Mounjaro -10 stone or more to lose - Thread 11

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

Thread 11?

How did we get to this point?

Ah well. We're doing so well. Do join us.

Week 84 weigh in.

SW: 139kg (21st 12 lbs)
Last Week: 71.6kg (11st 3lbs)
Current: 69kg (10st 12lbs) -5lbs from last week.
Current BMI: 25.04

Goal: 65kg (10st 3lbs)

A few scale victories this week. I have dropped into the 10st bracket, finally, at 10st 12lbs. I was stuck in the 11s for a looong time, 20 weeks according to my spreadsheet. I am also now into the 60s in terms of kg.

I have also now lost over 50% of my starting weight. I have lost 70kg and now weight 69kg - that seems incomprehensible to me!

My BMI is just a tiny fraction over 25, another 2 pounds off is all it would take to be under the 25 boundary. It's also now just 9 pounds to my original goal weight. Seems so close, but realistically could take me at least another 9 weeks to get there!

Well done @SilenceInside it is tantalising close,but excruciating at this stage. It seems to take forever! Onwards and downwards my love

@Iwouldratherbesinging when you've signed and can tell others you will be amazed at the weight off your shoulders and how envious they will be that you are getting paid to leave! As PP said, hope it gives you space to explore your art. Changing your office to a studio is brilliant.

Week 45, and 1lb off, total 6st 9lb. And finally, FINALLY, I'm on the pesky chart, my BMI is now 39.7. As much as I hate the whole BMI nonsense, it does feel good.

I went out for a meal last night with my best friend & our DH's. Ironically, we met at Slimming World around 25 years ago, and are both heavier now than we were back then! It was such a lovely night, and it felt so good to just be 'normal'. There was no anxiety about what to wear, if the chairs would be big enough, if everyone would be staring at me etc. I just felt 'normal', for the first time in forever. I am now, however, nursing a rotten headache after rather too much wine 🙄🫩

It makes me sad to think about all those years when I hated being out in public, and had such social anxiety, I was almost a recluse. At one stage, I would leave the house for work & nothing much else, and would swerve social occasions wherever I could. All those wasted years...

SW 22st 8lb
CW 16st
GW provisional 11st 4lb

Have a great week losers x

I've just been working out my BMI
I started of at 54 and now it's 33
So I'm still obese
And one and half stone away from just overweight.
So starting weight was 27 stone ,and current weight 16 stone 11 ..
I think I am going to aim for 14 stone ..so that will still be overweight by BMI chart ..
Anyway I shall see how I feel when I get there
On wards and downwards losers x

Well now, my weight has crept up slightly this week, but I know why.
I've only gained 2lb and I know it isn't significant because it'll easily come off again.

I took my eye off the ball and ate a good deal of cake this week.

But this just shows me that I shouldn't have bought it in the first place.

I'm still an emotional eater.
I have been upset about my husband leaving, for some reason. It has just been his 70th birthday and I hope and pray that he spent it alone. Actually I know he did. But I was thinking about him and am still wondering why he left.

Also, I've got an important hospital appointment coming up.
It's 100 miles away and I'll have to stay overnight the night before.
I'll also need someone with me because I'm having a GA.
So they'll have to stay overnight too.

And someone will have to drive me down and back. And who will look after my cats while I'm away?

FFS why did my stupid husband have to do this! The selfish POS knew this was coming up! But he still buggered off.

Omg
I'm so sorry to hear this
Can one of your children come with you ..I know your son is not great at the moment though.
Have you a friend who would come ?
The cats ,you can get food bowls that open at set times to feed them.
If you really haven't got anyone to be there ,there hospital will just have to get on with it ,not everyone has someone for an operation
I'm so sorry this is your situation xxxx

@Springflowers2
I know, it's such a tricky situation.

My children can't drive.
There's no bus that goes to the hospital from my village, so I will need to be driven. My husband took the car when he abandoned me.

The admission time is 07.30.
We'd either have to leave home at 04.30 or go the day before and stay overnight. The health board will pay for this.

I need the DC to sort out the cats while I'm gone. One cat can't eat dry food so a feeder isn't a possibility.

I've got a vague plan for sorting this conundrum out but it's just really, really pissing me off.

I have to be accompanied because of the anaesthetic.

I might get bad news afterwards so I would have thought my husband might have factored that in when he disappeared into the blue yonder, but no. He went anyway.

Blimey..men...
If the car is in joint names ,can you tell him you need it for that day ..
There's hospital transport..they can take and collect you ..do you have that near you ?
Really hoping it's good news after xx

I wouldn't be able to drive it after an anaesthetic though.

Also I don't know his new phone number, and I haven't spoken to him since he left anyway. I mean, I don't want to, and I can't.

Hospital transport doesn't operate at 04.30 in the morning.

I'm really not trying to be difficult but it's a headfuck.

Still. This is why I've Turned To Cake this week. I got the appointment letter and went into full distress mode.

Gosh @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne ..yeah that's quite a difficult situation.
I think I'd contact the hospital and explain the situation
Is there a premier Inn near the hospital you could stay at the the night before and the night after ..I'd probably do that ,or a B and B ,near the hospital and go the there before and after to rest ,then get the bus home when you are able

Oh @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne what a difficult situation. Could one of your children or a friend at least accompany you, so you have someone with you? Maybe get public transport there, stay overnight the night before, and get hospital transport back afterwards? And of course, you'll have all of us lot cheering you on from the sidelines.

It sounds like you are going through a rotten time right now, theres no surprise you turned to cake. I hope it was delicious, you deserve a treat.

You are ace, you will get through this bump in the road, and emerge even stronger than you are now. Oh, and your XDH is a cowardly twatting arsehole. I hope he had the shittiest of birthdays, and is realising the grass isnt always greener, sitting there on his own, with only his precious car for company. What a knobhead 🙄 xx

Huge congratulations @SilenceInside and @Billybingbong!

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne of course you’re still wondering why because you are a reasonable empathetic person so can’t understand why someone would act that way. He however is a toad. And a lonely toad at that. I hope you get sorted for your procedure.

@Billybingbong there's no public transport that goes anywhere near the hospital from this village.

The issue isn't having someone to accompany me. It's getting there and back and sorting out the cats' needs.

I have to be there at 07.30 so I either have to go the night before and stay in a B & B, or leave my village at 04.30 in the morning of the day of the surgery.

There isn't any hospital transport anyway. It doesn't exist.

Anyway, never mind.
I've decided I just can't go.
It isn't possible.

Hope all is well everyone! Checking in

SW: 144kg size 28
CW: 91kg size 18
GW: ???

I'm on day 2 of my fast, so far 44 hours of zero food, just water and herbal tea. This is spiritual, not just for weightloss, but I haven't ever been able to do this without the help of MJ, I took a sneaky peak at the scales and I dropped 3lbs in 24 hours which is pretty awesome. Unsure of how long I will go, but the first 24 hours were the hardest. I'm officially in the fat-burning stage. (But I've been working my way up to this, so please don't take any advice from me for this.)

I had a bible study class yesterday in a very cramped living room - and I actually FIT in the folding chairs! And someone willingly sat next to me without batting an eyelid. I was criss-crossing my legs and shuffling about, my Bible even fit on my lap, and felt so free with so much space around me. Usually I'd be sitting very still feeling awkward I'm encroaching on someone else's space.

Regarding the emotional eating - I realised a lot of my eating was based on boredom and the time! It's 4pm so I need a snack, it's 6pm so it's dinner time. No regard for how hungry I was. I have been able to fill up my time doing other things, so food is slowly becoming an after thought for when I'm actually hungry. Is this how normal people live?!!?

Well done @mamabeeboo you're doing brilliantly.
I'm having a fast as well today, to make up for the cake.

...........so food is slowly becoming an after thought for when I'm actually hungry. Is this how normal people live?

I think it must be.
We've talked about this before on here.
Thin people don't feel the same sensations as we do.

It's maddening. And they very often gloat about it, too.

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne oh, surely this is something that can't or shouldn't be cancelled? There will be a way to sort it all out. How long have you got until the appointment date?

@TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne

I’m EH29 postcode, can I be of any help with your appointment logistics?

I think Turning To Cake was a completely understandable response @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne - what a shit storm. Hope you manage to get it sorted, and good luck.