January 2025 starters - it's our anniversary!

[HeidiLite]

new thread, losers!

I've been taking collagen for a while. Not sure about hair, but it's never been great, but my nails are crazy strong, and turkey neck has certainly improved a lot. Again of course hard to say how much it's natural and how much collagen. But I figure it doesn't hurt.

@MJalltheway try to get eter, of course you shouldn't worry about weight while under the weather.

We had a disagreement with DH yesterday, as DD had a cold. She's of robust health and will just get over it, so I concluded she was fine. DH disagreed, said I'm always too tough on her and dragged her to the doc. Doc of course said it's just a cold, gave us some calpol and sent them home. By the time I got home in the afternoon, DD was doing handstands. Delicate ill princess, ha.

On gym front, happy to report I can now o 5 chin-ups (still at 0 proper pull ups, but ChatGPT says any day now) and 50 (wider hand placement) push ups. Getting there!

50 push ups!!! 😯🤩 still not managed one here!

It’s 8 weeks until our first trip abroad this year and I’ve had a terrible thought. Swimwear!!!!! I’ve checked back with my tracker and I’m lbs lighter than last time I used them and inches smaller so a trying on session will be needed. I think I can probably get away with a lot of my holiday clothes being oversized but not swimwear.

Other people are worried about international conflict and there I am bothered about whether I’ll swim out of my tankini. As I’ve explained to my lads many times I grew up at a time when we expected to be obliterated by nuclear warheads, the troubles were ongoing and AIDS was just round the corner. I decided to stop living in fear in my early twenties and I’m not going to start again now.

Our first odd box of veg should be on the step so it’s soup making day. I made an awesome cauli cheese last night so hopefully there’ll be another one in the box.

@Jins My sister and her family are in Abu Dhabi and she says life is pretty much normal, you get used to it. We still discuss clothes, holidays etc.

And I agree that oversized swimwear is a no-no. I had the issue last year, bought some but then lost enough weigh before the actual holiday that the bottoms were a size too big. Saggy swim bottoms are not an attractive look!

I had a shock again this morning, weather is quite nice so pulled out a jeans jacket I loved to wear a few years ago. At a time I considered myself reasonably slim - could be slimmer but certainly not overweight or anything. You can guess where it's going - the jacket is HUGE. How weight blind was I??

ooh I don't know whether I said, but we have finally booked a summer holiday - hurray! I also need new swimwear! Where are you off to @Jins ?

Feeling a little better today and weighed this morning and still at 69.5kg so phew. I worry every time when it's been a while since I've weighed that I will have suddenly put a stone on or something.

A week in Lara Beach, Antalya for a bit of AI R&R @MJalltheway. Where are you off to?

I have 2 bikinis that are just about ok and a 1 piece that will do. If I get a chance I’ll make a couple of better options. I’ve had to throw out 2 pairs of shorts though so a new pair is now a priority as well. Not looking any further at this stage.

We're going to Madeira, never been before so very much looking forward to it. Also hoping for quite a bit of AI r&r combined with a bit of hiking.

The sun coming out this week and getting the fear of summer clothes has made my mind up to go up to 7.5mg on MJ. £200 even with a discount and that was the cheapest I could find. I’m also trying to get a consultation with Get a Drip to ask why I haven’t lost any weight in 6 months. And have gained a bit too. It’s absolutely impossible to get to speak to a human. Honestly they sell their wares with promises of help and support through your weight loss ‘journey’ but I just keep getting AI responses about protein and water.

Well done on the chin-ups and push ups @HeidiLite !!

@MJalltheway we’re also going to Madeira but for Easter. Can’t bloody wait. Looking forward to a daily swim in the pool and a few days walking. Very very much needed after these last few weeks.

@Polkadotdash £200 for 7.5 sounds like a good deal. Are you currently on 5mg?

I’ve gained a little this week. Not sure if it’s inflammation caused by stress, or lowered dose, or actual fat gain, or just constipation. My legs do feel a bit swollen, the skin feels tight. Maybe it’s hormones. I have actually done a bit more exercise. Two indoor bike rides and a yoga session.

@DGmaintaining probably water weight if you have done more exercise than usual.

@DGmaintaining I'd actually recommend Voy for the support side of things, you have a designated coach you can book video calls with at any time and you can always speak to a human on LiveChat if you ask the chatbot to. I also really liked their food tracking, you take a photo of each meal and it advises you on how good it is in terms of protein etc. It will give you tips on improving it if needed - no focus on calories just on nutrients. They are expensive, but you do get really good support.

I've finally properly succumbed to the lurgy so am staying in bed today. Once I've dropped dd at school that is. 🤧

I’ve got my new patient video call with WePrescribe this morning and I’m strangely nervous. Hopefully they’ll approve my order but if not I’ve still got a 3 day window where I can order from Oushk and search for a replacement prescriber for the following month. I’m pretty sure they’ll all end up going down the off label prescribing route at some point. The anti-WLI brigade are frothing about some prescribers taking on patients above 25 BMI I see. I have no idea why anyone cares about what a stranger on the internet chooses to do and why they are so sure that bad things will occur in the future but they do.

I saw someone I haven’t seen since Xmas yesterday and the main topic of her conversation was how much weight a mutual friend has lost and how she’s gone too far. (She hasn’t - she looks fab). The mutual friend is on MJ but the bulk of her weight loss started when her useless lump of a husband left her for a colleague and the heartbreak diet started her off. She’s now lost about 4 stone and looks years younger and incredibly glam. I felt really uncomfortable and really struggled to turn the conversation away from WLI. I’m really glad I kept my use of MJ quiet.

@DGmaintaining yeah I’m on 5mg, last dose in current pen today. And I know £200 is good for the 7.5mg pen. Not sure I will be able to keep getting that price though, so it might just be one go at getting some weight loss going again. There’s one thing that the WLI naysayers can’t chuck at me is that I’ve lost weight on the quick and easy route! 14 months so far and I’m still an overweight size 16! I’ve sorted through some of my spring/summer stuff this morning. Got some too small stuff to sell from my ambitious purchases last spring when I thought I would be a size 12, 10 stone goddess after 6 months.

I’ve also got a job application to do today that I’m putting off. I know I should apply for it but it sucks to feel I’m being pushed into it by the current ‘team’ I’m in.

Video consult over and order approved. Such a nice guy. Happy to support my unconventional approach

@DGmaintaining I always gain a little when I up exercise.

Currently skiing for a few days. Weather is beautiful and I'm eating for three. I remember when I came skiing two weeks after starting MJ and I could barely eat a thing. What a difference 🤣 I'm feeling pretty relaxed about losing anything when I'm back, that's a problem for Monday.

@Jins does your friend have weight to lose herself?

I hope you feel better soon @MJalltheway.

You did better than me . I got myself all psyched up for my maintenance call with Oushk and nobody turned up!!

I have emailed them 🙄. Good job I have a secret stash of 12 months supply isn’t it?!

Weight stable at 8:0. Had a lovely walk on the beach with DDog. Feeling good.

How astute of you @Thelittlestranger. She could do with losing 2 or 3 stone 🤣. My weight loss has passed her by as I was always the skinny one and she didn’t notice me piling on the chubbiness

Morning losers.

I'm pleased to see that people are managing to get a prescription. That was a factor in me stopping, as well as feeling a bit low. I can't remember how long ago I stopped without looking, must be a month or maybe five weeks. I think I am feeling a bit more positive, although it is hard to say some days with the crap I seem to be dealing with. My weight is fluctuating a bit. I haven't gained since stopping at goal, but I have lost up to 2kg on a good day/week ..... and gained it back on a bad one.

I don't think my appetite has changed since stopping. I feel like I am starting to relax a bit about it and lose the hyper focus on food.

I saw someone I hadn't seen for a while too last week 'what have you been up to then to lose all that weight?', implication being WLI. ✌✌✌

A 12 month supply is impressive @Zempy .

Happy skiing @Thelittlestranger .

@Polkadotdasha new job could be the break you need in more ways than one. Stress makes it doubly hard to lose weight. I hope you get an out from the toxic situation you are in really soon.

I am in wind down mode before I start my new job next month and it is so nice to have less pressure/stress. I am not being hugely productive and am doing a fair bit of lounging/reading for pleasure/gardening. I'm still not enjoying cooking as much as I did pre MJ, I hope that returns eventually but I suppose that might be tied to my appetite.

Lovely @PrepossessingPenelope! Have a lovely wind down time. I know what you mean re cooking - I used to enjoy it but rarely do now.

i am off on my York adventures this weekend so will report back following the brunch recommendations and ghost walk

Morning all! My pen from WePrescribe was approved yesterday and is arriving today. So far I’m impressed. The only thing I’m not so keen on is that I can’t pick a delivery date but I can live with that. Now to decide whether to change to Oushk’s flex plan or not. Might leave that decision for a while.

We’ve now collected enough free tickets to the zoo for a family day out so we’re doing that tomorrow. We’re managing quite a few family days out at the moment, certainly more than when DS1 lived with us. DS2 is on evening meal duty tonight so I’ve got a day for pottering to my heart’s content. I’ve almost finished the sewing room transfer so will try to finish that today. I’m already missing my kallax unit but there’s no way of moving it upstairs.

Have a great weekend all.

@PrepossessingPenelope great to hear you’re maintaining while off MJ.

@Zempy 12 month supply is impressive! Careful of power cuts and make sure you have a friend who’s fridge you can borrow if that happens (speaking from experience).

I still haven’t decided about where to buy my next pen (due in September). I think I’ll deal with it when back from holiday after Easter. There will be a gap between my last order and the next but if I can get one more 5mg from Oushk so I have 3 pens in the fridge then maybe I can make a plan after that. Or if they make a fuss I’ll move to Pharmulous and get a 2.5mg but know that I can stay on their books.

My weight has gone back down today to 58.3kg, the mid-week increase (59.2kg) was quite possibly extra water weight and some constipation. So that’s reassuring. I was ready to increase my dose this weekend from the end of pen dregs of 1.5mg back up to 1.75mg in my new pen. Have been trying not to eat stodge, while solo parenting, and be more mindful of getting in plenty of veg. Grateful for all the batch cooking DH did the week before. He is back for the weekend and made dinner last night while I finished off most of my work. Had a spinach, wild garlic and ricotta tart, with lentil salad on the side. (Makes up for the two homemade apple muffins and an M&S pastel de nata)

Went out to a nice restaurant yesterday, had one aperitif and a glass of wine and again the effect on my sleep according to my watch is really noticeable. Wow, never would have thought even small amounts of alcohol can have such impact. Restaurant was lovely as usual, the French have their quirks but they do know food.

Today DH will be driving DS to his basketball match. I am doing my instructor trainings for new LesMills releases. Then some gardening and promised to go for a run later - weather is too nice not to. Even though I am still not a runner and never will be. It is noticeably easier though nowadays.

Happy weekend, losers!

@myladyjane enjoy the ghost walk. I have done three different York ones and loved them.

My 12 month stash is only possible via buying 15mg pens and dosing 5mg. Stringent wiping and extra needles purchased. If a pen looks cloudy I will abandon it but so far so good.

I haven’t heard anything from Oushk since they failed to show for my maintenance call.

Gorgeous day today. Feeling slightly more human so out of bed today and have the house to myself while everyone is off doing various things. Not doing too much though, my chest really hurts whenever I cough (which is often!) so taking it easy with a jigsaw puzzle and a cat.