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Auggies thread 16

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Blondeshavemorefun · 01/08/2025 09:38

Happy 1st birthday to us all - somewhere in this month we gathered our courage and started what would be a memorable journey for us all - made some hopefully forever friends

Gather round my little auggies 😍 and we are all doing amazingly so be proud of yourselves

the amount of weight per person lost varies from 1-2stone - 3-4 - 5-6 - 7+

in a year or for some 11-11.5mths - I was middle of August - we have totally changed our body shape - reduced our bmi and weight and hopefully improved our health

some are at goal - and working out how to maintain

some nearing it

some still have weight they want to lose

Some have stopped for cost / various reasons and blowing baby dust your way to those who are ttc

but ALL of us have lost weight and I love the fact we are all so supportive to each other over weight and our general day to day lives

maybe if brave - post your before and after pics to see how far we have come in a year

only 2 words to say 😂😂😂

🐘 Elephant Penis 🐘

1 lb = a Gunea pig
1.5 lbs = a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts
2 lbs = a rack of baby back ribs
3 lbs = an average human brain
4 lbs = an ostrich egg
5 lbs – a Chihuahua
6 lbs = a human skin
7.5 = an average newborn
8 lbs = a human head
10 lbs = amount of chemical additives an American consumes every year
11 lbs = an average housecat
12 lbs = a Bald Eagle
15 lbs = 10 dozen large eggs
16 lbs = a sperm whales brain
20 lbs = a car tire
23 lbs = amount of pizza an Average American eats in a year
24 lbs – a 3 gallon tub of super premium ice cream
25 lbs = an average 2 year old
30 lbs = amount of cheese an average American eats in (1) year
33lbs – a cinder block
36 lbs a mid-size microwave
40 lbs = a 5 gallon bottle of water or an average human leg
44 lbs = an elephant’s heart
50 lbs – a small bale of hay
55lbs a 5000 BTU air conditioner
60 lbs = an elephant’s penis 🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘
66 lbs – amount of fats and oils an average American eats in (1) year
70 lbs – an Irish Setter
77 lbs – a gold brick
80 lbs – the World’s Largest Ball of Tape
90 lbs – a new born calf
100 lbs = a 2 month old horse
111 lbs = amount of red meat an average American eats in (1) year
117 = an average fashion model and she’s 5’11”
118 lbs= the complete Encyclopedia Brittanica
120 lbs = amount of trash you throw away in a month
130 lbs = a newborn giraffe
138 lbs = amount of potatoes an average American eats in a year
140 lbs = amount of refined sugar an average American eats in a year
144 lbs = and average adult woman (and she’s 5’4”)
150 lbs – the complete Oxford English Dictionary
187 lbs – an average adult man
200 lbs – 2 Blood hounds
235 lbs = Arnold Schwarzenegger
300 lbs = an average football lineman
400 lbs – A Welsh pony

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Blondeshavemorefun · 22/08/2025 07:39

WWJ Drum roll.

For the first time ever in history I have not gained going on holiday

I left at 10.7 and I’m still 10.7

fuck a duck !!!

I’ve always gained least 7lbs. Sometimes more and then not got it off and then another holiday later the same and that’s a stone gained

I did eat what I like. Many fried breakfasts and out for dinner every night. Ice cream. Crisps. Biscuits.

bur also walked more and I said while away the beach walk we used do do was hard work and I would sweat walking back and have to stop and heart thumping

I did it with ease this year and did it a few times

I swam more. Always pool but playing with dd more and then some lengths

my target was 11st.

my body shape has shifted as I looked gaunt at 10-10 and couldn’t keep it there when lost weight 20yrs ago on ww

i don’t think I look gaunt at 10.7 tho I wouldn’t want to be any lighter and gives me a leeway of 7lbs but tbh if I got to 10.10 /10.11 I would be strict again

easier to get off 3/4lbs then 6/7s

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Blondeshavemorefun · 22/08/2025 07:41

Yah. Well done @Azuresky68

can i say I told you so 😛😛😘😘

I said months ago to increase to 15 and that on 15 you would have lose

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Motnight · 22/08/2025 07:42

Bloody hell @Blondeshavemorefun that's fantastic!

Timetochange24 · 22/08/2025 07:46

@Blondeshavemorefun my plan is to (finally) move into maintenance through the autumn then stop by Christmas, so moving to Wegovy to do that seems simpler than shopping around or paying huge prices for MJ. I've been hovering around my original target weight for a while, just want to see if I can go slightly lower then have a cushion to work out what i can eat for maintenance and to run through a few cycles so that I trust my body will go back to normal after a period. A bit of a back to school project when I've got a bit of headspace after spending the last month trying to work FT at home and stop the dc taking chunks out of each other in the next room (they're definitely old enough to know better).

Is anyone else planning on switching? If I could store 3 packs of pens in the fridge I'd probably have put more effort into shopping around but because I can't do that, squeezing in one more MJ pen just feels like it would be putting off the inevitable.

Timetochange24 · 22/08/2025 07:47

Amazing post-holiday wwj @Blondeshavemorefun !

Azuresky68 · 22/08/2025 08:22

Blondeshavemorefun · 22/08/2025 07:41

Yah. Well done @Azuresky68

can i say I told you so 😛😛😘😘

I said months ago to increase to 15 and that on 15 you would have lose

And you were SO right!! It's taken me 8 months to lose 12.5 pounds 😱

Azuresky68 · 22/08/2025 08:26

@Blondeshavemorefun that's just fantastic Blondes 💐💐💐💐 You must feel so proud and happy...it's such an achievement 👏 I am so happy for you. ❤️

Weepixie · 22/08/2025 08:34

Azuresky68 · 22/08/2025 07:18

And to think of all the things we say and talk about on this thread on this thread. It was about constipation!

Oh my god, someone had reported you thinking you were one of those poo creeps 🤣

But it’s a good reminder that what we write here isn’t just seen by us and there’s always the chance one of the easily offended, there's a lot of them about, will report even the most innocent of posts.

Im going to assume they didn’t see the one about blondies 7 pound poo or they’d have probably reported that as well 🤣

Azuresky68 · 22/08/2025 08:39

@Weepixie I think it was the reference to the 'sweets' it was probably picked up by a bot (🤣🤣🤣)

FurForksSake · 22/08/2025 08:53

I’m trying to think how chewy constipation sweets that help with poo and going to the toilet gets flagged, I wonder if it’s the word order…

PoemsForTea · 22/08/2025 09:01

Brilliant @Blondeshavemorefun 👏

PoemsForTea · 22/08/2025 09:02

@Azuresky68Huzzahhhh!! 👏

FurForksSake · 22/08/2025 09:07

Excellent weighs in’s friends! @Blondeshavemorefuni bet you took a second look!

@Azuresky68youll be beating me to the 8st7!

im still in bed and not weighed yet.

Blondeshavemorefun · 22/08/2025 09:26

Thank you all - I love our love and support we have in our auggies 😍😍

Why can’t you store 3 pens in a fridge ? They don’t take up room or as no one knows you are on it so harder to hide 3 @Timetochange24

im always right @Azuresky68. Well 99.9😛

I am rather chuffed I haven’t gained while away

yes I def ate more but equally I stopped when had enough so did leave maybe some on my plate every meal or so but I was full so I stopped

that was the huge difference I think

plus I didn’t have 3 courses as just couldn’t manage it

had starter and main some evenings and had to leave some of main

yes my poo baby. That is one of my achievements ha ha ha

I admit I did get on and off scales a few times thinking wow that can’t be right !

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Timetochange24 · 22/08/2025 10:26

@Blondeshavemorefun yup no one knows. When I started I was convinced it would be another faddy weight loss thing that wouldn't work, so I didn't tell dh. I've wasted so much money and hope on things that didn't work before, so I was a bit embarrassed about spending all that money and it not working again. Plus with two tween girls in the house I'm all "make good choices, no bad food, body positive" bla bla bla so I don't want to go down that whole rabbit hole of explanations.

Slimhopes · 22/08/2025 11:25

I think I’m just getting to the stage of actually seeing myself as a slim woman and I feel weird even typing that description of myself😅 am now 8st 1lb so have lost 6st 9lbs since 2nd august last year, bmi 22.1 instead of 40 (5ft and shrinking in height)😛 aiming for 8st and practically there but have to say that my stomach still looks fat as well as flabby but I can see I’m at the stage that I don’t want to risk much more off my face as I’m looking older I think. This last 8lbs or so I’ve lost since coming back from holidays 6weeks ago and it’s made a difference in terms of how comfortable my clothes feel and look. I’ve been in small sizes for a while but think it looks better at this weight and I’d try not to go over 8 1/2 stones (quietly hoping I’m not twice my weight by this time next year😳). I have enough pens, if I get my low dose bundle , to use for @6 months or so.

* just had an email from the family chemist saying they’ve got stock of lower doses but no higher doses until 1st September due to national shortage and restrictions placed by Eli Lilly.

FurForksSake · 22/08/2025 11:36

Well done @Slimhopeswhat an amazing achievement!!

FurForksSake · 22/08/2025 12:04

So I’m a year in now, I had no idea I’d still be taking MJ at this point and that I’d not really be planning on stopping. I’ve moved my target lower a couple of times, but I’m 2lbs off what I think will be goal.

my starting weight was 14st, last summer we went to Greece and I refused to be in any photos as I felt so huge. I’d kept trying to lose weight and get down to 13st and then bounce straight back up.

I’m very hopeful that this time I can maintain, it’s hard when I can’t exercise or get many steps in, but I’m determined to keep fighting.

MJ has given me food freedom, I’m not obsessed and craving foods all the time, I’m not finishing plates that I’m not even really enjoying just because it is there.

I love being a size 8-10, I’d like to be a size 8 in every shop, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. I am still surprised when I have to choose a size small and drift towards a medium even though I know it’ll be too big.

I’m so glad I found you all, I feel very safe and welcome here.

poppym12 · 22/08/2025 12:39

How are you all approaching life without Mounjaro? Or are you staying on it indefinitely?

I can't afford to do that so will be using the 3 pens I have to (hopefully) lose another few pounds then micro dose in some way with what I have left until it runs out.

I'm feeling very apprehensive about it.

Slimhopes · 22/08/2025 12:45

I feel somewhat hopeful also @FurForksSake of staying at a lower weight simply because the bulk of the issue has gone when it had felt like an impossible task (from 14:10 and actually 15:8 in 2023). I also mean to say to you and @Azuresky68 that my movement is limited also, I’m active when I’ve done 4000 steps in a day. I got a Fitbit recently and it’s been interesting to track and calories too, I generally only burn 1250-1350 so I can see why my maintenance calories need to be around the 1250 mark. Like @Azuresky68 i can see my heart rate never gets to the strenuous stage even when doing household chores like changing bedding, I keep active doing household chores but no lifting even washing baskets. I do have a full time desk job so my energy is pretty much done at the end of the week. I can’t increase exercise or do anything toning as my spinal issues too much.I’m also still sticking to around 850 calls with the help of 15mg, I have one more pen of 15 and then I’ll be going down the doses.
so grateful to mounjaro and this thread as we go forward trying to lose and/or maintain.

Blondeshavemorefun · 22/08/2025 13:01

Ah right @Timetochange24 I think you mentioned that before. Rings a bell

can you take out boxes. Roll the pen in kitchen towel

in bottom of fridge in salad trays lay kitchen towel on bottom and hide the pen under the kitchen towel and add apples /onions etc on top

@Slimhopes it’s weird we think of ourselves as slim. I feel the same most of the time esp when I see a fat pic of me

@FurForksSake I think we all feel the same our safe place

@poppym12 I’m not sure tbh - I want to get off it but the fact it stops hop ankle knee pain lots is a huge think

I’m reducing myself gradually as really felt 10 to 7.5 in aches

I can’t afford to be on it forever. I’ve spent more then I had intended to anyway

I think till we totally stop we won’t know how well we can do without it

but if we can’t then we start again on 2.5 I guess via for me Ousch maintenance

but obv depends what they do for maintenance

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Slimhopes · 22/08/2025 13:04

poppym12 · 22/08/2025 12:39

How are you all approaching life without Mounjaro? Or are you staying on it indefinitely?

I can't afford to do that so will be using the 3 pens I have to (hopefully) lose another few pounds then micro dose in some way with what I have left until it runs out.

I'm feeling very apprehensive about it.

I’m apprehensive too @poppym12 I can feel some confidence that such a lot of weight has been lost that it’ll feel more manageable to keep myself in check within a half stone bracket and hope that will be the case when mounjaro is completely out of my system. I know from experience that if I stop weighing myself daily, I let it all slide so I’ll keep weighing every day and I’ll keep tracking calories, continuing to only allow fruit or yogurt as a snack between meals. But will the hunger consume me??! This is when we’ll really need support to fight through that . And I have seen maintenance stories online where people have said that it was a battle with the hunger again initially and then it calmed.
I have maybe six months or so supply if I get the ones that have been approved at the start of this week but then I’ll be off as I can’t afford to continue.

Addictedtobeauty · 22/08/2025 13:08

Hi all,
still here, still not seeing the scale move so appear to be maintaining on 12.5mg (well 13.75mg as I self adjusted). I had my first maintenance appointment scheduled with Oushk today and was hoping to discuss but they didn’t show up. I’m very pissed off. I’d have understood if they cancelled it -I know they’re busy - but to just not bother is out of order. I have whatsapped them with screenshots so will see what they come up with.,I booked this months ago as I knew I’d be off work. Grrrr!

Azuresky68 · 22/08/2025 14:01

@Slimhopeswow...so I am an inch shorter than you but aiming for 8 st 6/7 pounds...not far now. I can't imagine going down to 8 stone though. Last time I was 7 st 12 pounds was when I was 21....even then I was going to a Slimming Club. It's different for everyone isn't it.. I can't remember your age but I am 69 now...not sure if age is relevant. I have resigned myself to having baggy arms, thighs and tummy but feel great about how I look when dressed 😊

Azuresky68 · 22/08/2025 14:02

@Addictedtobeauty thats SO annoying 😡