January 2025 starters - goal weight era

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That’s great news @HeidiLite. The mean girls at my school are still the same. Still cliquey and still mean. I rarely see them which is a bonus.

I’m counting down to my holiday. I’ve got a tricky meeting tonight but once that’s over I’m ready for some relaxation. I’ve just had a long bath and I’m about to cut my hair. No epilation required this time so that’s a bonus.

Shotsy puts me at over 9mg onboard today and I’m absolutely loving it. This downward titration thing hasn’t really happened successfully yet although I did have a good run of 3 weeks on 5mg.

The best news though - the tax refund I applied for last week is sitting in my account so June isn’t as tight for cash as I thought. Might have to hit duty free

Hello losers, I’m back from my work week away, and I think I gained a bit while away as I weighed over 60kg this morning.
I jabbed 2.5mg again, hoping it helps me stay on track this week. Survived on chocolate and sandwiches while away so feeling very imbalanced at the moment. I’ve missed my routine of a high protein dinner and Greek yog with nuts & berries for dessert.
DS1 sadly didn’t manage to finish his exam last Friday so that’ll be another re-sit, and DS2 had another terrible camping trip but he at least survived without losing a limb. Felt like the worst week for me to be away, but I’m not sure being home would have changed the outcome.

@Jins I also think the pen I received the other week didn’t look any different.

@discov welcome back! Hope DD is getting the support she needs, we also had a lot of challenges with DS1 in mainstream secondary. Finding a specialist school for him was the right thing to do in the end.

Hi everyone, back from my holiday where I ate and drank whatever I wanted to - I've gained 1lb which I expect will disappear in the next few days. I haven't jabbed for almost two weeks. I guess I will do it today, but I think I will actually stop again once I have used what is in my fridge.

My weight is exactly what it was when I stopped in Jan, bar this 1lb. It does feel like I am wasting my money.

Ooh where did you go @PenelopePitstopPersists, hope you had a wonderful time. Annoying that there doesn’t appear to be any movement for you. What do you think you’ll do?
@Jinshave an amazing holiday!
@DGmaintaininghope Ds1 ok, exams nearly over for him? Also hope you feel better for eating normally again, amazing how a week of not makes you feel!
hope your week is better @Wtafmakeitstop, am with you on the work stuff!
@myladyjanehow’s the 7mg gone?

I’m back on track and have lost the 5 pounds (!) I’d put on, I’ve found it relatively easy. I’ve also resigned from my job, although my boss has asked me to reconsider, I’ve been signed off by my GP for the rest of the week and really thinking what to do. I’m
waiting for a hysteroscopy and endometrial ablation for the 3rd time in 5 years and I also have an eye condition so registered partially sighted and really struggling with commuting 4 times a week so a bit stressed, add to that ridiculous workload and a passive aggressive leader and it’s been awful. I have given her direct feedback and going to have a proper think. If they reduce my days in the office to 3 with a review when it starts getting darker as no night vision and no peripheral vision are 2 symptoms, I may consider. What a bloody awful week of weather too, bring back summer hopefully next week!

Scotland @26inprogress, Wester Ross, Torridon Hills. Lots of beautiful scenery and an amazing hotel/food.

Well done for losing the weight you wanted to, that is excellent. Have you already had an ablation, as in this is your third one?

Work sounds rough, you need to get exactly what you need/want from whatever you negotiate. If staying there is an option for you (on your terms), personalities aside, it wouldn't hurt to remind them that they have a duty to consider your flexible working request with the Equality Act 2010 in mind given your eyesight. They have a duty to make reasonable adjustments.

I think I will use up what MJ I have got here and then have a rethink. No point in carrying on if I am not losing as I wasn't gaining without it.

Sounds wonderful, I love Scotland!
sorry no my 3rd hysteroscopy/ polyp etc, first ( and hopefully last!) ablation.

Thanks and yes, I work in HR so my boss is very aware of this. I haven’t couched it in those terms yet but that’s my plan along with a print off of exactly how it manifests itself. She knows I’m registered partially sighted. It’s non negotiable for me so let’s see!

So annoying- like you say no point if it’s not making a difference! How’s your new role? And the move?

Greetings from sunny Crete! We arrived after 1am on Wednesday morning so spent that day chilling and that went so well we spent today doing the same. Today was challenging as there were roadworks outside the hotel and we were without water and electricity from 8 until 5. The hotel staff couldn’t have done more to provide as best they could but the complaints going into reps were unreal. Mostly the Brits (bald headed, thick necked and Farage fans) I’m sorry to say. What happened to the Dunkirk spirit they are always banging on about? First sign of the beer chiller going down and they were crying like toddlers.

Food basic but excellent, hotel clean and spacious, trip to Knossos planned for tomorrow so we’re all good.

@PenelopePitstopPersists I think I’d probably stop after this pen as well but bloody well done for staying the same weight for so long.

All the best for the procedures @26inprogress. Hope the wait isn’t too long

I submitted an Oushk order for a 10mg pen and it appears to be authorised as maintenance 🤞 I will let you know if/when it goes badly wrong!

Speaking of which, I ate and drank too much (carvery and two glasses of wine) last night and really paid the price. Up all night on the loo, banging head, burning hot. Horrible. Feeling a bit better now but going to have a very early night.

I hope it goes well @26inprogress , I had an ablation in about 2012.

I really hope you get the right response/response you want at work. I'd don hob nail boots in your shoes if staying there is the best option for you and you decide that's what you want.

I haven't posted much/deliberately avoided posting about my job/move as I think I have had the most unique set of events in the last few months and I would hate anyone to recognise them, but thank you for asking.

Have a great holiday @Jins .

I might actually be going longer than I thought as I had a new pen dispatched today, I forgot to pause my subscription 😑I'd pushed it out to 6.5 weeks and just forgot it was dispatch day. I will have about four months worth on my current dose.

Have you seen that Wegovy pills have been sanctioned for prescription in the UK today? Doesn't look like they will be much cheaper in the first instance, but progress marches on.

@PenelopePitstopPersists My apologies as I dropped off the threads last September, but what made you stop and then restart again, if you don’t mind me asking?

@Jins Very jealous of sunny Crete! I’m fed up of the non stop rain in West Yorkshire.

My Oushk order arrived today so just done my second 2.5 dose after having the last of a pen I had lurking in the fridge last week. My diet is back on track and I feel 100% better for it already. And I’ve lost 3lbs 🎉 I feel like most of that is probably that horrible bloat/retention you get when you’re eating rubbish rather than fat loss but I’ll take it. I got down to 8st 7 for a very brief period in October but couldn’t maintain it so I think I’m going to aim for around 8st 10 (but happy with anything under 9st). So have around 10lbs to go.

@discov , I stopped because I was happy with my weight, but also because I felt so very flat on MJ. I had lost enough, would have liked to lose 3-4 kg more in an ideal world, but happy where I was. It was the flat feeling that made me stop.

After stopping I didn’t lose an ounce despite tracking everything I ate and eating 1200 cals a day, I didn’t gain either. Some weeks I would lose 1-2 kg and then the next week I would be back to where I started. So I decided to give MJ another go. Guess what, I am still the same weight, I reckon my holiday weight will have gone by tomorrow.

I don’t mind being on it and will happily do 8-10 doses out of a pen (so not too expensive), but I am not sure if I am achieving anything.

@PenelopePitstopPersists totally understand the flat feeling! It’s weird how it does that to some people. Do you think it’s a weight set point thing? I’d feel the same and probably stop again if you’re spending the money and not much is happening. Do you see any other benefits from it? The main thing for me is it switches off 80% of food noise for me (I am quite bad for binge eating) but if you’re not getting anything out of it, it definitely seems like a waste.

I don't know @discov . I no longer need blood pressure medication, is that MJ or is that losing 5 stone?

I definitely needed it to lose weight, but I only dropped 2500 cals a week so I believe that it was more than just calories for me.

I also made some massive life shifts and reduced my stressors last year - stress and cortisol is not good for weight loss at my age - so did that help too? No idea.

I've never been a snacker. I avoid snacking by not buying snacks (have always done this because if I bought crisps and nuts I would just eat them 😬) and have never had a sweet tooth.

I'm trying to work out if I get any other benefits from it that might not be massively apparent. I don't think I ever went beyond 8mg, I have thought about trying 10mg to see if I can lose 3-4kg but from memory I felt rough on my 8mg week.

Something I keep meaning to ask is how is everyone disposing of their sharps bins? My local council doesn't seem to take them at the dump or collect them (refers you to your GP) and I can't find another route where I live.

I only bought a tiny one (0.2l from memory), stupidly I put the actual pens in it when I first started 😅so it is full and I need to buy another one for however long it is I have left on it.

I have thought about buying a 1ltr one and putting this tiny one inside it for the time being so I will only have one to contend with.

@PenelopePitstopPersists I have them secreted in the garage behind dhs manly car cleaning kit (seriously don’t ask). Our council does collect but it’s a huge ballache and I am planning to get another filled up first.

i was thinking about benefits yesterday. As I decrease I am less flat/cold but also a tiny bit more achey (although at my age who knows if that’s peri or not). HRT definitely helped with the flat feeling so jury is out.

my smaller dose seems to have gone well. I have definitely been hungry this week but hunger when I need food (like good, proper hunger) but food noise fine, satiety good. I am going to try this next pen at 7.5 and see how I go.

hello losers and maintainers, have been a bit quiet but I've been travelling non-stop. Got back from Sweden around midnight and going to Spain this evening. Am no longer sure where I am and why 😀
But weight is nicely stable around 58kg. I seem to be a bit obsessed with gym I have to admit, need to go practically every day, otherwise get a bit twitchy. I do try to listen to my body and some days I really feel that no, today I need a rest day. But am training different muscle groups (push/pull/legs) so I don't think I'm overdoing it. And there are worse obsessions to have, right?

Morning all. I’m just catching up on the thread whilst I’m sitting having my iron infusion. Hoping that this helps to pick me up.
@26inprogress good luck with the ablation. Any gynae stuff is not much fun.
@PenelopePitstopPersists ive got such a build up of small sharps bins that I need to do something with. I tried taking them to the pharmacy but they don’t take them. Like @myladyjane the bins are building up in the garage. I think my council take them but you have to pay? I need to look into it.
I’ve had such a week of frustrating admin processes that don’t work though that I’m not going to tackle it any time soon.
My main piss off this week has been finding out that such a thing as an HRT prescription pre payment certificate exists, but you can only claim back your first prescription costs if they give you a piece of paper when you collect it. As my husband collected the script he just said ‘I will get my wife to look at it online’ and so they can’t now give me that piece of paper. It’s so annyouong. I’ve spent £20 on HRT scripts and the bloody pre payment thing is £20. Why do they have such an arcane system. Just put me on the plan. It’s not like I’m going to suddenly not need anymore. Grrrrr. Anyway.

Oh and I weighed myself yesterday and I’ve lost 2lb! 12st 8lb now. Only another 20lbs to go 🤣

🏆 on your loss @Polkadotdash . Is HRT covered on a normal pre payment certificate?

Thanks all re sharps bins.

My new pen has just arrived - first one I’ve had without the bonus dose, really easy to see the difference, the plunger starts well down the glass.

I don’t know if it’s covered on a normal ppc but the HRT specific one is a fraction of the cost of a normal PPC

Oh I see, I was thinking per month.

Hello all, I've been MIA with very busy work weeks and sorting various children out. Things are a lot calmer now!
My council collect/deliver sharps bins, you just book it online. I've been using one for years for b12 jabs so have never used the tiny ones that seem to be sent with the Mounjaro jabs.
the HRT PPC is a relatively recent thing introduced a couple of years ago but they don't seem to like to publicise it much!
I've not weighed myself for a couple of weeks, I really must do that. I'm eating pretty well but there's a definite tendency for chocolate to be creeping in. Still not able to get back to normal exercising, my back is still bad ☹️ wondering if it's time to try and get an MRI done just to see what's going on. I've been doing physio and Pilates for several months now and it's improved but feeling stuck with where I am now.

@MJalltheway if you can get an mri do at this stage. I have ‘a knee’ that I put up with for too long (not helped by a family tendency to shite knees) and now it’s going to always be shite. If I’d have done a bit more at the time I think I may have arrested the damage a bit.

yes another potter round the shops today. I have so few summer work clothes and have been told need to do office at least 2 if not 3 days a week so want to see if I can pick up a dress or two. Nothing fancy, M&S type level.

Am trying hard to get my exercise back on track too and not doing too well. So run this pm, swim tomorrow as I just haven’t gone enough this year and then gym on Monday as I have to go in for an id check anyway. I was heartened by the recent article re 90
mins to 2 hours a week of strength training plus some cardio being highly beneficial - my aim is 2 gyms, 2 runs and a swim (will change the swim to yoga in the autumn).

My Oushk pen arrived, no problem. I resent having to order a 10mg pen rather than 15mg but they seem to think I shouldn’t be taking small doses and extending life of pen (which is valid of course)

Now my problem will be when do I order another one 😆

I'm in Spain and it's just SO great to be slim when it's hot. I love to feel confident on the beach. It's so comfortable to walk around in mini skirts and tiny tops without anything rubbing and rolls sweating. Mounjaro has really been the best decision ever.