Nov 25 starters - thread 2 - the one where we don’t eat everything in sight this Christmas!

[Springbaby2023]

Hi everyone, starting a second thread as the other one is almost full. We made it through month one, now here’s to a happy, healthy and lighter 2026!

I think I will stick with it as long as my appetite suppression is decent this week, that was my 4th so hopefully if its similar to the 2.5mg I will have less nausea this week and still good appetite suppression. I probably didnt need to go up but I had already ordered 5mg pen. I will go up if I plateau for a couple of weeks.

I have really felt for her this last week or so, I think the hecticness of Christmas has really affected her memory, she is getting into a panic over all sorts of things.

I’m impressed by you losing over Xmas @SexyFrenchDepression , and sorry to hear about your mum’s challenges, it must be overwhelming.

I have eaten way too much chocolate the last two days, but my weight is stable. Had the jab yesterday and really feel it’s kicking in now, so hopefully back on the straight and narrow.

I doubt I get enough fibre but I don’t track. I’ve been taking movicol lately because I am definitely not going as much as usual 😣

Thanks @TaffyTabby The bulk of the loss was prior to xmas day, only 1/4lb since then but I'll take it! Yeah its a lot for her, and all of us, but hopefully things will get a bit better for her next year.

I am still not eating how I was before but having small portions of whatever I am having so hopefully I will come out unscathed when it comes to Jan 1st!

I think I will need to take something to help as I just can't see how I can increase my fibre through food as just not eating enough!

Ah thanks so much @SexyFrenchDepression!

I jabbed yesterday evening (4th 5mg jab) after a day of overindulgence & I paid for it overnight, with horrible nausea. I've felt better, but not brilliant all day. But I was thrilled to get on the scales and see a 1.7kg loss this week. I really thought I wouldn't have lost anything following the additional Christmas calories.

I'm now 7 weeks in & have lost 1.2stone - I'm so pleased. The best thing for me had been the fact that I haven't calorie counted or given it much thought, but just been able to regulate my eating.

I was going to start calorie counting in earnest in the new year, but actually, after a lifetime of disordered eating, ai'll be happy just not to be giving food the constant headspace that I always have.

What I do plan to do in the New Year is start exercising properly, and lifting weights.

This has been a miracle for me

Bol Spinach and Pea soup is good for protein and fibre

Boo…I put on 2lb this week. It was to be expected I guess. It’s still a lot less than I normally would. But I’m back into the 13st zone. I have indulged in a fair bit of chocolate to be honest.

@TheP1per I’m sure some of it will be water that will come straight back off again!
I’m also finding all the bloody Christmas chocolate difficult to resist. There’s so much in the house now!

Hi there, merry Christmas. I’ve done ok . I jabbed 3.75 on Christmas Eve, fully expecting festive chaos, gastric rebellion and a moral failing of epic proportions.

Instead… I’m sitting here today feeling a bit constipated (cheers MJ), mildly bloated, but oddly reassured?

I ate Christmas food. Actual Christmas food. Roasties, pigs in blankets, pudding, alcohol. I drank what I wanted, ate what I fancied — but in moderation, without that horrible switch flipping into “oh well, I’ve ruined it now so may as well eat the house”.

I didn’t overeat hugely. I stopped when I was full. I didn’t feel deprived. I didn’t feel out of control. And when I looked back over the week, the average was 1600 . Didn’t feel like eating much on Boxing Day and yesterday so it all evened out I think.

Honestly, for someone who went into Christmas with a lot of anxiety and a long history of festive food meltdowns, this feels like a quiet miracle.

abit constipated today (solidarity to anyone else clutching a kiwi and a litre of water), but mentally I’m calmer than I expected.

ofdly my scales are broken (divine intervention to stop any spiralling) so don’t really know what impact it’ll have had, but hopefully since I’ve been in a deficit of average over the week, it won’t have derailed anything. But not going to weight until first week of January has I din’t want to stress myself over new year x

Sounds like a v successful Christmas @diggitydoo
love the kiwi visual, solidarity!

I weighed in on Boxing Day and had lost 2 and a half pounds but had had a bit of weird Christmas Eve non mounjaro related where I basically wasn't able to eat all day. Not ideal.

Anyway, I've enjoyed Christmas not mindlessly eating and drinking because "it's Christmas". Felt like my dose was wearing off yesterday and was a bit more "normal" in consumption. I've probably drunk about 1 gin and tonic and three small glasses of wine in the last week which has felt fine. Happy to just have a couple of selection box type chocolate in that time too. Ate normal Christmas food but smallish portions.

Hope everyone ok after Xmas few days of additional temptation, stress and washing up lol .
I definitely overate Xmas day - felt quite uncomfortable and ate a grand total of a 70 calorie yoghurt on Boxing Day because of it.
Have absolutely had reduced appetite since but eaten nothing but fruit veg or protein - turkey salad , yoghurt, banana
Sent all of the treats away with the kids as they’ve left over the weekend , have some ice cream in freezer but not tempted by it.
Looking forward to being back to work tomorrow for routine. Have just put some chia seeds in some yoghurt for the morning, need to get drinking more water again , glad to be heading into 2026 over a stone down and feeling positive to continue.

Post Christmas weigh in for me today and I’ve gained 2lb, I’m not too disappointed because I lost 4lb the week before Christmas which I wasn’t expecting at all so I’ve only put 2 of that back on. I also went down to 2.5mg for the week. Took 3.75mg at the weekend and have one 3.75mg dose left and will then attempt 5mg again which I think I’ll be more ready for in January. We are going away for a few days over new year so still not tracking what I’m eating and will be plenty of Prosecco but just hoping smaller portions will be ok to not make much of an impact then back to it properly in January.

@SexyFrenchDepression Bless your mum, my FIL did something similar when he started on them. Complained to the doctors they weren’t working and we realised he’d basically been injecting air! I hope she’s doing as ok as can be.

@Springbaby2023 thanks, hopefully she'll be able to get it right from now, I have told my dad to supervise her from now on 😂

I have continued eating what I fancy, just smaller amounts as not that hungry. I have loved it so much, did an early weigh in today and stayed the same from sat (well 0.05 kg less lol) so probably eating around maintenance calories. Trouble is that whilst I'm not eating much a lot of it is high cal/carb, cheese, biscuits, chocolate but thats what its all about really!

Just to show how much weight can fluctuate…. Weighed myself today and 2.5lb lighter than yesterday! Won’t be weighing for a week now as going on holiday so who knows what weight I’ll come back to. 3.75mg seems to be ok for me so far though, more side effects than 2.5 but nothing like what I felt at 5mg. It’s mainly just a dodgy tummy when I eat fatty food which I imagine will resolve naturally in January anyway.

Hope everyone had a merry Xmas?!
i seem to have plateaued in that I did brilliantly the first 3 weeks but have yo yo’d these past couple of weeks. I’ve just taken my second jab of 3.75 (the nausea has been hideous) but will go up to 5 next week if no signs of progress. Has anyone experienced similar? Was 10.13st 2 weeks ago and 11 today though scales were slightly hinting at 10.12 yesterday before settling on 11 !!!!

@OhCobblers I’ve also hit a bit of a plateau (probably not helped by Christmas!). I took my fifth jab (3.75mg) on Sunday. I think this is just part of the process though. I lost so much the first four weeks!

Wow thats a huge fluctuation in a day, I think the most I have changed by in a day is still less than a lb, it so strange how it works. I do try to avoid weighing 2 days in a row now as it was messing with my head a bit.

Weighed this morning (as always do tues and sat) and lost 1lb from last tues which I am so pleased about. Probably wont be really back on the proper healthy eating till the weekend but will be happy to stick around the same weight till then. Am smack bang on BMI 25 now which was nice to see this morning.

Still on 3.75mg, doesn't seem any different to 2.5mg, in fact I can probably eat more but guess that is just the fact I am used to the drug now.

Just reordered from pharmacy2u for my next 5mg pen, approved within 1 minute and I paid £16 in total as used £200 of referral credits. It is expensive for 5mg (£212 plus £4 delivery) but with the referral credit obviously its really cheap. I have £25 left of credit but probably wont use that unless they drop in price as everyone else is cheaper with their offers.

My sons GF has just started with pharmacy2u and got her 1st 2.5mg pen for under £100, them and Bolt have a great 1st time customer deal at the moment.

@SexyFrenchDepression Thank you for mentioning this. I’ve just ordered my next pen and got £90 off, and then referred my partner for his Wegovy so he got £75 off and I got
a £75 credit - so you’ve saved us a lot of money!

Thats fantastic! I was really nervous about switching pharmacies but I am so glad I did it for my 3rd pen.

@OhCobblersI bounced up and down the same 3lbs for weeks 4-5 it was really frustrating but then week 7 it started to come down again consistently. I’ve stayed the same over Xmas which I’m pleased with but want to start seeing the numbers drop again now - I’ve slowed right down and still have 1 1/2 stone to go. Week 9 now and it’s gone so quick!

I agree it has gone really quickly so far, I feel like the next 9 weeks will feel twice as long though with slower weightloss, although hopefully if the suppression continues it won't be stressful!

Thanks for the new thread. I’ve gone into month 2 remaining on 2.5mg. I did feel my appetite creeping back on but had a 5 day break over Xmas and I’ve not gained any weight (hooray!) but I was mindful and kept my portions lower like they’ve been. We went out for breakfast today and I had the mini and no toast rather than my usual medium size and all the toast (jabbed when I got home).

Long term I plan to move over to cloud pharmacy this next one order. They offer a good maintenance package where you can stay in their books so to speak and have to order within two years to remain so. I think I’ll try to maintain on my own using healthier habits but mind my weight (I didn’t weigh myself before starting) and reorder a 2.5 as and when needed if I feel my weight creep up. I also plan to stay on 2.5 as long possible in the hopes it will be easier to maintain and taper off. I’m 11lb down and gone down a dress size so far and feeling great. Apart from DH, no one had mentioned anything about weight loss yet.