Micro dosing to lose a stone

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Interested to see who has done this and how it went?

I am currently going through a horrendous divorce and am squeezed in every single area of my life - SEN kids, EHCP’s work, divorce. The only stress release has been guzzling sugar and as a result I put on a stone in the last 6 months. BMI 23 so I am not overweight but feel chubby and all my clothes are tight and I feel awful in myself but just can’t control the binging on sugar.

I eat mainly a reasonable veggie diet but just don’t have the capacity to deal with weight loss and the weight is making me even more miserable.

I read up a bit about micro dosing and it can have good effects on perimenopause inflammation. My main concerns are pancreatitis and causing long term health issues, hair loss, messing up my metabolism, messing up my face, but all these seem to be associated with rapid weight loss. I’d really just like to have less interest in sugar. Happy to eat high protein and decent food, I do need to add in exercise - I thought about a walking pad which I could do in the tiny space before I go to bed. I’m just exhausted with life and need to do something.

What are people’s experiences?

I could really use a kick start to feel better and start getting back into better habits. Do I just recognise where I am and wait for a time where I have capacity to deal with it?

Nowhere will prescribe if your BMI is 23.

The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that you’ll regain the weight if you stop. So no point taking it for a short time, it’s a waste of money.

The medication has risks, like any medication, and I wouldn’t personally consider those risks to lose a single stone when you’re already a healthy weight.

If you can get it from an UK unlicensed source yes, you'll lose it quick, but you won't get it from a pharmacy at your BMI, easy enough to get it otherwise though

Um you’re not eligible are you talking about buying on the black market, or lying about your weight, or paying the headland clinic the absorbent fees to give you such a small dose it’s legally allowable as it’s a placebo and won’t have any impact?

would be better to be clear.

probably the healand clinic for me. I just need to reduce the cravings enough to get back to how I usually maintain my weight. I’ve lived in chaos of divorce and SEN kids for a while now and I’m just exhausted and feeling bad in myself. I don’t have the ability to get the motivation going

I use smaller doses and have had a lot of stress recently (similar pressures to yourself). Personally I find that my stress-related sugar cravings override the jab, I just eat less but the cravings are still very much there. I'm trying to calm my nervous system through other methods to help reduce the stress in the first place.

I’m sorry you’re having a hard time. I think if you really want to try it and it’ll give you a boost then go ahead, so long as you know the risks.

Just be aware most people regain some or all of the weight after stopping, which isn’t good for your health and it means you’ve wasted money.

@TheDogsKneesthat is not what I wanted to hear!

have you lost any weight? What dose are you on and for how long? How much are you aiming to lose?

I dislike lying but I dislike being ripped off more. If it was me, I’d go to one of the pharmacies that offer at bmi 25, and I’d reduce my height by and inch and increase my weight, take a very unflattering photo. I can’t beleive people are paying healand for product in vials. It’s shocking.

buy a 2.5 mg pen and then just count clicks.

I've been on it just over a year. I've lost 60lbs. I never went above 5mg but bought the higher dose pens and stockpiled so I would have enough for my body to get used to being this weight before I stop. I'm more or less where I want to be now but I have lost and gained the same 3-4lbs in the last few months due to stress and the sugar cravings. I'm back to a size 12 and have comfortably maintained this size/weight in the past. I don't want to get down to a size that I can't maintain. I'm tall and I feel great now, but I have age and hormones against me this time! My next dose will be 3.75mg and I'll do this for a few weeks before gradually dropping again and again over the next few months into next year. But this is why I'm trying to control my stress because the cravings are just insane and will be the thing that undoes everything if I'm not careful. My BMI is 27 so still technically overweight (but my WHR is in the ideal range 🤔) so I have the safety net of being able to start again if necessary. I really hope that by that time my body will have readjusted and my new habits stick!

Good luck with whatever you decide and I hope your pressures start to become a little easier.