September 25 starters thread2 - gliding into autumn

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We go (vy) again …

@SoUncertain no oily food. Had normal food e.g chicken, veg etc. I felt really sick again today for the 3rd day in a row. I thought I wasn’t going to be able to go to work but I forced myself and it got better as the day went on. I’m still feeling really delicate in the tummy. Maybe it’s a bug but my gut (pardon the pun 😆) tells me it’s the MJ.

It’s totally against guidelines but I’m thinking about not jabbing this weekend. I’m away with work next week and really don’t want to risk feeling sick while away. I may start back after 2 weeks and am aware I’ll need to go back to 2.5 but I’m only 10lb off my target weight now so feel this may be ok but time will tell if I regret that decision 🙈

I’ve hit a bit of a pot hole today- I’m now the same weight as I was many years ago, before a particularly traumatic time. I’m still obese but I’m struggling with imagining myself thinner than this. I think deep down I’m struggling with the idea I can go back to the ‘old
me’ of 15/20 years ago.

It’s like I’ve suddenly got cold feet about the whole idea. I’m not going to give up but I think this is what has led me to give up in the past.

Does anyone else have these feelings or do I just need to get over myself (or both).

I'm now right in the middle of the 'overweight' range, but I'm back to the weight when I was at the upper end of what I was before I gained rapidly following my accident.

This is where it gets tough. This is the point at which I'll plateau for weeks or months at a time. I've 1.5 stones to go until I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight, which is the same amount of weight again that I've lost so far.

I've been in a very similar place to the one you're in at present. But I'll never go back to being the 'old me' and that's okay because I'm 2 decades older. My skin's mottled and my arse has headed south and is much flatter! I also hate the way the abdominal weight's sagged around my hips.

But I'm fitter, can exercise for longer, am not constantly in pain caused by my formerly restricted mobility, I can taste my food better and I have to be in a healthier place than I was 4 months ago. Also I'm not finding eating healthier food at all onerous now that better habits have set in.

We are coming up to yuletide/winter solstice and being November (my least-liked month) it's now beginning to feel like twilight immediately after 12 noon. For me, it's the worst time of year to accomplish anything: my concentration's dreadful at the moment and the short days are really telling on my spirits. But I know I'd be feeling even worse with all the sugar hangovers and associated brain fog.

Hang in there. Slow and steady wins the race.

Can you put your finger on what exactly you're having cold feet over? I'll be so happy the day I get back to 'slim' me 😅 I can't really pick out a negative but maybe thats because i've hidden myself away for years over being embarrassed at my size 🤔

What's everyone's favourite meals they've been eating for the past few months?

I ate the same thing for weeks and now I can't look at a chicken wrap ever again 😂

I've mixed it up today and i'm feeling excited about eating my lunch and dinner again!

Ordered some keto pasta so low carb and made a pasta bake with chicken in it, been wanting pasta for sooooo long. Also made a lovely roast chicken and Stuffing sandwich on protein bread 🙌 sorted for the next 4 days for meals :)

Ha! I've been having a lot of chicken wrap type dinners too. Another favourite is a peri peri air fried chicken breast, a big pile of salad, 60g of coleslaw and half a packet of peri peri microwave rice. For an occasional treat I have a burger and quite like using a Warburton's protein bagel instead of a normal burger bun. On other diets in the past I've religiously gone extremely low carb. I think this has contributed to them being unsustainable. This time I am cutting carbs a lot, but not avoiding them completely. I calorie count everything and if carbs fit in my daily allowance, I have them and I enjoy them. It's currently working for me, so not going to change it unless I stop losing weight then maybe I'll reassess. I've also been using a few Taming Twins slow cooker recipes on days I'm WFH. I put them in at lunch time and dinner is done once work has finished. Just serve them with rice/noodles/vegetables. She tends to have the nutritional info on the recipes so it's simple enough to choose stuff that fits in with my day calorie wise. I don't eat breakfast and have very low calorie/high protein lunches, as I like to have something nice for dinner so can spend my calories then.

Hi everyone, popping back in, currently lying in bed feeling very nauseous the day after jabbing!
My weight loss stalled for a few weeks and I didn't want to go up a dose (on 5mg and hoping to stay on as long as possible) so have started doing 16:8 in the hope of getting into good habits for when I eventually stop.
Which brings me to, Ive been stressing a bit about what's going to happen when I reach my goal weight. I'm half way there, and hoping to get fully there by April. I won't be able to afford to stay on mj forever and my algorithm keeps serving me scare stories about people piling the weight back on.
What's everyone thinking they're going to do longer term? Anyone read anything helpful??

I am also stressing about Christmas and seeing my in laws. My weight loss is quite noticeable now and they are very judgy people and I absolutely do not want to share with them that I've been using mj, but I also don't know how to fend off their comments without outright lying! Thinking of asking my DH to prime them or something saying I've lost some weight but I don't want attention drawn to it..
(Time of the month and as usual my anxiety is high!)

Week 11 results:

SW: 12st 3lb
CW: 10st 5.2lb
GW: 9st 1lb

Week 1: -6lb
Week 2: -2lb
Week 3: -1lb
Week 4: -2lb
Week 5: -3lb
Week 6: -2lb
Week 7: -0.5lb
Week 8: -1.2lb
Week 9: -1.4lb
Week 10: -3.6lb
Week 11: -3.1lb

Total Loss: 1st 11.8lb

@JustPickleRick Wraps for me too. Chicken, steak. Will probably get to the stage where I can’t look at another one for ten years 😂

The balance has shifted for me - up until now (ish) I really just wanted that weight gone. I’ve now got to a weight about where I was this time last year (that time just from diet), and so far it’s just been about clothes fitting better, exercise being a bit easier and no longer being obese on BMI (I am still obese on body fat though and quite a way off ‘normal’ BMI!). And not enough weight loss that anyone would really notice.

But when I go beyond this it’ll be less than I’ve weighed for 4/5 years, and if I actually get to my target weight then that’s pre kids/ pre-marriage which seems like an age ago and when I was a fairly different person!

I also know more weight loss from here will start drawing attention and then I’ll have to decide whether to ‘come clean’ about WLI. Soon I’ll need to start buying smaller clothes (do I want to do that?!) and I do sometimes think - do I actually NEED to be that much thinner?

On balance though I know I am still too big to be healthy, especially given I have a heart condition and hip joint problems, and my body fat is still much too high. So I am trying not to overthink it. I think the slower the loss the longer it’ll give me to mentally adjust. Plus it’ll probably appear more natural and attract less questioning.

I think it’s partly about getting used to not being able to blame your weight for everything too - I get so used to thinking ‘if only I lose weight, then things will be fine!’ And then you lose some and of course it doesn’t solve every single problem and self esteem issue. So things are suddenly a bit more complex!

Ahh i'm worried about this too, I haven't seen my family or my partners since august and I definitely look noticeably slimmer! I'm not going to say its MJ, i'm just going to tell them about my diet change!

@Sleetingnow
@JustPickleRick

Honestly, your weight loss journey is no-one else’s business so don’t feel you have to explain yourself to anyone, even family.

It’s noone’s business. I’ve told a couple of people but not planning on telling everyone.

If anyone asks, I’m going to tell them I’ve been going to the gym and laying off the biscuits. Both are true.

I can’t work out why I’ve got the wobbles but I think you’re right, it tends to be ‘all this would be fine if I lost weight’ but actually nothing is going to change other than I’ll be thinner and hopefully feel better physically.

I’m also quite impatient and not even half way there!

So I moved up to 3.75 last night. Bit of a headache (had bad headache for first three weeks of 2.5) but strangely been starving all day, anyone else have this?!

I feel very similar with the wobbles and I think you’ve got the balance of it - everything would be better/right/easier if I lost weight. So, when the weight is gone and the problems are still there what do I do!? I’m working on this at the minute, rather than focusing on everything, I’m writing a list of things I find easier with the weight gone, just the things I notice in a day that otherwise don’t seem important. I read over it regularly to remind me that weight loss doesn’t fix everything but it does have its benefits.

Today is the completion of my 13th week... and I've lost 1.4kg / 3.1lbs...!
Nearly at 10% loss... 0.34kg / 0.8lbs to go...!

I have no idea how because my sleep and water drinking this week haven't been the greatest. The only thing that is different this week is that I had 10 days off from the gym due to having a steroid injection in my wrist for carpal tunnel. I was back at the gym on Monday (for Power Pump & Fitness Rebounding) and Aqua Aerobics on Tuesday.

Has anyone done Fitness Rebounding before? It was my first time doing it and my legs were already tired from doing squats in Pump, but I gave it a go. I didn't do any of the jumping jacks because I was scared that I wouldn't land back on the little trampoline properly and end up doing myself an injury. I definitely felt it in my core the following day. It was tough but I enjoyed it, so will definitely try it again on Monday... hopefully my legs won't be so tired.

Week 1: -0.7kg / -1.5lbs
Week 2: -1.3kg / -2.9lbs
Week 3: -1.2kg / -2.6lbs
Week 4: -0.4kg / -0.9lbs
Week 5: -1.1kg / -2.4lbs
Week 6: -1.3kg / -2.9lbs
Week 7: -0.3kg / -0.7lbs
Week 8: -1.5kg / -3.3lbs
Week 9: -0.9kg / -2.0lbs
Week 10: 0.0kg / 0.0lbs
Week 11: -0.9kg / -2.0lbs
Week 12: -0.8kg / -1.8lbs
Week 13: -1.4kg / -3.1lbs

Start weight: 121.4kg / 267.6lbs
Current weight: 109.6kg / 241.6lbs
Total loss: 11.8kg / 26lbs in 13 weeks

Average weekly loss: 0.9kg / 2.0lbs

My coat does up!

I bought a proper winter coat about 10 years ago. I’ve never thrown it away as it was expensive but haven’t been able to do it up for about 6 or 7 years.

I tried it on at the start and it was about 4 inches away from doing up around the arse and now it does. My husband doubted it would ever do up again!

It feels like a total win.

Congratulations- that’s a fantastic effort.

@Pinkbox I’m having that “starving feeling” now and then and I’m not sure why. Whilst going through different threads here and Reddit, I’ve come to a couple of conclusions/theories..

did your suppression wear off by the time you jabbed? It can take 24-48 hrs before levels peak again so this could be one reason.

what did you eat day/few days before? My naughty treat has been dates and I have started to see a pattern that when I have them, I get cravings/hungry feeling the following day. Then I might have a few more and cravings will increase. They are high in sugar so might have an impact or not related at all. But my observation so far so I have stopped eating them 😄

another one is hormones and time of the cycle. My suppression is definitely lower just before and during my period and I don’t feel satisfied with the same amount of food.

last one is previous day’s exercise. Did you exercise more and calorie deficit was too much so body just needs more fuel?

That’s wonderful, such a great achievement! Clothes wise, I’m at the point where lots of tops are a bit big but I have been wearing loose ( ie baggy) clothes for years so can get away with still wearing some of them although a few look awful! I’m delaying buying clothes at the moment as my social life will be severely curtailed after my knee replacement surgery in two weeks so I’ll just be hanging around the house in joggers etc. Although a friend told me that she just wore dresses with no knickers as it was easier when going to the toilet!

I have a coat like this... a lovely teal colour - and I had only worn it for the first few months in 2020. But couldn't again because I put loads of weight on during & after covid.
I did a clear out of clothes back in the summer (before I even knew/thought of MJ) and I just couldn't get rid of it.

So, I'm looking forward to the day it fits me again

@outofofficeagain
@maz99

I think a lot of us will be wearing our fabulous new/old coats this winter. 😉

That's a fantastic success!

Seeing the scales go down doesn't encourage me neatly as much as fitting into different clothes!

That makes sense @SnowWhiteisMyFavourite it could have been a few of those reasons! Thanks for that. Today day two it’s more like the ‘burp which won’t come’ feeling which I recall from my first ever week on MJ, so that feels more normal. Still eating without feeling full though, will need to watch myself.
I plan to do another week on 3.75 and if not feeling suppression I can do a couple of 5s from this pen.