August 25 Starters - Thread 2

[MrJollyLivesNextDoor]

Hi everyone, I couldn’t see a new thread so I’ve started this one.

Here’s the link to the old thread:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5378761-august-25-starters?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

Checking in
SW 195 lb
CW 173 lb
GW 130 lb

22 lb lost since August 12.

This week has been wild; it’s half term and I have been so busy. I’m a local deputy captain in our community emergency response team and we have been activated to ready for possible hurricane and flood impacts from Hurricane Melissa so I have been running the sandbag station since Wednesday, filling and carrying hundreds of sandbags. It looks like we are not going to get hit after all, but we won’t stand down until it has passed our area. Prayers for our neighbours in Jamaica, and other Caribbean nations.

Managed breakfast every day (oatmeal fruit and Greek yogurt) but from 9-5 it’s been protein shakes, Gatorade and insane amounts of water, no food.

I think I’m down about 3 lbs in a week but will check once muscle inflammation subsides. I have the regiment deployed to help me today so they can take over the heavy lifting.

Looking forward to standing down and refuelling tomorrow and hope this damn storm leaves us alone and the track doesn’t change. Absolutely catastrophic situation about to go down in Jamaica 💔

Oh Blimey @Pumpernickelbrakes well done and hope you stay safe xx

Wk 14 D2 for me today and I've lost a total of 30lbs which I'm happy with. I can start to see the difference now, my clothes are feeling looser and I certainly feel a lot healthier.

SW - 15st
CW - 12 st 12lb
GW - 10 st 7lb

I need to order a new pen ready for next week, I'm going to stick at 5mg for another month and hope I keep losing at a similar rate. I've been struggling with nausea on days 1-5 each week on 5mg but then quite hungry with a noticeable drop in suppression on days 6 & 7.

@Blowingrasberries@Ambernectarine22
condolences, hope you’re both doing ok.

Week 12 day 1
2lb off for me this week (as I hoped), bringing my total loss to 25lb.

Only 2lb to go to get into the 12s…

SW 14:12
CW 13:01
GW 10:06

I've been away camping in the Lake District from Weds - Sunday last week so no weighing of food, and it was cold so i was eating a little more (but also walking a little more!)

Weigh in number 9 today and still 1.5lb down
Total loss so far = 24.5lb

Quick update as missed last week!

W 11 D1

SW14 st 4.5 lbs
CW 12 st 8 lbs
GW 11 st 10 lbs

Just under a stone to go. Have upped dosage to 5 next week and fingers crossed no side effects. I'm hoping this will get me to goal then will maybe order one more to taper off. Not sure yet how to approach maintenance.

Is everyone taking it weekly or has anyone changed that?
Last week I jabbed again on day 8 as I was away for a few nights and forgot to bring it. This week today is day 9 and I still feel like the suppression is there, along with a little willpower so thinking of jabbing tomorrow which would be day 10.

So that would be 4mg on October
10th, 18th and then the 28th. I’m desperate to make long term changes and fear if I’m never actually hungry that won’t be sustainable.

I’m on my last 5mg pen, with three doses left. I’m worried this lands me at the end of November just before the Christmas festivities start 😒 I can’t really afford to be in this long term. Has anyone else got a plan for coming off? Not sure if I should buy another pen and taper myself off or to at least keep me going until after Christmas.

Funnily enough I forgot to jab yesterday so I did it this morning…I haven’t noticed any loss of suppression really on 2.5 (dose 2 of pen3) so I’m thinking of going 8 or 9 days or more going forwards and see what happens!

Perhaps get a 5mg pen but get 10 x 2.5 doses out of it?
I have a 5mg that I’m planning on using that way

Evening all! Hope you're all ok!
Just wondered if anyone has suffered with itchy area around injection site? Im on 3rd pen and last 2 doses (first 2 of new pen) I have had an itchy red area around injection site for a few days. Haven't had it until these last 2 jabs... has anyone else had this and did an antihistamine help? Don't know if pen too cold before jabbing?
Any hints/tips/advice greatfully recieved ☺️

I've only had a reaction around the jab site when a bit of the jab fluid has got on the skin from a wet needle (or cack handed jabbing), I think there's something irritating in it. The red mark lasts for a good few days but goes eventually.

Best way I've found to 'dry' the needle is to gently touch the blobs of fluid on the needle with the antiseptic wipe to absorb them off before jabbing.

@Pumpernickelbrakesoh crikey Jamaica is about to get an absolute hammering 😮

Please stay safe 🙏

I was seeing how far I could push it, feeling a little hungry this morning so about to jab on day 10.

@Pumpernickelbrakeshope you are safe.

@AsteriaBuffy thank you, I will give it a try. The antihistamines seem to be really helping x

How's everyones week going?

Uneventful week for me, weigh in yesterday and lost half a pound. Averaging 0.9lbs a week.

Sixth dose of 5mg, I think suppression is still good and minimal side effects now. I'm clearly not eating quite the right things though and need to move a bit more. Been trying to drink more water. Due for a whoosh I reckon!

Being menopausal must make a difference. I was looking at measurements compared to 20 odd years ago - weirdly although I was 2 stone lighter then my thighs, boobs and arms were really not much smaller and I was only one trouser size smaller. The HUGE difference is in my waist and belly button measurements - both were 8-10 inches smaller (when not pregnant). Terrifyingly my belly button measurement now is the same as when I was 40 weeks pregnant (45 inches)!!

On the bright side it's my waist measurement that has dropped the most since starting MJ, I read somewhere it's good for getting rid of visceral fat, so fingers crossed that continues.

Weigh and jab day for me today. Just done my fourth injection of 7.5, still minimal side effects (although the constipation and being cold all the time is annoying).
Lost 1.5lbs this week so in 11 weeks I’ve lost 22.5lbs. Feeling pleased that I’ve lost every week so far.
Im still really impatient to get to the two stone loss mark and properly into size 14s, it seems to be taking ages and my stomach is just huge! No idea where the weight is coming off of 🤷‍♀️

Well done, steady progress is the aim. I have finally lost 2 stone on my 13th weigh in, 2 down, 3 to go!

Jab day today. SW 18st 8lb, CW 16st 13lb. Only 1lb off this week but still going in the right direction. Taking 3rd 7.5mg dose today, which I seem to be OK with apart from the constipation.

Bit of mayhem here, ordered a new pen over a week ago and no delivery. Luckily the pharmacy was fast in issuing a new one.

I order a new one when I start using a pen so I was still good but the back and forth I could have lived without.

On the positive side, I lost 1.4kg last week. I looked into how much I drink and now aim for 3l a day and I feel it makes a difference.
When I wfh I have the bathroom next to my office but at work I feel I am constantly going across the office several times a day, maybe all the walking is also doing the trick 😁

SW 99.4kg
CW 86.8kg
GW between 65-60kg

These are such great losses, so positive that we are all heading downwards!
Ive got a stone to go to get to my original goal weight which was 11stone 11lbs to put me at the top of my BMI.
However, I read on another thread about how the NHS seems to have changed it slightly by about 3lbs so I redid mine and sure enough it’s 11.8 to now be a healthy weight 🙄😂
Nevermind, I expect if I ever get there I will revise down again anyway!

Almost at eleven weeks and so close to having lost 10kg. Not bad as I haven't done eleven jabs due to holidays etc. Last year it took my an extra 2 months to achieve same amount of loss. I am doing 3.75 and finding the surpression and nausea are now worse on days 5,6,7 than start of the week. I have just reordered and now got 2x 5mg pens ready to go, just need to decide when to move up to full 5mg dose.

I have realised there are still some environments where the situational cues to binge eat are very strong, still working out what to do with them. For the most part I have been able to buy a single serving choc bar plus a protein yoghurt etc. it's like I experience the craving but with a bit of distance. but there is still a mental battle there, it's just more manageable. I wonder if that will go as I move up or if it's too ingrained.

Have a great weekend all, keep going!!!

Official weigh in day is tomorrow but I weigh every day and today (for the first time since Feb 2020) I am in the 12s!!!

1 more lb to go for a 2stone loss so far

Just wanted to get that down in case I nudge back into 13s tomorrow 😆

Wk15 D1 for me today I think. I've not lost anything this week. I'm sure I haven't gone over my calories but I haven't been eating well (lots of carbs and very little protein or veg compared to normal) and I've not drunk a much water. Just started a new pen today, I've opted to stick at 5mg rather than increase the dose as I'm still getting nausea for the first few days each week. I'm going to make a really effort this week to up my water intake and eat a more balanced diet, hourly that will get the scales moving again.