March Starters 2025 Thread 7, where we are now all having advice from Janice, Janice can do one!

[TheSpoonyNavyReader]

Welcome to thread 7.

Thank you for sticking around and making a little community of WL. This group makes me so happy that we are non judgmental and support each other.

I was the same! The creeping menopausal weight shocked me. And shocks me more when I look back at photos of bigger me.

Sorry to hear your sad news. Hope everything goes as well as can be and look forward to seeing your updates.

@Bipaloss ,sorry to hear your sad news, and I hope you find it OK off the mj.

@Imissgoldengrahams I'm going cold turkey too. I did my last jab on Monday, having worked back down to a 2.5mg dose. I have been on a sub 5mg dose for a couple of months now so have hopefully been learning to balance the increased appetite with still losing weight but I will see how it goes.

@Bipaloss sorry to hear about your difficult news. Do keep checking in if and when you can. ❤️

@Bipaloss So sorry to hear that, but we’ll all be here to support you.

@Bipaloss 😢 sad news, keep checking in, we’ll be here

I'm so sorry, sending lots of love

@Bipaloss, so sorry, take good care

@GameOfJones congratulations - fingers crossed for this next phase

@BipalossI'm sorry to hear your news. Take care or yourself.

I'm around a month in to my maintenance journey. TW was 161lbs and im allowing +/-3lbs either way. Lowest is 159.4lbs and highest is 163.8lbs so I'm doing ok.

Taking a 2.5mg jab every two weeks and will see what's next once this pen is done. I ordered from Pharmulous and was really impressed btw.

I seem to have waves of compliance where I have a good day and then a not so good day but it appears to be averaging out. Im no longer tracking calories but trying to eat the same or similar food every day.

Sadly I had a fall last week and so I can't do any exercise other than walking the dog so I'm expecting it to be easier once I get back to gym, netball and running. Still holding fast in my size 12 jeans and feeling good. I may try and get to my original target of 150lbs at some point but Im happy for now.

My biggest and worst side effect throughout was constipation. It was awful. Some of you may remember the Laxido incident... Im pleased to report that all bran every other day for breakfast plus two Sainsbury's easy peelers a day seem to have sorted that issue..it also may be the reduced dose which helps but it's such a relief to be normal again. I have booked for a colonic in a couple of weeks to try and get sorted for good. Ive wanted to have one for years and finally am taking the plunge.

Hope everyone is doing ok x

Morning, weigh in day for me. Maintained this week at 79.9 kilos. Hoping it's a blip as over the weekend I saw 78! Struggling with my style now. Everything is either too big or too small. Typical as I have some nights out planned and a few days away. No idea what I will feel comfortable in. Finally told someone in real life yesterday. It was no big deal she asked some questions knew someone who had started it but stopped for some reason. I think after all the horror stories online about how bitchy people can be I was scared to tell anyone!my husband & kids know (teens and older) . Everyone seems to be maintaining really well. For some reason on Facebook groups everyone seems to be talking about more price rises. Have I missed something are they going up again?

Morning, i haven't been around for a while. MJ has become part of life! I dont feel I have much focus with being so busy at work.
Started March 22st -16 stone 11
Today October 10 - 12 stone 9
still on 7.5mg, just affording it.
my bmi has reduced 9.3 points
Im size 14
would like to get to 10 stone 5, it feels like a dream to get there.
im still plodding on, wfh so really should do more exercise but im exhausted with a demanding job. 2 stone 4 pounds to go.. I hope it doesn't take too long. im thinking by my 1 year anniversary its achievable!

Morning! Weigh in day today.
SW pre MJ 210lb
SW MJ 196lb
CW 152.2lb
TW 140lb

Getting there! Think I'll stay on 7.5 for another 6-8 weeks then start titrating down slowly so I can continue to try to train my brain to cope with increasing noise etc

I’ve just taken my 29th jab and gone up to 5mg. I have just under 5kg to my original target of 80kg. 27kg have gone now. 80kg takes me to a bmi of just under 25 so technically a healthy BMI. It has been 15 years since I was anywhere near this weight and carried a lot more muscle.

I may need to adjust my target down as although I have gone from a tight size 20 to lower end of of 16 verging on a 14 I was aiming for a 12. I really need to hit the gym but time and inclination is not on my side.

@popdepop I'm another one who it's become part of my life now almost 7 months in. Although I feel like I injected water this week the hunger and food noise has been unreal, Ive been picking at biscuits at work 🙄

I'm not weighing as much now as it's always a pound a week or a maintain, I probably weigh once a fortnight now.

I've just done the golden dose of my 7.5mg, got 8.75 out and am going up to 10mg next week which I'm excited about as I've found 7.5 rubbish! I'm finally seeing the difference in my body albeit slightly and I'm 3 pounds away from a 3 stone loss so am rounding it up to 3 stone tbh 😂 consistently fitting into non stretchy size 16 trousers now when I was a size 20 in stretchy trousers pre MJ so probably a 22 tbh.

Height 5 foot
SW 14-7
CW 11-10
GW 11-7 then will review. Probably 9-7

Well done @Fatmumslim01 I hear you. ive let biscuits creep into my diet and really need to focus on making healthy meals. My issue is time and headspace, I feel I have none. I went for a meal last night and could hardly eat anything, so supression still clearly there. I was going to go up to 10mg but I'll stick to 7.5 as have the rest of this pen and another. I can't really afford to go up. Will see. Its lovely to be able to go into high street shops. im now a medium and size 14. I didn't ever buy size 20 clothes but im sure I was. I just got by with a few items for ages, work from home so got away with it. id like to be a small 12. Not sure ill ever get to a 10 again we'll see. Im taking the dog for a long walk today. Injection day too. im not weighing every week either now. im the same 1-2lbs per week or maintain. Ive lost 1 stone since August 19th, so very steady

Hey all ,

Just to keep you updated where I am .

this may become a bit longer post as I will use this as a bit of went. Warning of personal details that may upset some.

Tuesday morning on a train 2 hours from home I receive a call (which had to turn to messages due to signal) I got news that FIL had a fall or a stroke , he was at the time in the local hospital. Half an hour later I reach London to attend a meeting and got to know that FIL had to be rushed to a larger hospital by ambelance two hours away to have surgery. I reached the office and got the news that he entered the surgery a while later that he was out and that surgery went well, the following 48 hours would be critical. Attended the first client meeting and shortly after got the news that his heart is declining and their focus is now on that. During this 4-5 hour period my DH didn’t want to fly and wanted to wait it out. I decided that I should rush home, here is me rushing out of a client meeting to the tube and trying to rebook to an earlier train . Got on a train 15 min later. And finally got signal from DH to book flight . Reached my city and got stuck in traffic. Eventually reached home and 10 minutes and we were out on our way to airport. DH flew that evening.

it took him 24 hours to reach the hospital (14 hours flight with connection and then along drive) DH reached hospital and was able to see his dad for a few minutes . And dr gave the news that he is not going to make it and he has minutes or hours left. FIL sadly passed away early hours Thursday morning , 4 hours after DH reached. I am so glad I made decision to travel home and get DH on a flight.

I barely slept Wednesday to Friday, Thursday I kept kids home and had to share the news . dS1 stayed home on Friday as well.

today is probably the first day I am feeling some kind of normality.

Tuesday to Thursday I barely ate, think all I had was a protein bar when I started feeling unwell and yesterday was a bit more normal.

this post is not for attention or sympathy , it’s to share that life can take a sudden turn . It’s how you react cope and recover from those situations and the lesson of cherishing every day.

i finally lost 4 stones (4st 1lb) to exact but I’m not celebrating as the 2lb loss this week isn’t my work it’s due to the life circumstances .

DH will remain abroad for another 2 weeks, and that’s when my support etc is going to be tougher , but I’m strong I deffo learned that the last few days

did 50 clicks today (12.5 mg) will do another 50 click next week, followed by 40 and whatever is left 10-30.

Oh @Bipaloss I'm so very sorry for your loss,and thinking of you all x

Very sorry @Bipaloss, sounds like you are doing an amazing job of navigating a very difficult situation

@Bipaloss so sorry to hear your sad news. We are all here for you. X

I did not post last week because you guessed it after hitting 4 stone lost I am at a stall and another week of the scales not moving at all.

In the last 2 weeks I have lost inches though and I am having lots of people telling me that I have lost too much weight. You can not win one of the people telling me was someone that I think loved it when I was bigger and now is saying do not get too thin I think they are now worried that I am smaller than them.

SW 13st 4lbs
TW 8st 7lbs this has changed from 10st to 9st 7lb and 9st
CW 9st 4lbs

@Bipaloss sorry for your loss, sending hugs.
I'm just keeping going now, it's much harder with the hunger and food noise back, but if anything that's made me stricter I will not put the weight back on or drink again. I took about 2, this week, and I can't say there was any effect, but it's how it is.
Sw 12.7
Tw don't have one, just keep going
Cw 8.5
I think inflammation will start to come back,, alongside water weight now I on such a low dose.
@TheSpoonyNavyReader haters gonna hate, Janice is now purple with indignation 😂

@Bipaloss so sorry to hear about your loss. It's almost exactly 10 years since my FIL died, similarly unexpected and a long way away. The distance makes it all so much harder. Take care of yourself.

I haven't met any Janices yet. I am gearing myself up for them. Things have definitely slowed down as I've passed 4 stone and I feel like getting into the 12s is taking me aaaaaages. Jab day tomorrow, back to my normal day and now on 10 although this past week I split my first dose of it. Currently at 13st 1.

At 29 weeks:

SW 17st 4
CW 13st 1
GW 11-12st

I'm still hovering around a 16 in clothes sizes. I've got some old size 16 jeans from 20 years ago which are quite rigid denim. They technically fit but aren't really comfortable if I sit down. I've got too used to wearing things with a bit of give. But size 18s are definitely starting to feel and look too big.

@Bipaloss - I am so, so sorry to hear that news, much love to you and yours.

@Bipalosssorry to hear about your FIL - so glad your DH made it to say goodbye x

@Bipaloss im so sorry about your loss but thankful your decision-making under pressure meant you both got to see him. Small comfort right now but from experience, it will be so important for you both. Take care of yourself and some online handholding for the next 2 weeks and beyond.