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

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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'm still here too. About 3lbs up from my lowest weight at the end of November. I was due a 5mg on Sunday (Tues today) but havent taken it yet. I'm trying to focus on eating my protein target but also my carb target as I found running really hard because I wasn't fuelled.

I got ChatGPT to do me a combined nutrition and running plan which is going well so far. I feel stronger.

I don't think I'm getting much suppression on 5mg but it'll be interesting to see whether I actually DO have some but I've just got used to not having any. If you know what I mean!

Hi all, still here and still plodding on with maintenance although I've been stubbornly sat at +1lb above goal for the past two weeks. I feel like I've got maintenance OK as it's now approaching 5 months since I last jabbed but ideally I want to lose a few more lbs as a buffer and that I am finding difficult to do.

I'm focusing on toning up too before the warmer weather comes.... I wore shorts last summer for the first time in years and years and I'm determined to have my legs on show this summer too. I'm loving yoga and have weirdly found a love of walking which I used to hate!

I’m officially on maintenance 40 kilos down and tight size 20 to a size 12 my 5’11 doesn’t want to carry below that or Janice is going to have a point. I’m just on a bmi of 21. I was surprised how far I have dropped I think my initial target was 80 or 85kg and settled on 71kg

currently taking 3.75mg so will stretch that to 10 days to see if I maintain as still losing on that and having suppression before dropping to 2.5mg

Another 2lb loss this week.
sw 114.4kg
cw 66.6kg
gw 62kg

Right, I gotta know who is Janice? I dropped off the threads for a while and quite a few passed by before I found you all again on thread 7. So clearly I’ve missed some drama to do with Janice 🤣

Ha ha, @AintNobodyHereButUsChickens ,was ages ago, some woman kept passing comment that I was losing too much, and not to get too skinny, blah blah, back then I was still quite heavy, but I had lost quite a bit of weight quickly, so her remarks were unfounded, I think a lot of us were getting the same from friends and colleagues at the time, my clap back was 'thanks Janice I've got a mirror lol.' meaning STFU Janice I actually look OK.
Turns out I've gone on to lose a shit ton more now, but there's radio silence now I actually AM too skinny lol😁, so that's the story of Janice.

Ive done it! Back at 159lbs on the scales for the first time since the end of November. Gained 10kbs and have now shifted it. That's all. Just off for a run in a rainstorm. Have a great day

Hello all checking in after some days break from here and from MJ

decided to skip a week as anxiety plus I’m in a middle of mortgage application and due to order another pen LOL (not great timing 🫣)

now 11 days since my last dose and planing to take next one on Sunday 13 days after last one which will be my 4th 5mg . Depending on how I react will decide if I move up or not

now lost 4 of the 6 kg I had gained so about 0.5 kg on average per week which is my goal . Despite so long since my last dose I still have appetite suppression but food noise somewhat returning since today (when I stopped from 12.5 mg it took exactly two weeks for the affect to stop and start gaining)

I still have around 2 st (aiming to be around goal in August-October) to loose but also want it to remain safe and doing the right for my mental health, as this week I had no enxiety at all

It’s weigh day wed and 1.2kg loss this week.
sw 114.4kg
cw 65.4kg
gw 62kg
may push it to 60kg.

Hi all, checking in and I'm back at my goal weight of 10st 7lbs. Maintenance still going ok a few months on with some minor fluctuations.

It's half term next week which is always trickier for me with DDs off school and more days out, but I'm not too worried as I slowly seem to be settling into a "new normal" way of eating. It's remarkable looking back really at how far I've come. I would have never thought I'd be the sort of person that liked black coffee and eating kefir and yet here I am 🤣.

@GameOfJones we are the same weight just about, I weighed in at 10-6 today. I also find school holidays I eat more, we naturally have days out, meals out and takeaways etc but that's life and we can't be strict with ourselves all the time. I think that's why I'm enjoying mj more than previous failed diets eg when I was on slimming world I felt I couldn't have cake, or whatever I wanted from the takeaway etc as it would be "sins" but of course my brain was forever screaming at me to eat so those weeks I'd put on weight, but now on MJ I can have all the treats just alot smaller portions!

My weight loss is really slowing down now, I'm probably averaging a pound a fortnight. My BMI is now 28, down from 40! Id still like to lose another 2 stone which would be the top end of a healthy weight BMI but it's getting harder as my tdee is so low. On the tdee calculator my maintenance calories are 1523 ( 5 foot tall, 10stone6, sedentary office type job) so to lose a pound a week I would need 1023 calories daily which obviously is tiny So I'm probably eating at around maintenance calories now hence the slow weight loss. I do some exercise but not consistently enough to say "light exercise" on the tdee calculator (I walk to work once a week 30 mins) plus do things like take stairs instead of lift at work, walk or swim at weekend with kids etc but nothing "proper"

Great posts, @GameOfJones and @Fatmumslim01 , and well done.

May I ask what you BMI is at 10 and a half stone, @GameOfJones ?

Mine is 24 at 11 stone, and I've gone up to 10mg to try and lose another half a stone to give me more wriggle room, but I've not seen the tens yet. The scales keep flashing 10st 13lbs, tantalislingly, before resting at 11st 1lb!

@DeftGoldHedgehog, my BMI is 23. I'm considering to lose a few more lbs too, to get me closer to 10st but my weight has also been pretty stable without having to think about it too much since stopping MJ in September. My BMI was 33 when I started so to have a BMI of under 25 feels amazing!

I've decided I'm done. I have one pen left and I'm going to take 2.5mg for the next 8 weeks and that's that. I've been using CoPilot for a food and running plan so am going to focus on loving my new body as is (2 stone down), building some muscle and improving my running. Xx

Checking in for accountability with my weekly weigh in and I'm 10st 6lbs so a smidge under goal. Absolutely no idea how I've done that during half term as I feel I've been snacking which I don't usually do but I'll take it! We've been out and about lots getting my steps in so clearly that's helped. I've got a very social weekend planned though with lots of meals out for birthdays so we'll see how it goes.

I haven’t posted in a while.

I’m still on MJ, and 1lb away from a 6 stone loss. Still a way to go yet. Since the price increase, I’m no longer loyal to MedExpress, and shop around for the best deal.

Also haven't posted in a really long time but thought i was long overdue an update.

I lost the 70lb in my user name by the end of November, and a few more. I was absolutely delighted and decided to just drop back from the 10mg i had reached to 7.5 as a slow return to maintenance. However, I don't feel like 7.5 has done anything. I have returned to half a stone heavier than the lowest i got which was at christmas, and i have been bouncing around the same 2-3lb for the last 2 months. That has taken be to back to a 69lb loss which is very annoying but also a bit worrying.

I am exercising more, i feel like my approach to protein, water intake etc has stayed the same but the noise definitely returned, especially with a tolerance for and fuck-it mentality towards alcohol which just wasn't a thing for so many months.

I had 2 10mg pens left and decided this week to go back up. I am still ordering the 7.5 but i am going to see what a month back on 10 does for me. It has already made me feel a bit wiped out energy-wise and i am full much more quickly so i do think it is working.

My current plan is to have 4 weeks on this pen as a reset and then drop back to 7.5 again and see what happens. If it doesn't work then I will change my order and find the money from somewhere to go back to 10 for longer.

It is quite scary to see how different that small drop has made me feel but more than that, how quickly those few pounds went on and haven't come off again.

On the positive side though i have done a side by side pic in my hidden photo album and the change from this time last year is completely insnae. i am so grateful to have got to where I am and i just don't want to go back to where i was. Ever ever ever. I feel great, i feel i look great and i am happy. So here is hoping my new approach works to keep me here.

Good morning all

I have not posted in a while but posting for accountability.

I have now reached my final target of 8st 4lbs and I weigh 54kg which is exactly 5 stone and 30kg.

I am now on 5mg and injecting every 2 weeks.

I can’t believe the difference in photos and the confidence I have now.

I have also made the decision to end my relationship with my husband, I have found that I was comfortable/hiding in everything in my life pretending that everything was ok when clearly it was not, my self worth had completely gone and now my confidence has increased I am asking myself why I am putting up with things that I would not allow my daughters or friends to put up with.

SW 13st 4lbs
CW 8st 4lbs
TW 8st 7lbs

New thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5494169-march-2025-starters-thread-8-the-one-where-some-of-us-are-maintaining-or-nearing-goal

Morning all
i have had four weeks back on and have lost 6lb. Eating alright but not got the disinterest/suppression that I had last year. I am looking forward to going to 7.5 next. I am ordering pens more in advance so I can make sure I have no gaps.

SW 14’0
CW 10’1
GW 8’2