May Starters Thread 4 ~ Onwards & Downwards!

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Hoping the lovely bunch of May starters thread 3 finds this new thread. Can't believe we are on 4 in the space of couple of weeks.

Thread 3 is now full so can't post the link for the new one there.

Same here @Mounjour. Despite noticeable suppression this week I have stayed the same weight for almost 2 weeks now.

After last weekend's sickness I am going back down to 2.5mg or 3mg depending on how I feel tonight!

I can't waste another weekend in bed feeling sorry for myself and I'm nearly at goal weight anyway so if I titrate down for the next 6 weeks then I'm happy with that.

Bonne chance!
That sounds wonderful (I’m a Francophile too). Can you tell her you are “au régime” when you get there and just eat without the sauces? Most french ladies are brilliant at dieting! Anyway, it’s only a week if push comes to shove.

Hey losers 😜
Emerging from my sick bed like a Victorian lady of old...wish they prescribed sea air and bed rest on the NHS!
Having not eaten at all this week, I genuinely thought I'd be rewarded by the Mounjaro God's with a gain but lost 2lbs!

Part of me thinks "IS THAT IT?!" after this week's bubonic plague hybrid that I came down with ... but I'll take it.

15st 10lbs now!

Onwards and downwards!

Ha...felt well enough to get a tea from my favourite local cafe. And the lovely owner had a word as I haven't been finishing my food there recently...was everything ok? They'd be happy to hear feedback etc etc. Ended up fessing up to her about the jabs as she was so earnest and worried about the quality of their food 😄

I’m in the garden after work enjoying the sun and… no chafing! It’s amazing.

Does any one know about the efficacy of MJ when it’s been transported by RM overnight in a wool packaging with ice blocks that have melted? Just received my next dose today and the ice packs had melted. It’s 35 degrees outside and I had to give the postie an ice lolly cos he looked as melted as my ice packs. Rang medicine marketplace and they were convincing me that the wool packaging insulated the MJ pen and the MJ effectiveness wouldn’t be reduced. Any thoughts?

Did the pen feel cold?

Yes the pen felt coldish, so perhaps it will be okay thinking about it

My pen is due tomorrow, I think I’ll have the same issue. Were the ice packs liquid and surrounding the pen inside the water - hopefully that will insulate it from the heat (as long as the liquid in the packs wasn’t warm).

I actually refroze my ice packs that came with my pen and used them for a picnic on a sunny day out. They were much lighter to carry than my blue plastic freezer blocks we usually take. But more importantly they stayed frozen for ages -probably a good eight- ten hours and so hopefully, if surrounded by the wool they’d keep things cold for a while.

I'm very similar to both of you, and still on 2.5mg. Started around 13 stone, now around 12 stone and taking my 8th dose tomorrow. I definitely don't want to go up to 5mg, I barely feel hungry so don't think I'd eat enough on a higher dose and I don't want to lose any faster than I already am.

I had this with my first 5mg pen from medino. It didn’t feel cold when it arrived but I was using within approx 30 days so I just used it. It was fine to be fair.

Thank you @AccidentalPrawnYouFool. I’ll definitely use it within thirty days so fingers crossed it will be fine.
@Gingercar yes the ice packs were wet and had soaked the packaging of the pen.

I'm struggling a bit. The suppression was wearing off anyway, and I'm visiting family for a few days so not completely in control of my food choices. I haven't given in to sweets & ice cream, but there's been pizza for lunch, etc.
Oh well, can't be helped. I'll be back home next week.

Evening all!! Hope everyone is managing to stay cool!!! It’s pretty hot where I am!!

had my first none family comments this week about my uniform looking loose!!

I had a lot less suppression this week and sweet cravings emerging I was really dissapointed as was hoping to stay in 5mg for next month but went into panic mode after some chocolate the other day which was an over reaction really as didn’t even have much… very much could have done tho!!

flash to every other failed weight loss attempt!!!

so got a golden dose of 6.6mg out yesterday and thankfully all is again well and suppression has returned!!

onwards & downwards & happy weekend to all!!

I wonder if the heat doesn’t help? Ive found today tough, I could have eaten loads of things today. I’m on my 2nd 5mg jab, with another 5mg pen arriving tomorrow, so I’ve got to stick with it. Not that I’ve had much suppression generally, but I’ve not had much food noise.

I'm experiencing the benefits again having gone up to 3.2mg. Not interested in food, especially sugary junk, and feeling very full when I do eat. I'd totally forgotten this is how it can/should feel. Makes me realise I really did stay on 2.5mg far too long.

Evening.
Just checking in to keep some accountability. I'm now half way through week 8 and have 5.4kg so slower than what I'd like. Just came back from holiday but I was good, ate small meals - fish and veg. I started having awful side effects on last 2 days of holiday and had diarrhoea and could barely eat. So having got back home I eagerly jumped on scales to discover I'd only lost 400g in a week!!
Still I guess at least I didn't gain but as I'd had good suppression, not eaten much and had an upset tummy I really thought it would be more!
I am due to go up to 7.5mg next week and given my side effects I was going to stick to 5mg but it looks like I'm too late to amend order so I hope 7.5mg doesn't cause any more unpleasant side effects, it's odd the I only got side effects in week 4 of 5mg.
It just feels really slow atm and I'm eating carefully/in calorie deficit, I think my metabolism has always been slow and now I think it's stopped!!! Trying to lose weight at 54 and only 5ft1 sucks!
Still have 18kg to go...

@Mounjour that’s great to hear!! Hopefully you’ll see the scales start to move again soon!

@Gingercar maybe it does! It does seem a lot of us have struggled this week!

despite thinking I’d go back down to 2.5mg I’ve just ordered another 5mg pen for the next dose. I’m not quite there yet I don’t think, definitely need wiggle room for when I stop the jabs.

(Next pen not due for a few weeks but we’re going away on hols and want it here for when I return!)

I know i shouldn't, but I can't resist a midweek weigh in. Down 0.5kg 🥳

Slow and steady suits me fine 👍

Hope everyone stays cool in the heat today.

I know we all react very differently to the drug but i wonder if suppression sometimes ebbs and flows. I try not too worry if one day im feeling like im eating more because i have found that the next day, im still having good enough suppression. But maybe that is just me.
im planning to stay as low as possible until sept/oct and maybe move up when the weather cool downs. Winter is always a time when i eat more as i look for comfort food and i feel a bit lower in mood.
at the moment im doing 1.25mg every 5 days so thats a 2.5 dose every 10 days. I find it limits the side effects but it still takes the edge off my hunger. Im losing an average of 1kg every 10 days. No plateau (so far!!). Slow and steady

off to a type of maniac boot camp in the park now! I feel sore for 3 days each time i go! 😂 That lady-instructor is crazy!

Morning all! Hope are are all managing in this heat? It's lovely on holiday but bloomin' grim at home!

Weigh day yesterday, beginning of week 8 and another 2lb loss.
1st6lb gone, 1st5lb to go so 51% there according to my app! That feels nice.

I was really hungry yesterday and ate more than I have in the last 2 months, all healthy foods but was surprised by the hunger. I do wonder too if heat is a factor? Im always starving on holidays but just thought that the abundance of lovely food caused that!

Keep going loosers! X

Good Morning losers. I’ve reached the half-way point to my original goal. 5kg down so 2 bags of potatoes. Progress is slow but I’m beginning to see a difference in my shape and have just ordered a smaller size pair of shorts, so go me.

I’m also finding the higher dose isn’t really for me - admittedly it could be weather related, but my appetite has gone completely for two days and I have been so so tired.

Looking at the Shotsy App I can see that I lose suppression when my levels drop below 2mg and feel unwell above 5. So I asked ChatGPT about more frequent dosing to give a lower, but more consistent level equivalent to 3-4mg per week.

I’ll screen shot the answer so it may need approval but with the caveat that this is off licence use, it may be of interest to some people.

Morning all. This heat, urghhh!

After much dithering I went for a 2.67mg shot last night and feel fine this morning although I did inject into my thigh this time, which seems to lessened side effects for me.

I'll try 3mg next week and see how I go. Such a relief to not wake up feeling dreadful on a Saturday!

Morning all. I have been playing around with doses a bit here too, after having horrendous d&v and sulphur burps for weeks 2 and 3 of 5mg. I dropped to 2.5mg for a week which resolved the d&v but I was soooo hungry and also my weigh loss stalled even though I didn’t actually eat more. So yesterday I decided to go for 3.75 for a couple of weeks to let that build up and see how I go. I was at the end of a pen so did via syringe and actually ended up with 3.66mg but near enough!

Hoping for a more balanced week this week!