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

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thread 10 already!

Started 6th Jan at 16st 8lb
Im now 12st 5lb.
Ive been off Mounjaro for 7 weeks and have lost 4kg by calorie counting with Nutracheck app.
The noise is back BUT the app, the physical results and money spent on jabs and clothes has kept me motivated.
Just incase anyones thinking of moving down / stopping soon 🙂

@HeidiNotSoHeavy my mum has a mature fig tree in her garden (as well as plums and all the berries). Gorgeous. I don’t agree re jam though - loads of fibre, vitamins etc. I always count fruit but I love it - my biggest craving on mj is fruit and Greek yogurt. Yum yum.

Thanks for the new thread.
Here with a slightly altered user name (random user name for code).
Well done @C080889 on your maintain. We are similar time off mj and im already back on!

Our neighbours have a fig tree which hangs over our garden - the figs don't get to anywhere near that size!!

@BreezyPeer is it your birthday?! 🎂

Checking in! Heading home today, so will do a post-holiday weigh in tomorrow. Spent a couple of cloudy, breezy hours on the beach yesterday, lulling me into a false sense of security so now have the most ridiculous sunglass-shaped tan marks on my face 😎

I’m feeling guilty today. I was supposed to meet a couple of friends about an hours drive away but I am exhausted (had to work in London yesterday) and grumpy and just couldn’t face it. I have apologised but she hasn’t responded 😞

I am ND and have form for over committing myself and then flaking on people. I have really worked hard to address this over the past year or so, and this is probably the first time in ages I have let someone down.

I need to let it go and get on with my weekend. I just can’t seem to get into a routine at the moment and that really unsettles me.

On the weight front, I am plateaued at 9:10 which is bloody annoying. I think I need to treat myself gently and have a really quiet couple of weeks if possible.

@Thelittlestranger my birthday isn't until the end of next week. Weighed this morning, still got 1.25 lb to lose to be a healthy bmi by my birthday 🎂
Has yours been this week?
@MJalltheway the home from holiday feeling is always bitter sweet. Sending positive vibes for the weigh in! Rude scales need not apply 🤣
@Zempy be kind to yourself. I have also flaked on some vague plans today. Its been busy week and I have plans tomorrow I can't ( and don't want to) wriggle out if. But if I went today, I'd be exhausted going into next week.

There are no prizes for doing everything! I have some house jobs to do ( that will make me feel better) and then, maybe a box set?
Have a great weekend everyone xx

@Zempy sorry to hear you’re exhausted. I wouldn’t read too much into how quickly your friend responds - perhaps they’re juggling a busy morning (who knows maybe they also over-committed). The important thing is you made a decision not to go and you’ve communicated that.

@Jins so close to goal!!!

@tinyemmy hope you’re migraine eases today.

@HeidiNotSoHeavy I love figs - stuffed with feta, roasted, drizzled with hot honey….

@PenelopePerseveres love the new name, I want to change mine but have to wait till next time.

Well done @C080889 especially continuing to lose while off the jabs.

Thanks @asparagusfearne but I’m actually ok with the gain ☺️, I’ve gone too far below my preferred lowest weight which is 60kg. I’ve dropped my dosage this week from 4mg to 3.33mg. Gaining to get back to 60kg, while eating healthily, was my intention. Eventually I’d like to drop the dosage down to 2.5mg or even 1.25mg just to help keep inflammation at bay.

I’m enjoying watching the rain from my bed while drinking a coffee. My work tolerance has massively increased this week and I’m powering through my to do list. I’m going to do a bit more this morning to get ahead of next week. DH has gone to work early, boys are still asleep.
Hoping this rain means my pen stuck in the DPD van is still cold.

In other news I quickly sold a couple of my Rosie M&S bras (bought in Feb) on Vinted. Didn’t think people would buy second hand bras…but there you go! I have a really expensive Wacoal bra on there, bought from Selfridges and selling for under £10 but no interest…I guess the brand isn’t as well known therefore more of a risk to buy without trying on?

Migraine has finally cleared, just the remnants. I wonder if it was covid as I also felt hot the last couple of days. Hopefully now done but I don't have the energy for the gym today, I will rest.

We planted a fig tree when we moved to our house 8 years ago and it started fruiting last year for the first time. When it stops raining I'm going to check my tree.

I ate a whole tub of ice cream and a packet of Reese's minis, to make me feel better, undecided if that's ok (because I was ill and maybe my body needed the calories) or if I should up my dose to 3.75 next week to get it under control, and then take 3.75 the following week knowing I will not jab until 9 or 10 days later. I'm still on the fence about the right maintenance dose.

I did this a fair bit last year, mostly flaking on people's big birthday parties. The "it's ok" responses were slow and it probably did dent our friendship but it wasn't a strong friendship in the first place.
I've got another group of people I'm sometimes flakey with but that's ok and there is another girl who is flakey and when she doesn't come the conversation isn't about her being flakey, more about how she has a lot in etc.
So if the friendship is worth keeping it will be fine ❤️

@Zempy self care comes first my love. Dd2, whilst not diagnosed as nd, certainly has some v strong traits and we definitely know sometimes she needs to cocoon. Today in fact after a busy couple of weeks, I’ll get f all out of her and she probably won’t get up until mid day. And that’s ok. We love her and get it. So no guilt pls.

i have had an absolute motherfucker of a week. Weight loss/mj has barely crossed my mind but it’s been working away in the background, doing its thing. Oddly I think mj helps me manage some anxiety a bit better and keeps me a bit more even so in a bugger of a week I have coped maybe a bit better (although I did cry in the car in Wednesday;)). Hopefully child related stresses all resolved. Work stresses mean I have to work today but holiday in a weeks time so end insight. Still no biopsy results which is slightly hanging over me but hopefully I’ll get them this week.

in good news my wound has finally pretty much healed so I’m going to start a bit of exercise. Giving it one more week before I get in the lake but almost here! I am not weighing this week as my period is fucking about a bit but I am 51 in a few months so to be expected occasionally. I had a little mid week gain but I’m pretending I didn’t see it. I do think I will deffo move up a pen next time though.

@BreezyPeer everything crossed for that birthday goal.

@tinyemmy migraines suck balls. Weather related do you think or Covid as you say? I have had 2 recently and mine are generally under control so I wondered re dehydration although both me and dd2 have had the horse voice they say is a symptom of the new strain. I swear by q10 to help.

@DGonMJ I love a productive day. I must say I probably wouldn’t look at vinted for bras but I’m not sure why. I have jeans from there and breasts are generally not as ‘moist’ as areas around crotches and pants are very thin….

Hugs @myladyjane sounds like you've also got a lot on. Keeping my fingers crossed for biopsy results. I had a breast ultrasound this week which was quite strange (the joy of dense breasts), it was all clear but made me feel immensely grateful for my private medical cover (as otherwise I wouldn't have had a mammogram or ultrasound yet and I think given I'm 45 in September it's about time!)

As soon as the rain clears I shall go and hunt out the Q10. I have been a migraine sufferer in the past but this had no aura and then the hot and cold and extremely mild cold like symptoms. The weather could have brought it in too. Who knows. Hopefully I'm over the worst of it. Out for dinner tonight so will keep myself dosed up for that.

Vinted is weird sometimes. I’ve sold bras in the past but only with the tags on. They sold in minutes. I’m also a regular seller of multipack pants with one taken out. 🤣.

@DGonMJ I bought a wacoal bra in TKMaxx yesterday because it was flipping gorgeous. It’s not a brand I recognise at all so I’m pleased to hear it’s an expensive one. £4 would be well spent if it fitted but I’ll try again when I’ve lost a few more pounds and there’s less armpit fat.

Yesterday evening was a bit sulphurous in the burp department which had me worried but all seems ok today. My calendar looks ridiculously complicated with jabs every five days and the date that my pen should run off marked as well. I noticed when I last ordered that Oushk ask for the date of your last dose so I want to make sure I’m ordering at the right time.

So delayed pen has arrived at room temperature. I’ve stuck it in the fridge anyway. I had this with my second pen, where it got delivered but I was in hospital with DH so it stayed in the porch for a couple of days before I could put it in the fridge. I’m due to use my 5th dose of my current pen tomorrow - and jab with this pen next week. I could actually get a 6th dose out of the current pen, but now I’m thinking I should just move onto the new one. Hmm, decisions…

vinted is really weird. some stuff I think is 'mid', like my kids say, has ton of interest and sells immediately. Some things that are really nice and reasonably priced, hand there for ever. And people are genuinely haggling over 50 cents - no thanks, will rather put it into charity bag.

I sold some breast feeding bras on eBay (before Vinted existed) and got a lot of messages from perverts and weirdos. I was so naive that it didn’t even cross my mind that I would attract that kind of ‘shopper’. After that I’ve never put any underwear type stuff up for sale.

Hope things improve for you @myladyjane and fingers crossed for the biopsy results.

weirdly had some sulphur burps and general queasiness today after never having it as a side effect before. I wonder whether it's down to the richer food this week? So far today have only managed a bit of Greek yoghurt and a few berries.

does anyone else do that thing of having to look for the next holiday IMMEDIATELY you get back from one? Need something to look forward to!

I am so bored convalescing at home that all I’m doing is researching holidays I can’t go on! I’m even dreaming of a trip to Primark or Ikea. 🤣

I’m often booking the next holiday while still on holiday 😂

oh dear @Polkadotdash that’s very unpleasant and would have put me off too.

Is anyone else going up to or started 15mg? I'm really disappointed to have to be on 15 already 😭 and worried that it will also not be very effective and then what? Jealous of people that have been able to remain on lower doses. I am about to do my 5th dose of 12.5 and I have 15 ready to go and will go up I think. I just have like 1 or 2 days of suppression if I'm lucky and that's how it's been for most doses. I also get big chocolate cravings. I've lost just over 3 stone since January so it's not like it hasn't worked but still. I have about 2 stone left to lose 😩

I booked my next holiday while on holiday last week too! 🤣

@MJalltheway yes always need a holiday booked.

@myladyjane you’ve a lot going on. How long ago was biopsy? Imo you’d have been fast tracked an appointment if any concerns.

@Polkadotdash thats so grim.

@sociallydistained ive had 2x doses of 15mg. I’m also a bit envious of people who were able to stay on lower doses but we have to do what works for us. I’m finding suppression better but can still eat !! I’m trying to do 800 first 2 days then doesn’t matter if I increase a bit at end of the week.. 3 stone is amazing and I bet 3 stone more than you’d have lost without it. I’m just going to stay on long term - I’m ok about it. It doesn’t really matter how long it takes (apart from the cost). I know it’s frustrating though.

@Zempy its fine to put yourself first.

@BlueLimes thank you. Just injected my first dose! We shall see. But that's a good way to approach early on in the week. I'll try that and see how I go. I've just had a holiday and also just started my period and I haven't weighed in a few weeks to be fair but that's mostly because I don't want to see the results lol