October ‘25 starters

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Bit premature but planning on starting with Mounjaro in next week or so.

I’ve struggled with my weight for the majority of my life and despite having periods of being within the realms of ‘healthy’ weights, these have been difficult to get to and v hard to maintain. I’m now keen to sort things out, once and for all before I’m 40. (Given myself a buffer as currently 36…) 😅

SW: 14st 7lb
1st GW: 13st

Here for support, tips and anything else helpful along the way. 🫣

Welcome newcomers and good luck!
I finally dropped a lb this morning after being stuck for 2 weeks. Phew! It was definitely my cycle as it stopped yesterday. Stayed on 2.5 for pen 2 as although the loss is very slow (less than a lb a week) I am happy with that and not having any difficulty staying within my calorie allowance of 1200.
I bought 2 pens at 2.5 so I don’t need to buy one in December. I am feeling ready for a small dinner after work but it’s still keeping me from eating large portions.

That’s great @Calyx72and always good when you understand the reason for a stall.

I’ve decided to move up alongside the schedule for my next pen as whilst 2.5 is going something, I’ve had limited side effects so far.

Also going to move days back from Sunday to Thursday as it’s easier if we’re away for a long weekend. Plan is to do that over the next couple of jabs so not to much of a jump in one go - Sunday lunchtime last week, will jab today as due to be away from lunchtime today, then next week will move back to Thursday.

its in line with the guidance for minimum days between doses so fingers crossed will go ok.

I’ve told hubby and 2 best friends and a few school mums that I know that are on it. Apart from Hubby my family don’t know I’m on it as I’m not sure what they’d say and the stigma of the weight loss jabs .. maybe later down the line I may tell them perhaps x

Hi and welcome , your more than welcome it’ll be nice to have a male perspective of the jabs and side effects.

i did 2.5mg then moved to 3.75mg but I found that I wasn’t getting the supression on 3.75mg either so moved up to 5mg last week. Due another jab later today hope I don’t get the side effects like last weekend again.

Well done on your loss so far! You’ve got this! x

Good morning,
feeling more positive today slowly starting to feel better after the jab side effects last weekend then getting this virus on top.

2.6lbs loss this week which I’m happy about, that makes it 11.2lb loss in 8 weeks so far. Can’t believe I’m that bit closer to losing a stone now 😊

2nd jab of 5mg later so hopefully the side effects won’t be so bad x

Welcome @Meandmypooch! The more the merrier.

You’ve got this @Elliebearblues- great loss and fingers tightly crossed for you that your side effects will be much better this week.

All OK here, bit hungrier today but had lots of suppression at the beginning of the week and jab day is on Sunday. Trying to focus on protein but also still a bit bread obsessed. Due my 3rd 5mg injection this weekend so need to decide whether I’m going to stick with 5mg or go up after week 4. Also got a 2.5mg injection languishing in the fridge…

Hi all how is everyone getting on? Xx

i really over thought what to do this month (second) so decided to stay on 2.5 though my loss has stalled for two weeks - anyone else had a similar experience on second pen? I wonder about doing 3.75 but see lots of scary posts about it - has anyone tried that (with a 2.5 pen) with success and understand how to do it? Then I might do 5 and see xxx

Thanks 😊
How's the suppression been mainly? And if your losses are food personally stick with 5mg for a bit longer x

I am day 6 but had 2nd dose today as feel friday will be better than sat for me. Today is the first day I have felt hungry and feel like I could actually eat properly so definitely wearing off, I dont feel like I will eat though which is good.

The suppression kicked in very quickly last week after the jab so hopefully it'll be the same this week.

Middle of week three here and have been losing quite fast 10lbs down already.

I think I’m being a bit grumpy at my family - am aching from the gym and exhausted from the lack of calories 🙄

Otherwise am delighted!

Weight has stuck at pretty much the same for a week. Might be my cycle, or just that my willpower isn’t as good as I thought. Next week is up to 5mg so maybe I just need some more oomph

I am really nervous about the 2nd week, 1st week of any new regime is easy but week 2 isn't always. I saw my PT this morning and he is going to update my nutrician plan to help me get more protein in within smaller meals. It felt positive talking it through.

My PT is really disapproving of WLIs. I’m telling her I’m dieting!

Oh that's annoying. He was really supportive, he said that quite a few dont like it but mainly due to people just going back to bad habits once they stop the injections. He just said that once I am at goal weight we will only gradually increase calories till we find an appropriate maintenance. He also said as we log all workouts he can see if performance is affected over the next month so can flag it with me if need be.

Oh he did say he had a few clients on them and the main issue he finds is fatigue when they are training so he tweaks the workout plans slightly to suit and also looks at the food/times they log etc. It was actually really helpful talking to him, I nearly didn't tell him.

I haven't told my PT yet, but when she mentions that I look like I've lost weight (fingers crossed!) I will tell her. She's been quite disparaging when talking about the jabs previously. But I've got it all worked out what I'm going to say to her or indeed to anyone who asks.

I'll just say that I have heavily researched the jabs (which I have - I could write a PhD thesis on it now😂) and that it is the right decision for me. That is all I will say, nothing else is anything to do with them.

I do think a lot of PTs just havent researched it enough and probably listen to headlines/stuff on FB. I have been through a few PTs over the years and have been astonished at some of the things they have tried to teach or suggest. Hopefully they'll see that it is having a positive effect on you.

Omg I've got the raging burps this evening 😆 only really side effect I've had so far. Sorry to bring down the tone.

Evening all
great reading all the updates, weigh in day today and 13st 13! So excited to see I’m into 13’s now.

SW 15st 6lb
CW 13.13
mini goal by Christmas is 13.2
GW 10st

I definitely feel that 7.5 has worked best for me, I took a 5mg last Friday then a 2.5 top up Wednesday, going to jab 5 tomorrow and may not need to top up midweek.

I do feel really tired this week though and haven’t managed any exercise.

I cannot wait to get down into the next stone, I was just over 12 stone so getting into 11 something wasnt that exciting, when the scales say 10st13.9 I will be so excited.

The 2nd dose is definitely not kicking in as quickly! I do hope when I wake up tomorrow I'm not as hungry as I am now!

Well done getting into a new stone bracket always feels great dosnt it.
Touch wood 2nd dose of 5mg taken this evening and the supression is good. I do hope it lasts though not like when k was on 2.5 when I had it for a week and then it disappeared x

I had those when I was Ill their so rank xx

Just ordered my second pen and have decided to stick to 2.5mg. I think it’s worked well for me, minimal side effects and good appetite suppression. I don’t mind the slight food noise which comes back in the 2 days before my jab and I like to show some restraint rather than feeling completely numb to food.

Will keep an eye on how this next 4 weeks goes and will decide whether to stick to it moving forward or move to 5mg.

Haven’t weighed myself yet this week as we’re away but before I went I weighed myself and in the first week and a half I’d lost 6.5lbs which I’m over the moon with. Next weigh in on Monday.

4th jab done last night. Decided to stick with 2.5 for the next pen as still getting decent suppression. Weight loss is plateauing though so will probably move to 5 on the later December pen.

SW 68kg
CW 65.3 kg
TW 50 kg

I am very short and have an underactive thyroid so suspect weight loss will be slow.

Morning all, on week 4 so just finished 2.5, staying on that I think for the time being. Lost 9lbs so far 🥳

SW 14.25lb
CW 13.75
GW 12.7

lovjng it, feel full still and avoided the crap which I never did on Slimming World.

Have a great weekend everyone!