January 2025 starters - goal weight era

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Morning everyone, so pleased it is cooler today, I do not thrive in the heat.

@Zempy dispraxia is expensive, the effects of it are amplified at 6ft too. I looked in the glass cupboard a couple of days ago and thought 😳, looking a bit sparse. I've always tried to make DC feel ok about it 'never mind, we could do with a bit more room in the glass cupboard', but gawd, we are well down on numbers.

I've had a couple of drinks in the last week or two and I really feel it the next day, even if I have just had a couple of Aperols - such a lightweight.

I bought some lovely linen pyjamas last week, I found myself thinking, well, it is only the price of one month's MJ. Must change that thought process or I will end up bankrupt as I am applying it to multiple purchases.

Started my penultimate pen today - two in the fridge which will give me 11-12 weeks.

We’re seeing a lot less damage since DS1 moved into his own home. Never been diagnosed with dyspraxia but I’ll bet my pension he has it. Most irritating damage was without doubt the dent on the brand new fridge door. DH shows all the signs as well. At work he can do the most complex and fiddly operations, at home he can’t wash a plate without chipping it. Our everyday plates are those cheap tempered glass ones from Ikea. Nobody likes them but I’ve told them if they stop bashing them against the tap I’ll buy nice ones 🤣

Jab day has come around quickly but I’m still feeling quite a lot of suppression so may delay it a day or two. Hovering around 8st 8 which is fine. I’m more concerned about getting my insomnia meds at the moment. The GP can prescribe extended use but there are a few hoops to jump through and I need to get my evidence together. I’ve found a few online pharmacies that will prescribe if necessary. It’s so frustrating when you run up against NICE guidance.

The best bit of news so far is that I’ve gone into battle with HMRC and won! I wasn’t going to bother as I really wanted to avoid being put on self-assessment but HMRC rattled the cage by asking for tax returns for the last two years. So no more tax to pay this year and a lovely two pen refund is on the way. Pens are my latest unit in financial calculations.

@DGmaintaining I just got a jelly bra from Amazon the Prime Day - arrived yesterday. It’s very comfy and has potential to give good shape. I say potential because the cups are a bit small for me - I am still keeping it as it’s just a wfh/Sunday afternoon comfy bra for me so I don’t care if I look squashed. It is also green leopard print because I am all about the class. My poor boobs are just a bit sad now. Still an f/g cup but no volume at the top at all - like a ferret down a trouser leg.

I am still losing weight - I don’t like it as I don’t understand how. My calories are definitely higher and I struggled to lose it on lower calories. It’s not loads or anything but I have lost another half a stone since I have been maintaining/lowering my dose/upping my calories. Just weirding me out a bit.

@Jins good news on the tax refund! And yes, pen costs are a good unit of measurement. I was even dreaming about it last night. Too weird! Still no flipping news on the broken pen situation. I think my plans to make the 12.5mg eke out over the summer is not going to work.

And I’m the clumsy one in our house. I have terrible fine motor skills (writing, chopping, using scissors etc). So I just botch everything and I’m constantly dropping stuff. I didn’t even realise it was a thing until my middle child was diagnosed with it at school. I was just always told I wasn’t trying hard enough as a kid 🙄

I have some jelly bras, straight from aliexpress. They are super comfy and great to wear out and about too, but won't give the same lift than a normal wired bra.

I have been test driving all the bras I own and contrary to my expectationis, it seems that anything with narrower part against the sternum is more comfortable. You would think that wider bra gore would allow to spread the load more evenly, but no. My t-shirt bra was killing me, but today's push up with narrow centre seems to be fine.

I missed the bra conversation. I literally only ever buy these bras these days. Underwired, but so comfortable. I am a 34D so not a lot to minimise, but I love them.

It’s my turn to have the meeting rage at work this week. I swear I’m being ganged up on and gaslit about things that are previously agreed and then I’m told that I’ve imagined it. Got asked to present a paper in a meeting that has been gathering dust for weeks, got no senior engagement on and then out of nowhere it was brought up and taken apart. It’s not even out of first draft stage yet, no wonder it doesn’t meet these expectations that you have but have never articulated. There was someone very senior in the meeting so I couldn’t just tell them they were being unreasonable. I just had to nod and say ‘oh that’s an interesting viewpoint’. I’m absolutely raging. I don’t know why it’s ok to do something like this. I don’t know what to say about it tomorrow. The meeting was right at the end of the day and went on until 6pm and I had to dash. How do I tell the project director that he was out of order?

@Polkadotdash what a shitty thing to do. Is the director otherwise reasonable, or an arse in general? If the former, would certainly have a talk.

@PenelopePitstopPersists I mostly live in built in bra tops nowadays. But yes for work, prefer normal bras with some lift. Am trialling a half-cup today, let's see how that works.

Sorry you had that experience @Polkadotdash. It’s so enraging isn’t it? Hopefully you feel better having slept on it.

I have bra issues too. I can’t seem to find a happy medium between too big and too tight. I have bought some bra extender thingies to see if they help.

I weighed in today as I was feeling a bit heavy after my holiday, but I’m still 8.0. This medication really is a wonder!

Thanks both. I slept terribly. I’m still raging. Project director is a total arse. I can say something but he won’t listen. I’m torn between getting it off my chest and knowing it will go against me and just completely disengaging with the project.

Oh @Polkadotdash this job is really doing a number on you. No wonder you’re raging. Karma can take too long sometimes.

Bra issues are the bane of my life. I’ve lived in homemade bralettes for years but now I’m wearing tighter clothes I recognise that a little more lift is required. I don’t have boobs so much as the bags they came in so finding the solution has been a journey. The best so far is a jelly bra from AliExpress which is full cup but I’ve taken the padding out as it was a bit too circular. The downside is that it hasn’t lasted through washing despite being in a special bra bag and low temperature so the hunt goes on. I loathe those foam cup T shirt bras with a passion, prefer wireless and must have unpadded so there isn’t much around. I do intend to make a custom fit bra at some point.

Weight still hovering at my happy place of 8st 8 and I now have to decide whether to taper down or carry on letting MJ do the work for me. I’m tempted to let the MJ do its thing tbh. I’m on a base dose of 5mg with the occasional bumped up dose of 6 ish and as I’ve no side effects or negative impacts I’m struggling to find the motivation to change it. I know that I should taper down to find the level that the anti inflammatory benefits remain but I just cba with it. I’m at ease with allowing medication to manage my weight for me.