SW: 18 stone 6lbs (19 stone 11lbs)
CW: 14 stone
GW: 11 stone 3lbs
total loss: 4 stone 6lbs
(total loss including before MJ : 5 stone 11lbs)
I told myself that when I hit 14 stone I’d get back to my exercise classes, I first started to lose weight back in 2024 but I exercised too much and hurt myself. I’ve been struggling with my knees/hips/back since then but whilst I was exercising and eating well I felt great. Unfortunately, because of my weight the exercise was causing damage and my dr said to only do low impact. I enjoyed low impact but I didn’t get the results I’d been having and eventually started to put weight on. Over the last few months since being on MJ I’ve got a bit lazy, I not only don’t do my high impact classes but I stopped the low impact ones too, telling myself I’d go back when I was lighter and loosely working on 14 stone (which seemed an impossible target at the time). Anyway, 14 stone arrived at the weekend and so I started back this week. I can’t even describe what a different experience it was! I managed a whole dance class without stopping, my knees were a bit uncomfortable afterwards but I didn’t have searing pain on each step, and the best thing was that I can jump! I can leave the floor with both feet! I honestly feel like I’ve been freed, I don’t think people who have always been slim would ever understand how utterly trapped it feels being in a body which won’t move properly.
I hadn’t really told anyone about MJ until this week, and I know we have discussed this before but it was difficult. I haven’t seen most of the people from my classes since I stopped in September, so I had a lot of comments about how great I looked (which feels amazing). But I felt like a bit of a fraud amongst all these people who have worked hard and done classes a few times a week forever. This isn’t the vibe I get from them, they’re all lovely. But I did feel, for the first time, like I’m cheating. When I get to chat to them I will tell them about the jabs, I really want people to know that they only serve as a tool to support with weight loss. It is still hard work, and actually they are life changing to people like me.
I really wanted to share this because I’m sure we are all at a stage where others ‘expect’ an explanation. I don’t think it’s fair that the jabs have such a stigma. It’s also made me think about maintenance, it feels less impossible now that I know I can exercise to burn calories which is what was hindering all weight loss attempts last time. I’ve still got a way to go, so my plan is to incorporate exercise 3 times a week into my schedule and start writing down what I’m eating. At the moment it’s impossible to overeat consistently, but I think if I stopped the jabs I’d struggle with willpower because I haven’t worked on changing my habits really. It’s just been natural.
Ive got 2 stone 11lbs to go, I’m still categorised as ‘obese’ but my BMI is 30.2 now instead of 43.4 which is massive. I know BMI isn’t ’accurate’ but I feel like it is for me as I definitely don’t have muscle mass to skew the results, it’s all fat!
It’s great reading about everyone’s wins on this thread, it’s really inspiring!