Auggies thread 16

[Blondeshavemorefun]

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

Yes. I have only been on it a week using 7.5 pen x2. Was able to wait 8 days before jabbing! So will probably stay on for couple more weeks then go down after that.

@lookathatbookcase loving the expression ' hog wild' 😆🤣

My 2 x 2.5mg pen arrived today (due yesterday). Ordered from Oushk, delivered by DHL. The ice packs was cool but not frozen.

Oh my giddy aunt! What a day! I'm posting it here because there's not another soul on earth that I can share this with.

Out of the blue I got a message this morning from a former lover who I last saw 38 years ago!!! We are facebook friends but nothing else. He now lives in California but was back here visting an elderly parent. He'd been looking through old photos and found one from when we worked together and did our PhD's, age 23-25 and sent it to me. How young we all looked... (wistful). He said he was going to be visiting the city where I live, and did I want to meet for a cup of tea?

I'd assumed he would be with his partner, but he'd made this trip back to UK on his own, and so when I met him it was just the two of us. 4 hours of reminiscing about people and times and events, catching up with 38 years of tales of marriage, kids, divorce, re-marriage, work, big life changes, values...

He was a work colleague and fellow student but we were also secret lovers all those years ago, both of us in other relationships but madly and passionately in love with each other. We then broke each other's hearts He moved to California, I couldn't/wouldn't go with him and ended up marrying the wrong person. He came to my wedding.

What a fantastic afternoon (and no, we didn't have sex or kiss or blur any boundaries), it was just really wonderful to reminisce and 'connect'. Especially because it will most likely never happen again. We did talk about the time we were together. He said that I was the sexiest person he had ever been with I still remember how good it was!

He now lives in rural California, is active, lean, fit (with muscles), spends his time working on outdoor ecological projects and eats a mostly plant based diet. I don't think I've ever been more pleased that I've been on this MJ journey for the past year and could turn up looking slim and healthy!

Be reassured that we are both very happy in solid commited relationships, and we won't start any kind of online emotional interaction. But if there were multiple universes, there would be another me and him who would have made different decisions and would have had a different adventure.

I will play John Maryn's 'Solid Air' as a final memory. And then back to normal life as a 64 year old grandmother. But a considerably lighter one than I was this time last year.

@20bloodypounds oh my goodness 😍 lost for words...almost! It sounds like a romantic movie. Bet you felt amazing 👏 ❤️

/@20bloodypoundssounds like a lovely afternoon catching up and great you felt slim and sexier then a year ago

@20bloodypounds ps you can still be sexy in your sixties....and hopefully in my seventies which are getting very close!

@20bloodypounds what a day!

Sounds amazing @20bloodypounds

You can definitely still be sexy at 60 something. I saw a fab picture of Jamie Lee Curtis today which has apparently caused a stir because she was looking sexy and showing cleavage. Rock it!!!

I grew up wanting to channel Suzi Quatro but nature gave me the look of Olivia Newton John (in her innocent Sandy role). So a reflection that I WAS sexy, felt good.

And yes, I've made my peace with all of that, and found my own charm and confidence and sexiness.

There is hope for me at 52 then auggies

I suspect the overall packaging is probably different due to the distance, and temps involved at this end.

Absolutely!

Well I've had a few days annual leave - had some thinking time and come up with a plan - most unlike me 😄 Read on if you need a nap 😆
I had half a 12.5 pen been plodding along losing 1 or 2lbs per mth. I think I want to lose 1 more stone, that will get me just over top end of healthy bmi. At 11.9.
So yesterday I did 15mg from my 12.5. Blimey, barely scraped 800 cals yesterday.
I have 3 x 10mg coming from oushk next week which I managed to order on the credit card when it all kicked off, so my plan is to get to goal by hitting 15mg, short term, high suppression using those 10's then titrate down and prob continue on 2.5 or 5 for maintenance as that will be affordable for me at the moment.
Genuinely dont want to stop completely due to the other benefits re: inflammation, blood sugars and BP etc.
Just have to hope I get a delivery next week now!! Is a bloody minefield right now, eh?

Had a message from Juniper, they say I should be on a maintenance dose as my BMI is healthy, I think it worked out at bang on 25 based on the numbers I input. I suspect that means they won't let me have 15mg but I'd settle for a 12.5mg in the circumstances.

I have told the my goal which is about 5kg below where I am for a bmi of 23 so will see what they say.

@PoemsForTea sounds a good plan. I finally went up to 15 mg last week and wish I had followed @Blondeshavemorefun advice sooner..been struggling to lose on 10 mg since February with only a few pounds to lose. Only 1 pound to go now. I am using a 7.5 pen and double dosing. Hopefully at goal next week then maintaining on 10 or maybe microdosing as I have 3x 10 mgs plus 12 5 pen. Good luck 👍

Sounds a plan @PoemsForTea but hope 15 isn’t too high for you if struggled to eat 800c

@Azuresky68 so you spent many hundreds for 6mths on 10 not really losing - yep should have listened to me 😛😛

Some def won’t touch you if healthy blood. Fair enough but why not say that when I enter weight and height , rather then make me fill all the forms in and send pics and prescription

Morning! Happy bank holiday. DH has taken our two DS for a long bike ride, they’ve reached a windmill so they aren’t doing too badly! I’ve managed to turn the washing machine on for two jumpers I bought our youngest from vinted, he grows at a ridiculously speed and I’m always buying him new clothes! And I’ve put the oven on to clean.

I’ve done my golden dose, I got 0.75 out of the pen, so maybe 14mg this week? I’ve had a bit of an indulgent weekend as a bit of a refeed so need some help getting back on it!

I’ve still been doing my silly arm cardio, I do six minutes at a time, five times a day. I do 1 minute of pretending I’m cycling with my arms, 1 minute of cross punches and 1 minute of upper cuts and then I repeat. It raises my heart rate and by the end of six minutes I can feel my breathing is a bit faster. It’s not much, but I’m closing my apple exercise ring and most days my total calorie is around 1500. This will be the thing I have to focus on going forward, getting my calories burnt a day up to 1800ish so that I can happily maintain.

I have started using a very cute little app called Finch to help me with habit tracking in the hope that it helps me now solidify the healthy ways over the next nine months with a view to coming off mj before my two year anniversary.

@Blondeshavemorefun 😢 aww Blondes thats being cruel 🤣🤣🤣 I had tried 12.5 and couldn't cope. I guess I must have got used to 10 after quite a long time so can tolerate 15 now.
Another way of looking at it is that I maintained under 9 stone from February onwards on 10mg.
I now have less than a pound to lose after 1 week on 15. Then I am on a 12.5 mg pen, then on 10 up to December but can play around and see if I can manage on 7.5 or 5 from the 10 pens.
But yes I wish I had listened to you 😊

A little bit of my brain is wondering if I should go up to 15 for a month to get to my goal, but that will depend if my oushk order comes this week!

Well done @Azuresky68for being so close to goal!!

Yes so frustrating, I have had this, and ones that aren't accepting new customers or have no stocj but don't tell you until you until you have fannied about doing photos.

Anyway Juniper have agreed one month of 15mg and review after which is fine. I'm not actually sure whether I will use 15mg or just click count from it.

Oushk have emailed to say they need to rearrange delivery so sounds as though it was never dispatched. That's a relief.

So I should have enough pens to get to target and begin titrating down - phew!

just went to order another from Simple Pharmacy as a returning customer, but they only offering me Wegovy after I've filled in the form.. do you think its cos of BMI.. even though I've ordered from them before.. how annoying.

I'm still trying to have a little faith my IQ Doctor get shipped tomorrow but i aint holding my breath.

Not many will do if bmi is 23 so maybe why got given another brand

very annoying @WorriedRelative as took ages to sort out pics and then say no

awwww @Azuresky68So close 🥰 to goal