Page 35 | Mounjaro starters Nov '24 Thread 13 - The one where we are lucky to end our best Summer in years thinner and more comfortable in our own skin

Mounjaropen · 2025-08-18T16:10:07+00:00

Welcome to thread lucky number 13! Link to the old thread here [[https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5365725-mounjaro-starters-nov-24-thread-12-the-one-where-we-pack-all-of-the-smaller-size-clothes-into-our-holiday-luggage?page=40 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5365725-mounjaro-starters-nov-24-thread-12-the-one-where-we-pack-all-of-the-smaller-size-clothes-into-our-holiday-luggage?page=40]] Feel free to lurk or post, absolutely no judgement here, just support and encouragement as we list old clothes on vinted, give thanks for MJ as we have had the BEST Summer in years as we are all significantly lighter. Join us here to celebrate NSV’s, weight loss milestones, maintenance and our lowest stone brackets! I’m on W42 D1 and on w2 of my first titrating down pen of 5.0mg F in my early 50’s H 5’ 5.5” SW 13st 11lb CW 9st 6.0lbs GW 9st 0lb Total loss so far 61.0 lbs We recommend the Shotsy app to monitor the amount of MJ in the system and pleasing graphs to look at…plus the MeThreeSixty body scan app to monitor inch loss for the weeks where weight loss is slow but you might have lost body fat etc. Both are free. Feel free to swap recipes that might inspire anyone in a food rut, tips for managing side effects, exercise tips, tips for maintenance, titrating up or down and we love a wellness/supplements/beauty/ style chat too 🥰

random223 · 18/09/2025 17:02

That resonates with me @SerenePeer (although I would swap the pastries for Kettle chips and sausage rolls). I can eat a few Kettle chips or Pringles on MJ or even better walk past them at the supermarket!

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Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 17:11

LindtCurves · 18/09/2025 13:22

@SerenePeer @Mounjaropen thanks for the encouragement!

Whenever I’ve dieted in the past and been successful and felt good, the only thing that’s really worked is cutting UPFs completely. So I’ve even lost weight having meals such as shepherds pie or Sunday roast, English breakfast regularly, but cooking them fully from scratch at home.

When I do that, my friends say ‘you’ve gone too far, everything in moderation’ but it really doesn’t seem to work for me. It’s comparable to saying to a recovering alcoholic or heroin addict ‘oh just a little bit won’t hurt’. The general population don’t seem to be able to relate to it that way though.

On MJ I was fine having the odd small UPF snack, such as those 2 wine gums you describe, without the addictive effects, but I’m not sure I can do it off it! I probably need to be UPF free. Let’s see how this week goes.

When I started hearing talks from people like Giles Yeo about UPF effects, addiction and chemical reactions in the body, it was a lightbulb moment… ‘Finally, I’m not crazy, what my body is experiencing is real!’

Interesting what you say about convent schools… have you always struggled with your weight? I also had a few ‘you must clear your plate’ people in my life as a child. But also, my mum worked in a job where she’d be gifted several huge expensive chocolate boxes every day. So as a young child eating 200-300g Lindt in one sitting was a very regular occurrence and I can imagine it has led to all sorts! That’s why I’m so passionate about parents focusing on young children’s food behaviours and not feeding them UPFs. I’d say it’s on par with education in terms of their future life outcomes, especially physical and mental health.

DH noticed in lockdown that because I was literally making everything from scratch - cakes, biscuits, snacks, pies etc he put very little weight on from eating well and differently. He now only takes food from home to eat at Lunchtime because he knows what is in it. It makes a huge difference. And no, I don't think excluding UPF's is extreme, it's self-care really.

No - weight has only really been an issue for me in my early 30's onwards - definitely post birth and definitely during the menopause. I did however have a mother who didn't cook (apart from the dire Mum Salads in the Summer) so I did ingest a shit load of UPF's as a child and teen - but only once a day at dinner. I never had a packed lunch made for me, never had breakfast prepped for me either - and my Mother did not work... I guess looking after my family and friends food wise is my love language because I craved it as a child (I had a recurring dream where It turned out that Delia Smith was my real Mum because I wanted someone to make food like she did for me)n so I have always naturally had a 16:8 diet but more through necessity than choice. My upbringing definitely affected my drinking habits though - my Mother was very judgemental about people who drank so it always seemed 'naughty/decadent'.

As I have said before, Mothers have a lot to answer for...!

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Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 17:13

AlwaysTimeForWine · 18/09/2025 14:35

Hello all. I’m dreadful at posting and keeping up with everyone - sorry. So good to hear how you’re all getting on.

I’ve finally reached my target, have lost 4st 12lbs and my BMI has gone from 33.3 to 23.8. I was a size 18 and am now a 12-14. 🎉

I’ve dropped myself down to 2.5mg this week, and extended it to 9 days. I have a plan to stay on 2.5mg for a while, slowly extended to 14 weeks between jabs, and then seeing if I can drop to 2mg.

I definitely feel more hungry already and less full. I am not loving the food noise coming back in. But I have dropped from 6mg to 2.5mg in the space of 4 weeks so am coming down quite quickly. The new costs are so high that I can justify it anymore and need the pens to last longer!!

It’s lovely to be slimmer and healthier but I definitely look older. I can see my ribs on the front of my chest which is odd, considering my hips still have some padding 😂 I have definitely managed to drop body fat while keeping some muscle so I am much bonier - even at a BMI of 24 ish. I don’t think I could go any lighter and still look healthy. 😳

Lovely to hear your fantastic news! Congratulations on reaching target! Awesome job 💪

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TheSlimmingPumpkin · 18/09/2025 17:16

Klaxon for reaching target @AlwaysTimeForWine

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congrats 👏🏻

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Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 17:17

TheSlimmingPumpkin · 18/09/2025 15:15

I agree @LindtCurves . Now I can really sense what Giles Yeo and Van Tulleken really mean about UPFs. I really am an addict. I can not see myself ever coming of MJ/Wegovy/whatever but I would like to be on the lowest possible dose. I love an almond croissant @Mounjaropen but I fear that’s almost slippery slope time for me. Having worked out how much I have already spent on MJ I can’t go backwards

i have stabilised after my all inclusive holiday at the beginning of the month. Lost the pounds I put on but need to chip away at the last stone and a half. Did Week 1 Run 2 today - just need to up my activity a bit. I would love to be a healthy BMI for the November Mounjiversary - not many weeks to go.

Well done for losing the AI weight!

I have 6.5 weeks to my Mounjaroversary. My first GW is to get to 130lbs, my 2nd GW would be to get to the 5stone badge - but that would be 123lbs which is 8st 11 and arguably too thin for my age I think. It's also 10lbs from where I am now and I can't see that happening tbh.

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Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 17:20

SerenePeer · 18/09/2025 16:35

I'm very like this too @lindtcurves - once the floodgates have been opened, even a crack, it's game over (pre MJ that is). My DH is a bit the same too but he can happily pull the plug on it and go cold turkey. I never could. I always felt deprived, even though I knew eating UPF made me feel awful.

I think a massive mindset shift for me has been the realisation that 80/20 ratio of healthy/less healthy that normal people enjoy is something I can do on MJ. I could never wrap my head around it pre-MJ. I was either knee deep in chocolate and pastries or on some mad juice cleanse. So any chance to indulge in 'treat' food used to end up in a binge. I remember being astonished watching my friend eat her lunch when we were hill walking. She had a lovely roast chicken salad sandwich, 3 blueberries, 5 grapes and a couple of squares of chocolate. For me it would have to be the whole punnet of blueberries and the whole bunch of grapes and a family sized bar of chocolate, otherwise what was the point?

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I am all or nothing too. Mind you, I probably wouldn't have had that much fruit on a hike because of the logistics of 💩😂

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Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 17:20

random223 · 18/09/2025 17:02

That resonates with me @SerenePeer (although I would swap the pastries for Kettle chips and sausage rolls). I can eat a few Kettle chips or Pringles on MJ or even better walk past them at the supermarket!

I watched a programme about how Pringles are made. Never touched them again 😂

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Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 17:21

Anyone else noticed that their posts are now in a peachy colour rather than purple? How fancy!

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evilharpy · 18/09/2025 18:04

Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 17:21

Anyone else noticed that their posts are now in a peachy colour rather than purple? How fancy!

Yours has got a big purple "original poster" badge at the top of them all, definitely approve of this!

Goldleafcat · 18/09/2025 19:28

Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 17:21

Anyone else noticed that their posts are now in a peachy colour rather than purple? How fancy!

I’m in dark mode so the changes aren’t as noticeable but I’m liking some of the colours!

Goldleafcat · 18/09/2025 20:27

Fabulous about the shoes @Mounjaropen

Thank you all for the skims recommendations I think I shall be ordering a pair come payday! Will check out vinted too, though a bit wary of fakes. I don’t mind the colour clashing with my skin tone as it’ll be hidden under clothing anyway.

I had my dentist appointment this morning and finally braved admitting to MJ. He was supportive and interested. So that was a relief! He didn’t seem to think my throat was too much of a disaster zone either so I think I’m finally on the other side. I’ve tentatively booked a reformer Pilates class for Sunday. He also seemed to think I didn’t need to lose any more weight (not in an irritating way, more of a how long will you be on it etc and I said ideally when I get to a healthy BMI but some maintenance for a bit after that, and he was surprised I wasn’t in the healthy BMI range) (perhaps he was being kind!). I’ve definitely got plenty to lose - size 16 bottom half and 14 on top!

MagnoliaTreePetals · 18/09/2025 20:33

Checking in.

Week 4 of aiming to maintain. 12.5 mg, injecting 10 days apart.

SW 16.5
CW 11.0 and a 1/2!
TWL 5 stone 4.5

So, I have lost a pound this week which isn't exactly maintaining, but as we are off to Portugal for a few days, it gives me a bit of a buffer to relax with a glass of wine or 3.
Next step should have been to increase the gap between jabs to 11 days, but I need to stick at 10 days for the next couple of jabs as I'm having surgery soon. Have been told to jab 7 days or more before surgery, so I am lining things up that way as a result.
No exercise apart from walking for 10 days after surgery, so perhaps it's good not to increase the gap between jabs quite yet anyway.
I may drop down a dose instead.....

It is such a good thing that I can choose, what to do and when. I feel like I am the one in control, Food and my weight issues don't control me, like they have done for decades.

I have found that my deflated balloon-like-skin is lessening quite a bit, and the persistent roll on my stomach is beginning to tone up. Happily, My bikini is looking even better than it did in July. (I had to go back and buy a size smaller in bikini bottoms!) 😀

LindtCurves · 18/09/2025 21:14

Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 17:11

DH noticed in lockdown that because I was literally making everything from scratch - cakes, biscuits, snacks, pies etc he put very little weight on from eating well and differently. He now only takes food from home to eat at Lunchtime because he knows what is in it. It makes a huge difference. And no, I don't think excluding UPF's is extreme, it's self-care really.

No - weight has only really been an issue for me in my early 30's onwards - definitely post birth and definitely during the menopause. I did however have a mother who didn't cook (apart from the dire Mum Salads in the Summer) so I did ingest a shit load of UPF's as a child and teen - but only once a day at dinner. I never had a packed lunch made for me, never had breakfast prepped for me either - and my Mother did not work... I guess looking after my family and friends food wise is my love language because I craved it as a child (I had a recurring dream where It turned out that Delia Smith was my real Mum because I wanted someone to make food like she did for me)n so I have always naturally had a 16:8 diet but more through necessity than choice. My upbringing definitely affected my drinking habits though - my Mother was very judgemental about people who drank so it always seemed 'naughty/decadent'.

As I have said before, Mothers have a lot to answer for...!

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Thanks @SerenePeer @TheSlimmingPumpkin - I conclude that I'm not imagining things! By the way, if you want to read more on how Big Food makes us addicted, "The Food Fight" is really good. Scary how they try to get us hooked from cradle to grave.

So do you ladies eat any UPFs now? If you have kids, do you do anything differently in their nutrition?

Last time I was the weight I am now, I used to make muffins and cakes regularly - from scratch! Didn't find it hard to stay under 10st/ size 10. Then I went off to uni, had 3 months of UPFs, and gained about 2 stone that never really came off... Until I moved to Spain, had a diet of exclusively fresh food, fish, fruit, veg, and it just dropped off. Interesting coincidences, eh?

High quality dark chocolate or a nice homemade dessert now and then doesn't give me the same reoccuring cravings as a vending machine choc bar... Again, interesting...

The story about your mum breaks my heart a little, the Delia Smith bit... Guess many of us on this thread have had similar experiences. My mum for example actively put skinny women down, and currently puts me down now that I apparently fall into that category. It'll be interesting going into my 40s the way I am now with her, as she's hated on the type of woman that's confident and well-presented over age 30 for as long as I can remember. My obesity didn't bother her one bit, me being a healthy BMI really does.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 18/09/2025 21:17

Yay, more bikini love from @MagnoliaTreePetals! Bet you look amazing in yours!

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Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 21:39

LindtCurves · 18/09/2025 21:14

Thanks @SerenePeer @TheSlimmingPumpkin - I conclude that I'm not imagining things! By the way, if you want to read more on how Big Food makes us addicted, "The Food Fight" is really good. Scary how they try to get us hooked from cradle to grave.

So do you ladies eat any UPFs now? If you have kids, do you do anything differently in their nutrition?

Last time I was the weight I am now, I used to make muffins and cakes regularly - from scratch! Didn't find it hard to stay under 10st/ size 10. Then I went off to uni, had 3 months of UPFs, and gained about 2 stone that never really came off... Until I moved to Spain, had a diet of exclusively fresh food, fish, fruit, veg, and it just dropped off. Interesting coincidences, eh?

High quality dark chocolate or a nice homemade dessert now and then doesn't give me the same reoccuring cravings as a vending machine choc bar... Again, interesting...

The story about your mum breaks my heart a little, the Delia Smith bit... Guess many of us on this thread have had similar experiences. My mum for example actively put skinny women down, and currently puts me down now that I apparently fall into that category. It'll be interesting going into my 40s the way I am now with her, as she's hated on the type of woman that's confident and well-presented over age 30 for as long as I can remember. My obesity didn't bother her one bit, me being a healthy BMI really does.

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Aww chin up, you've got this. My mother was a narcissist and could start a row in an empty room... Tbh, I achieved a lot in life to spite her and turned a pretty crappy and very unhappy upbringing into a force for good in my life. I am a very different mother to her indeed! But yes, anyone who did housework was ‘house proud’ and anyone who kept themselves in good order, trim and turned out nicely would be labelled ‘vain’ - all pejorative terms. And herself would only socialise with people she felt she was ‘better’ than and I was never allowed to have friends of my own choosing - no one who had a bigger house or more educated mother - basically anyone who she was threatened by… it was pretty miserable. Still, I’m here to tell the tale! 💪

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Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 21:41

MagnoliaTreePetals · 18/09/2025 20:33

Checking in.

Week 4 of aiming to maintain. 12.5 mg, injecting 10 days apart.

SW 16.5
CW 11.0 and a 1/2!
TWL 5 stone 4.5

So, I have lost a pound this week which isn't exactly maintaining, but as we are off to Portugal for a few days, it gives me a bit of a buffer to relax with a glass of wine or 3.
Next step should have been to increase the gap between jabs to 11 days, but I need to stick at 10 days for the next couple of jabs as I'm having surgery soon. Have been told to jab 7 days or more before surgery, so I am lining things up that way as a result.
No exercise apart from walking for 10 days after surgery, so perhaps it's good not to increase the gap between jabs quite yet anyway.
I may drop down a dose instead.....

It is such a good thing that I can choose, what to do and when. I feel like I am the one in control, Food and my weight issues don't control me, like they have done for decades.

I have found that my deflated balloon-like-skin is lessening quite a bit, and the persistent roll on my stomach is beginning to tone up. Happily, My bikini is looking even better than it did in July. (I had to go back and buy a size smaller in bikini bottoms!) 😀

Ooh well done! A pound off and small bikini bottoms! 🙌👏👏 have a fab time in Portugal!

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Mounjaropen · 18/09/2025 21:42

Goldleafcat · 18/09/2025 20:27

Fabulous about the shoes @Mounjaropen

Thank you all for the skims recommendations I think I shall be ordering a pair come payday! Will check out vinted too, though a bit wary of fakes. I don’t mind the colour clashing with my skin tone as it’ll be hidden under clothing anyway.

I had my dentist appointment this morning and finally braved admitting to MJ. He was supportive and interested. So that was a relief! He didn’t seem to think my throat was too much of a disaster zone either so I think I’m finally on the other side. I’ve tentatively booked a reformer Pilates class for Sunday. He also seemed to think I didn’t need to lose any more weight (not in an irritating way, more of a how long will you be on it etc and I said ideally when I get to a healthy BMI but some maintenance for a bit after that, and he was surprised I wasn’t in the healthy BMI range) (perhaps he was being kind!). I’ve definitely got plenty to lose - size 16 bottom half and 14 on top!

Well done booking the class 🙌👏 glad the dentist went well. My dentist was really interested in the whole WL journey too.

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TheSlimmingPumpkin · 18/09/2025 22:56

My mother was a feeder - clear the plate or else type woman. If something could be fried she fried it, chips with everything. I spent all of the summer vacation in France with a pen pal in lower sixth and came back two dress sizes smaller. Smaller portions, healthy food with the odd ice cream thrown in. I loved France and my mother bloody hated it as I was no longer the fat one.

The French habits stuck until kids and me being time poor meant UPFs crept in. I ignored myself. Luckily my lovely two young adults like cooking from scratch - so at the moment they seem to have healthy BMIs.

Now I am trying to minimise UPF - that is my food noise. I don’t buy crisps, chocolates, desserts at all now. The automatic pudding of yoghurt or some other high processed dessert thing doesn’t happen any more. The odd packet of biscuits for the husband but that’s it. Much more fruit and veg in the fridge.

My Lakeland soup maker is always out or the air fryer is doing chicken or fish. A piece of cake or biscuit really is a treat and not a daily or twice daily occurrence.

its hard to avoid all UPFs but I make a real effort to avoid them where I can
@LindtCurves . It was only after eating loads, and I mean loads, of the Halloween chocolates and other goodies on my own in October 2024 that I realised I had to stop.

TheSlimmingPumpkin · 18/09/2025 22:57

Bloody hell that reads like a therapy session ☝🏻sorry about that 🙄

Cantbesure · 18/09/2025 23:20

Just catching up. There’s been a lot of activity!

well done on starting couch to 5k @TheSlimmingPumpkin I started it (again!) this time last year and have kept it up. I’ve joined a local running club and running 5 miles twice a week. Got my second 10k event coming up soon.

lovely shoes @Mounjaropen I just can’t imagine wearing heels anymore. I’m strictly boots and trainers these days.

I’ve had a huge Vinted spree and now have lots of Zara size 8 clothes. I still have a moment when I open the parcel and think they won’t fit me…

update from me, this weekend it will be 13 weeks since my last jab. I’m maintaining my weight around 8 stone and BMI 23. It’s still harder than being on MJ but I am managing to keep the weight off. This week I put a few pounds on and I worried I was on a downward spiral but a couple of days of stricter calorie counting and keeping my steps up and I was back down again.

My white blood cell count is now finally back to normal after 13 weeks of testing. But my blood film test has come back abnormal so I’m still under investigation. Booked a call in with the GP next week to discuss. They didn’t think it was urgent so I’m not going to worry about it.

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Mounjaropen · 19/09/2025 04:30

TheSlimmingPumpkin · 18/09/2025 22:56

My mother was a feeder - clear the plate or else type woman. If something could be fried she fried it, chips with everything. I spent all of the summer vacation in France with a pen pal in lower sixth and came back two dress sizes smaller. Smaller portions, healthy food with the odd ice cream thrown in. I loved France and my mother bloody hated it as I was no longer the fat one.

The French habits stuck until kids and me being time poor meant UPFs crept in. I ignored myself. Luckily my lovely two young adults like cooking from scratch - so at the moment they seem to have healthy BMIs.

Now I am trying to minimise UPF - that is my food noise. I don’t buy crisps, chocolates, desserts at all now. The automatic pudding of yoghurt or some other high processed dessert thing doesn’t happen any more. The odd packet of biscuits for the husband but that’s it. Much more fruit and veg in the fridge.

My Lakeland soup maker is always out or the air fryer is doing chicken or fish. A piece of cake or biscuit really is a treat and not a daily or twice daily occurrence.

its hard to avoid all UPFs but I make a real effort to avoid them where I can
@LindtCurves . It was only after eating loads, and I mean loads, of the Halloween chocolates and other goodies on my own in October 2024 that I realised I had to stop.

I’m sorry your Mother was like that, France sounded idyllic! I think it’s great you’re making such a concerted effort with the UPF’s. I think we’ve all been there with a shit load of haribo/family sized chocolate bar inhaled in one sitting… I’m only grateful that being rural means absolutely no one knocking for Halloween so i don’t need anything in the house for that..because I couldn’t trust myself around fun-sized anything!😂

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Mounjaropen · 19/09/2025 04:35

Cantbesure · 18/09/2025 23:20

Just catching up. There’s been a lot of activity!

well done on starting couch to 5k @TheSlimmingPumpkin I started it (again!) this time last year and have kept it up. I’ve joined a local running club and running 5 miles twice a week. Got my second 10k event coming up soon.

lovely shoes @Mounjaropen I just can’t imagine wearing heels anymore. I’m strictly boots and trainers these days.

I’ve had a huge Vinted spree and now have lots of Zara size 8 clothes. I still have a moment when I open the parcel and think they won’t fit me…

update from me, this weekend it will be 13 weeks since my last jab. I’m maintaining my weight around 8 stone and BMI 23. It’s still harder than being on MJ but I am managing to keep the weight off. This week I put a few pounds on and I worried I was on a downward spiral but a couple of days of stricter calorie counting and keeping my steps up and I was back down again.

My white blood cell count is now finally back to normal after 13 weeks of testing. But my blood film test has come back abnormal so I’m still under investigation. Booked a call in with the GP next week to discuss. They didn’t think it was urgent so I’m not going to worry about it.

Well that’s great news about your health, you must feel relieved. And you are doing so well on maintaining, thanks for sharing that update, it’s really good for those of us not quite there yet to hear. I think we all need to get our heads around this way of life being our new (and frankly only) way of life from this point forward. It’s daunting, and it’ll be hard work but we’ve all invested so much time, effort and money into getting to this point nearly a year later, a bar of dairy milk no longer seems worth the effort.. 💪💪💪

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Goldleafcat · 19/09/2025 07:35

Happy Friday everyone!

Weighed myself finally and I’ve put on a pound or so (11 stone 8). Have lost my 5 stone badge 🥹 However given I’ve been eating pretty much whatever and the wine has crept back in this week I’m ok with that (and hopefully a stall here and there helps with all things hair / skin / risk of pancreatitis etc!).

And I’m pleased to announce I had a lovely hot shower in my own bathroom, as the hot water cylinder etc was finally replaced YESTERDAY. That was ridiculous. Plumber first came out to look at it in early August. Nice enough guy but the organisation was severely lacking. Fingers crossed it all continues to work 🤪

Have a great Friday and weekend!

TheSlimmingPumpkin · 19/09/2025 08:56

I simply can not buy a fun sized bag of anything or any tubs of whatever. I just don’t trust myself or MJ to say no to cramming it all in over the course of a day. I know my weaknesses and trigger points now after almost a year on MJ.

evilharpy · 19/09/2025 09:09

@Cantbesure well done for maintaining, that's brilliant! Are you finding yourself as hungry as before MJ (as opposed to just food noise)? I'm still on 10mg every 9 days (reducing to 7.5 next week) and have found myself actually hungry multiple times this week for the first time in ages, such a weird feeling.

@Goldleafcat a pound or so is nothing, I fluctuate by more than that at various points of the week. You've done amazing.

@Mounjaropen I've been hunting for that Pringles documentary and can't find it anywhere that doesn't need a subscription but will keep hunting, I feel like I need to put myself off pringles just in case they creep back in! Fairly sure my sweet tooth has gone by the habit being broken, but I could still polish off a giant pack of salt and vinegar crisps if I let myself and I'm not sure a tube of pringles would hang around for long either.