Late April ‘25 starters - thread 5

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Creating this in advance, as the old thread is suddenly moving quickly due to recent events. No matter what challenges lie ahead we are still making amazing progress - so let’s keep supporting one another along the way as we approach 4 months ‘on the pen’.

Well done on the loss and the loose trousers @BeachBodyAimneed to get some nice belts! Hope your pen arrives soon.

yay for the loss 🎉 but hope you feel better soon.

Weigh day for me. 2lb loss this week making 2 stone 9lb in total x

1lb down this week, so just under my holiday target 🎉. I’m going to inject a lower dose the day before my holiday, then nothing until I get back. Hopefully won’t gain too much. I’m feeling inspired by all of your holiday stories - nobody seems to have piled on the lbs.
I need to step up the exercise when I get back as my tummy, although a lot slimmer, is very wobbly and for the first time ever, I now have bingo wings! It seems that post menopausal skin doesn’t just bounce back.

Quick shout-out for The Independent Pharmacy 🙌

I panic-ordered a pen on Tuesday, after getting back from holidays and being surprised by all the news about the price hikes. I chose them as Monj had them listed as 2nd cheapest for a 5mg pen behind one of the subscription pharmacies (which I didn't want to get involved with). I got 15% new customer discount, a free box of 100 pen needles and a free sharps bin and I paid £135 in total.

There were no quibbles about switching to them with a BMI of 25.6 - I just sent them a photo of the prescription sticker from my previous pen and a side-on photo wearing tight clothing.

It just arrived this morning, within 4 days, which is pretty remarkable given the heightened demand right now.

So they get a big thumbs up from me👍☺️

I weighed this morning at 89.8 which isa tiny gain from 89.7. I would be downhearted except that I’ve had a good week for healthy eating and lots of exercise, but then we had an Indian takeaway last night with lager. I was pretty moderate and I think the weight is water and will be gone by tomorrow. Yesterday I was 88.5 and thrilled, I was tempted to post that but I don’t want to give a false impression.
I’m still gutted that I paid 297 for my 10 mg pen, so I’m using the golden dose and stretching a bit beyond the 7 days if suppression is good, it has concentrated the mind, I can’t afford to waste this opportunity. Suddenly I look a lot thinner and clothes are falling off. My starting weight in late April was 106.6, started MJ at 105.9. I want to get to 70 something so I’m about halfway but people are beginning to say that I will be too thin. It would be the upper end of a normal bmi, but I think I may be 1 of that mythical breed of fat people who are genuinely big boned😀

Last day of holiday and me and the teen son have food poisoning!!!!

The tiny toilet in our air B&B has probably never seen such traffic 🤣🤣🤣

we were planning to visit a botanical garden today but are both laid up. It’s our last day, so at least this didn’t happen on first day. Trying to look on the bright side. We have had a brilliant time!

we both hope it’s not the €3 wine we decided to take a gamble on… we had such high hopes for it and it actually tasted pretty good. May be something to do with the enormous dried salami thing we got from a farmers market…

anyway. I suspect any additional lb’s I’ve gained over the week may be levelled by this episode. But defo not worth it 😭

I am losing weight again (apparently 17.5% since April), but I have pitting oedema on top of my lipoedema and in all four limbs, plus my forehead, so I'm waiting for the GP to decide what diuretic I can take without sending my Potassium plummeting again. I'll be interested to see how quickly the weight comes off then!

Still waiting to see what the pharmacy will charge after the price hike. Going to try to get a pen this week though. Will be using the extra dose, even though the needles are a bit scary. I'm not increasing the dose from 5mg until everything else is more stable, and I can still hardly eat anyway so perhaps don't need to.

@cannyvalley are you Ricoletti?! 🤔😁

Well done for all the losses everyone (and near losses - I reckon you’re right and you’ll quick get back to that lower weight @Zebracat) 🎉🎉🎉

Gosh @hawkmoth, you are dealing with a lot. Hope the docs can find the right way through all this for you.

Have a happy and healthy Bank Holiday weekend all ❤️

oh that would make sense well spotted! I name change lots too and have almost done this a few times 🤣 hope you feel better soon @cannyvalley you’ve had a rough beginning and end to the trip by the sounds of it so hope the middle was fantastic!

yes! sorry , it’s me… the artist formerly known as Ricoletti 🤣

I name changed a while ago but was still showing as Ricoletti in the old thread, I guess because I joined the thread with that name?

nothing mysterious, just changed name when I needed to re-download MN on my phone.

we are still rather poorly. Le sigh. At least it happened right at the end of the holiday x

@cannyvalley hope you feel better soon, shame to end your holiday like that but I'm sure eventually you will look back and laugh about it. I had a similar episode on my honeymoon 😬
@Hawkmoth hope your gp helps and you can get an extra pen this week before the price hike 🤞
@Scousebloke well done on the loss! You are doing awesome!

I'm off to Costco this afternoon, grabbing the usual bottled water and chicken breasts....I remember when the trips there were about boxes of crisps, cream cakes and sweets. And of course their ginormous pizzas 🫣

Well done
We are on route to Merseyside nearly there.

ah sorry @cannyvalley you are unwell!! Hope it passes for the trip home xx

a question for everyone- did you ever just not want to inject? I was due my 5mg dose yesterday and didn’t have it as was out for food last night and wanted to be able to eat and not feel sick. Told myself I would do it this morning but today I just don’t want to, I’ve had side effects from 5mg not terrible just feel gross for the first few days and feel sick after eating. I don’t know if I’m just over it all a bit now as I’m finding motivation Low and no longer like wow this is working I’m losing weight etc or Prehaps I’m self sabotaging a bit as I’m near my final stone or so. I’m 1.5lbs off 3 stone loss which in my mind I should be chuffed about but I’m all a bit flat about it now. Wasn’t like this on 2.5mg but the 5mg had been a challenge and maybe impacting my mood a bit.

any inspiration? Motivation ? Not sure what I need, a kick up the bum to get on and use this pen and get nearer to the goal!

I just routinely jab. Do my check in with SheMed after work on a Thursday, then have dinner and jab 2 hours later. I think I will find it odd when I stop.
I've never felt sick after eating. But then I eat like a sparrow.
I think you just need to do it. Maybe put yourself down to 3.75mg see how you feel then
You've got this far you can do it!

Hi everyone, just checking in for the new thread. Got back from a 2 week holiday last week and have been on a 2 day city break since, so the last 3 weeks have been a complete write off. I also had 2 weeks without jabbing as wanted to make the most of the holiday and eat/drink all of the lovely things.
Weighed this morning and I'm 4lb down since I returned from my holiday! This takes me to a BMI of 25.2 - still on 3.75mg. I've got 2 doses left in this pen and have one more coming on 6th Sept - that pen will be my last though, as I'm pretty confident now that I can control my portion sizes, snacking and habits alone.
Have just bought a gorgeous size 10 dress that is my next NS target!
SW 13st 4lb
CW 11st 1lb
GW 10st
Total loss: 2st 3lb

@StartingApril2025- I felt rotten on 5mg for a while and really didn’t want to inject. I went down to 3.75 (45 clicks) for a couple of weeks and that sorted me out. The weight loss slowed, but it’s a marathon not a sprint, so that was fine with me.

Low mood is a known side effect of MJ, so if you’re experiencing other side effects (you mentioned nausea), perhaps reducing for a week or two might help you through this blue patch?

I’m now on my second week of 6mg and I’m feeling pretty good at the moment. Mood has improved, weight loss continues and no nausea.

Hope you feel better soon x

@Merlin23 @AbundanceofKatherines thanks for sharing, I think you’re right I just need to get on with it, maybe il do a week at 3.75mg and see how I get on as 3.75 served me well between 2.5mg and 5mg . Iv only had 3 doses of 5mg so far as had some left in my last pen but was beyond the 30 days. I would say that overall I’ve defo felt a bit flat for last few months but then again Iv had a lot of stressful things occurring and I have kids with high support needs, summertime is tough! So could be that too.
Ill inject tonight and see how I go this week and go from there, my weight loss has slowed way down now so don’t want to slow it any further so maybe just need to suck it up and get to goal and then wean off. Thanks for the support, I have no one in real life to chat about this so I really appreciate this group xx

The third dose of 5mg was the worst for me. After a couple of weeks on 3.75 I went back up to 5 and had no problems.

Btw - just had a very nice NSV… I unexpectedly saw myself in a mirror - and didn’t recoil in horror. In fact, I actually went for a closer look and thought, “Not bad at all!”. Many, many years since I’ve liked what I see in the mirror 😊

@StartingApril2025 @AbundanceofKatherines I’ve also struggled with 5mg. On my fourth pen now but I feel nauseous and dizzy, actually blacked out twice.

I have cut back to 3.75mg for the last 2 doses but it hasn’t helped, so will try 2.5 on Monday.

Its made me want to stop, but it’s working for me - still losing 1 to 2 pounds a week. I was contemplating wegovy, but don’t know if that would be any different.

Thanks for the new thread, just checking in after our holiday and panicking slightly about the price increase, it's definitely not sustainable for me with the hikes... 😡.

I've just ordered a pen from iq doctor (who I've used from start) hopefully it will be dispatched without any problems. I had moved up to 7.5mg before holiday, just injected 1 dose, but going to go down to 5mg to get some extra doses from pen.

Is it 45 clicks for 5mg from a 7.5mg pen?

I'm overdue by 4days as didn't want to take pen on holiday, will jab tomorrow

Hope everyone gets the pens they need to see them through 🤞

I know that feeling. We've just installed a security camera on our house and everytime I leave or come back and get notifications I watch the clips and I can't believe it's me. 🤣

Feeling a bit better than I did this morning. I think it was a gastric bug as loads of people at work have had it.
Today I've eaten 1 small banana and as we're away I ate a plain mcdonalds burger just the patty and the bun.
I reckon 300calories consumed. Just need a good night's sleep.
To get through tomorrow at the football.