January 2025 Starters - Thread 10 - Onward & Downward Losers!

[meatyryvita]

thread 10 already!

@meatyryvita brilliant!!

@Zempy- how did your daughter’s interview go yesterday. 🤞 @BreezyPeer Congrats on your amazing loss. @RockyisMYRhino Hope you hear something about your husband’s op this weekend. @MJallthewaymy body fat is 37.7% according to my scales so I’ve got a way to go to get that down before I lose my last 9lbs
I’m struggling to eat - and I never thought I would say that! I’ve been on 7.5mg for a few months now and it seems to be suiting me well. I have had just enough appetite to eat small healthy meals, but the last few days I’ve had no appetite whatsoever. Today I didn’t have breakfast as we had to go out and for lunch I’ve had 2 rice cakes with 50g cottage cheese and I’m full. Can’t even manage a high protein yoghurt! Good news though - another 2lbs off today.

@Meatyryvita- just seen your post. Amazing result. This really is a miracle drug. I feel so well on it.

@Cabinfever20 Same! I’ve been very careful about portion sizes but a few bites of Sachertorte here and there, along with more bread than I’ve had in the previous 4 months has done me no harm, as I’ve stuck to my calories.

i was expecting a gain today due to the above and so was both delighted and astounded by the result! Have a great week!

@Cabinfever20 thanks for asking. She’s still waiting to hear. I can’t stand it…

Size 12 Jeans! 👖 Down from size 18 in January. I have other trousers in a 12 but jeans feel different somehow. So pleased 😀

Amazing @BreezyPeer , you’re doing brilliantly!!! And you’re right, a small gain in the greater scheme of things when it was your birthday week- pah, blink and it’ll be gone!

@meatyryvita thats fabulous, safe journey home!

@RockyisMYRhino oh god, sorry DH still has no date, that’s pants 😟amazing weight loss this week.

@DGonMJ your maintenance updates are really helpful- thanks! I think a high protein and fat based breakfast is def the way to go. If I’m really hungry I have 100g of full fat total yoghurt with flax, chia and maybe blueberries, not that calorific but filling.

@MJalltheway 🤞🏻for a whoosh for you. I have no clue about body fat but I’m definitely flabby still, I think I may stick with blissful ignorance for now!!!

We actually heard from the hospital this morning and he’s going in for surgery tomorrow. Will be living on my nerves until I pick him up again I think! My appetite has gone out of the window but been forcing a few bits down to keep DH from worrying about me too much. Have got DMIL here to help with the DC tomorrow which will be a huge help - they love her so it will make it a bit easier for them too I think.

@BreezyPeer I agree jean’s are a different kettle of fish! Well done!

@RockyisMYRhino sending you well wishes for tomorrow. I hope he has a speedy recovery 🤞🏻

Thinking of you @RockyisMYRhino !

@RockyisMYRhino hope everything is plain sailing tomorrow and swift recovery

Hope all goes well tomorrow @RockyisMYRhino

@BreezyPeer size 12 jeans, whoop whoop!!!
great work on your losses @meatyryvita and @Cabinfever20

Sending every good wish @RockyisMYRhino 🌻.

Amazing progress reported. 😍

@2025istheyeari I’ve thought about having blood tests for cortisol levels before. I really think my diet is generally very good/nutritous. I’m now suspecting hormones, I don’t seem to have periods anymore but I still get every other symptom, bloating, even bulkier than usual uterus feeling, hot 🥵. Etc., etc.

Big day for me today, final interview day for a role I’d really love, I’ve made it through psychometric tests, leadership interview and technical skills interview with external consultants, wish me 🍀 friends, I’m down to the last three.

@PenelopePerseveres you have got this. They want you to do well. The job is yours for the taking. You will be calm, confident and engaging. 🤞🤞🤞

Thanks @Zempy 😍.

I haven't actually mentioned it to anyone irl apart from DC2 who is at home as I've had to have the 'I came runner up' convo a couple of times recently.

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@PenelopePerseveres all the luck in the world! They will be lucky to have you. 🍀 ☘️ 🍀 ☘️
Let us know how you get on xxx

@PenelopePerseveres i wish you all the luck you need. My fingers will be crossed all day for you

Good luck to @PenelopePerseveres and @RockyisMYRhino’s DH

I woke up at 5 something today and brain wouldn’t let me get back to sleep. Have done a ‘restorative yoga’ class (20mins of sitting/lying down in various positions) as I still have very bruised traps from a heavy dumbbells session on Weds.
Today is an unofficial anniversary with DH, 30 years since we first met/dated.

Week something weigh in and STS. Better than a gain. So I remain 1lb away from my 9st goal.

Based on my charts and average weight loss I should have hit goal on June 10th. It’s now estimating August 6th. I’d say that was unlikely.

The graph is interesting though. The green dotted line is just a straight line from start to goal. The red dotted line is a regression line of my recorded weights so it’s clear that the trend is downwards.

It's really good to be able to see the overall trend is downwards even when you have a week of STS or even an increase @Jins

no particular whoosh here but I am down 0.3kg so it's still downwards!

SW 101kg
GW 70kg
CW 78.8kg

3.5 stone lost so far, just under a stone and a half to go.

@PenelopePerseveres super good luck. You got this.

@DGonMJ happy anniversary. I love an unofficial anniversary (ours is first shag which came slightly before first date but there you go).

now, has anyone started hrt on mj? I am toying with it at the moment as I’m starting to get a few more physical symptoms. So far at almost 51 I’ve been ok but a few things creeping in - aches and pains, funny periods, feeling a bit ‘off’. I did try it a couple of years ago but promptly came off (too early, made me ill). If I’m honest I don’t want it to interfere with the mj and that worries me a bit. In my zen 🧘‍♂️ plan, my current idea is to get my bmi to under 28 then very slowly start to titrate down, possibly still losing until I settle. Maybe that’s a point to address the hrt? To be fair it will take me a good 2 months to get an appointment with my preferred gp (who has already said she’d give me bio identical progesterone as I’m progesterone sensitive) so I may be not far off at that point anyway.

@PenelopePerseveres on the subject of hormones? I was reading about phantom periods the other day. A real thing apparently as we both seem to be experiencing. Aren’t the lady hormones joyous eh.

Thank you everyone, just having a coffee beforehand. It’s actually a role that focuses on something I did as a research project for three years - not the sort of thing that comes along more than once in your career, I know that the work would absolutely make my heart sing. I’ll update this evening 🤞🤞🤞.

@myladyjane I am so over my weird reproductive system.

Finally hit the two stone mark and can see the 10 on the scales! Been a very slow loser for the last three months…

SW: 12.13
CW: 10.13
GW: 10.6

I go away on Tuesday and am not taking my pen with me, so will be just over two weeks between doses. I have read that means I need to go back on to 2.5. I’m currently on 10. Wondering if I would be OK going back to 5.0 or 7.5 as a compromise?!

@PenelopePerseveres GOOD LUCK!! It sounds like a fantastic opportunity!

@Boohoo76 wahooo congrats!!

@PenelopePersevereswishing you lots of luck with the interview. Let us know how it goes.