January 2025 starters - it's our anniversary!

[HeidiLite]

new thread, losers!

All these sexy bods - I’m thrilled for you all!

Will try n see if I can find my own before and after..

Bloody hell - check out those guns 💪

I knew you’d remind me of Sigourney Weaver in Alien if I saw a pic of you Heidi 😂

Looking fantastic Jins ❤️

Here’s mine - approx one year apart. The one on the left is the pic that galvanised me to start MJ!

Ooh look at you @JoanCollinsDiva ! Half the Diva you used to be. Or twice the diva, just half the size😁

Oooh, found you, phew! Loving all the updates and photos 💕 Been inspired to do a side by side, too - this was me in January last year, vs just before Christmas, holding the weight I lost as a dumbbell!

you're jacked, @cloudjumper ! amazing arms.

I struggled to find a pic of me bigger as I just wouldn’t allow anyone to take one of me! It’s nice to no longer be horrified when you look at photos of yourself 😊

oh I know - all the photos I deleted because I hated how I looked. You would think DH was a single dad, if you went through our holiday photos.

You look fab cloudjumper
I now need to concentrate on strength and weights - I’ve been quite a lazy girl apart from walking.

oh @cloudjumper you have the same pre hysterectomy shape as me. But you’ve now got some serious guns!!! I definitely don’t have those. I’d choose you and @HeidiLite to defend me from bears in the forest

This was me and still is!!! So far to go!

It’s ok to still have a way to go.
honestly I’m hopeless but still in a far better place than I was last January
its so interesting - the individual differences, @MummyInTheNecropolis lost 13 stone quicker than I lost 3 ( and ive not now even lost 3 due to my Christmas gain.
On we plod - I’d like to start to reduce from 15mg at some point.

Before photo is from March when I had already lost about twenty pounds. I deleted my initial photos because I hated them 😞

@zempy you are are now an actual slim person - not average, not medium, proper slim.

@Zempy you’re tiny!!! No wonder you’re freezing though if you go about in that outfit on the right 😉
also - love the zebra print throw.

Thanks lads. I am loving everyone else’s progress photos. But @Polkadotdash I think yours might be a bit outing? 🤣

Only if I get voted out. ‘Take it off! Take it off!’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Congratulations everyone on your progress!

I’m really sorry if my post made anyone feel bad, that was never my intention and I did wonder whether I should come back and post or not.

Just to add some context, I was almost 25 stone when I started. I had been morbidly obese literally my entire life, since I was a child. Before MJ I was a massive binge eater with a horribly unhealthy lifestyle. No exercise at all, huge portions of fatty meals, tonnes of junk food every single day. Going from that to eating small portions of healthy meals on MJ with no junk and no snacking, and gradually adding in lots of daily exercise, coupled with my huge starting weight meant that I was always going to lose large amounts quite quickly. I haven’t done ‘better’ than anyone else, I just came from a different starting point.

Also, although I am now a healthy BMI, and at target, I still weigh 11 stone 8, which I know for many of you isn’t far off your starting weight! So I don’t think it’s helpful to make any kind of comparison, our journeys are all different, and any progress is great and always worth celebrating!

@MummyInTheNecropolis , you are absolutely right, we are all starting from different places. My target is the same as yours, 3lb to go.

My start weight was 16 st 5.5lb. I didn't snack or eat unhealthy food, put everything into nutracheck for four years and stuck to 10,000 calories a week. Nil weight loss due to the effect of medication on my metabolism.

GLP1 is a hormone. My weight gain was as a result of chemo, hormones and steriods (had been slim my whole life until then), normal average adult weight was anywhere between 8.5 and 10 stone, but I always lost weight in times of stress or busyness - go figure.

My eating is more or less the same as it always was, same food, no alcohol but I never drank that much.

I probably eat 8500 calories a week now, not that much of a difference to result in losing 4.5 stones in a year so I am obviously benefiting from the effects of GLP1 in other ways.

I haven't really ramped up my exercise yet tbh, things like running and weights do not interest me at all. I swim and do pilates. I am planning on going back to my rowing club in 2026 (now that I am not obese!), I am sure I will love it again.

Well done for changing your life massively.

I’ve had a tricky couple of days on the hunger front. I’m not actually eating more but I’m more than ready for my meals. I need to look more closely at protein content I think. Didn’t meet friend yesterday as real life intervened so it’s scheduled for this morning.

I succumbed to temptation and bought the black/bright pink outdoor oodie that I told myself I didn’t need. Now that DS2 has bought himself an all black one there’s definitely no room downstairs but I’ve got a couple of bulky items in my wardrobe that could go to make room. Breaking strain of a kitkat here although I did manage to leave a roka backpack in my cart long enough for it to sell out so it’s not all bad.

Hello Fresh meals all used up for the week so I’m going to have to think, plan and shop. Ugh

@MummyInTheNecropolis there’s no need to apologise. This wonderful bunch of losers are brilliant at celebrating success in others even when things aren’t going as they hope for themselves. I’m immensely jealous of @Zempy for example, especially since the photo appeared but every little achievement I’ve made has been celebrated by everyone else as if it was their own. We all have moments where we need to step back and regroup, especially as our anniversaries are with us.

Thanks Jins. We have all lost and all had our own successes. I have been on MN since 2012 and this is the loveliest, most supportive group of people I’ve come across.

You are all bloody FANTASTIC!

Well said everyone @MummyInTheNecropoliswe are all celebrating you and everyone else! We’re all on our own journeys and have different start points/ back stories/ goals. All the photos are incredible, so proud of you all and welcome back @JoanCollinsDiva, great to hear from you!!
I did my 2nd reformer session last night, really love it, and started week 5 of c25k today! Feeling good! Still stuck at 10 9 so 3 pounds above pre Christmas weight but that’s ok. Day 10 post jab and think I may wait until the weekend, eating def under control.
in other exciting news, after many years of procrastinating and thinking about it, I’ve finally decided to harness my love of and experience in travel and become an independent travel agent as a side hustle ( although atm it’s my only hustle as still chasing that elusive bloody job!!)!

Happy Wednesday everyone, hopefully it’s as crisp and sunny with you as it is here!

Morning all! Absolutely loving the progress photos, you all look amazing and have done so well.
And hello lurkers and returnees, lovely to hear from you and know that our threads over the year have kept you company.

Totally understand how we’re all on different journeys and I know I’ve been lucky to respond consistently to MJ, and that’s not been the case for everyone. I’m incredibly impressed with those who have managed to overcome lifelong obesity, I’ve always been a yo-yo dieter but only tipped into obesity in the last couple of years assuming due to peri. And I’m even more impressed with those who have persevered through slower losses, long plateaus, and switching between meds. Keeping up your motivation for weeks, months even, when you’ve no idea if you’re making progress or not is one of the hardest things to do. You all deserve a massive bloody medal.

Update on DH, took up until Friday last week for his gut to settle and he jabbed again on Sunday. So far so good this week. He’s definitely eating much smaller portions and reaching a level of fullness that he’s now listening to. He’s ordered a 5mg pen to give him the flexibility to go up or count clicks.

So I’m on week 2 of 2mg. Generally feeling just the same as on 2.5mg which is good. Might be a coincidence but I had a proper pang of hunger last night on the way home from work. One of those strong panicky sensations. The panic passed quickly, but I found myself rooting through the cupboard to make myself a snack even though dinner was in 5 minutes. Will keep an eye on that and if it happens more often. I think that almost uncontrollable urge to eat is the body’s way going back to factory settings. Too many of those episodes and I know I’ve gone too low on my maintenance dose. Hunger for my next meal is fine, totally normal and I like that because it adds to my enjoyment of eating. But that panicky, out of control feeling of desperation is not so much fun.

Ah, I have mini breadsticks on hand just for that reason @DGmaintaining - it seems to be doing the trick. And I realise I'm probably hungry because by 5pm, I haven't actually eaten that much!!

Come back soon @myladyjane and welcome back @JoanCollinsDiva !

I'm off for a few days tomorrow, but pleased my weight has continued downwards even on the Renpho. Had my usual uptick over the weekend, but this Wednesday is lower than last Wednesday by half a pound, so I'll take that.