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Discuss weight-loss injections and treatments, including personal experiences. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any treatments.

March 2025 starter thread 6

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 13/06/2025 17:20

Thank you for allowing me to rant, share our ups and downs. Our group blows my mind of how we are so supportive of each other.
Some of us are now hitting the 12 week mark, some of us are nearly at their goal, some halfway and some still have a way to go, but we are all losing even if it’s half a pound a week. We have all come so far and are making a difference to our health.

Thread 6 blows my mind

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ilovegreenbeans · 14/06/2025 11:12

Hi everyone! Thanks for the new thread :)
@Aboutmeabouttime hello from Suffolk too and I totally get you about the wetsuit... I avoided mine most of last summer as it was awful. We live right on a river with a sailing club so it's very hard to avoid!!

TheBossOfMe · 14/06/2025 11:58

Thanks for the new thread @TheSpoonyNavyReader We are indeed a very chatty lot!

@Buscake Hello to the reborn teenage you! That's fantastic.

@GameOfJones The progress from thread to thread is indeed mind-blowing. So good to see so much progress from everyone, both on and off scales.

@ShineyGreen I think you're right, its the medical grade ADHD speed that does that. One of my closest friends is on what I think might be the same meds and she's gone from being a total foodie to really not caring about food at all.

@soupforbrains I'm disappointed that you didn't bring the scales!

@TryingMJ I have the opposite problem. I have to take psyllium husk to keep me regular and not have to strain. I haven't had a movement for two days now, which is absolutely unheard of for me, simply because I forgot to take it for a few days.

@TheSpoonyNavyReader Planning what to eat at work and how to manage overnight trips is a challenge, it's one of the strategies that I've had to work hardest at. I have a Wasabi near me at work so usually have the salmon sashimi set for lunch one or two days a week, but take home made soup or salad in a couple of days. There's very little available near my office that's both nutritious and nice to eat. Office lunches are an absolute danger zone for me.

And on overnight trips, I also have to be careful - I've ordered some very strange combinations in restaurants to try and keep calories down and protein up, but my default fallback if its a typical hotel menu is a burger with no bun, sauces on the side (no mayo, mustard instead), leave the chips and onion rings and add a side salad with no dressing bar a squeeze of lemon juice. It's not perfect and I doubt you'd lose much eating that every day but it's really hard in some of those restaurants to find anything that's not a complete calorie bomb.

Congratulations on the new job, though, sounds exciting!

TheBossOfMe · 14/06/2025 12:19

Weekend accountability weigh in, and surprisingly the scales are holding steady, given what I've been cooking this week, I'm amazed by that. Especially since the wine consumption after the children have gone to bed has not been good. I need to watch that I don't replace food as my go to stress reliever with wine. That will slightly miss the point of what this has been about health wise 😂

SW 10st 4.6lb/144.6lb BMI 25.7 (prescribed MJ because of diabetes risk and hideous waist measurement)
CW 8st 9.7lb/121.7lb BMI 21.6 - 22.9lb down, 101% of target achieved.
GW 8st 10lb/122lb (22.6lb total target loss, 0lb to go) BMI 21.6

0.3lb below goal. That's the weight metric that I now need to start tracking, plus or minus 2 either side is fine, more than that needs course correction.

My scales measure % body fat and muscle mass - it's not accurate like a Dexa scan in absolute numbers, but my doctor said it's fine to use to track movement of the inaccurate number. I haven't been tracking those so religiously (partly because the body fat % is so rubbish. I think Flamethrowers described herself as a disappointing pork chop on the last thread. I'm closer to lardo 😂), but I think I might start tracking again, I only have to look at myself without clothes on to see that even though weight is fine, body fat and muscle mass isn't. So my journey isn't quite over yet!

RuthEvershedforPM · 14/06/2025 13:22

Thanks for the new thread @TheSpoonyNavyReader

@TheSpoonyNavyReader sorry for the gain - but I think you can be compassionate to yourself. There is only so much headspace one can have at a time and routine is tricky. Overtime the new habits will be so well established that a new job won’t make a difference- but for now so much change. Anyway congratulations too and hope it’s going well.

my new thread checkin

started 11th march
sw 82.6
cw 66.6
gw 54

made up - can’t believe the difference and now achingly close to a healthy BMI.

today I am clearing my daughter’s room from her first year at uni. It’s mad, in September when she moved into these halls I was obese 😄 …

Chilldrill · 14/06/2025 14:38

@soupforbrains 👋on holiday in sunny saltfleet, haven't brought my scales either, 😂

LilyLondon · 14/06/2025 14:38

Hello! New thread yay! Didn’t realise it was time already.

I keep having intrusive thought about booking a cruise in the Greek islands for some reason 🤔 is that a known side effect? 😂

I’m not at a great place today tbh, my sister got her wedding photos and when I look at myself, I don’t see any difference to my pre-WLI look. I was down roughly 16.5 lbs (9% down from SW) at the event and I felt great - and can’t see that at all in the pictures 😏

Overall I’m still loosing, lost a round 1kg this week. I’ve also felt really rubbish - I’m supposed to be on 1mg Wegovy now but even 0.7mg makes me feel really ill for 2 days after. I’ll be using Shotsy estimated levels to make the dose smaller so that I’m never over the max estimated level is never high enough to make me feel unwell. I think this pen is going to last me 6 or even 7 doses this way.

@TryingMJ I’ve been pretty constipated always/particularly since starting WLIs, managed with extra fibre and a fancy probiotic, this week is the first time I’m the other way around - not sure if it’s an improvement or just a stomach bug, courtesy of my lovely children 🤪

@TheBossOfMe nice to have some updates from your maintenance journey! I find the prospect daunting and expect it to be mentally tougher than the actual weight loss.

@ilovegreenbeans @Aboutmeabouttime wetsuits are the worst, there surely is a circle of hell where they’re the uniform.

@TheSpoonyNavyReader congrats on your first week completed! You’re gonna get into a routine soon I’m sure and things will get a little easier.

@soupforbrains your poor lonely scales, all abandoned 😭

soupforbrains · 14/06/2025 17:31

@TheBossOfMe@LilyLondon@Chilldrill I am missing them a bit. My cousins scales do tell me positive affirmations like mine do!

weather is spectacular though. I shall send you all a picture of the view from my bath shortly.

Christmashope19 · 14/06/2025 17:39

Marking my place!
I have now lost 24lbs and I’m absolutely delighted
Would love to lose another 12-14lbs
I feel like a different person

soupforbrains · 14/06/2025 17:43

I meant that my cousin’s scales DON’T tell me positive affirmations like mine do.

Flamethrowers · 14/06/2025 19:15

JudgingJudy · 13/06/2025 22:37

@seasidehunter I'm your dieting sister! A slow loser.

Down 1lb today after STS last week. A total loss os 17lbs since I started.
I feel it's very slow (compared to others) but I'm hoping that means 17lbs of fat.

My weight loss is slow and appetite supression middling. I certainly experience hunger for meals.

While I'm delighted with 17lbs loss, and I have failed repeatedly to do this without MJ, the SE are considerable. I am sleeping poorly, and I'm constantly tired. I would describe my mood as anhedonia/ennui - a slight fed upness. I'm putting up with it but i'm looking forward to cutting down the MJ.

My BMI is now 25 and I have ordered a new 5mg pen for next week. I took 7.5 today using the surplus from the current 5mg pen.Hmm I intend to get down to 160lbs which would be a BMI of 24, and then titrate down to some level of maintenance. I've an appointment to have my bloods done in 2 weeks - I'll be very interested in my cholestrol levels , which are why I was prescribed MJ at a BMI of 27.5.

Me too re cholesterol and similar starting bmi: measured two weeks ago and my cholesterol went from 6.5 to 4.5.

Tormundsbeard · 15/06/2025 00:31

@TryingMJ yes me.. it’s one of the reasons I am going back down from 5 to 2.5.

GameOfJones · 15/06/2025 07:49

I'll be really interested in my cholesterol reading too. I'm next due a test in September. It had been 6.5 and come down to 5.5 before MJ with some changes I made so I'll be interested to see if it's fallen further now I've lost weight.

mumofmanydaughterofone · 15/06/2025 08:22

RuthEvershedforPM · 14/06/2025 13:22

Thanks for the new thread @TheSpoonyNavyReader

@TheSpoonyNavyReader sorry for the gain - but I think you can be compassionate to yourself. There is only so much headspace one can have at a time and routine is tricky. Overtime the new habits will be so well established that a new job won’t make a difference- but for now so much change. Anyway congratulations too and hope it’s going well.

my new thread checkin

started 11th march
sw 82.6
cw 66.6
gw 54

made up - can’t believe the difference and now achingly close to a healthy BMI.

today I am clearing my daughter’s room from her first year at uni. It’s mad, in September when she moved into these halls I was obese 😄 …

Similar here except 2nd year uni - when we moved her in I had a BMI of 34 and now it's 28 - can't quite believe it.
NSV for me yesterday - bought a lovely pair of trousers and without debating or trying on I bought a medium - slightly tight on the tummy but for the first time ever I'm confident they'll be great for summer - and a completely different style to anything I've had recently (ie not black and baggy!)
Anyone else struggling to know how to dress themselves? 🤣🤣

ShineyGreen · 15/06/2025 09:21

@RuthEvershedforPM and @mumofmanydaughterofone abother one here doing the halls-house move with dc. DS1 is 20 and he and his girlfriend are moving from their separate halls into a house shared with other friends. They’ve been together for 4 years and travelled together before uni, I just wish they would hold off on living together for a bit longer.

Sorry, nothing to do with MJ at all!

ShineyGreen · 15/06/2025 09:24

Love the NSV @mumofmanydaughterofone - whilst I’ve lost 2st4 it’s not enough of my overall body weight to need different size clothes yet but am looking forward to the point where I do need to go shopping :) It must feel fab ❤️

Bipaloss · 15/06/2025 10:13

Weekly weigh week 13 completed and 3 months in tomorrow

SW 115.0 kg / 18.1 st
CW 100.5 kg / 15.8 st
GW 11-12 st

total loss 14.5 kg /32 lb
loss this week 1 kg/ 2.2 lb

so close to be under 100 kg .

BMI gone from 37.6 to 32.7 .
37% of target weight achieved.
13% of body starting weight lost .

TheSpoonyNavyReader · 15/06/2025 10:56

As we are talking about NSV yesterday I put on a dress which I bought about 3 years ago and it was tight all over and it’s sat in my wardrobe. Yesterday I put it on and it was bloody loose. I must have lost about 5inches off my hips and about 4inches off my waist.

I have been in denial about the size I actually was, burying my head in the sand seems to be my biggest talent.

I have not bought many clothes since losing 3 stone (2 stone 12) with my gain last week as I have a wardrobe full of clothes that I have bought that were tight or too small. As I have said previously I wore legging and jumpers over winter as I could not get anything on.

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TheSpoonyNavyReader · 15/06/2025 11:56

Thinking of you all on Father’s Day that have lost their Dad. I know one of our MJ friends lost their Dad in the very early days of these threads.

Sending you love.

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lilymty · 15/06/2025 12:33

Weight in day today & I lost 4lbs taking me to 45lbs since the beginning of March. Im thrilled with that but disappointed I still look the same.
I need to sort out being more regular as im only going the day after I do my jab which isnt great.

ilovegreenbeans · 15/06/2025 14:36

TheSpoonyNavyReader · 15/06/2025 10:56

As we are talking about NSV yesterday I put on a dress which I bought about 3 years ago and it was tight all over and it’s sat in my wardrobe. Yesterday I put it on and it was bloody loose. I must have lost about 5inches off my hips and about 4inches off my waist.

I have been in denial about the size I actually was, burying my head in the sand seems to be my biggest talent.

I have not bought many clothes since losing 3 stone (2 stone 12) with my gain last week as I have a wardrobe full of clothes that I have bought that were tight or too small. As I have said previously I wore legging and jumpers over winter as I could not get anything on.

@TheSpoonyNavyReader this is also me. All the lovely clothes in my wardrobe fit! Haven't put on leggings and a baggy dress in weeks now. Coming up to 2.5 stone loss and I can't believe how long I was in denial for about it.

TheBossOfMe · 16/06/2025 10:20

Morning all. Weigh day today, have put a bit on vs the low mid week but that is entirely to be expected, I completely deprioritised everything apart from making sure the children got some nutrition into them, and that included eating a lot of really calorie dense food and cake with them over the weekend. Given how much I ate, I'm surprised I didn't put more on, but the kids have gone back to school today looking much, much better than they did two weeks ago, and eating proper meals again, which was the objective.

SW 10st 4.6lb/144.6lb BMI 25.7 (prescribed MJ because of diabetes risk and hideous waist measurement)
CW 8st 10.4lb/122.4lb BMI 21.6 - 22.2lb down, 98% of target achieved.
GW 8st 10lb/122lb (22.6lb total target loss, 0.4lb to go (2.4 allowing 2 for a bounce) BMI 21.6

Loss by week:
W1 (2.5) 5.5lb
W2 (2.5) 1.3lb
W3 (2.5) 0.7lb (ate out loads)
W4 (5) 3.3lb
W5 (5) 0.5lb gain (ate out loads)
W6 (5) 3.8lb (Post Easter weekend plus period)
W7 (5) 2.6lb
W8 (5) 1.5lb gain (BH weekend away, ate out loads)
W9 (7.5) 1.1lb (NY trip)
W10 (7.5) 1.1lb (Hakkasan and weekend away)
W11 (7.5 split dose) 3.7lb (Chelsea, BH weekend)
W12 (7.5 split dose) 2.2lb gain (half term, River Cafe, birthday weekend away)
W13 (7.5 split dose) 3.2lb
W14 (7.5 split dose) 0.1lb

So ended the week 0.4lb above goal - still need to target that -2lb to allow for the bounce. I was expecting the gain over the weekend to be much, much more than that, so 1.2lb up vs the low mid week is actually ok, I know I'll be able to get back below goal within a day or two, and then probably to the -2lb in a couple of weeks.

GiveMeWordGames · 16/06/2025 10:36

Morning, morning. Jab day and my 12 week point as I've just now started my 4th pen, sticking at 5mg.

5ft 8

SW 17 st 4
CW 15st 2
GW 11-12st

I've been at 15st 2 since Thursdayish so I'm hoping I'll see those numbers move in the next couple of days. It usually does after jabbing. I am SO impatient to get into the 14s.

@TheBossOfMe good for you on both prioritising the kids' welfare AND still dropping a little bit.

seasidehunter · 16/06/2025 11:01

Finally some movement on the scales! Been sitting steady at 11st 1.5lb since 25th May. But today they said 10st 13.5lb. Happy to finally be under 11st for the first time since 2021. Let's hope I don't sit at this weight for another 3 weeks!

TheBossOfMe · 16/06/2025 11:35

@GiveMeWordGames Meal planning last week was the complete opposite of dieting, it felt so strange trying to figure out how to get more calories into a meal rather than less!

@seasidehunter Brilliant to see that new number on the scales!

RuthEvershedforPM · 16/06/2025 12:52

Well done @seasidehunter !

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