour - no music or anything jolly. I think tomorrow I will try for a seated upper body only. Now I get to have a shower with my entire lower leg wrapped in clingfilm. Stylish.

@DGonMJ Happy birthday!

And @myladyjane I’m in a similar circumstance, waiting to hear from the hospital. Very confusing as I had 3 letters, all sent the same day, 2 confirming my telephone appointment and one cancelling it. Then the same by email the following week. Well, they didn’t call so I’m not sure what’s going on. I’d guess that if it were really serious, they’d have got in touch. Hope it’s less chaotic for you! Good luck with the shower.

@DGonMJ happy birthday!

Quick weigh in. Will catch up later. 0.4lb lost this week which is a bit disappointing but not totally surprising. Now weigh 9st 2.6 so 2.6kb off initial goal.

Morning losers! Well done to everybody who is happy with progress, huge kudos and good thoughts to those who are frustrated but persevering. It’s a marathon (not a Snickers) etc.

Week 24 I think, currently on 7.5
SW 80kg
CW 65kg
GW tbd, around 60kg

Excited to see 65 today, although it may still bounce around a bit. I’ve missed a dose this week as wasn’t able to do it on the right day then realised I was 3 days late so thought I’d just wait until the next one. So far no change in suppression which is encouraging, I think I might actually have got a bit better at calibrating how much food I really ‘need’ and what is eating for fun/social/comfort/boredom reasons. Still a way to go anyway, but in the next couple of weeks I hope to pick up a 16kg kettle bell and say “I’ve lost this”!

Coming up to six months now - let’s goooooo!

Happy birthday @DGonMJ - and good going on maintaining so far.

For my last two jabs, I have done them 9 days apart - down to circumstances, and no actual plan. This is reducing the dosage a little each time without reducing it iyswim? Either way, all good. Yesterday I was out for lunch and dinner and definitely ate more. But I'm ok with that, as I'm not sure I want to lose much more. I want my skin to catch up a little on my arms and thighs.

Take it easy @myladyjaneafter your op

Happy birthday @DGonMJ ! 🥳 Hope it was a good one!

And great losses @MJalltheway , @Aimingdown and @Jins (a little loss is still a loss!)

happy birthday @DGonMJ !
A small loss this week, am now 58.3 kilos, meaning 20 kilos down! Past my first goal of 62 kilos and also first adjusted goal of 60. Current goal 57. Last time I was 57, I think I was in..middle school?

Had a doc appointment this morning myself, nothing scary but besides the hernia, I apparently also have a deviated septum and they recommended surgery. Really difficult to schedule all those in between everything else I need to do, and they can't do the 2 surgeries at the same time. But luckily at least the health system is fabulous here, no complaints.

@mince3point14159265 and @2025istheyeari I feel like I should raise some kind of complaint of try to mobilise a more public response about the lack of safeguarding on Vinted. However, I’m just knackered at the moment and focussed on my operation next week. I know the road to hell is paved with good intentions etc. but I also feel like I shouldn’t have to point out to a big corporate that they should not be allowing semi naked photos of underage girls on their website!!

I’ve just read a classic comment on a Times article about why weight loss jabs are so terrible/awful/should be banned etc. The comment said something along the lines of ‘all you need to lose weight is will power. If you feel yourself craving food, just have a tic tac and wait 15 minutes until it passes’. Such wise words 🙄. It’s laughable that people think those of us on WLI have just woken up one day and never thought about weight loss before and then gone straight for the jabs. If only we’d had the tic tac advice for the last 20/30/40 years. We’d all be sylph like

No really @Polkadotdash , it has never occurred to me to ..just not eat? Or maybe...move more? Take a little walk and weight will fall off. Easy.

I just had a lovely sunny lunch with my sister and niece, I had seafood - they both commented on how well I look - bless them. Starting to feel different 😊

@myladyjane hope your results are good and you get them soon. Rest up.

@Polkadotdash enraging- just awful. Totally agree with you. Oh and annoying willpower comments too.

@0ncemorewithfee1ing sorry you are struggling, couid you increase protein at all?? This seemed to help me a bit.

@DGonMJ happy birthday !
@Jins @Aimingdown @MJalltheway @HeidiNotSoHeavy great losses

Sorry if I’ve missed anyone.

Happy birthday @DGonMJ !!

I am home and feeling very tired but OK. Cba to inject tonight, will see how I feel tomorrow.

Not looking forward to the post carb fest weigh in tomorrow morning…

I always think about the 'will power and make an effort' when my friend with her labrador visits. I have setters. They are not food driven. Sure, they like treats. But when I feed them in the morning, they may eat food, or may leave half of it, whatever. They are effortlessly slim.

But when the labrador comes, I have to remember to lock everything edible away, because the dog will find and inhale it all. My friend has to carefully restrict and monitor the dog's food intake, otherwise the dog will quickly become overweight.

I won't tell her that she should just be more like me, see how easy it is to have slim dogs?

Gah I wrote out a reply to all the posts and lost it!!

@DGonMJ happy birthday!! And happy for all those who have had losses this week.

I have long felt a Labrador is my spirit animal

@0ncemorewithfee1ing thanks for the info re biab. I’ll maybe try. Hope you had a good day.

@DGonMJ happy birthday 🎉.

i got weighed this morning and for the first time in 14 years, im in the healthy BMI range, I can’t quite believe it! I’d set myself a (hopeful!) goal that I’d hit it before my holidays, next Friday, I’m over the moon! I still want to lose a bit more and def need to tone up but I could never have done it without MJ!!

have a fab weekend all

Weighed in after trip away. I gained two pounds. CW 10:0. Annoying but unavoidable given the situation I found myself in.

I need to think about how much to inject tonight.

Congratulations @2025istheyeari!!!

Wish me strength - DDs birthday party today and I need to herd a dozen 10-year olds all day in the amusement park. At least it's local reasonably sized one and not Europapark, like she first suggested. And DS infomed us that he and his friends have signed themselves up to a full day basketball tournament. Outdoors. It will be 31 degrees and full sun.
DS's birthay party tomorrow.

congratulations @2025istheyeari !

Yay @2025istheyeari amazing !!

Fabulous @2025istheyeari! It’s such a significant interim goal.

I had another day of feeling very hungry yesterday which feels quite odd as in the past I’d have filled up long before feeling like this. I suppose it’s useful to know what actual hunger feels like. I also made some very poor food choices (ice cream and chocolate) but they were at least choices rather than compulsions.

I failed to catch up with the thread yesterday so congratulations and commiserations as appropriate. Things move so quickly on this thread don’t they?

@2025istheyeari congratulations! That is brilliant 🥳
It is so lovely to hear of people meeting goals and challenges xx