May 2025 Starters Thread 5

[FlorenceNightshade]

I noticed we were almost full (again!) so took the liberty of starting thread 5 now so I don’t get confused on nightshift and can’t find you all!

@tostaky I'm in France too! It has been brutal, hasn't it?! I've not slept well in months and that has an impact too. Really hope you feel better soon.

@PinkScot think you meant to reply to @tostaky not me, but I am also a mess in heat. I have a number of health conditions that are severely affected by it and really struggle to do anything.

Thanks , @PinkScot - may I ask what date you ordered your two extra pens, please ?
My 15th Aug order, also for two pens, is showing as “Processing” - not panicking, think delays will be inevitable at the moment.
However, I was toying with the idea of ordering one more pen before we go away on 2 Sept, but obvs don’t want it arriving whilst we’re away. Think I’m cutting it a bit fine !

I hope everyone who is feeling rubbish/under the weather is looking after themselves.

Having had a good moan a few days ago about still being enormous, I have had a lovely NSV today, trying on jackets I haven’t been able to get into for about 15 years. Three of them fitted! I am well chuffed. Pre-DC I had a great job and spent a lot of my salary on lovely clothes, which I couldn’t bear to part with even when I became too mountainous to squeeze into them. I am now getting excited at the prospect of getting back into them all. Onwards and downwards, all!

@ElsieJay i ordered on the day we got the news I think it was the 14th . Should be fine if it says processing think they are swamped!

Thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated.
Have decided against ordering another pen at the moment, hopefully the situation will be calmer and clearer after 1 September.
And my pocket has had enough of a hit already …… 💰 💰🙄.

@DBatteryBand - that’s great news about your jackets, good clothes don’t go out of style . Have fun rediscovering your wardrobe!

lovely news about the Jackets @DBatteryBand I love finding new old things that fit. Well done.

Sorry to everyone feeling low/ill today! I’ve felt horrid all day too, tired & grumpy and awful brain fog !

then came on my period randomly tonight! Only 25 day cycle. Pre MJ they were 40-60 days! Since MJ haven’t gone over 32 . Not impressed with the shortness of this one!!!!

@PinkScot i also ordered the night the “news” broke & have had the same email today so 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

hope everyone feels better tomorrow

Evening all. Not much to report! Lost another 1lb last week but ive noticed a real increase in hunger the last 2 weeks so don't know whether to risk 3.33mg on Friday up from 3mg.

Last time I went up to 3.33mg I was poorly but ive stuck at 3mg for a month now so I'm hoping .33mg increase wont be too much of a jump.

That said, I'm in maintenance now so maybe I need to get used to feeling less suppression?

I ordered another 5mg pen from Numan last week. First time using them but glad I did as two days later the price hike hit the headlines.

Sorry some of you are feeling crappy. Onwards and upwards.

What a rollercoaster week. And now sulphur burps. Aarrghh 🤢 wk 13 for the first time .. what’s all that about.

So sorry to hear about our ill folks, covid and side effects and tummy bugs. Big hugs all round.

I did a bonus dose of 5mg on the weekend and either it's not working (I thought the last dose or two hadn't helped as much as previously) or recent events have tilted my mental axis into... whatever apathetic shite this is.

I'm considering microdosing using a new 7.5mg pen. I suppose if I think about it being an interim increase, maybe do 1.8mg to bring it up to 6.8mg, and then when the weekend arrives I'll do 7.5mg?

Hope everyone feels better soon. We're knackered here but it still feels like it's the aftermath of moving house. This weekend we unpacked more boxes (how are there still boxes?!) and deep cleaned, and I came up with some great/expensive ideas for our little balcony/roof garden. And ordered an outdoor rug for another bit of the garden.
And a couch from sofalistic (2nd hand). We are so skint from stamp duty and solicitor fees. Somebody tell me to stop ordering rugs!

Let’s have a whip round for more rugs for @DidILeaveTheGasOn !!! Nothing I would rather do more right now!

That really made me laugh, thank you @HKG!

The rug I ordered is for our seating area at the bottom of the garden. We're surrounded by fields. I'll see if I can post a pic of our foster cat Malachai meeting some cows on the weekend! The cows were so LOUD, it was awesome.

I want a picture! And preferably an audio clip of the cows! More rugs!

when we have all lost the lbs with MJ, it’s a rug party at yours!

I like the idea of a 'bring your own rug' party!

Love the cow pic. Cows are great for chatting to. We have some near us and I like to lean on the gate and tell them about my day. They have very wet noses and long, slobbery tongues and a tendency to use them to get to know jacket sleeves and any exposed skin.

Morning all. Sorry to hear quite a few of you are poorly this week and I hope you all feel a bit brighter very soon.

Loving the kitty and cows this morning @DidILeaveTheGasOn!

1lb gain for me this week 🙄. I’ve been good as well (so it feels very mean of the scales and unjust) and I have eaten below my tdee but apparently it’s not enough. Will try and do better this week. More protein, more water, more moving my butt.

Morning all.
I have successfully ordered 2 pens - 1 from farmeci (existing customer) and one from Numan (new customer). Both are 5mg. I'll probably cancel one of them as I'm only using 2.5/week from my current 5mg pen, so it will last me ages.
And the 0.5kg I put on while I was away has gone already, so I'm feeling good about today.
Hope everyone feels better soon.

Not sure what do. I ordered from.Bolt and Farmeci on Thursdat. Only heard from Farmeci yesterday. They was asking why my last order was end of June so I explained that. I'm really worried they don't have 12.5 in stock. Pill sorted do and I'm not sure if I should order from them just to get a pen? It's injection day today and I have two doses left. That's it

It’s horrible seeing everyone so confused about what to do next. We were all doing so well bobbing along in our bubble.

hope everyone ill gets some relief.

im home and after 2 trips away in 2 weeks im not feeling like the scales will be particularly kind to me in the morning. I wasn’t going to refuse fish and chips and ice cream by the sea in front of impressionable kids, bit I maybe should have reined it in a bit 🙈

decided I’m definitely going to titrate down now. Was only ever going to do one more pen, I don’t feel comfortable on it long term, and the possible gall bladder pain and price increases sealed the deal. I took 1 x 5mg dose from a brand new pen last week. Going to do 2.5 each week now until it’s done and that will be me. Scary to think it will be time for will power to step up. I’m hoping how good I now feel, and everyone I meets positive comments, keep me going. And the fact I’ve sold loads of clothes and bought new ones that I need to fit into too!
if love to lose another stone. Hopefully manage that while this pen lasts

Are you still getting the pain @MyScaredCat? it must be a little worrying. I can understand your decision.

I have lost 3lbs this week, which is nice after a worrying week with the price news.
I got the next pen I’d ordered the day before the news broke. I still haven’t received my bundle from Chemist4U that I ordered on the 14th. it’s still waiting for review. I guess they’re snowed under, but an email saying that would be nice. They managed to take the money! It’s a bit scary because if they are going to say no I need to shop elsewhere (or try to!) because whatever pensi end up now will likely be my last ones. But I can’t shop elsewhere without the money back. @hkg did you hear anything?

No, yesterday and today I’ve been fine thankfully. But it definitely scared me. If it appears again there’s no way I’ll jab again and I’ll see my GP. Easier said than done mind you!

Morning all!
Weigh in day for me and I'm pleased to report that I've lost one of the (nearly) 2kg that I previously gained.

So hard to take off, so easy to gain.

But it shows me that I may need to be on a maintenance dose for a while. Have read a couple of things saying that 2 years on a maintenance dose will help reset your weight set point, and give a good chance to ingrain healthy habits.

Not that I'm anywhere near maintenance, of course 😆

I'm still waiting on an Asda bundle, ordered on 14th. It just says processing...

The chaos that this announcement has caused is so sad - and there's a punch up going on on the thread about swapping from MJ to Wegovy. It really feels like a nice community on our May starters thread.

Hope all the poorly people get better soon, and @DidILeaveTheGasOn we moved 20 years ago, and my husband still has a couple of boxes of books still to unpack 🙄 They're all his but i occasionally think about getting rid of them.

@Gingercar I’ve heard not a thing from them at all I’m afraid. I was thinking it was because I’m a new customer not an existing one but who knows. I’ll let you know if I do.

I have tried a few other places too but they all ask for a pic of the prescription label with my name and address and I don’t have this, my pharmacist just has a meeting/convo with me and hands over a pen after. Weird. That my limit my choices too though.

Morning from the land of the cows!

Last week I asked my pharmacy if I could bulk order some pens and they didn't reply, which is uncharacteristic of them. They must be snowed under after the news.
This morning I have ordered a 10mg pen and gave the reason as moving house. I really wanted to say 'because in 11 days it will cost an arm and a leg' but I had a feeling that telling the truth will lead to it being cancelled. I hope they fulfil the order.

Has anyone watched the documentary on Netflix about the show The Biggest Loser? It was grim and fascinating. Some of the contestants weighed the same as my starting weight on MJ and I was looking at them like, 'but I never looked that big... Did I?'