March 2025 Starters thread 8 the one where some of us are maintaining or nearing goal

[TheSpoonyNavyReader]

Hey lovely ladies

Let’s carry on supporting each other.

9 and half stone loss for me and maintaining now.

7 stone so far for me, with another 1.5 stone to go

i have lost 4.5st (in 7 months last year, regained 1st and back at 4.5 st loss, aiming for total loss 6st)

3st for me - just about maintaining, off MJ since Feb

5 st 7 still jabbing

Just a smidge under 5 stone loss 😱

Would like to lose another stone which would just about get me into the "healthy BMI" bracket.

I'm still jabbing weekly 15mg, once I reach goal i would like to continue jabbing although hopefully a lower dose to save money z ideally 5mg long term as thats alot more affordable, but if I need 15mg to maintain then so be it.

Never want to come off, I finally feel normal around food.

I wish I could give the old me a hug, it was never my fault, it's nothing to do with willpower or lack thereof, it's all biology

MJ keeps my obesity in check just like thyroxine keeps my underactive thyroid in check, I need both mj and thyroxine to stay healthy

@Fatmumslim01 yes ,well done xx

Jabbed and still 6 13 head calm joints calm feeling really good.

Lost again this week, but still feeling great, felt like it was the first jab , not wanting food, at all ,just not thinking about it,third jab out of this batch so don't know why, head is totally calm and joints are great, in the day anyway, I suffer more at night.
I need to eat more next week.

@Faifaxandflavor You really do need to push yourself to eat more even if you don’t feel like it. You’re so underweight that eventually that’s also going to be a problem for your joints.

I have added up what we have lost and we have lost an incredible 66 stone between us.

Which is more than an adult male lion weighs or a large grizzly Bear.

@TheBossOfMe , ironically my joints were at the point of knee replacement when I was 12 and a half stones, now I walk for miles every day, I eat a lot of yogurts, and always fruit but I feel so calm and pain free.
I know I need to eat more,but food is generally eugh, so I do struggle.
I also take supplements.

I know I’m being harsh so forgive me for what I’m about to say but it’s coming from a place of caring for everyone I’m met on this journey and especially in this group. I don’t think you’re very well at all and I would urge you to seek some help. Supplements won’t help with the the muscle wastage that comes at your BMI. I don’t mean abs and pecs. I mean heart muscle and the like. I’m really sorry to say this and I might be wrong and if everyone else on this thread thinks I’m out of order say so and I’ll shut up. But your posts are making me worry.

No, you're not wrong.

I've been deeply uncomfortable to come back to this thread since it took this turn. There's a fine line between between supportive and non judgemental, and encouraging dangerous behaviour.

Your posts are quite disturbing, @Faifaxandflavor . You're older than me and at an age where being underweight is even more serious than it is for younger people. You're risking early osteoporosis, frailty and falls aswell as the obvious dangers of malnourishment/muscle wastage which @TheBossOfMe is talking about.

And you sound, in your posts, weirdly spaced out for want of a better term. It's as if all you care about is your calm brain and you're willing to starve yourself to get it. Please seek medical help. There will be other meds which might help with whatever it is you want calmed in your mind.

It goes without saying that a proper legit pharmacy would never prescribe MJ to you at your BMI but of course you're getting black market stuff so, there's that as well.

We've had a few reports from Mumsnetters concerned about this thread. While we're constantly amazed by the excellent advice and support available on Mumsnet, there's really no substitute for proper medical attention - we just wanted to pop in and suggest you see a doctor if you suffer with joint pain or other symptoms which are causing you pain or discomfort.

Any weight loss journey should ideally be supervised by a doctor to ensure existing and goal weights are realistic and safe.

@Faifaxandflavor when I started this thread it was for support and advice.

I am only saying this because although I do not know you in RL I have known you on here for over a year on here, I am worried that you are really not well.
Please go and see a doctor and explain what is happening and how you are feeling when we started this we all wanted to be healthy and be able to move more not become unwell because of losing too much weight.

@Faifaxandflavor please please please see a doctor.

@Faifaxandflavor i agree with the concern expressed. I’ve been avoiding coming on as I feel uncomfortable with your decisions and defensive comments when others are gently trying to challenge or support. From a group who have your best interest at heart I hope you can see that intention.

I’m so grateful for the bloody wonderful group of people that @TheSpoonyNavyReader brought together. Such an incredibly supportive bunch, who aren’t scared to say difficult things sometimes.

I’ve been struggling a bit with motivation to cook, which is highly unusual for me, I’m such a foodie. I think it’s probably the warm weather - but I’m very conscious that my default when I don’t want to cook is Deliveroo. I’ve been sitting on my hands and not ordering on the app - but am running out of good ideas for no or low cook dinners that are healthy and delicious. My kitchen gets incredibly hot - so trying to minimise time spent with hot pots and pans. Would love some inspiration from you all.

In heatwave temps I stick to either pre-cooked stuff eg supermarket whole cooked chicken/roast thighs/breast bits, things like Unearthed Spanish tortilla (which microwaves) OR things that I can stick in the oven and leave to cook, like marinated thighs. This includes sausages because I am cool with sausages - I know many poeple aren't! Then eat whatever it is with a nice varied crunchy salad, feta cubes, avocado, an interesting dressing etc. If extra carbs are required (by DH) I usually have some garlic bread in the freezer, or chuck some croutons in the salad.

Nothing involving melting over the hob!

Not completely home cooked though, I admit....

@GiveMeWordGames I’ve just chucked a load of chicken thighs and some marinaded salmon in the oven and will use both in salads and stuff next week. I like meal planning but have just got a bit lazy about doing it recently. Good idea to just have them in the fridge ready to use, that’ll mean I’ve always got some protein ready to build a meal around without needing to cook every evening.

Feeling a bit like this group with all its super supportive people has died. Maybe just because people are at goal or near and don’t need the “tips” but kind of missing you all. I know it took a slightly odd turn.

I am sorry you feel like that, I do feel like that as well.

It is a shame as I genuinely loved the support on here and was invested in everyone’s lives.

I do know what you both mean. It's partly, like you say, a natural drift as a lot of us have moved towards and into maintenance. I also hang out on the 5st + thread but I did really love seeing and hearing how we were all doing who started near to each other date-wise

My total loss for the spreadsheet is 6 stone 7 and I've been maintaining at around that for a couple of months now. I'm down to 5mg and plan to shift to 2.5 in a month or so.

I’m still here although not at goal

did 14mg this week (55 clicks) , couldn’t get myself to do a full dose. And glad I didn’t , nausea and loose tummy for 48 hours and what felt like low blood sugars but have tried to eat little and often . Finally 6 months on in on second round I have the initial MJ suppression! I’m praying that the little and often is less enough to break the plateau and that 14/15mg works until I’m close to goal

another topic my DS friends mom started MJ in Feb from what can think of borderline overweight . I only know as her positing on FB is public . Neither of us has commented to each other but OMG she is like a stick , plus some self tan/sun bed plus some Botox or fillers (should not say this as I am probably in same boat but middle cricies comes to mind). She looks like a different person. And although I started at a much higher weight I can’t stop finding myself a bit jelous of other people’s losses or what I feel this week; my face is a mess , I feel I need a full face lift and I’m only BMI28 and 41 and the under eye bag has drifted so much south I don’t even know my own face. I was hard user of double wear , new formula dosnt work on my new face , now trying out diferent coverups for me hanging face but it’s really starting to temper with my confidence ! My overhang , my saging boobs etc can be lifted and covered but my face 🫩 (literally the emoji is my current face 😅😢)

when do we all embrace and feel confident our new looks , does it come with time or is just us getting older considering it’s been 16 months ?