Late April ‘25 starters - thread 4

[wlinewbie0425]

Hi everyone -time for thread 4 as we close in on 2 months on our journey!

Checking in for thread 4. Well done on all the losses and NSVs.
I've done jab number 10 today using the 5th dose out of my second pen. Lost just over a stone. 3 1/2 to go! I'm on 5mg now and have been for the previous 2 jabs. 3.75 just suddenly seemed to stop working 🤷 my next pen is also 5mg.
@Ricoletti sorry your friend was like that, my mum is the same, I hate lying to her but I'm not interested in listening to the lectures.

Just checking in for the new thread.

Anyone gone up to 7.5mg yet? I take my first 7.5mg on Friday.

I just posted exactly the same thing!

Friday is my first 7.5mg pen too.

How are you feeling about it? I have been relatively SE free but I feel a tad nervous none the less.

5mg hasn't quite "done it" for me though so I feel like I need to move up.

🤣🤣🤣

Just checking in. Well done on all the losses and NSVs! Busy at work today so no time to mention anyone but loved reading them all.

weigh in and jab day for me and I’ve lost 1lb. Bit disappointed but I had quite a boozy weekend and knew it probably wouldn’t be my best week but a loss is a loss! I’m down 20lbs now so nearly at the 2 stone mark. Totally agree that the hot weather is less of an issue now there is less of me 🤣

Italian pink trousers sound amazing. 😍

Some amazing losses and NSV this week!! It’s amazing what this drug can do!!

I definitely jinxed myself yesterday as I now have 0.1lb to lose before being in the next stone bracket.

But I have lost 2lbs this week, which I should be pleased with. My total loss now is 21lbs, I can’t help but feel like this is slow progress considering the amount I have to lose. I guess I was hoping to have magically shrunk by now and the reality of this being a long journey is setting in!

This is my 2nd 5mg pen and I am so undecided on whether to stay on 5mg or move up.

Having a senior moment and can’t work out if I’m supposed to start my new pen today. As lots of you are talking about starting your third pen I think I am. Can someone look at this picture and tell me if there is still a full dose in here (and not the magic dose)

I had a very similar moment on Sunday. Mine looked like this , but when I turned the dial it only went half way… then worked dates out and realised I did actually need to start my new pen….
maybe turn and see if it goes to 1?

I’ve been bone tired all day yesterday and today. I was in a really boring online meeting today and could feel my eyes going 🫩
I think this is my least fave side effect! Seems to hit a few days after jab and wipes me out!

im also struggling with mondo suppression today. Couldn’t face my porridge this morning, ate 3 corn cakes with cheese spread and some nuts for lunch. Then made roast chicken with peppers and salad. I only managed a small chicken breast and some cherry tomato’s.

i know this isn’t enough food but im SO FULL !!!

sorry, i basically just came here to whinge 😂

@toobusytoclean did you work it out?

did you do normal 60 click doses? What’s closest?

Comparing this I think you’ve done 4 already if they were normal size doses.

Looks like after 4 doses to me , your ready for a new pen 🙂

What date did you start @toobusytoclean?

(Edited as tagged the wrong person)

I started on 26th April and I'll start pen 3 on Friday (no counting clicks or anything / I've taken full doses from each pen)

Not sure if that helps or not, especially if you have been doing doses outside of the schedule?

@Crunchymum @wlinewbie0425 @Ricoletti thank you, yes I need to start my new pen tonight. Managed to track it back on My Fitness Pal. It’s been a manic couple of weeks at work and the brain fog was beating me. I was even trying to work it out from the alternating sides of my belly where I’ve jabbed as I know I jabbed on the left last week 🙄

@toobusytoclean I'd recommend you use the shotsy app to keep track of your doses. It's free on the app store, there's extra features you can pay for but they are not needed at all

Great losses and NSVs!! Well done everyone!

Great idea @PoisonIvy89 i thought it would be easy to remember 🙄. But when it becomes a regular habit it’s like having to get someone to check you locked the front door

Just 7 clicks left in the pen.

So, new pen started, another 5mg.
Weight loss last week just 0.5kg, but still a loss and my weight now starts with a 12, something I haven’t seen for about 8 years. 10lbs lost in total since starting MJ. Definitely more or a tortoise pace, but that’s fine.
getting some lovely compliments from colleagues and students at work. Just about how well, tanned, nice I look (they’re good kids, they wouldn’t mention weight). Also have brought back into use some old work dresses that I didn’t throw out last summer when I had my massive “I’ll never fit into that again” ruthless clear out. I must have had a premonition that maybe I would fit into them again.
so lovely sharing this journey with you all. Congrats to everyone on weight loss and NSVs.

Golden dose done ridiculously easily this morning. My bank account is celebrating! Bit of a plateau this week, but that was jab 9 and I'm 22lbs down. I've tried less hard this week as well, old habits of portion sizes not being challenged. Haven't been taking lunch to work so using their canteen, where the main salad ingredient is mayonnaise! Will try to be far more - not strict, but mindful this week and see how i get on. There are 8 weeks until I go on holiday, time for a big push!!

@ellieinfrance I was also on a plateau and haven’t weighed myself much over the last couple of weeks. Stepped on the scale this morning to discover that I’m comfortably in a weight bracket starting 10! It’s been a while…
Its like I was stuck for a couple of weeks and then all of a sudden half a stone fell off 🎉
Keep at it!

@Ricoletti I am also struggling with the tiredness, I feel wiped out most of the time and its not good for busy challenging job 😒 any tips anyone to help with this? I already have electrolytes which I think help, but willing to try other things

felt very nauseous too since Monday injection but luckily woke this morning and that seems to have lifted, had my collagen coffee and all is good with the world well, until the heatwave starts - really not looking forward to that 😩

W8 D1
Jabbed last night and so far no reaction at the injection site 🤞
My official weigh is out of sync with jab day as I'm averaging a Monday to Sunday week. So far looking good for a definite loss.

Well done on all the NSVs. I'm about 15lb down but not noticing any difference in appearance or clothes yet. Holiday in 10 weeks so hoping I look better in a cossy then than I did last year!