October '25 Starter - Thread 2

[jaelato1]

@cheekysausage123I have created another thread (hope you dont mind) as first thread has been closed.

Weighing today but decided not to as its time of the month and I feel very bloated.

How did everyone cope with all the Christmas food?
I didn’t go mad, but really noticed that when I ate very fatty stuff like chocolate, cheese which I haven’t eaten for months, I got terrible heartburn. Thankfully Rennie tablets sorted me out.
So exhausted having to push through a cold and host 14 guests. Am just watching films in bed today and drinking all the water!
Think I’ve gone up a 2lbs which I’m sure will come back off this week.
Just need this bloody cough to bugger off now 🙄

Hi all,
@StrongLikeMamma 2lb on for me too, didn’t go mad, but cheese & chocolate plus quite a fair bit of double cream it’s bound to happen.
all got colds here too, well apart from me, I was ill at the start of the month but husband and kids not very well.

hit the gym this morning and am going to resist any Christmas food until New Year’s Eve, before I’d have eaten a whole large Brie and many shortbread but have been quite restrained considering how much lovely food we have in.

took my 2nd dose of 7.5 yesterday and not had any side effects apart from a little indigestion, think that was the cheese and mash with loads of cream & butter as opposed to the jab itself.

I’ve 2 more doses of 7.5, then 1 pen of 10mg, I’m hoping to taper off as don’t want to become reliant on it, 3 months in and I’ve built better habits, it’s so expensive for the higher doses, the lower ones don’t really make a difference to me.

Only 0.4kg on for me, but I feel so gross! Definitely can't wait to be back to normal food and mealtimes.

I’m not feeling well, so haven’t been eating much. A bit annoying as I love christmas and love the food but I don’t fancy it, everything tastes rubbish. The upside is that (unless the scales lied to me!) I’m over my 10kgs off! 10.2kg to be exact!

🙌🙌🙌

The trifle didn’t help either! Feeling too ill to go to the gym annoyingly 🥺

Hi all, well unfortunately weigh in day for me was Boxing Day as I weigh on a Friday and it showed +4lbs I know that’s not fat though and it’s already started to come off slowly. I’m not worrrying though as I know I haven't over eaten. Definitely eaten so much less than previous years and it’s nice that I’m not even tempted xx

Sorry you are feeling rubbish @StrongLikeMamma and @Clumsykitten
There are so many horrible things going around and I have seen so many people over this past week that I am dreading having picked something up!
Hope you both feel better soon.

I weighed in on Christmas Day (sad, I know!), just so that I knew what I was starting at before the naughty food started.
I have actually been very controlled which is unheard of for me! I only had 1 chocolate on Christmas Day ... I just didn't fancy them! There have been naughty things everywhere, but I am thrilled that I can just ignore them and it doesn't even worry me!
I had 3 crackers with cheese, but that was quite enough...just to get a taste...normally I am an utter cheese-monster!
Smaller portions of everything. Not too much alcohol!
The result of which is that when I weighed in this morning - my normal weighing day - I am just 1lb up!!

Back on the wagon now, until tomorrow when our daughters cook us a 3 course meal as our Christmas present, but they are aware that I will be eating less and so won't go mad! And then NYE when we have a party and will have a few drinks and nibbles. I can't actually wait to be back to my normal eating routine (and I never thought I would say that!!)

Feeling a bit better today. Am itching to get back to the gym and controlled eating. Going to give it a go tomorrow 💪🏽

hows everyone doing? its been quiet lately and I’m finding things a bit of a struggle food wise, so many nice things still staring at me, I’m also quite bored so have been picking a lot.

I feel a bit disheartened lately as I am still so overweight and think the dark nights, boring days are doing me no good, as much as I like being able to lie in and not rush around, I miss the routine of work. Not missing school runs though!

@narcASDI definitely get what you are saying, it has taken absolute willpower not to pop all the nice things at home in my mouth, so I did myself a favour and removed them all from sight. Packed them all up into a designated kitchen cabinet and I dont go near the cabinet.

When I get bored, I go for run, walk, read and watch TV and when crave something sweet, I sip on a glass low cal Indian tonic water. This is how I have been surviving.

@cheekysausage123 How are you doing? Hope you had a lovely Christmas.

Sorry been AWOL (again), will be making a concerted effort to check in more after NY.

Be kind to yourself @narcASDits a really tricky time of year, especially with the dark nights - lots of us human beings thrive off routine, I know I do; hopefully you’ll be feeling more yourself when usual day to day returns.

That sounds v sensible @jaelato1 how are you?

Have a good time at the gym @StrongLikeMamma! 💪🏻💪🏻

We've had lots of family visiting over Xmas and I’ve eaten what I want to albeit can see that the quantity is a lot less than before, it looks like I’ve lost this week somehow? I’m still on 5mg as get strong suppression for at least first 3-4 days of the week.

@jaelato1thank you! thats a good idea! It’s all laying out on the sideboard, I’m silly not to have thought of putting it out of sight completely!
last night I caved and ate a fair few shortbread, weighed this morning and I’m back to 13st, so really have to discipline myself now.
I Worked out that if I aim for 7lbs a month off I’ll be 10st 7lb by the time I go on holiday in May.

I’m finding I’ve not really got huge suppression and I’m on 7.5mg!

I think the doses and suppression is so individual, some people seem to barely eat on 2.5mg and others need 12.5mg to stop them eating everything in sight, so weird how differently it works for us all!

@cheekysausage123 strange isn’t it! I do have quite a high tolerance for drugs it seems! 🤣

I wish I could have the lower doses as it’s so much cheaper!

Thanks @Lovesabadboy ☺️ starting to feel better!

Agree @narcASD and @cheekysausage123 - it’s so weird how it works differently for everyone!

I'm still having good suppression and no food noise on 5mg so I'll be staying on this dose unless I start losing the suppression or getting the food noise back. Didn't have anything extra over Christmas, just didn't want it, felt good not wanting to pig out on crap 😁. Still losing average 1lb a week. Only got another 1st 2lbs to lose.

Good lord it was soo nice to be back at the gym today. It was surprisingly fairly quiet. Jabbed last night so not feeling hungry either. Back logging on MFP. I felt my leggings starting to slip down quite a lot today. May be on my way to the next size down finally!

Have decided to focus on my next big social event in March - and hoping to be down another stone by then 🤞

SW 14st 4lbs
CW 12st 11lbs
TW 10st 7lbs

Had a party at ours a couple of days ago… and a few friends commented on my weightloss. Mostly “you’re looking really good” type stuff… I just said thanks have been working out and got into MFP. Which is true. Then changed the subject.

I noticed one very slim friend looking a bit concerned 🙄 it’s not like I’m even at a healthy BMI yet - honestly why must people concern themselves with other people’s weight?!

I have had similar, I think it is either where people are used to us looking a bit chubbier that it looks quite different or its just that people arent good at recognising a normal weight any more. I have only just, as of today, hit BMI 25.0, plus being a small build I am most definitely not fading away nor do not look that way😂

My father in law is like that 😂 I told him I've still got another 6-7kg to lose (low balling, it's more like 10 but I knew how he would react) and he was shocked lol

I'm also having leggings issues...went for a run today and they were falling down until I got warm enough that I got a bit sweaty so they stayed up better. I am putting off buying new stuff as long as I can!

I dont feel like I have lost weight on my legs but my cheaper leggings (non compression ones) now look like old lady wrinkly tights 😂

@cheekysausage123 I'm doing well, thank you! Glad to hear from you. I'm so lucky to have lost this week too despite the junks I ate lol.

@narcASDDont feel any guilt for eating what you wanted, many of us ate way too much and thats OK, Christmas season is only once year.

@StrongLikeMamma Legging falling is an amazing feeling lol. Don't even get me started on people thinking they have right to tell me when to stop the weight loss roll eyes

@Shitzngiggles Well done!

@narcASD it is strange how it affects all of us in different ways … I’m at 6mg and moving slowly upwards after fatigue going up to 5 mg for pen 2 but find it feels like it’s wearing off still by day 5, so am mostly jabbing around day 6. The weird bit is it feels like it’s wearing off really early in the week as I wake up hungry but then a tea or coffee is enough to stop the hunger and when I get to dinner time, a small portion of is enough…

@jaelato1 there was another thread with a discussion about people telling you to stop and not lose more - seemed to be a consensus that it was slim friends etc and them not wanting to lose their slim friend status…

Ive been away for a few days, including pub lunches and some walking and pleasantly surprised by 3lb loss over the last week - must be due to increased activity!