January 2025 starters - goal weight era

[HeidiLite]

New thread!

right, scale was showing 60 this morning. Now I really need to stop the upwards creep before it gets worse. It's the late night snacking. Maybe should jab a little more as well?

I find having a very filling but healthy dessert stops any late night snacking @HeidiLite. My go-to is a bowl of berries, Greek yoghurt mixed with a scoop of vanilla protein powder, and a sprinkle of milled flaxseed on top. I'm so full after that I can't even think about eating anything else.

Friend's funeral is today, I've been awake since 4:30am just thinking about things. Also had a chat with boss yesterday to see if there was anything they might offer me to stay where I am, but one way or another I want to make a decision today.

@MJalltheway I know how you’re feeling as my friend’s funeral is today as well. Can’t believe she’s not around anymore.

One of our chickens was killed last night by something - don’t think it was a fox, probably a bloody rat - and my emotions are running so high I started blubbering immediately. DH has found a hole where the murderer entered and has filled it with rat poison. Hopefully that will sort it as I love my bantams.

@HeidiLite That creep is my fear but setting a limit where action must be taken is a good approach. I managed to reverse creep with a couple of bigger doses when it happened to me so I think that’s a good plan.

Weighed in today for no reason other than routine to find I’ve hit a new low - 8st 6.6. This puts me at exactly 21 BMI and I really need to go no lower than this, partly to keep prescriber options open but mainly because I’m already a bit too scrawny. So it’s back to 5mg for my next jab and I think that’s where I’ll be staying over the summer.

Holiday looming. Only 2 days now

should have realy booked something for the weekend. We have a day off tomorrow so of course everyone also takes the bridge day - but while normally it would be roasting by now, this time the weather will be miserable. Oh well, can do some basement organising or other fun stuff.
And gym, of course. Even other instructors at my fancy gym are now commenting how jacked I look, I really enjoy it. But now my dream is to get a visible 6pack - it's there, I can feel it, the abs are nice and chunky, but still not visible.

I’m so fucking cold!!!🥶

I had an NSV, when someone told me that 'they work very hard at their own arms, and how great my arms looked. And that good arms deserve to be recognised!!!!' I was so chuffed!!

Congratulations @RockyisMYRhino and what did you decide to do with the job @MJalltheway ? I've accepted my offer. I would be a fool not to. So, I have another month off which I'm going to make the most of. I'm going to write a list of the things I want to do today. On Monday I went on a 11 mile walk, just me and the dogs. Loved it.

@Jins what a lovely few hours with your son.

I did Pilates, observed pilates and taught Pilates yesterday - so today I'm going for a run.

Hope the funeral went ok @Jins 🤗
Ours was a really nice one, as these things go. Incredibly sad of course, my friend was only mid-50s, but a nice celebration of her life and she'd planned most of it herself so it felt like a lot of her voice coming through.

I am still waiting to hear from current employer what they are prepared to offer to make me stay! Hopefully will be resolved today at some point.

@MJalltheway what do you want, to stay?

Change of job title and regrading of pay scale. That would be enough for now.

Thanks @MJalltheway. It was good but extremely emotionally charged. Glad yours went well under the circumstances. I think funerals that have had a lot of input from the deceased are very special. Sadly my friend developed dementia alongside her cancer 5 years ago and no input was possible. I did blub at the photos - she had the same happy smile at the end as the one she had when I first met her 50 years ago.

Weight still a bit on the low side but a week at an AI in Antalya will soon sort that out. Tomorrow can’t come soon enough I’ve just started packing and I’m trying to narrow the swimwear pile down.

Nice to have some sun after the misery of yesterday’s rain and wind. Hope you’ve warmed up @Zempy

@Jins and @MJalltheway what tricky weeks you’ve had. Sending 💐to you both.

And @Zempy I am absolutely freezing as well. Why is it so cold?

Still cold. Off to Austria next week and it looks like it’s warmer there.

I already packed away all winter clothes and it's 10 degrees. Ridiculous.

I had a fun morning, don't read if eating.
Day off here.
First, DD comes crying because she has a stomach ache. She's a very sturdy child that never complains, so I'm about to get dressed to take her to A&E to check for appendicitis. She then promptly farts, throws up and says it's better. Just a randoms bug then, she's fine already.

Then, dog throws up. On the carpet, why do they always do that? But what does she throw up? A baby bird. There's a magpie nest in the tree in front of the house, probably one of those chicks had fallen down. My dogs don't tend to eat random stuff, so no idea what posessed her.

Then, I hear the cat meaowing loudly and he is clearly looking for something. So looks like she dragged a prey in and then let it loose. Oh look, dog2 has the prey in his mouth. A mouse? No, a full sized rat! OMG. Luckily intact so neither pet had actually chewed it too much. But seriously!

Oh my word @HeidiLite what a start to your day! Why are pets so grim?! We've not had rats with our cats but have had most other things 🤢

looks like work is all sorted, current job gave me everything I'd asked for so I've turned down the new job. That settles things for a while at least!

I don't feel like I've had any brain capacity to think about food or weight this week.

That's great news, congratulations. It's a shame you needed to go through the whole other process to get there, but pleased it worked out for you.

@HeidiLite grim.

@MJallthewayand @Jinssounds like really sad weeks for you but glad the funerals went as well as possible. Great news on the job @MJallthewaymust be good to have it sorted. Congratulations @Thelittlestrangertoo, enjoy the rest of your freedom, sounds like you’re making the most of it!
@Jinshave an amazing holiday, you certainly deserve it after the few weeks you’ve had. Any more news for DS?
@HeidiLiteno words, what a morning, and the rat 🤢.
agree it’s bloody freezing, the hailstones here were bonkers yesterday and it’s grim. I’ve also packed my winter clothes away, don’t really want to drag them back out but I may need to at this rate!!
Work still crazy crazy busy, and I don’t feel like I’m achieving a thing, but am going to tough it out for a while. I spoke to a recruiter I’ve known for ages and has placed me in 2 roles and he had some very good points about where this role could get me so let’s see.
weight wise here I put 4 pounds on after last weeks conference and continued eating at the weekend but 2 1/2 have gone so back on track! Quiet weekend here so will stay that way, DS has mock mocks for UCAS grades and is very stressed bless him. Hope all the GCSEs and A levels are going ok for dcs.

Thanks for asking @26inprogress. He had his outcome meeting yesterday with no action as the result. His complaint was taken seriously but obviously he’s not been given details of the outcome. He’s feeling much brighter and hopefully things will settle down.

So glad to be leaving for my hols with that issue settled

lovely to hear @jins, enjoy the holidays!

@MJalltheway sounds like the best possible outcome. Sad some employers only appreciate us when we are about to leave - one of my previous ones was totally taking me for granted, but when I was leaving, it was suddenly 'but but you're my star employee, just tell me what you want, you'll get it'. Was too late though in my case, had already mentally checked out.

Hi everyone, it's been a while - work has been utterly manic and rather stressful. We've had our first investment and there's been so much to learn, so much new pressure and ways of doing things - I've found it all rather overwhelming tbh and have been questioning my intelligence and capacity for change. I do feel like I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel though.

I've spent a few mins reading through everyones updates - sorry for your losses @MJalltheway and @Jins - I always find that the healing starts post-funeral, so I hope that's your experience.

@HeidiLite is the gain not just muscle? Is there a change in how your clothes feel? Sorry to hear about the grim pet stuff too!

@Thelittlestranger congrats on the arms and the new job!

@Jins enjoy your holiday - sounds like you absolutely need it.

All good here - I'm maintaining (I never thought I'd get there) at between 9'12 and 10'1 - BMI ca. 21.7. It's bloody lovely not having chub rub anymore, or a sticky-out gut. My bottom and upper thighs are still looking like skin-on raw chicken but lots of squats, lunges and up-hill walking will hopefully help. I'm still with SheMed and am sticking with 4.8mg of Wegovy, which seems to be doing the trick.

Have a wonderful weekend losers!

Have lost one of the stubborn kilos, going the right way again. Not sure about the muscle mass, the scale I have seems to be all over the place, will check at the gym next time. but I do look quite impressive.

One thing I'm thinking about - I am literally in the best shape of my life. I like how I look. I wear clothes to show off. Just wondering what my life would have been like if I could have had that my entire life..
I have not been morbidly obese or anything, but almost my entire life I was yoyoing from slim-ish to average to chubby and back. I don't look good chubby and of course pretty privilege is very real. Can't help to wonder..

Morning all!

I’ve started taking 3g of creatine daily, so my weight has gone up a 0.5kg this week. Has anyone else started it on MJ? I haven’t done a big loading phase, as I’m not strength training enough for that (once a week only). But wanted to see if it would help with overall energy levels and muscle repair after exercise. Too early to tell on that, but I do feel like my biceps are looking bigger!

Trying not to freak out about going over my 60kg ceiling especially as ChatGPT is reassuring me it’s not fat, just water retention in my muscles. And as long as my new clothes still fit I’m totally fine with that. I’m feeling confident still.

Hello all

hope all is ok - @Jins@MJalltheway I hope difficult weeks went as well as they could.

hope everyone else is thriving.

we are deep in exam stress here - it is a bit tricker than I expected. Twin parenting can be a balancing act but this is a whole different ball game. One of my friends who also has twins but a few years older has been very sweetly checking in on me as she also found it worst than expected. Actual exams seems to be going ok thankfully, just emotionally around them.

i am having a really weird time weight wise - I have had 2 big whooshes and have lost 5lb in 2 weeks. I have been ill with a virus so not overly active (getting better but got properly run down) and have been eating more calories than I have done in a year. I have been taking about 8.5 from a 12.5 pen and my suppression is definitely reducing. So I sort of don’t understand it and, if I’m honest, it’s worrying me a little.

hopefully it will stabilise this week - I am happy where I am and don’t want to go lower.

anyone eurovisioning? we have pizza and cocktails planned…..

@DGmaintaining I have been taking 5mg for a while now, muscles are quite impressive, but I do train quite a lot.

@myladyjane my daughter had asked if we can watch Eurovision. She was back on her phone after 15 mins! You need a good concentration span to survive it!

I had yet another gynaecologist appointment yesterday (this was an unexpected cancellation). They asked me lots of questions about MJ and my diet. They were surprised that I wasn’t losing weight (yeah! Join the club!) and want me to see a gastroenterologist to see if there is something wrong with my digestive system. That was a bit of suprise. I’m still not sure what the link between that and my pelvic floor problems is, but anyway. So I will see what they say.
I had a blood test this morning to see if they can isolate why I’m feeling like I’ve been hit by a bus. I’ve waited nearly 3 weeks for a morning appointment so that my testosterone levels could be checked, only to find that the GP hadn’t put that on the list. Brilliant.

@Polkadotdash - wow, someone actually taking an interest in weightloss is novel - I hope they find a way to help you lose weight. How frustrating re the blood test.

😫@myladyjane exam stress is awful, no twins but A levels and GCSE years coincided here so two to deal with at once, I haven't forgotten it yet. I hope you feel well again soon.

Nothing happening here at all, my weight remains exactly as it was when I stopped taking MJ in January. I'm taking 2.5mg again after deciding to restart to try to shift another 7kg, but my weight has not moved at all since deciding that was it in January. I haven't gained at all, or lost an ounce apart from the usual daily fluctuations. I'm much more active than I was. I'll probably give it three pens before I decide enough is enough again.

I'm definitely feeling like I cba with life again too, I am booking myself onto classes etc, so that I make myself go because I've paid for it or I'm meeting someone I don't want to let down, but I am absolutely forcing myself to do anything right now. Bleugh.