August 25 Starters - Thread 3

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Here’s the link to the previous thread:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5401981-august-25-starters-thread-2?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

@ArtfulCrowVersion2 ill be interested in how you got on over the next few weeks.

Ive really reached a stall and I’m less motivated as well at the moment which isn’t helping. Was counting calories religiously but I’ve not bothered for a few weeks now and I’m not losing. I’m quite flat mentally which won’t be helping, I’m not one of those people who seem to have found bags of energy on MJ, the opposite really.

so I need to start counting kcals again and drinking all the water etc!

Hi all! Haven't posted for a while so just catching up.

Interesting to see how people are doing with some reducing / coming off MJ.

Hope your husband is on the mend @Blowingrasberries

@Jean74 that's great to hear about your experience with Ozempic, it's certainly more affordable.

I went up from 8.75 to 10mg MJ about 3 weeks ago - it's funny how you forget about side effects until you go up a dose. I still get the crushing afternoon tiredness, feeling cold and thirsty whenever I go up. So I guess for me it's a balance between not going up too much / too often and keeping the dose enough so I'm still losing consistently.

Losses are still slow, about a pound a week when I go up a dose, but generally it averages out to 0.7lbs a week over time. At least it's consistent. However I'm getting very close to 12 stone now (SW 14 stone 7) which is great as it's my 'normal' weight so I feel much more like myself, and the belly is (mostly) gone!

Nearly a year since we started, wow. I'd like to lose another stone, which means another 3 or 4 months.

Has anyone thought about transitioning to pills at some point? Apparently they have been approved for private prescription but don't seem to be available yet. I would imagine they'd be cheaper. A lot of the talk around GLPs seems to be that they are designed for long term use in the same way as blood pressure or diabetic medicine is.

Weigh day again. Now back to same weight as when I went on holiday.
SW 18st 8lb
CW 13st 0lb
10mg pen

So close to the 12 st bracket. Constipation is bad but not painful. Aiming to increase water and protein this week.

Weight day and another 1kg gone.

The scale gave me a glimpse of 69kg but settled on 70.1kg. Just 10kg to go to goal (and 100g).

I can't wait to go shopping end of July for Summer clothes for the holiday.

Hello,

well just home my holiday during the night there.
was eager to weigh myself this morning to see what damage I had done and I’ve gained 6lbs. 9st2lbs to 9st8lbs.
my legs are still very swollen, I’ve drank full fat Coke for 2 weeks and lived off pizza, pasta and nuggets at my AI as it’s all I liked lol.
I will be heading into the pharmacy today to make my appointment to get back on 2.5mg, I’m away again 4 weeks today to the same hotel so I’m hoping if I go while taking MJ I won’t find myself snacking at the pool bar as much.

I was down at 8st10 so would like to get back there, as on holiday all my denim size 8s did not even fit me by day 3😂
xx

@sfraxx hope you had a good holiday. How long had you been off MJ for?

I dropped my dose down from 10mg to 7.5mg last month. I've not been very sensible with eating recently though and have been constantly putting on a pound or two, then losing it again so I still haven't reached my goal weight of 10st 7lb. I'm back at 10st 8lb this morning. I need to get back to sensible eating and drinking and see how things go this month as I'd like to keep moving back down the doses if possible as I'm quite happy with my weight now and worry if I lose much more it won't be sustainable when I stop MJ completely.

i was off MJ 3 weeks before I went, so 5 weeks now. I was doing ok until I went on holiday, I didn’t actually eat a lot of food, but I did snack on crisps and chocolate and drank coke non stop for 2 weeks. Since being home yesterday morning I’ve ate rubbish too, as our Tesco shop got delayed so had to phone a takeaway, today I had a family members funeral and we got a chippy on the way home too.
im just about to head into the pharmacy just now, I’m having to go to a different one but same business as the pharmacist at my usual one has left and they’ve no one who does the weight loss anymore. I need to start back on 2.5mg and have a feeling for 4 weeks it won’t actually do anything but I’m hoping placebo effect will kick in and stop me snacking. I weighed in at 9st10lb this morning 2lb more than yesterday so hoping in these 4 weeks I can at least lost 8lbs of those lol xx

Good morning,

1st 2.5mg done again this morning. I have a feeling it may not even affect me due to being on 5mg before but I’m hoping it can mentally put me in the right frame of mind to start eating healthy again. As I’ve ate like a pig for weeks lol. I will be taking my MJ with me on holiday to prevent the snacking.

so I will update you all next Sunday with my weight and see if I’ve lost anything.
weighed in at 9st10lbs exactly this morning.

SW - 13st11lbs
CW - 9st10lbs
GW - 9st

xx

Im bringing my jab day forward by a day every 2 weeks as I want to get back to a friday. I changed as was going on holiday. So today I am:

SW 18st 8lb
CW 12st 11lb
10mg

Another 3lb to go to hit 6st off in total so that's what I am focusing on. Can't believe I'm in the 12st bracket 😁

Hello,

little midweek update.
i weighed this morning as i was mentally telling myself this 2.5mg wasn’t going to work. I am still hungry and the suppression isn’t great. But it’s enough to keep me to my 3 meals a day. After weighing this morning I’ve lost 3.1lbs in 3 days. I know this is post holiday weight and water but still, it makes you feel better seeing it come back down.
i will definitely be moving up to 5 for my next pen again as I’m currently snacking on sour patch kids just now but I haven’t eaten today yet due to a funeral and then work.
roll on dinner time lol xx

Hi everyone.

I started back on 2.5mg on Monday. I weighed msyelf and I am 11st 6lbs. I think I was 10st 13lbs at my lowest back in March so haven't gained a terrible lot considering I've not been that strict. Had a sneaky weigh in and I'm 11st 4lbs.

Sounds like coming off has been hard for ?everyone? I’m still on 5mg but thinking I should switch to 2.5 at the next pen in a couple of weeks. I’m now below original goal weight but a weight I’m happy with. Stomach still larger than I’d like but if I lose any more face just really looks gaunt! Not sure what to do, really really don’t want to regain, don’t want to stay on for ever. Has anyone managed to stop and not regain?

SW: 92.5k
gW: 72 k
CW: 70.4 k

I haven’t got as far as stopping yet @NicolaMarlowsMerlinbut I do plan to reduce my dose when I get to target.
I tried 7.5 but felt unable to eat and nauseous so cut back to 5mg. Hoping to reach target soon but also flexible and assessing as I go - currently a comfortable size 12 which I could never have dreamed off less than a year ago but now a size 10 is looking appealing and achievable.
SW 222lbs
CW 156.5lbs
GW 147lbs

Personally, I found the food noise quite over bearing, being so used to not having it. This felt at peak when maybe about 5/6 days overdue from jab. After about 2 weeks, I was doing okay, and maintaining and up and down 1/2lbs. It wasn’t until I went on holiday and lived completely off of pizza and pasta and full sugar cola, I gained.
i went from 9st to 9st10 on holiday. Today, i’m down to 9st5lbs, and the 2.5mg is completely worn off. I have been fighting the urges and telling myself I’m not actually hungry. I can’t wait to get back up to 5mg. I was actually going to jab a day early today but I forgot.

i am away for a week all inclusive again on the 17th and I will be taking my jab with me at this rate to prevent the big weight gain hopefully.
I was very bloated and had gained 4inch at my waist and hips. I measured today and I am back to my normal size.

so I can’t say for sure as I wasn’t off it long, but I do know, I do not want to be on this forever. Financially, I don’t think I could. I think this time, I will plan it better than cold turkey stopping. I might do what my cousin done. She came down to 3.75mg from 5, then jabbed every 10 days, then down to 2.5mg and 10 days then 2 weeks until she came off it and by then she had worked on her food noises etc so I may try that. But once I get to target, I plan to stay on for a month or two to try and maintain first.

everybody is different though xx

Your cousin’s plan sounds good. I’m on 5 at the moment, maybe I should get another 5 pen and try 3.75 for a bit. I know what you mean about a 10 being appealing. I don’t think it’s right for me but I’m not a safe 12 yet in some shops - yes in Boden, some designers, not in Zara for example. And the temptation to keep going to be a 12 is strong!

I need to order my next pen this week so will keep pondering - thanks for the advice!

Well I've gained 1lb this week. Not really sure how other than had more bread than normal with visiting my Aunt in hospital.

SW 18st 8lb
CW 12st 12lb
10mg pen

I'm aiming to get to 12st 8lb so only 4lb to go then that will be 6st off in total. Still no overall goal weight in mind so just working towards smaller goals.

Feel like I am standing still and suppression isn't great as having food noise and I need to order the next pen. Not sure if I need to go to 12mg or stick with 10mg.

My first week back on 2.5mg after a couple of months off and I've lost 3lbs. Hoping the wee break will have done me the world of good but guess we will see. I'm still feeling hunger but I get the full feeling quickly.

SW: 11st 6lbs
CW: 11st 3lbs
GW: 9st 7lbs

I hope you don’t mind me jumping back in, I’m a lurker by habit 😬. I’ve now been in maintenance for 4 months and have worked down to 2mg. The issue I’m having is that I’ve kept losing weight so I’ve clearly not got a handle on maintenance. I have increased calories but still not really on more then 1200 per day. Does anyone have any tips for successful maintenance?

After gaining 1lb with 2 days of hotel breakfast and biscuits during the day I lost 1.5kg.

Intermediate goal of being under 70kg is now reached.

My next goal is 65kg which I hope will be my final weight but I want to go a bit lower to give myself breathing room when I go into maintenance.
As I am off to visit family next week with at least 2 dinners out, it will be interesting to see what happens next.

I am still on 5mg, I have days where I wonder if I should go up and then I loose again.

@reluctantbrit i moved up to 7.5mg for the last month of loosing to get me to goal, then bought a 10mg to come back down the doses when I got there

Jabbed a day early this week. 2lb off so am happy with that.

SW 18st 8lb
CW 12st 10lb
10mg pen plus 2ml from 7.5mg pen.
Still can't believe I'm writing 12st something. Another 2lb (hoping i can do that this week) and it will be 6st off in total.

Upped the dose as suppression just isn't there.

SW - 15st
CW- 10st 7lb
GW - 10st 7lb

I have finally reached my goal weight of 10st 7lb today having lost a total of 4.5 stone! The last few pounds have taken me a long time to lose but I haven't been very disciplined with my eating recently (too much ice cream in the hot weather!) which is why.

I'm not sure if I'm officially in maintenance now or if I want to lose a little more. I'm quite happy with my weight now although I do sometimes forget that I've lost weight and am surprised when I catch sight of my reflection in a shop window 🤣 I think I might be best trying to lose a little more to give myself a bit of a buffer for when I reduce my dose or stop completely.

I dropped down from 10mg to 7.5 6 weeks ago at I had had nausea on 10mg. I think I'll order one more pen at 7.5mg and then try to reduce down to 5mg.

Well done @Gingermidget for 4 months maintenance. What dose did you have to work down from? Are you still getting suppression on 2mg?

hello,

sorry, I’ve been MIA, it’s our summer holidays here and been non stop with the kids.

I've officially lost all my holiday wait, 2 weeks after coming home.
I’m back at 9st2, so hoping to lose 1/2lbs before my holiday on the 17th but no big deal if not.
done my 3rd jab today, I’m still feeling very hungry and not full at all with the 2.5mg so can’t wait to pick up my 5 next week.
I do feel so much better and less bloated so that’s a bonus.

SW - 13st11.9
CW - 9st2
GW - 8st11lb

xx

Still plodding along here. It’s the holidays here too so trying to stick to normal eating routine is definitely more challenging.
SW 222lbs
CW 155lbs
GW 147lbs

I am now 9 weeks jab free and managing to cope. Initially I gained 2 kilos rapidly but it then settled. I have been using chat gpt to help me log and it’s been brilliant at suggesting recipes and coaching me with healthy eating, daily planners and shopping lists. I’m also doing a lot of exercise which helps. I have a pen on standby just in case but ideally I would like to live a life with no jabbing.