May 2025 Starters Thread 6 - We’re all totes protes now ✌️

[FlorenceNightshade]

As requested a protein and fibre filled shiny new thread for us!!

Week 17 check in! Been on nights this week and nights again end of next week with a trip away for a few nights in between! Planning on being as mindful as I can be but still enjoy myself! Got a lot of long walks mapped out so hope the weather is nice!

SW 92.9kg BMI 30
GW 75kg
CW 70.5kg BMI 22.8
New GW 67.4kg

Loss this week 1.7kg
Total loss 22.4kg or 49.3lb

Jab 18 today and stuck with 3.75mg again out of a 5mg pen. I had my final pen delivery this week. I have three unopened 5mg pens so I’m planning to start titrating down after this one and will try to keep a full pen for the future incase I need it.

Done hardly any exercise this last week nights make it so much harder so trying to do what I can and not feel guilty for being tired!

Amazing as always to read how everyone is getting on, pushing through the hard stuff and smashing out the wins! Onwards and downwards ✌️

@FlorenceNightshade@GherkinsOnToastwell done on the loss, amazing!
@DidILeaveTheGasOn i am thinking of increasing my dose too. Ive been STS for 3-4 weeks now.

i have had the WORST day at work today. Something happened and the whole team was rocked really badly. On my way home i couldnt resist a macdonald (reasoning that so far, an egg sandwich and a donut had not been enough sustenance for the day). Had a fish burger and chips. Went home, glass of wine, two spoonful of kids pasta and im waiting for DP to come back home and pour me another glass of red and make me some “healthy” strawberry ice cream. The whole of today was an emotional rollercoaster. I just need to go to bed and not beat myself up.😫😫

Just add a small amount to each one after you’ve put the mincemeat in. So good, I promise.

Sorry to hear about your day @tostaky& hope workwise it’s a temporary blip.

Filet O fish are so minuscule these days that it probably doesn’t count.

I hope tomorrow is a much better day for you @Tostaky 💛

Thanks all - i am much better today and WFH so will not at a distance from my workplace which will be good.
i really need to learn to look after myself through something that is not food/wine. The thing about food is i can share it with people (donut in office brought by manager to support the team) cheese and wine with DP to talk about my day with DP.
if i had gone for a shower for ex, i would have been all alone. Even if i had gone to the gym i would have been on my own (maybe i need gym bunnies friends)

@tostaky - glad you’re in a better place today .
Food is so much more than food, isn’t it - it can be an icebreaker, a unifier, a consolation, and the basis of so many of our interactions with others - right from our birth.
Thank goodness for WLIs, helping us reign in our impulses to overindulge !
Onwards and downwards , everyone. xx

Hey all

I've gained again this week...and just having one of those "why the fuck" moments. I've increased my dose slightly this morning but I've honestly tried so hard this week!

Daily calories have been about 1200 - 1500, exercising etc.

Going to pick myself up later but, for now, going to have my morning cuppa and feel a bit sorry for myself!

Hugs and congrats to all the losses out there xxx

Good morning, glad you are feeling better today @tostaky . @SussexLass87 I know how you feel. I have put on this week but only 0.5kg. Had a really difficult week, one of our close friends had died, and been supporting his wife. We have drank and eaten far too much. We then had friends over last night and the same happened. I have decided that as this is not something that is going to happen quickly, I am ok with having a couple of blips. We have friends arriving on Sunday to stay for 4 days, so next week might also be a gain, but hey ho, I will do my best and then get back on it after they have gone. Have a lovely weekend everyone, and once again I love the support on here. Oh, how do I hide my pen that is in the fridge from friends who are staying!!!!!!! No one other than immediate family know I am using the pens!!!!!!

Is your pen in a box? If so it’s quite discreet. You could put it at the very back. Surely they wouldn’t rifle through everything in the fridge, they’d just grab the milk or whatever?

Chin up @SussexLass87 I know how you feel. I wish weight loss worked in direct relation to the effort we put in each week.

@tostaky I can relate to looking after myself through food. It seems such a lot of effort to look after myself in other ways, and I've fallen into old familiar habits.

And I have plenty of food noise, but just the insanity of constantly questioning myself- maybe if I changed x, reduced my steroids/other meds, injected smaller doses daily, took the full dose and wore adult nappies and mainlined imodium, took up shuffle dancing...

These are genuinely all things I have considered 🙄

The good news is that I'm not gaining 😄

Bit disappointed this morning as I seem to have stayed the same again this week, and may even have gained a few ounces (I’m too stingy to shell out for fancy digital scales). I’ve also been hungry in the evenings since the start of September - but despite this, I have resisted temptation and stuck with my eating plan. So I’m definitely having an it’s not fair moment.

I posted the other day that I’m convinced my body is designed to hibernate for for the winter and is trying hard to lay down fat for the winter ahead. How do I convince my metabolism that it can stop panicking and all will be well?

Put it in a tomato purée box, or similar. Mine's in a wasabi box.

@Kbr22 & @Gingercar - thank you for the kind words. You all get it! My condolences @Kbr22 - I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. Sounds like you've been much needed this week.

@HereIGoOnceMore i have read something about people in the middle age slowing down in winter as a way to stretch food ressources by needing less calories because they would stay in bed, warm, for longer periods of time. I am totally like this.
@SweetChilliGirl i like your idea!
@Kbr22 so sorry for your loss. It takes a bigger than we wpuld like toll us. Take care xx

I have done something quite dramatic and jabbed 2.5mg this morning! (I was on 1.25mg every 4 days). If i jab again in 4 days then that will mean im officially on 5mg. Maybe thats what i need.
Have a good friyay all!

Hello all. I've pretty much stayed the same weight for the last 3 weeks, which is ok as I've gone beyond target now.

I've stayed on 3.5mg but I am getting very little suppression now. I'm managing to get 6 doses out of one 5mg pen and have two more in the fridge, which will last me until mid november.

I suppose what I now have to decide is to whether I go up to 5mg and lose another few pounds or stay at this dose to prepare me for coming off it. Decisions, decisions!

Saw this on another thread and it amused me!

Been cleaning all day, me, the woman that had a cleaner because she didn't have the flexibility, strength or energy to clean, has been cleaning for four hours. Before that I did two school runs, limped the car to the petrol station on fumes and then went to Pets at home to get food for the herd.
I really want to celebrate today. I feel so much better than I did at the start. This is an amazing feeling.
Thank goodness for Mj and this group and not giving up.

On a separate note, does anyone want to help me find something to wear as a bridesmaid in a few weeks? I still haven't found anything I like. My bottom half is still a 16-18 whilst my top half is a 14-16. I've no idea what I want to wear.

I'm no help at all @DidILeaveTheGasOn - I refuse to go anywhere with a dress code! I'd suggest a personal shopper at a department store.

What does the bride have in mind? Flouncy or classic? Long or short? Colours?

I have been on 10mg and am feeling dreadful. I dread taking the injection (it turns my stomach just to think of it).

I have asked to go down to 5mg.

I see that I am on a much higher dose than others. I am with Juniper and it just goes up every month.

It’s the one thing about Juniper that’s off putting. Why don’t they listen to their patients and check how they are doing??
Could you do less clicks from the 10mg pen? Give yourself a lower dose..

Im the opposite, I’ve taken 6 mg from a 7.5 pen to try to eke out the pen, and am thinking I should have taken 7.5mg. Nothing seems to stop me eating. I’m eating healthy stuff, but I’m eating a lot, and can push through any fullness!

Just managed to sneak into the 13 stone bracket today!

Updated my goals spreadsheet. I'd like to focus on the next big milestone, which will be moving into the Overweight category, currently 16lbs away. I'm wondering if I can achieve that by the new year.

@Apprenante Sorry I appealed for help and then fell asleep, what a charmer. The dress needs to be maxi and burgundy. I think I'd like something embellished a little, but not in a loud way. I don't really know how to find something that will fit me properly - I'm a size 14-ish on the top and size 16-18 on the bottom.

I can wear a jumpsuit if I prefer, but surely that would be the same problem. A top and a skirt would be easier and I'd be more comfortable, but finding an 'outfit' would be harder than finding a dress surely?