Late April ‘25 starters - thread 6

[Stasis26]

New year, new thread, new username for me to reflect my the start of my first year of maintenance - I’m a wlinewbie no more!

onwards and downwards (or along) we go!

A 1lb loss this week but takes me below 10 stone to 9st 13 definitely!

Also, DH got a tax rebate. He had secretly booked a few days off work for our anniversary this week, but now he has booked Rhodes for five days!

I'm so excited but I have decision paralysis about what to buy/pack. Had decided on outfits to buy, but shopping is much harder than I thought and my legs are shockingly short so the wide legged trousers I planned may have to swap with a skirt so I don't trip.

It's an all inclusive but we've got a couple of trips planned so I hope it will be easier to be sensible. Last time we were on an AI holiday our teens didn't want to leave the hotel complex so we ate lots and I gained 7 lbs. Hoping to do better this time, the Acropolis at Lindos is an uphill walk so should get steps in!

Lovely to have holidays coming up. I’ve been to Kos and a short cruise in the last 6 weeks and am a pound lighter than when I went. I swapped my healthy calories for sweet sugary ones and exercised a lot.

I am finding it hard to get off the sugar again as my body is craving it so not sure I would take that approach again.

@wendywoopywoo222 I hear you!! The sugar cravings are rife for me now after an indulgent holiday and more sugar than I probably had all year. I am down to 1.25mg weekly now and feels like zero, also hunger growling tummy noises for first time in a year?! Weird. One day last week I was almost panicked at the hunger I felt!!

I have been injecting 2.5 every two weeks for the last few months so have changed back to weekly to try and get a grip of it. Perhaps you could higher dose for a couple of weeks. 🤔. I’m hoping this works for me.

Hope everyone is navigating holidays and sugar cravings successfully!

I’m in week 2 of no MJ now, still maintaining around 9st 8ish…did go up to 9st 10lbs after a full-on weekend of food and drink, but have dropped back down this week. Happily getting on with life and it feels good!

Well done everyone.
I am jabbing every 10 days. Lowering the dose every week.
I am hoping to be able to overpower cravings.
I don't need it I have lived without for long enough.
I am eating smaller than before amounts if chocolate. I have had the occasional ice cream treat in the heat.
But my biggest challenge is believing I am not overweight anymore. I still see myself as overweight. It's only when I look in the mirror I see it.

I think we all need to be honest as it will help us all.