November 2025 starters - the one where we all need a new summer wardrobe

[Springbaby2023]

New thread!

Feel like the old thread has been quiet recently so let’s kick off by sharing our NSVs…

Mine is finally retiring a pair of jeans that looked comically big on me. They were too tight to wear at the start of MJ. And also my youngest asked me why my top was ‘hanging’ the other day which made me laugh and think I really do need to get shopping.

Gosh so many typos, I’m typing half asleep! 🫣🫣

Really interesting reading all your maintenance plans.

I have one 12.5mg and two 15mg pens in my fridge. I can’t seem to stop hoarding them. They should keep me going til mid autumn and I’m hoping I’ll be pretty close to normal BMI by then.

I am quite happy now at BMI 28 (even though I know some of you started here!) and okay with it taking a while to get to under 25.

I am not even going to try coming off MJ. My friend who had been maintaining without for a year has just gone back on because she was finding it too hard to keep the weight off without it.

Hi… I’ve mostly lurked on the Nov 25 threads as I started Mj on 26th October …

Similar to @SexyFrenchDepression I lost well in weeks 1and 2 then lost between 0.5 and 2.5 lbs per week, reaching target at the end of February. My target was BMI 21 ish so mid healthy range. I also built a stockpile with changing suppliers for discounts then settled on Lotus as they support maintenance and are one of the cheaper suppliers.

Maintenance has probably felt tougher than losing as it’s really hard to let go of the control over calories etc but I think I’m getting there now. I’ve lost a few more pounds and now hover around bmi 20 and have kept my dose around 7.5 mg peer week but I split dose so am taking 35 clicks every 4 days.

The advice from Lotus is to keep things steady when you reach target, stay at the same dose for a while before you try to reduce (if you want to) or stop.

i am finding that whilst I haven’t reduced yet, I am eating what I want, occasionally I will have a snack mostly when others do eg an ice cream etc when out with DH, Dd.

But I don’t have the full on suppression from the early months- I still eat smaller portions and stop when full. I have a drink when I want, but again I drink less - 1-2 drinks are usually enough. We don’t eat a lot of processed food or takeaways etc but do like eating out and that’s where portion sizes can be hard. What I have also found challenging is eating for exercise - I’m now retired, returned to running regularly and out walking etc a lot more, and it’s a bit of a guessing game as to what TDEE should be.

so for now I will probably keep jabbing 35 clicks every 4 days and let things settle further whilst actively trying not to lose more. Basically what I have found is if you are at or near goal and happy with your dose, let things settle before you start to reduce - don’t get caught up in “I must titrate down” unless you really want or need to. I read the maintenance threads as well and there seem to be a lot who
Titrate down or stop fairly quickly and then end up restarting a few weeks or months later.

Its really frustrating when it doesnt quite go to plan isnt it! I am not sure re stopping completely, I dont think i will stop completely till at least a years time, I have read a bit about maintenance and it has been said that staying on it for a year establishes the good eating patterns. I guess for me it just means I dont even think about it at all so I am reluctant to stop.

I would love to be able to stay on it for longer and take a maintenance dose but I genuinely can’t justify the money on it at the moment, I’d be having to raid savings / put on credit card which I don’t want to do unless I really feel like I have to. I genuinely wish I’d looked into the costs and made more of a plan when I started.

That’s tough @Springbaby2023 assume you’ve looked up other threads about maintenance without the drugs?

NSV that’s just occurred to me - lifelong nail chewer, I’ve had nice nails since Christmas!

Still plodding along with my 1lb a week average weight loss. Can’t get my head round the idea of losing up to a stone a month as some people are reporting, must be so weird.

@NoNewClothes Yeah I’ve been all over them. I’ve only ever been a 1lb a week loser like you so I’m hoping that will actually help too as not a sudden shift, but will see!

Had a nice NSV today, I ordered four items from Zara, which I’d never have dreamed of shopping at before. The L was too snug (but not unwearable), the XLs were just right and the XXL was a bit too big. I’ve lost 5 and a half stone but only 48% of my way to goal (which is still a bit overweight!) so really wasn’t expecting to fit into clothes so easily somewhere like Zara yet. All these choices opening up to me are a bit dangerous!

Wow! That’s amazing.

I agree, the cost of the injections is nothing compared to the potential clothes shopping! 🤣

Honestly it’s taking all my restraint not to buy loads of new clothes. My old ones are really hanging off me now. I need some new bras too. I don’t want to buy things and only get a few months use out of them.

I am finding sizing confusing too. I seem to be a 12, 14 and 16 all at once!

Yes I’m buying too many new clothes - excited about summer. But it’ll probably be cold and rainy now. Part of the problem is before I’d order some clothes and very few would look good on me and so I’d send most back. Now, comparatively speaking, everything looks not too bad. So I have to force myself to return. I finally did a load of returns last night as did not want to miss deadlines.

I’m another one losing about 1lb a week @NoNewClothes

I did my weekly weigh in this morning. I only just thought to check my bmi which I usually do. It’s 25!!!!! Finally I’m at a healthy weight!!! Just about!!! I haven’t been for about 30 years I reckon. 🥳🎉🙌🏻

Congranulations @tobee, that’s an amazing achievement!

Fabulous @tobee that must feel amazing?

@tobee well done that’s brilliant! How much have you lost in total now?

I lost 0.5lb this week despite dropping to 5mg, has finally tipped me to the 2.5 stone weight loss. Keep toying with ordering one more pen just to try and lose a few more pounds so I’m not stressing as much when trying to maintain, at the moment feel like I have no wriggle room and only a couple of doses left.

@tobee thats fantastic, well done! Its a great feeling isnt it

@Springbaby2023 I definitely like the comfort blanket of having more pens to try to get comfortable with maintenance. Mentally takes some pressure off I think, but the cost is so difficult isnt it!

Still failing miserably at maintenance, I mean its a nice issue to have but not sure how I am going to stop losing. Mentally I dont feel ready to stop but all the time I'm on it I am losing. Down another 2lb this week so 8st6 BMI 20.4 now. I think I still look ok and not ageing/skinny but I no longer trust myself to be thinking straight. I have had flickers of old feelings (from 30 years ago) wondering how low I can get. I like the control of losing weight I guess. I had a high carb day today which is probably a good thing!

Tried on all my summer stuff from last year and its no good, I have ordered new bikinis but I did have some old shorts I can wear as they were smaller sizes so saves buying too much. I am definitely looking forward to wearing some vest tops which I definitely didnt wear last year.

@SexyFrenchDepression do you calorie count? If not (and I feel like I remember you don’t!) then it might be worth it just for a week or so to see what you’re actually consuming and how close it is to what calories you think you need for maintenance.

I’ve decided to get one last pen, my plan is two 7.5mg doses to lose a couple more pounds as a buffer, then drop to 5 for a couple of weeks before four at 2.5 (not sure I’ve done the maths right lol). It will get me through a holiday which I think will be key to not liking it back on and hopefully get me to a weight where I’m comfortable enough that if I put on a couple of pounds, I won’t stress because my new clothes will still fit and can instead just focus on losing them again.

Ironically part of the reason I’m skint is because side of the buying of new clothes, couldn’t believe it when I tried on all my old summer clothes from last year

I generally do calorie count, whilst trying to lose i was religious woth it, but I am nowhere near maintenance cals currently, i have tried not to count this last couple of weeks and just eaten what I've fancied but I don't fancy that much so I know I need to reduce my dose really, but the thought it making me anxious. I reckon I am only 1000 cals max, maintenance calories just under 1400.

I think as well as reducing dose I need to start tracking again like you say, then I can find a healthy way to maintain.

I definitely think reducing that way and getting through a holiday is a good way forward. I think i will be more relaxed with it all after my holiday in a few weeks.

Yeah maybe on the same way that it helps if you’re trying to lose by choosing the lower calorie options, it would help you choose higher calorie options here and there which might help. Maybe add in a couple of light calorie dense snacks here and there as well?

I mean I literally have the opposite problem so my advice might not be great, but I do think calorie tracking is great to just help give you a better idea of what you’re actually consuming.

My last holiday was the trigger for me starting MJ really, I put on 5lb but whereas normally I would then lose that, I didn’t this time. Three months later it was still there and I just thought I don’t want this to be the new norm where every time I put on a few lbs it just sticks to me and I get heavier and heavier!

I think the other reason counting again would be good is because it'll help me long term stick to it.

And that putting on a few lb on holiday/xmas/easter was how I put on 3 stone, I often lost 8/9 lbs but would put it back on and then a couple of lb more. Over 5 years it just piled on. I am so determined that I will never allow that to happen again.

I’ve been overweight since I was a child, and crash dieted since I was a teenager. I was bulimic when I was in university. I am glad it’s not on my GP record as I know I’d have a harder time getting MJ. Even though I haven’t made myself sick in twenty years!

I had an abusive relationship with a feeder when I was in my early 30s and my weight really rocketed up to 17 + stone. I don’t have many pictures of that time and I didn’t know my exact weight as I was too scared to weigh.

Ironically my weight has been better since I had kids. I had gestational diabetes and had to eat well for that reason, and I stopped dieting basically. I’ve reduced how much upf I eat.

The lowest I’ve ever been as an adult is 11 stone 5 in uni, which isn’t even a health BMI for my height.

So I guess this is why I know I have to stay on the medication long term. I view myself as a sort of food alcoholic.

I am scared it’ll stop working though.

Just checking in, how are we all doing? I’m 111kg today and looking forward to getting below 110kg 🙌 That’s 36.6kg down and 47% of the way there (can’t wait to reach 50%!). My weight loss has definitely slowed though since we got back from holiday so I’m considering going up to 7.5mg (I have three jabs left at 5mg though).

I’ve also always been overweight and my mother was bulimic/ had very disordered eating when I was a child (although she was always slim, it was an obsession which I clearly rejected!). I’m hoping to be a better role model for my own DC (who are young at the moment, slim and sporty so hopefully they take after DP!).