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.

Good Luck @Moosey898 fingers crossed it works 1st time….

@Elliebearblues I am also always cold now - makes a change - for the last 5 plus years I’d always been hot due to peri. I’m wearing extra layers and cranking up the heating at home…. Thankfully the car has heated seats too….

I've been putting extra layers on too that's probably why no one has noticed I've lost weight 😂
I've the heated seats on too and the heated steering wheel and a woolly hat on while I'm driving!!!! so cold!

Glad majority are the in the 'feeling colder' category too because I initially thought something was wrong with me.
@narcASD To be honest, sometimes that kind of day is very necessary for our mental well being. I know someone that does monthly cheat days for her own sanity and still consistently lose fat. Eating same things all the time can be very tiredsome.

To be fair it was 2 degrees here today! 🥶

I’d love heated car seats lol xx

We’re all rooting for you @Moosey898

Sometimes I think it’s maybe just what you need @narcASD- I’ve certainly had some occasional treat heavy days over the last few months.

Good luck @Moosey898 .

@Elliebearblues I don't like heated car seats, always feel like I've wet myself 🤣

Nearly at the end of January thank god, it felts so gloomy and long, feeling so fed up with the cold and I used to love winter!

12.7 now so only lost 1lb over the last 2 weeks, seems to have slowed right down now. How's everyone doing in terms of losing weight?

I've noticed that I'm losing weight from everywhere apart from my stomach, I'm so out of proportion as I've got skinny little legs and feel like a potato on pins!

my goal for Feb is to lose at least 5lbs, I'm currently on 10mg and not noticed much difference from 7.5, I think I'm very resistant!

Just wondering what BMI you’re all going for? Am at 26 today. Was 30 in October. I’m thinking of aiming for the middle of “healthy” so I have a buffer.
I want to be strong not skinny. As am not a skinny build at 5foot8”

@StrongLikeMamma aiming for 24, which is 10st for me, I started at 37.5 now I'm 30

I am aiming for around 22, maybe lower. I am a small build so any weight looks awful on me. I still want took athletic but even at BMI 23.8 my body fat is too high.

@StrongLikeMamma I am aiming for mid healthy bmi 21.7-22.3, and i’m not far off now after 14 weeks - I started at around 28 with health issues.

Same as @SexyFrenchDepression, I am fairly short with very small frame so anything above 24 I still look big and carry weight around my middle but also boobs, face etc so not a great look. I’m fairly sure though that I don’t want to drop below 21.5 as I’m 56 and want to be healthy as I age.

January is a long month but 8 can’t complain as it’s my twins birthday in January and mine lol. My weight loss stalled for. Few eeeks but I’m honestly not surprised with mys sons birthday a week before Christmas, new year, twins birthday and mine the amout of food I wouldn’t have normally had is more, Chinese, Indian, kfc, McDonald’s etc..honestly I’m lucky my weight has stayed the same the last 2 weeks . I moved up to 6.25mg last fri as the 5mg wasn’t giving me much supression I was on 5mg for about 9 weeks, I think the 6.25mg needs to build up as does your 10mg then hopefully over the next few weeks we will get more supression x

Honestly I havnt even thought about it. I’m aiming for 10stone ish weight wise, I’m 5ft 3. Think that’s about 24,8 bmi. My bmi is currently bang on 30 x

24 looks like my happy weight that would be 11st for me. I’m wondering about losing a bit more before stopping, because it’s likely to go up a bit then.

@StrongLikeMamma I am aiming for 22, started at 36.6 but currently 29.7. I'm just 5ft.

I have been experimenting, so I havent taken MJ for over 10days now and I have lost another 1lb. Given that I have been on my period this week, I am very happy with it. I want to try the whole of Feb without it. I'll keep reporting :)

Interesting! Yes please do share.
Will you have to start back at 2.5 if you come off it for a bit do you think?

Just ordered my second pen at 5mg. I’d like to do this one then start titrating back down.

@StrongLikeMamma I have titrated down to 1.5mg from 3mg prior to stopping. I do have a 5mg pen in the fridge incase I need it. The IF has helped me with cutting off snacking and and I aim for high protein and good fat foods which keeps me fuller for longer.

Yep I’m def thinking IF is probably going to be key to maintenance, along with high protein and weights for me.

I think the tricky part will be finding my new TDEE after reaching my goal weight. Micro dosing might help with establishing that 👍

@jaelato1 that's really good, it's something o am going to start once I finish my next 10mg pen, I only planned to be on it for 3 months but I've still got 3st to lose so will keep on it for a few more months, albeit at a lower dose, I'm short too, only 5ft 3 and carry it all on my tummy, look like I'm pregnant sometimes when I bloat up!

5mg update: Had a horrible side effect last night. I’d had an m&s fishcake with peas for dinner and went to bed with a completely bloated stomach. Lay down and had terrible heartburn so took a rennie.

I was then up vomiting the contents of my stomach up for the next hour. This was particularly annoying as I had to be up at 5am to drop DS at a school trip departure.
Knackered now.
Think I’ll go a bit lower on Sunday’s jab!

@StrongLikeMamma yikes that sounds awful, especially with fish, I hope your feeling better now. It's such a horrible feeling having heartburn and indigestion, so painful.

it's really strange as I used to take 60mg of Omeprazol a day, it's such a high dose that I have to be monitored, I've no gallbladder due to acid reflux issues for years, but, since I've been on Mounjaro I've dropped down to 20mg Omeprazol a day and hardly ever have indigestion. So strange how different our side effects are, good job we all have the losing weight one though!

@narcASDyes it’s weird we all react differently. I’m very sensitive to anything, especially hormones.
I think I’ll try coming back down this week. I think the 5mg is just too much for me. Am totally exhausted on it too.

Scales have started moving again here and I haven’t gone up to 7.5mg yet, -2.6lb last week and -1.6lb this week… not really sure what to do now 😂 bloody typical.

I’d hold at the lower dose if losing again 🙌