January 2026 starters. Thread 3, the one with us wearing our summer clothes

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New thread 😀 in the nick of time

@HollywoodTease I laughed at your message as I also haven't been in 3 days and lost 1lb this week. I did wonder if it might have been even just half a pound more if I was regular. I should be happy with any loss but that's how desperate I am! 😂

Hahaha visiting the loo must be an extra 1lb I reckon @glutenisthedevil.

I’m dropping to 5mg next jab. I feel the effects of 7.5mg more now I’m a skinny bitch 😂 I’ve got a boney chest again, which I love! 2 lbs to go till GW 🎯

2.5 pounds off this week and I hit 5 stone 5 pounds loss and most importantly a normal BMI of 24.9 🎉 I am also below my original
goal weight but have decided to lose one more stone. I now have a wardrobe full of clothes which I love and make me feel great. The fact that I can wear trousers and feel comfortable tucking in my shirts still amazes me. Can’t believe quite how life changing MJ has been in 8 months!

After there not being enough in my pen for the final dose last week, I appear to have gained a pound! I have had no increase in hunger and have eaten exactly the same foods and stuck to the same number of calories. I was worried about staying the same and can’t understand why a tiny reduction in dose would cause a gain (it was no more than 5-6 clicks off a full dose) I’m feeling pretty fed up this morning. Chat GTP says to weigh myself again in a few days once I’ve had a full dose again.

I have been basically stuck since May and starting to feel frustrated. A 2st loss since Jan, while better than I’ve done myself, doesn’t feel like much to shout about given I started heavier than most people in the thread! And the worst part is, I know I’ve only myself to blame! I’m at 1.7mg WG and while I can feel the effects physically the food noise is back with a vengeance. I am going to do one more month at 1.7 while getting myself back in the good habits I had established earlier in the year (steps, protein, gym, food tracking) before I go to 2.4. I’d really like another couple of stone off!

Going to treat myself to new trainers and start C25K again this autumn so me and DD can go running together.

I gained 2lbs over a week ago overnight with no reason for the gain . It's taken to today to get back to what I was . So frustrating but if you know no no reason why , then like me , just put it down to fluid retention .

@FrostyFlo
Thanks, it really is frustrating. It must be fluid retention. I am trying to focus on the fact that I had to buy smaller knickers again yesterday and I fitted into a pair of trousers that were too small 2 weeks ago. I’ve also just bought a pair of size 12 jeans on Vinted and they fit perfectly! 🤷‍♀️

I weighed this morning and have hit 3.5 stone loss, and a bmi of 24.3!
I have a full 2.5 pen and a full 5mg one so think next week I might click count back to 3.75 then work down to 2.5

My body is still being weird (!) and apparently I've gained 2kg (?!) even though my clothes are getting looser than ever. No idea what that's about. I know I haven't overeaten or anything and I am going by how things fit. If waistbands start getting snug then I'll start to believe it's a "real" gain...

Have bought my next pen at 5mg which might be a bit of a risk if I actually AM gaining... but we will see. I don't want to end up all shrivelled and wrinkly (or more so than I am already 😂)... can always go back to 7.5mg next time if I start ballooning or something...

This whole thing feels SO much calmer than any weight loss I've experienced in the past (and I have done MOST of the options... keto, intermittent fasting, Slimming World, Cambridge Diet, Lighter Life, calorie counting and exercise, you name it...). This time the freedom from the mental chatter has been revolutionary. I'm back down to a size 14-16 and am ok with that (I'm 5'7" and somewhat aged, so...) Don't want to lose muscle and end up feeble!

Update! I got on the scales this morning and was exactly the same weight as I was yesterday. They are apparently body composition scales, I’ve tried to pair them with the app before and failed. I decided to try again and they paired this time. They made a loud beeping sound and suddenly my weight dropped by 3 pounds! I’ve got back on and off them a few times to check and they have stayed at the same weight. So that’s actually a loss of 2 pounds since last week making it 67.5 in total. Clearly they’re not reliable though so I’ll be ordering new scales later.

After a summer where wli were far from my mind, and the benefits of them were apparent, ive gained a few pounds. But given that i often forgot to inject and went almost 3 weeks between injections at one stage, maybe thats to be expected. Im still feeling great. I kept up a bit of running all summer and am now back at the gym. Im looking great, i love how I look in clothes, and out of them, and im getting so many compliments. Overall, ive lost 19kgs, am comfortably within the normal bmi range, am strong and fit and happy, and ive created a summer of wonderful happy memories with my family. Im ok with a bit of a gain for that, but ill start behaving again now, honest!

Stay the same for me this week, which I was actually quite relieved about. I only took a half dose of MJ last week as my pen ran out, I've also had some spotting this week despite having the coil so I suspect hormones are at play, too. Over the weekend I may as well have been sponsored by Crunchy Wotsits given the sheer volume I ate, so I'm taking my stay the same as a win!

I injected 4mg last night so hopefully back on track for next week's weigh in.

I’m back from holidays and the scale is showing a 2lb gain. It could be water or it could be fat but no matter, I’m within my goal weight range so all good. Back to the routine this week!

I’m loving looking at the holiday photos, i haven’t looked this good in years🫣 It also made me think how unfair it is that I can wear simple clothes now and still look stylish but when I was fat it took a lot more effort to look put together.

Week #32 checking in.

0.7kg or 1.5lbs off so back to plodding it seems, which is fine.

I've ordered 7.5 again for my next pen. If I continue to plod along with small losses I'm fine with that. I'm nowhere near goal yet (BMI is still 31.5) but I feel so much better in myself that I'm happy to take my time.

I keep telling myself that my eating is under control now and it's time to really work on my exercise, but I still haven't really done much bar an occasional kettle bell workout. I need to find some motivation!

After all my bitching and moaning last week, am back on track! A new low, by a whopping 100grams 🤣 but I’ll take it! The 14st bracket is almost in view!

Ive hit September with a bang excercise-wise. I probably need to reign it in a bit or i know ill hit a wall. I am loving longer runs (well, long for me 10-12km), and am back with a 3-4 good strong weights classes per week. But today, i ran 8km in the morning, did a 45 intense weights class at lunchtime and am just back in from an hour squash training. I just feel very full of energy

Hello - I’m bouncing up and down the same 1lb the past couple of weeks so it’s another long plateau I think 🥱 I’m 2/3lbs off goal. A bit bored 😂

I did some online shopping from Brora and Me&Em in a 14 and am now returning it all for a size 12 - excellent but sizing is so random as I still can’t do up a beautiful Christian Dior jacket I have from years ago in a size 14. I’m wearing some old size 12 7 for all mankind black velvet jeans today which I was delighted to get into but they are low rise and I think these days I really need high rise - last wore them in my late 30s and I’m now 53!

Bang on 5st lost this morning. Happy days! I’m now a comfortable size 14 in most brands and loving my new wardrobe choices. Maybe another stone to go to get well into the healthy BMI range.

Another pound off for me this week. 68.5 in total, I bought another set of scales as a back up but my original ones seem to be working now that they have been synced with the app. 🤞 According to my scales my muscle mass is very high, this might explain why the number on the scales is still high considering the fact I’m definitely comfortably in a size 12, some items are even a bit big. My goal is to get down to a 10. I am away for a few days next week so won’t weigh until the following week. I might weigh myself before I go on Wednesday morning so see if the 1.5 needed to get to a 5 stone loss has miraculously disappeared. 😂😬

Another stay the same for me this week for the second week in a row. It looks like I've hit a bit of a plateau.

I injected 5mg last night for only the second time since starting WLIs having mostly stuck to 3.75mg throughout. I feel like I've had minimal suppression over the last week and now that I'm getting closer to goal it's becoming harder, so I'm hoping this gives me a kick start.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

SW: 16.6
CW: 11.12
GW: 10.7

Same @glutenisthedevil. Hit another extended plateau. It’s quite boring!

Having said that, I forgot to jab a couple of days ago. Also, I’m now drinking Coke Zero regularly (which makes me crave sweet stuff!). So I need to get strict with myself!

One pound off this week, 77 in total. It’s a crawl to the finish line with 10 pounds to go!

Ive been losing and gaining the same kilo for the last 6 weeks. I'm pretty happy with my weight, even though I had 2 kg less as my target. But im still on 1mg so im concerned about the weight creeping back as I taper down. I have a .5mg fior next month so we'll see. Still have reasonably good suppression, but the food noise is fully back

Inexplicably I’ve lost 4lbs this week. I’ve not done anything different at all. Not that I’m complaining, eh!

Been and raided the charity shops again and bought myself a couple of size 12 dresses. Size 12!!