August 25 Starters - Thread 3

[MrJollyLivesNextDoor]

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

Thanks @NicolaMarlowsMerlin, I am just edging into a healthy BMI at 25 so will try to gauge how I feel as it drops a little bit more. I haven’t had blood tests in over a year, perhaps that’s something I should have been doing.

I am just back from ten days in Spain and this is possibly the first holiday ever I haven’t gained a single pound. We were room only as we were visiting Seville, Ronda and Malaga and wanted to try various restaurants etc so I jabbed 7.5 the day before we left but didn’t take a pen with me. I am starting to find a rhythm with foods I want to eat, portions and stopping when I am satisfied for fear of feeling bloated etc.

SW 222lbs
CW 150lbs
GW 147lbs

Sounds like you’re in a really good place. I’m tapering now although it makes me nervous, and also didn’t gain weight on our recent 10 days in the US although I was ill for a few days which tempered the eating somewhat! Did a 3.75mg injection 9 days after the last one, will see how that goes for another 10 days or so!

Hey,

well couldn’t weigh Friday as normal, stood on the scales to a “low” tried again and it said I was firstly 14st3.6lbs, moved them, tried again and I was 6st4lbs. So I had to get new batteries lol, but kept forgetting. Eventually got them yesterday and weighed this morning at 8st10.3lbs. I think the extra days helped me burn off the McDonald’s we were having last week.
we’ve been working and painting and it’s giving me work outs according to my watch lol.

I will weigh again on Friday and note that one down, I didn’t note this one down as I didn’t take it on the Friday.

we are away for the weekend next weekend and I’d love to get down to 8st9lb before going but we shall see. My goal is still 8st7lbs for Halloween. And from my next pen I plan to come down to 3.75mg, then onto 2.5mg and maybe even try space the doses a little further apart. I couldn’t financially be able to stay on this forever, unfortunately🥹

hope everyone is doing well xx

SW - 13st11.9lbs
CW - 8st10.3lbs
GW - 8st7lbs

xx

Jab day today. 2lb off this week.

SW 18st 8lb
CW 11st 9lb
10mg pen

Only 1 more pound to go and then it will be 7st loss overall. I am starting to come down the doses as well and not seeing any difference between the 12.5mg and 10mg in terms of suppression. Think i will be somewhere around 10st and 10st 7lb by the time i get to 2.5mg which will be about right for me I think.

I’ve just received my first new pen without the extra dose so am feeling sad now. I’m on 10mg and wondering whether to go up to 12.5mg for one last push as have stopped losing but note that the above poster didn’t notice any difference? Has anyone had success going up to 12.5?
Im slightly worried the higher I go the harder the climb down will be. My bmi is now 22 but I want another half a stone especially as a buffer as I reduce downwards? What’s everyone’s thoughts?

First - agree the new pens are super annoying when we’ve all been being so economical. Bastards.

Second, wanted to share what my doc said when we discussed tapering a few weeks ago. He said - you’ve lost this weight by changing your habits. The medication helped, it didn’t make you lose the weight. Your goal now is to keep those habits. Set an upper limit for weight - whatever works for you - and if you hit it, you know you need to change your habits. That might include a dose of the meds to help bring you back to your healthy weight, or it might not. You might go for the rest of your life not needing a dose, or you might need one in a few months, or a few weeks. But it’s there to support you, not to make you lose weight.

So I can’t comment on 12.5 vs 10 specifically as I didn’t need more than 7.5 - I seem to be pretty sensitive to the meds, but I thought that comment might help. If the meds will always be in the background if you need them, then it’s less critical to go up. You keep using the 10 and let it help you reinforce the better habits you’re now living with that help you lose. You’re already at a healthy weight so see where that takes you for a bit?

hope that helps!

Forgot to post stats

SW: 94.5k
CW: 70.3k
GW: 72.0k

No loss this week which im ok with. It's been pretty hectic with hospital visits so have grabbed two toasties from Costa which hasn't helped nor have I really been on drinking water.

SW 18st 8lb
CW 11st 9lb
10mg pen

Just taken last dose of 10mg pen so next week I will be on 7.5mg. I still have a golden dose left in one pen so planning on using that up first. Fingers crossed I will hit 7 stone off next week.

Hello,

I weighed on Friday morning and lost 2.2lbs.
1.1lbs to go until goal.

this week I’ve still had a lot of suppression, so instead of jabbing I’m going to wait until tomorrow to have it, and now that I’m so close to goal, I’m going to try wean myself off and over longer periods between jabs.
i’m hoping to be completely off MJ by Halloween. I’m desperate to try maintain this on my own and not at a cost🥹

hope everyone is doing well and enjoyed their weekend.
i can’t believe we’re into September now, it’ll be Christmas before we know it.

SW - 13st11.9lbs
CW - 8st8.1bs
GW - 8st7lbs

xx

I am back from 2 weeks holiday in Italy with desserts, cake for breakfast and alcohol - I lost 1lb.

I think it was the amount of walking we did, 4 days traipsing around Florence and then hiking around Lake Garda some days. And drinking huge amounts of water.

I actually stayed clear of pasta, ate mainly fish and meat with small portions of carbs. So all learning about food seem to have taken effect. I am not a big pasta fan anyway when eating out, a bit too fussy and I have to have my pasta absolutely boiling hot, so it wasn't a sacrifice.

SW - 99.4kg
GW - 60kg (with a final weight of around 62/63kg)
CW - 65.2kg

Nearly there.

Well done @reluctantbrit, I can’t believe the change in so many of us over the past year.

I have had a very last minute hysterectomy ten days ago and haven’t stepped on the scales in a fortnight, ha I haven’t stepped far at all.
I am still here and still conscious of what I’m eating but off injections suddenly and unable to exercise for 6-8 weeks. Hoping my brain has learnt something and I can go it alone now.

Sending healing vibes, I hope all is well and health has priority.

I think the secret to success is changing habits during the weight loss and then carrying on, it's so much more than just eating less, it's a lifestyle change.

Hope you feel better soon. 1lb loss for me this week.

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

<streaks around the thread> 7 stones off in total. Never in a million years did I think that I could do it. I found a pen with a part of a golden dose so used that onto of 7.5mg dose this morning. I reakon I had around 8.5mg. Am coming down to 7.5mg so made sense to use it up.

Had my pre-op appt and have been told no dose for 7 days before op. Op due in November so im hoping this just works in with stopping the medication.

Another 1lb off this week

SW 18st 8lb
CW 11st 7lb
7.5mg

Going to pictures tonight with DD so going to try to be good with snacks. Need to up water intake as haven't been good with this recently. Thinking about goal weight and at the mo, just would love to get to anywhere within 10st bracket. This was unthinkable last year.

Another 1lb off here as well, really hoping for goal soon but I have a short trip coming up and then 2 weeks work trip. I opted for a serviced apartment so I do my own food so no hotel breakfast and eating out each day which hopefully helps.

I need to speak to my provider soon about maintenance. What are people's thoughts? I hope to be able to get a 2.5mg dose for 9-12 months and slowly increase my calorie intake to figure out how much I need and what my hard limit is to which I will be happy to gain again.

On the plus side - I found 2 jumpers in the back of my wardrobe which now fit perfectly.

Hey everyone,

I got a new phone and couldn’t get logged in to the app on my new phone.
finally got it now.

hope everyone is doing well🩷

I weighed in today and weighed in at 8st6.6lbs so have met my goal of 8st7lbs.

i have an appointment with my pharmacy tomorrow at 9:30am to be weighed and I need to decide if I want to continue on 5mg or come down to 2.5mg.
I've not yet made my mind up, as on 5mg now I don’t really have a lot of suppression now (currently in bed eating a pack of bbq lays and today was jab day🤦🏽‍♀️) so might be easier staying at 5mg for suppression.

SW - 13st11.9lbs
CW - 8st6.6lbs
GW - 8st7lbs

xx

@sfraxx that’s fantastic well done! What did you decide re the dose?

Thank you very much. I’m in pharmacy just now and they’ve recommended staying on 5mg for now for maintenance due to suppression kind of disappearing the last couple weeks, if I had gone down to 2.5mg it would be pointless and have zero effects. Thankfully in my chemist both 2.5mg and 5mg are £150. So not down or up any money staying at 5mg. But I’ve made it clear I don’t want this to be a forever thing for myself I’d love to be able to maintain my weight loss without it, just for financial aspect. So I’ll do 1 month remaining at 5mg and then 1 month at 2.5mg and then hopefully be able to stop.
could be too good to be true, I don’t think we realise how much this aids us. When I stopped before I maintained but my god the food noise was worse than before lol x

Congrats on getting to goal sfraxx, it must be a great feeling.

Ive stayed the same this week which im ok with. Heard yesterday that the hospital have brought my operation forward to next week so just trying to get everything sorted in work.

SW 18st 8lb
CW 11st 7lb.

7.5mg

Ive come down from 10mg to 7.5mg and have been at this dose for a couple of weeks now. Have got a 5mg pen ready in fridge to go down again. Not much difference in suppression between 7.5 and 10mg so am hoping the same when i go to 5mg.

It seems I gained but I was really bad the last two weeks with back from holiday madness, getting DD ready for uni and absolute mayhem at work.

So off to be good and tackle the last 4.5kg.

I went shopping for trousers, the work ones are really too big and my cargos aren't warm enough for the next months.

OMG, cord trousers, hideous Seventies style pullovers and my eyes hurt from the pattern I see everywhere.
Don't designers speak to people who lived in these decades and learn not to do them again????

And who invented barrel jeans?

Good morning everyone,

I forgot to weigh yesterday so just did this morning and I went from 8st6.6 to 9st3 in a week, and then it came up “low”. Changed the batteries and I’ve lost 2.2lbs, now weighing in at 8st4.4lbs. Now I’m starting to wonder if because my scales were low did I really stick at 8st6.6 or did I lose and it didn’t register because I certainly haven’t eaten well enough or exercised this week to lose 2.2lbs lol.
bringing my jab forward to today, as I am starving. This is actually what woke me up early on my day off lol.

hope everyone is doing well and has a lovely weekend🩷

I’ve just realised I’ve now officially lost, 5 and a half stone🥹🎉

SW - 13st11.9lbs
CW - 8st4.4lbs
GW - 8st7lbs

xx

Ive had my operation now but still in pain.
SW 18st 8lb
CW 11st 10lb
7.5mg
Have put on 3lb since last weighed on 25th Sept. Have missed a week as just didn't feel up to it. Jabbed this morning, 7.5mg pen. Have one dose left at 7.5mg and have a 5mg pen in fridge ready to go but now wondering if i should stick to 7.5mg a little while longer. Will see how I get on this week.

Hope you’re doing ok and feeling a bit better🩷xxx

Hi everyone,

weighed for the first time in over a week. I’m trying not to weigh myself as much now and hoping to manage just once a month or so as I’m worrying about maintenance a bit and don’t want it to become an obsession.
i weighed in at 8st2.1lbs today so a 2.3lbs loss since I think it was the 2nd or 3rd I last weighed. I have my appointment with the pharmacy on Tuesday the 20th regarding my maintenance dose. Once I reach 8st I don’t want to lose another lb. That gives me between 8st and 8st7 to maintain and gives me a little range and by staying in a healthy bmi.
although, they did say I wouldn’t get another pen if I lost any weight but I have been actively trying to lose weight and still keeping an eye on calories but hopefully they let me keep the maintenance as I’m really starting to panic about regaining the weight if I stop.
ideally I’d like to maintain on 5mg so I could microdose and save the £ especially coming up to Christmas lol, but we shall see on Tuesday what they allow.

i hope everyone is doing okay. Have have the kiddies off school as it’s October week here so we’ve got lots of activities planned. Have a great week/weekend.

SW - 13st11.9lbs
CW - 8st2.1lbs
GW - 8st

xx

Unfortunately I am back in hospital with an infection. I should be jabbing tmrw but will just miss this week as just not upto it.