Shemed January Starters - Thread 4

[FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden]

Hello everyone! I completely missed the other thread was full (haven't been too well this week) so I've started this one and will tag as many people as I can think of from recent pages. Do tag anyone else you think of that might miss the new thread!

I hope everyone is okay. It's been unsettling times hasn't it with all the news about the price increases and very little from Shemed as to what they are planning. I am hopeful that of all people we will be shielded the most due to being on the Study (fingers crossed).

I weighed in this morning and took second dose of the 10mg. I seemed to put on this morning but if I take the weight I've been most of this week...

I am exactly half way to my target! And I've lost 25% of my bodyweight!

10mg - so far no burps or nausea but I am wondering if this extreme tiredness is in part due to the drug. Was eating just as I was before the last couple of days but today don't want to eat so who knows!

I'll read up and tag people if I can.

And just to say I am struggling with fatigue, to be honest I think I have throughout on Mounjaro. Previously when I lost 3 stone through diet, I felt amazing and had so much energy, I've lost over 5 stone on Mounjaro and many days feel like really hard slog, which of course makes preparing healthy meals and exercising hard. I would be really interested to hear how wegovy differs in that respect from those who've tried it.

It’s great to hear from you @OneAzureMaker. Well done on the exercise front. I am nowhere in a stage right now I can consider it, life is so busy and I feel 8 am failing at so many other aspects of life (job, studies, parent role, house duties, wife role, daughter role, self care role). The one thing I am achieving is slow steady weight loss which is kinda self-care and as lots have people have said “looking well”. By that they mean less fat I think.
Like you @OneAzureMakerI expected to feel full of energy like I have with previous weight loss. And it is so much easier to move that it was, but motivation to move is so much lower. Thinking is so slow too. I really don’t know if it is peri men’s brain fog or MJ exhaustion. It is worst day 1-2 post jab. My brain is more easily overwhelmed now but instead on stressing, I just procrastinate and ignore the issues now.

Good to hear Numan offered you 20% off. I have the same number of pens as you and one coming (£100off) 30-9-25 too. But have you seen the new prices. They need to be like 50% off really 😬

Thanks for your honesty ladies, really reassuring to hear your honesty of MJ exhaustion. I mean it’s still worth it for the weight loss but I am less worried about it now, intrigued to hear WG does not seem to do this and contemplating at what point doing my actual work and other roles will become more vital than the weight loss.

Yes I have £100 off the one on the 30th too.

I found myself wondering yesterday whether it was worth it - I mean I know it is for the weight loss - but I am so tired. Yesterday was jab day, I did a fitness session at 7am, it was my day off and it basically sat in a daze for the day! I made myself walk the dog in the afternoon, but it felt like a massive effort, and I'm not sure it should feel like that.

Like you im in perimenopause, but given that it seems to be linked to days we inject, it must be Mounjaro related surely?

I do wonder if it is if there's many of us feeling it. I've also wondered if it's long term slightly under eating /not getting the necessary nutrients. When I lurked on the Shemed fb groups those sticking on smaller doses didn't seem to get it (if anything many seemed to have more energy).

Chatgpt.. So not at all reliable from a medical perspective... But could be right talked about 6stone loss in my case in the 8 months being quite a huge shock to the body so it could be the "sudden" large weight loss regardless of method...

Or perimenopause. Or in my case I've changed job too. Or if I look over this year I'm actually so much more active than I used to be - I'm taking a higher level of functioning as my normal so maybe I am just tired...

I really don't know. But interesting there's a few of us... And going down a dose/switching to lower dose wegovy could help?? I wish I was closer to my goal 😬.

Hi all, sorry to hear so many of you are in a slump.

I'm frustrated as I feel good, have responded to MJ and tolerated it really well in terms of side effects etc. I envisaged being on it long term on a smaller dose for maintenance but now with the cost I just don't know if it will be feasible. It's depressing. I've got a couple of months in the fridge and a Numan discount code for next month, I may see if they will increase my dosage for that one so I can eek the pen out over even more doses, to 7 or even 8 weeks.

In the new year I may explore Wegovy for maintenance. It's just annoying as MJ seems to be the wonder fix in my life!

Hope everyone has a good weekend and keep spirits up!

I’m doing ok, still not sure what the future holds with regards to WLI and still feeling a bit lost with it all. I’ve felt brilliant on 10mg, but I am suffering with constipation a fair bit, so unsure whether I’d be better off on a slightly lower dose, however I’m not currently sure how I’m planning on funding any of it! Still very reluctant to move to Wegovy though l, as the price of that will go up in January when the SheMed study ends, so will be in a position of struggling to afford that too!

Not expecting much at tomorrows weigh in, as I’ve been at a festival this weekend and have eaten and drunk far too much! Had fun though, other than the monsoon style weather 🤣

@JBLglad to hear you are going well. I think the festival weight if any gain would be short lived water retention . My 1 week all inclusive holiday gain of 2KG disappeared in under a week which I found dangerously encouraging. I have got back to good eating straight away though & tho k it’s important for me to say ‘right home now and straight back to it’. The exercise not been great since back though.

yes @JBJ and @Bear2014the price of it is such a worry and I feel really naive & silly for admitting this but I just didn’t believe it when first announced.
Back in January when I signed up, £99 a month seemed a lot and I was daunted to be signed up to basically £1200. I soon realised what a good deal it was and how amazing the drug worked… I was hooked and believe I would find a way to be on it for ever. I was under the illusion that within the year, as it was helping so many and demand increasing that the price would drop and then a tablet form would be out and everyone would go on that as likely cheaper. Oh how silly I feel now. When price hike announced I thought, they’ll sort it out and SheMed customers will be ok anyway, but expected it to somehow blow over. I’m really sad realising it won’t.

It’s jab day for me today @OneAzureMakerso my tired days tomorrow and Tuesday. It’s a slog getting through work in those days, especially WFH. I think you are likely right though @FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden, because I do generally feel good on 10mg, but I am eating less. Checking on ch**GPT my calories are about 1400-1600kcals a day.
I try to prioritise the protein on my plate so sometime leave food that has more energy in. At the weekends I am generally eating a bit more and nicer food that fits in the the family and being out, so I made banana pancakes for breakfast (normally I don’t eat breakfast). I had curry and rice with nann -yum, so as I eat more my energy is better. This is natural cycling which MJ supports as a pattern.

Hoping it is a good week for you all. I noticed without checking in on SheMed I am now only recording my lowest weight in the week rather than on a set day.
So this week I had lost 1 KG by Wednesday, I recorded this weight as days since then I have been 0.2 or 0.4 kg up, I hate seeing those weight in my graph so nothing entered until next week again. Would love another 1KG off!!

Have you tried magnesium supplements first constipation? I found them the solution for me in the first few days post jab. Predictably effective time wise too 😉

Yes, I take a magnesium supplement every day, plus at least 25g of fibre and top up with a fibre supplement, and I’m still struggling a couple of times a week.

Hi, it’s been ages since I’ve been on here & I hope everyone is doing well.

I’ve lost 4 stone since starting in January & hit slightly below my target weight. I’ve been on 5mg most of the time, I did one month on 7.5mg but as I’d hit target SheMed took me back down to 5mg. I was happy that it seemed to be perfect maintenance as for nearly 2 months I’ve stayed the same with only a few ounces difference up or down every week . Obviously like everyone else I was saddened by the price increase, especially as I don’t feel like they adjusted the cost of the specific MJ dosages when we could see online what the differences were with other suppliers. It always felt stupid & a waste throwing away the pens every month with so much left in them, I wish I’d went down the golden dose route now.
I’m starting my first wegovy jab next week but I was wondering if SheMed have been ok with cancelling the contract if you’re not happy. There’s been so many posts to go through to see other peoples experiences! I’m really disappointed to have signed up for a ‘study’ with apparently a set number of people able to sign up & for them to change it even if the cost was out of their hands. If they wanted the 12 month study to be accurate it surely can’t be now.
any advice on cancelling would be appreciated!

Hello! @bertieallsort key thing is DONT complete the questionaire. It's the questionaire that is a request for a refil and means rhey charge you.

Send an email saying you want to cancel and it's a simple as that.

They say on their phone and in some of their correspondence that they are fine for people to say on MJ with them, swap to wegovy for the £99 or cancel.

I've cancelled now. Feels strange but it's fine. And having me money. Like @Reginaphalangeeeee I expected it to be £99 a month (the that changed to 4 weekly) and I thought that was a lot....I also assumed at the end MJ would be cheaper or I'd change provider... But eventually it would be cheaper. And I compeltley believed the £99 deal would be protected til the end of the year so it didn't occur to me to stock up!! I'm still cross they werent transparent.

I'm struggling a bit with work and all the hours I need to put in outside of my hours and been googling other careers... 🙈. I wish I'd gone through my career differently...

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGardenyou are messaging late so this career concerns must be bothering you a lot.
Sending you virtual support. You are not alone. X

I too really dislike some aspects of my job right now. I wish I choose a career with more finacial considerations rather than being a do-gooder 🙄
I guess in my conceptualisation of my life, I would marry someone with good earning potential so it would matter less. Many of my friends are in this situation. I am not and am sadly the main bread winner, working and studying full time. I used to be passionate & strive but now feel I have hit a ceiling (certainly an finacial one) and lost the love of my job. At the mid 40 age bracket, I have a long time left to work. I have children I would love to put through Uni as they are bright, but no idea how I can afford it.
I’m sad. It’s another Monday, back to work. Also really not getting on with husband so well these days, I feel so alone. This is not how I imagined this stage of life. Goes to show… weight loss is great but does not solve all of life’s problems.

Sorry, realise this is a downer. Was about to delete then decided I can not delete my feelings so easily and maybe others feel this way too.
Going to think of something positive to do to pick myself up now. Hope you all have a good day

2.9lb gain today. Not hugely surprised after a festival this weekend - junk food, alcohol and constipation aren’t a good mix! Not concerned though as I’m sure it’ll be off again by next week.

I’ve accepted & paid for my first wegovy but I’m having second thoughts now, I’ve lost weight again with today’s weigh in & I’m well under target. I’ve had friends & family saying they think I should stop now so I think I might email them to see if I can cancel now.

I've had pretty much no side effects with MJ & I don’t know I want to risk suddenly being hit with some on wegovy.

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden @Reginaphalangeeeee sorry you are both having a hard time at the moment. I have no advice other than to keep talking here to get it off your chest & no need to apologise.

Jab day, my weight has increased the last few weigh ins & I think it’s due to new medication increasing hunger. Haven’t had the energy to exercise either or do anything at all tbh, hoping my body gets used to it soon & the weight goes back down. Dread to think how much worse it would be without mj!

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden what is your job?

What email address have people used to cancel with Shemed? I can’t seem to find one that reaches a human!

I could have written this!

Oh @Reginaphalangeeeee never apologise - and you've hears me moan often enough! Like tiny I could have written much of that. ( @Kaggi9 I'm a teacher.) I still havent got a work life balance and the new role is different and I need to learn a lot. I'd love to be able to just turn up and "do" a job or keep it within work hours. Similarly I wish I'd been a psych. Or an OT. The roles I do are often a bit lower paid despite my experience... Husband not paid well either. I am also v worried about uni. It keeps me up at night and we've wondered about remortgaging as we don't manage on our income as it is.

Love to you all. I've manaebd an evening not working hut ill have to get up early to deal with the consequences

I fitted my exercises in though. 😊

@FatsiaJaponicaInTheGarden I feel your pain! I left the classroom 3 years ago and haven’t looked back. There is life on the other side!

Well down for escaping! What do you do now? I thought I loved this place - but... If it doesn't settle I will need to have a plan B. This isn't currently sustainable.

That is hard! My personal thoughts are don't get into debt for university unless it's something they honestly cannot do without (doctor for example), I think apprenticeships are the way forward, you get a qualification and experience. The number of graduates out of work currently I suspect is high, one of my cousins is in that list! I got my degree part-time when working. I do sometimes wished I'd gone to uni traditionally but I couldn't afford to and I think it enhances who I am personally. I was lucky to fall into financial services so money isn't as tight as it could have been, interestingly if I'd gone to university I think I might've become a maths teacher, I'm pretty sure I couldn't earn my current salary as a teacher (unless maybe a head or something). So don't feel bad... Also are there grant and bursary options if it's something they really want to do. They can get the debt and pay it off... Don't put yourself into debt in a time of life when you probably want to start stepping back and enjoying yourself more!

In other news I weighed myself today and the extra 2lbs I out on last week are off this morning (I was thinking I might need to up my mj dose) so I'm going to hold fast for a month on 2.5 and see what happens (previously I've ended up going back up a bit as when getting to the bottom of 2.5 titration I felt less able to control my sugar intake...) roll on 2 October, my ADHD assessment. Hoping it's not too long a weight for medication. I am so ADHD, I can't believe it's taken to 45 to realise 🤣

Bah! Not sure Wegovy is the one for me (or I'm on too low a dose). Another weight gain and I'm back over 70kg. I don't feel like I'm eating more, but I clearly am!

Not loving the mild constipation and flatulence either!

I was in school for 25 years and absolutely love teaching but not the everything around it! I work for the LA now.

Oh no, I am sorry to hear this! Can you go up a dose or constipation an issue? Did you have the same in MJ that responded to anything?

fFeel frustrated for you, if you are tracking your calories maybe the weight gain is just constipation.