January 2025 Starters - Onwards and Downwards

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Thread 12 right here losers!

Worst thing is I actually think it was me! Arghh it was in with the dates that I know no one eats but then I thought I’d be clever and wrap it in something else but no one is saying anything and DH hasn’t mentioned it at all!

Morning all, not been feeling great this week. Two of my DC and DH are all separately going through various tough things so feeling the strain of trying to support them all. Have a few nice things planned over the next few weeks though (and my birthday!) so hope things will feel a bit brighter soon.

@MissPobjoysPonies oh no that's even worse if you think you did it! Have you checked on monj for the cheapest current supplier? I'm going to do that when my next one is due, there's still quite a range of prices.

@MissPobjoysPonies oh no! Mine is stored in garlic puree boxes behind all the half used jars of things that linger. No one wants garlic puree….

today’s plans cancelled - sorry not sorry. So lovely calm relaxing day here. Although wanker Amazon delivery man rang bell at 8. So I got up and did all my chores and my protein smoothie. Now back in bed with tea. @PenelopesPursuitPrevails we’ve started on Christmas shopping as I like to get it done by end of November. I am not doing any more today except
maybe theatre tickets for my mum.

i am going to leave the house though for some fresh air and movement. I have been contemplating a run actually but I’m very nervous. I used to run very very badly and slowly but enjoyed it. However I have a chronic knee problem which flares easily. It’s very quiet these days (that will be loosing 4 and a half stone) but I am worried I may aggravate it. Physios have said I can run occasionally and very slowly if I want to so it’s not a total ban and I am really missing my outdoor swimming so the idea of working up very slowly to a weekly run is appealing (I’d do c25k again as we are talking years since I last did it).

I’ve just ordered through Pill sorted (or tried at least) having used them before the difference was only a couple of pounds but I know them and their process rather than trying out someone new! (I think there was a £10 difference which I was prepared to go with). But if anyone has any recommendations….

also am thinking of changing to wegovy, now some of you have done it - how is it going and what are the side effects?

That’s so annoying @MissPobjoysPonies 😡

I am another one aiming for a Sunday where I do very little.

I think I have been kidding myself that I am in maintenance. I have lost five pounds over the past month, going from 8:10 to 8:5 this morning. I do feel more comfortable at the weight I am now, and my BMI is 20.1. I think I will reduce my dose tonight and see what happens next week.

@MJalltheway sorry to hear about various troubles, I always find DC's issues more challening than my own, they're not too resilient yet.

Slow sunday here as well, we are also dogsitting friend's Golden. What a difference - ours are setter crosses and not food driven at all. Have had their food bowls full since morning, they may eat the food when they fancy.
The golden arrives and inhales anything edible in sight in 2 seconds flat.
I was clearly a golden retriever in my previous life.

Good luck with it @2025istheyeari!

Well done on all the sales @PenelopesPursuitPrevails

@MissPobjoysPonieshow frustrating!
I nearly had a panic that I left my pen in the downstairs loo as I couldn’t recall putting it back in the fridge. My current pen is just wrapped in a black doggy bag, in the top shelf of the door. I also have a couple of pens in boxes hidden on the top main shelf in an old sushi box, behind loads of curry paste jars.

@Thelittlestrangerhope you feel better soon. The banana custard sounds delicious.

@MJallthewaysorry to hear you’re going it through it with DC and DH. Hope you’re taking some time to look after yourself too. Good you’ve got some nice things planned.

@HeidiLitei hear they’re doing WLI for dogs now 😂

I had a v long lie in this morning then went to the gym and did some weights with the PT.
Have made Shepherd’s Pie and an apple cake.

Jabbed 2.5mg this morning after weighing 58.05kg. Happy with that weight, feels like a decent post-period low, am expecting to slowly gain through the month now. Anything below 58kg and I’ll lower the dose.

I’m at ten sales 😱, shocking. £100, I expect to have spent an hour listing, folding, packing and going to the PO. I can live with that. I’ll have another bash towards the end of the week I think.

Huge roast for lunch today, loads of veggies - and just had some toast for tea. Might have some apple and yoghurt - I'm not sure I need it though. I'm certainly not hungry. In fact, no, I'm not going to have it. I'll have some grapes to hit the sweet spot.

And that there my friends is food noise, back in full after 5 weeks with no jabs.

I haven't missed it. But I'm managing it.

Good morning losers

Good to hear your update @Thelittlestranger I didn't jab whilst I was on holiday so two weeks between 2.5mg, jabbed again the following week but it's not been enough. I've been like an insatiable animal. Jabbed 3.33 today and hope that keeps the food away. I'm 3lbs up on my goal and I don't like it. I keep a tight leash of 2lbs. Out for dinner numerous times this week but I will stay away from pudding!

morning all,

I also find maintenance not so easy, body really wants to fill up those fat cells ASAP. Snack drawer is calling me. It's all healthy snacks, but nuts and dried fruit and such, so quite calorific. I do like how my muscles are growing though, getting some of the backside back again. Just a question of finding the right balance. I'm also hoping the weight set point will adjust eventually.

Morning 🌄 losers! Xxx

@HeidiLite @Thelittlestranger @tinyemmy
Maintenance is so scary 😨
I feel so scared I am going to put it all back on. I feel and look so much better. I walk fast to local places because I have energy and it's actually easier than getting in the car and finding parking.
I am still losing ( within my maintenance range) but I am so happy still when I see a loss.

I now have enough mj in the fridge to do 5mg (current dose) for 33 weeks and longer if I titrate down. I really hope this is long enough to reset my set point.
I also really need to look at my other health habits. I have let them slide.
I am now meeting people who never knew me when I was bigger and I love who I am now. I don't want to go back.
I need to move past my down day and be more positive and proactive. I never thought getting to goal would be so bitter sweet. 🙃
Thank you all for the inspiration xxx

I also have a stockpile of MJ in the fridge and yes, I am also worried about putting it back on, of course. I love being slim so much.

I’m struggling a bit with maintenance as well, weight is stable enough but mindset really isn’t. Yet again I pushed through a high level of suppression. I ate pretty well on the whole but I’m going to have to confess to ice cream (less this time) and a handful of minstrels. Dropped a pound today matching my all time low since starting MJ so nothing is making much sense I don’t have a goal weight although I do have a weight in mind that I’d prefer to be. Perhaps I should just call it a goal and see if that helps my focus but then I’m worried about where it’ll stop. BMI is 22.1 so there’s some scope in that respect but loose skin will be horrific if I go much lower.

I’m not loving it at the moment at all. Obviously I’m thrilled to be so much slimmer and able to prance round in size 6 trousers but keeping there is feeling like much harder work than getting there.

Hope everyone has a great week. I’ve not got much planned until Saturday when we have our traditional family triple birthday pub crawl. Then on Sunday I’ll only have 5 years to wait for my bus pass and state pension. Honestly the years are flying by.

@Jins I assume student bus pass yes?

@PenelopesPursuitPrevailsjust a word of warning - vinted seem to have changed sizes and ballsed up the listings. There is a thread on aibu and when I was looking this morning it seems to be batshit. So may be worth holding off listing new stuff for a bit til it settles.

my 10mg doesn’t seem to have really hit this week which is a bit of a worry as I dont want to go higher. Period is due any day though so that may be why. No noise per se anyway, just not usual suppression.

I wish @myladyjane! It is a source of great annoyance that if I lived less than 20 miles north of my home I’d have been enjoying free bus and train journeys for the last nearly 2 years or less than 6 miles west I’d have had free bus travel and reduced train travel. Not that I give it much thought of course - I’m far more concerned about the £20k of pension I’ve been cheated out of since they moved the goalposts.

I’ve returned to bed with a coffee and will stay here for a while longer yet. There’s something very special about peace and quiet in a big empty bed

what has Vinted done? I don't see anything different but I have the Euro version.

@HeidiLite seems to be with all the s,m,l type sizing. Its recategorised it. I got a jumpsuit today (which I don’t need but it was cheap as chips and it’s to play with a look) and it was a size 14 uk on the photo of the label. So would have been an xl in old sizing on the uk site. But came up as a size 20. Lots of brands I know don’t do plus sizes all of a sudden coming up as size 20/22 (so 14/16 which is where my current algorithm is set). Shoes still coming up the same though so my trainer obsession can carry on…,

Well, I stuck with a couple of grapes and a plum. This morning's Monday WI was 8.13 - smack in the middle of my maintenance band. Good for a Monday.

Flowers for all feeling the drudgery. You are not alone - the benefits are worth it. We have reprogrammed our bodies, now we need to reprogram our minds.

No exercise today, trying to rest my coughing lungs. Walking the dogs was enough today! t's rainy, grey, and I'm going to hide at the end of the garden and get my work day done.

Morning, I did notice that the sizing looked a bit wonky on Vinted but I’d never used it before. I put Size 18 in the title and in the text of the ad.

Feeling virtuous as that’s ten coat hangers worth of room I’ve gained!

Weight hasn’t moved despite very sensible eating. Considering whether to increase from 7.5mg or not this week. Never had a higher dose but I’m wondering if it might help me lose the last bit.

I can’t exercise for at least a month so no chance of upping that, it’s 🛑 vetoed.

ah thanks @myladyjane , sounds like they've just done it in the UK, my Vinted looks the same as before.

I hadn’t noticed anything re sizing on Vinted. Is it if you use s/m/l?? I’m
hoping I got a complete bargain this
morning. I’ve been eyeing up an All saints leather jacket but at £350 I can’t justify it, got one ( not exact model but close enough) off Vinted for £25, it hasn’t arrived yet so could be awful but 🤞🏻.

@PenelopesPursuitPrevailsgoing up a dose sounds like a plan, it may only take a few weeks 🤞🏻. Well done on Vinted prowess!

Well done , @Zempy @DGonMJ@Jinsand @Thelittlestranger on weight loss!

I’ve got 17 weeks worth of MJ, and like everyone I am desperate to carry on. I’m on 7.5 at the mo but have 2x 5mg so will see how I go before buying any more. Hoping I can still get some from Oushk. I’m weighing tomorrow. Went way over my calories on Saturday but that’s ok, was one day and planned, hoping that I’ve counteracted it yesterday and today .
Thanks @DGonMJ, keeping 🤞🏻!

Aah I see what you mean re Vinted, how annoying!