January 2026 Starters - I’ve lost a Kitchenaid

[BooptotheFloof]

Evening all!

I thought we should start a new thread as we are getting close to full on thread two

I weighed myself this morning and I have now lost the weight of a Kitchenaid mixer!

What kitchen appliance / Household item have you lost!?

SW 13 stone 9
6 x 2.5 MJ doses later …..
CW 12 stone 2
Loss 21lbs!!!

I am mid way through week 2 on my second pen and stuck with 2.5 - although am tempted to go up as my suppression is nowhere near the same as it was

I am being tempted and my willpower is waining

Send Help!

@Perimenoanti I can so relate to this! I feel like I have 3 objectives each day: hit my calorie target, hit my protein target and feel satisfied. Increasingly, it seems that I can only achieve 2 out of 3 on any given day. Most often I sacrifice the protein target because I can't face any more chicken or skyr.

Moving up a dose a couple of weeks ago helped but this way of eating is not sustainable long term.

On the plus side, the weight is falling off quickly so hopefully I can move to a more maintenance friendly eating plan in a few months. I'm trying to lose as much as possible until my holidays in June and then I'm happy to go slower. 14kg lost, 10 more to go.

@GreenLemonade Yes, exactly. There also isn't as much choice in protein rich foods. I DO like chicken, skyr, tuna and all that. But it is too repetitive now because it is every meal every day. I have tried new foods, my diet has changed, but how has it become boring already? For example, I was surprised that I liked weetabix and I was even more surprised how full a couple of weetabix make me feel and actually keep me going till lunch. But it is boring.

I miss getting a kick from food. It means I am getting no kick. I know the solution is not food. But I don't know what could replace this. When I started I got a kick from the quick weight loss, but I am tired of tracking now. But I have to track 9 out of 10 days because I start telling myself BS very quickly if I don't.

It sounds like you may be ready to move up now?

What you are describing is what I would call "food noise", although I don't know if that's how everyone else sees it!

@Perimenoanti & @GreenLemonade - a bit the same here, but plodding on. Also not eating very differently at home, just less carbs, more protein etc. I've been a hermit since January, which has helped, but towards the end of this month I'll be out of my home bubble much more, and I'm anticipating that being challenging. I don't drink much, my husband not at all, but we both enjoy trying good food when we're out and about and travelling. I'm struggling to think what to do for fun of an evening if not eating out, or daytime wanders stopping for coffee and pastries. But also reminding myself that after spending more than half my life trying to lose weight, this is the easiest it has been, the longest I have stuck to it, I am feeling so much better already and I actually think I might get there. I'm still just short of halfway from target (24lbs down, currently 12.9ish), so realistically if I manage to sustain the current trend I'll get there by September. I'm torn between being a bit more forgiving once I'm another stone down (that will pretty much be the lightest I've been since records began), or pushing through to get it done. But I can forgive a few plateaus here and there if I'm enjoying myself!

It is food noise. I never really lost it. It has always just been muted. I am moving up in two weeks, but not because of food noise but because I am more hungry and can easily eat more than I am. I will fall off the wagon if I don't move up.

I miss the joy I used to get out of food and haven't found anything to replace it with. I think my motivation has dropped a lot.

@CatNoBag I do have day to eat at maintenance once in a while. This sounds similar to mine. A day out means looking forward to a pastry and a coffee and then a nice dinner. That's what it all used to be about. Now, a pastry will completely blow my calorie target for a day and do absolutely nothing to keep me satisfied.

A small tip might be to have some boiled sweets at hand. I have taken to coffe flavoured sweets called Kopiko (because I cannot even drink as much iced latte as I want to) as a small treat for the sweet tooth.

To my horror I noticed last weekend that my former snack cupboard, which I cleared out in january, is filling up again. I am starting to hoard snacks again. Luckily I have not binged. But it needs to go again.

Jab 13 - slow losses this month as was away and took some time off from tracking so religiously, and then Easter 🍫 , obvs.

SW 17st6.7lbs
CW 15st 11.1lbs

Have 6 weeks til our proper holiday so going to try to find the motivation to get back to the gym as have only been once in last 6 weeks! I think losing those 11lbs may be possible in that time but I do need to put some effort in.

Totally empathise with the conflicting emotions above - on the one hand delighted I’m largely sticking to it and weight is on a consistent downward trend, on the other hand want to smash a pint of Ben and Jerry’s and not care about it!

I seem to have amassed some snacks and biscuits too @Perimenoanti after having a good post Christmas clear-out in January. We've had my husbands grandkids about, so that was my justification for buying, but they've been out and about a lot so there's still a bit too much of it left! I've hidden most of them away, and they're off back home over the weekend so I can really bury them deep in the cake tin pile once the coast is clear 😂.

Before I started I was half dreading NOT thinking about food, because it's such an integral part of my personality (which explains a lot!). But like you, food noise hasn't really gone away, just that I now don't actually have the urge to eat it all, all the time. I can think about food, but then move on to doing whatever, whilst before I would always end up eating. I told my husband recently that one thing I miss is cooking 'treat' recipes - I'd seen a really interesting cookie recipe (these are things I find interesting!), but how can I justify making them when I 'can't' eat them?!

When did you start on Wegovy ?
I started on 10/01 , and so far have been on 1 x .25mg pen , 2x .50mg pen and 2 weeks in on 1mg pen .
I get sulphur burps and (tmi) quite explosive diarrhoea .
I've lost 33lb so far . Fast at first but now slow and not lost anything for nearly two weeks now . I am planning to stay on it as still have loads to go .

@FrostyFlo I started 31 December. I did 2 months on 0.25 and am doing my second month on 0.5 now. I am moving up to 1mg in a couple of weeks. My side effects are nausea and light headedness the days after injection. I can reduce this by having breakfast. I did IF by skipping breakfast before, but I felt quite sick as I moved up to 0.5mg, so having a couple of weetabix in the morning helps reduce that.

Sorry to hear about your pooping situation. I am very lucky to not have any issues. I do take a probiotic though.

See that's where I think mindsets differ CatNoBag 🤔

In my head there is no "can't" and nothing is forbidden. I'm not tracking calories, I'm just eating when I'm hungry and sticking mostly to high protein and low carb. When I do eat I am having way smaller portions than I used to, because I am learning to eat more slowly and put my fork down when I'm full.

The advantage to that is that if I want a cookie I can have a cookie, but I'm mostly not that bothered. The other big thing for me is that I can now have one cookie and it's enough, whereas previously I would demolish a whole packet (or tray if homemade!)

It's a weird feeling because I've always been a foodie too. I love to cook and bake, and I'm finding that I still can - I just need to sometimes tweak thinks a little to cut down carbs/sugar. I've been doing some amazing things recently with salmon, veg and cheese! 😂

1.5 off for me this week, 32 pounds in total. I have eaten a bit more this week including chocolate so happy enough with that.

The doctor has come back to advise that they wont prescribe below 20 bmi. There was a miscommunication. Im happy with that, my target is around 22

@HollywoodTease I think the glp1 works different for everyone. What you describe is great, but it does not work for everyone. I need a decent meal for example and do volume eating on occassion. I am not full after a tiny meal. I have tried, but my appetite (I suspect blood sugar) will get out of control and I start snacking mindlessly. I can exist best if I have a decent meal, rich in fibre and protein and some carbs and eat that, whether I am hungry or not.

Surely we have all tried losing weight by not tracking, just eating when hungry, all sorts of mindsets etc and it has not worked, which is why we are on these meds? I think the meds help you with that, but they helps everyone differently. It is absoluely best to avoid certain foods if you know you cannot handle them or need to avoid them for now to remain in a deficit. That's why I cleared my snack cupboard. Because I cannot eat just one biscuit, I eat half a pack, so it's best to not even start.

Yes, everyone is different and reacts differently!

Mealwise I took like to have at least one big, decent meal a day (usually in the evening). A typical meal for me would be a piece of grilled salmon or chicken with at least 2 probably 3 different green veg and some kind of sauce. I might make some mash or sweet potato, or throw in some gnocchi if I'm hungry. Currently also eating lots of cauliflower & broccoli cheese!

During the day I have home-made soup, or maybe a protein shake, yoghurt or porridge.

I've been out and about a lot since I started, and meals out have included fajitas (I didn't eat the tortillas), kebabs, fish & chips,or any big restaurant mixed salad (usually chicken or goats cheese). I'm still losing, slowly and consistently. Essentially I look to stick to the same rule eating out as when I cook - good protein and loads of veg with minimal carbs.

I'm rarely hungry at the moment. My doc reckons that prior to starting MJ I was probably insulin-resistant, and the peaks and troughs of my blood sugar levels through the day were what caused me to binge-eat and be hungry all the time. They did say that levelling blood sugars was one of the known effects of MJ so I'm assuming that's why.

I go back to get my hba1c checked again in about 6 weeks. I'm hoping to see an improvement, as in Jan I was pre-diabetic at the highest level you can be without actually tipping into type 2 diabetes. That's been my biggest motivation for taking the WLI if I'm honest, and the main reason I went with MJ rather than WG.

I suspect i was/am insulin resistant before too. A few things add up now. I feel more stable now and I am still bewildered by how I feel on days with or without breakfast. Its day and night.

What you eat @HollywoodTease would not fill me up. I could do this in the first week of moving up a dose but not consistently. I really had to adapt to stay in a deficit and feel satisfied. It means I am losing slower, but I feel stable throughout the day and cravings are minimal. I get hungry, but its not overwhelming.

Sadly, I can't just eat when I'm hungry either. I wish it worked like that for me, maybe it would if I was on an even high dose. If I ate when I wanted I would probably eat twice more than I'm eating now.

There's lots of things I would like to eat but I don't because they would blow my calorie deficit in a couple of bites. For example, a chocolate croissant is around 400 calories, that's more than a third of my daily allowance so no chance I'm eating that. I also crave rich, fatty foods like cheesy pasta bake or thick cut chips, all of which have would probably take my entire daily calories. So instead I eat pasta with tomato sauce and seafood, or baked potato, which keep me on track but leave me unsatisfied.

Is that food noise?

On the bright side, at the rate that I'm going the goal is really in sight. I'll keep doing what I'm doing for 2 more months and then I'll slow down.

I take a probiotic as well , I dread to think how it would be if I didn't .

@Perimenoanti this stood out for me from your post - "I miss the joy I used to get out of food and haven't found anything to replace it with."

There is research ongoing into how these drugs dampen our pleasure pathways across the board. Perhaps that's what you are describing - reduced feelings of enjoyment or reward from anything, not just food. It sounds a bit rubbish for you, I'm sorry.

Blimey, I didn't know that.

I can definitely feel that dampened mood effect. It’s manageable for now though.

Im quite like this. Since January ended ive been out loads. Im often out to eat socially and generally manage by looking for the high protein option.

Ive never been one for breakfast and often have quite a light low cal lunch, so have plenty of calories to use up in the evening. Particularly if I know ill be eating out that night.

I am back from the most fantastic holiday!

I have been able to eat if I want to while on MJ, so I planned on making the most of the WDW free table service dining plan - and I sure did! I planned on not having breakfast, having a healthy lunch but not so healthy snack and two course dinner. I did the above, although I ended up eating breakfast too! Even a snack alone could be 700-800 calories, and I didn’t calorie count but must have been having 2-3000 calories some days and prior to going I’d been eating 800-1000 calories a day!

We were on the go walking all day from 7am-11pm but I was expecting to put on at least half a stone in two weeks as I’d already been exercising lots prior to going.

I weighed today and have somehow managed to lose 1lb! I can’t believe it!

For the TTG test to be accurate apparently I need to eat gluten more than once a day for at least 6 weeks. I’m hoping I’ll have made up for lack of it it in the past couple of weeks!

I am feeling a bit fed up of the ‘dieting’ now too. I know It’s not really dieting but the way I need to eat for life. I know it works but yes I do miss being able to eat without thinking. I feel like it’s another part of life that I now need to give lots of attention to. Which obviously I wasn’t doing and that’s why I am where I am now.

@Perimenoantiare you drinking lots of water? It really makes a difference to my feelings of hunger.

As soon as the carbs creep in, my restraint falters so I am sticking to low carb, high fat to feel more satisfied.

I am off on holiday tomorrow so I’m allowing myself a break this week. I took my dose a day early and will delay the next one until I’m back so around a 10 day gap. Hopefully this will give me the mental ‘break’ I need and I can get back on it afterwards and try to shift the next stone before summer.