March 26 starters thread 2 - still going strong!

[MoneyJo]

Hello all, didn't want us to get to the end of the first thread without a link to a sequel. Looking forward to seeing where we all get to in the life span of this thread.

Have you any nice plans for tomorrow @ShebaQueen?

My Daughter has her last cricket match of the season tomorrow, it's about an hour away and will last all day. I'm going to struggle to do my exercise before I go so I may just have to resort to walking.

I've been planning a trip in our camper van to drive the NC500 which I will start driving with the dogs a week on Monday. DH will then fly to Inverness to join us on Friday. I'm looking forward to getting away so much! Hoping to be able to do some wild swimming as well as lots of walking!

Morning @taratill I'm off to visit my friend who has moved house over the weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing it and have promised to help unpack boxes. She had a really stressful time with people dropping out of the chain and demanding more money at the last minute, but she made it in the end.
I am so envious of your NC500 trip, how amazing. I'd love to do that!

Ah have a great day @ShebaQueen, sounds like you will get a lovely catch up with your friend.

Cricket match was cancelled due to wet pitch, quite shocking after how dry it's been! So I've just been for a run and going to do Fitness with Amy video in a bit.

I've been thinking of doing NC500 for ages and we can get 10 days together after DH gets to Inverness so going to go for it.

I'm becoming obsessed at how much small bodily functions affect the scales. I weighed myself this morning and then burped and did a small wee and was 100g lighter! It really demonstrates what can cause fluctuations, lol!

Have a great bank holiday everyone!

Happy bank holiday everyone!
Funny that we all struggle with clothes sizing, what we think we are v what we are. My cardigan came back in stock online so have ordered a large 🙏

@taratill that’s so funny and so relateable. I have never spoken so much about my bowel habits haha!

Went out sat night with some friends we haven’t seen for a while and I got my first omg have you lost weight 😬😅 so that was a boost!!
I was 15st 3lb on Friday. Won’t weigh now for a few days as we ate out sat and Sunday.

Will carry on packing boxes today! @ShebaQueen I live in daily fear that our chain will go wrong, or something will happen to our house move. It’s so stressful 😩 glad your friend got there in the end.
have a good day everyone x

Glad to hear about your Saturday night boost @Beehivebabe , it's lovely when people notice and comment!

How fab to get that comment @Beehivebabe I think people are often a bit apprehensive about commenting on weight, so it's great when someone acknowledges the effort! I have everything crossed for you re your move, it really feels like some sort of legislative change is required to stop people dropping out etc., like you say, so stressful.
I can't get my head around the fact that it's Tuesday today! Hope everyone has a good week.

@ShebaQueen thank you! It’s a rollercoaster for sure and needs reforming badly.

It really IS nice when someone notices and comments 👏👏
I’ve lost a few stone but managed to put on 4lbs over the last couple of weeks, not that it really noticed tbh but this is the stage when my DH decided to say, in a surprised tone, “you’ve lost weight!” like I didn’t know. Mind you I could shave my head and he wouldn’t notice.
I’m back on 1000 calories maximum again so hopefully the extra will come back off and a bit more. It was so easy to get back into eating snacks I’m sorry to say.

Are you off the jabs now @Snoringdogsfarting ? Has your appetite really increased?

@taratill
I had to go back up to 5 after trying to go down to 3.75 but 5 isn’t enough 😭 I’m not really sure what to do as I genuinely
cant justify the cost to go up and up and stay on MJ forever . I know someone asked about saving money on the amount of food shopping but seriously (apart from the last couple of weeks) not eating crap and buying all the good stuff has cost more. I don’t want to go back up and up after losing 51/2 or 6 stone so I’ll have to decide this week whether to order more. My will power is non existent 🤦🏽‍♀️

@Snoringdogsfarting amazing that you've lost so much though. I have seen a thread where there is speculation that the cost of MJ will reduce, have you seen it? Also do you buy the higher dose pens and click count as you can save £££ that way?

Loss has really slowed for me so I'm going up to 10 on Saturday. However I am finally down another pound today which makes it exactly 3 stone since I started on 5 March! 4 stone 5 down since I cut down on sugar last year.

Well done @MoneyJo! That's a great milestone. My weight loss has slowed too, although I am still losing every week. Going up to 10mg sounds like a good plan, no point in wasting money at a lower dose if it's not working for you any more.
@taratill I've also seen the speculation about a price drop, not sure what to make of it yet, but it would be excellent news.

@Snoringdogsfarting I feel for you, how frustrating! I agree about food prices, I am buying loads of chicken and fish, greek yoghurt etc and it certainly adds up. I hope this is just a blip and you can find a solution that works for you.

@Snoringdogsfarting I worry what will happen when I get to where I want to be. I don’t want to stay on MJ forever, and I was hoping my stomach will have shrunk to such an extent I won’t be able to overeat but sadly I fear overeating is in my dna 😫 I read about the prices coming down too. What about the wegovy pill, is that cheaper? You have lost an amazing amount, your DH must walk around with his eyes shut 😂

@MoneyJo good luck on the 10. I am still counting 50 clicks off a 7.5 pen. I’m worried about going up any further but I will say my appetite had started to come back on 5 and just increasing a bit has sorted that. So I guess it follows that it will happen again.
I weighed today another lb off so that’s 4 st 11lb. My DH said its suddenly very noticeable that my shape has changed.

Sorry also forgot to say that I stretched the dose this week and went 9 days between jabs which worked ok. So perhaps this might be a way to reduce?

Hope everyone is having a good day 🥰

Hi all, I'm currently on a train to London to see Leslie Odom Jr in Hamilton. I wanted to see him on Broadway last year when i was in New York but the tickets were $1000! It was when I was in New York that I realised that I had to do something urgent about my weight/ health as I was struggling with walking so it feels like a bit of a full circle moment. I am then meeting DS tomorrow when he is off a flight from Singapore having spent the last few weeks in KL, Vietnam and Cambodia so looking forward to that too.

I'm definitely feeling more supression on 7.5 and the weight is going down again so @MoneyJo i think you are doing the right thing increasing.

How lovely that your DH has said it's really noticeable now @Beehivebabe , I do think the 'kitchen roll' analogy that I have read elsewhere works.

Ok can anyone answer me this… one of the reasons I really struggled with dieting was I would get shaky and feel weak if I didn’t eat enough and would panic and then scoff a load of sugar thinking I was going to pass out. This would happen even when eating plenty of healthy food, it is hard to find a reason why it was happening!
However, on the mounjaro i never get these episodes despite what i do or don’t eat.
Any suggestions as to why??

I'm not an expert but I think this could be because MJ regulates blood sugar as well as suppressing appetite. I'd perhaps ask your GP to confirm it?

@snoopymcsnooperson i have read that MJ regulating your blood sugars so that’s probably why.
@taratill enjoy Hamilton!!

Thank you both!’

Was toying with increasing dose, but refocused and feeling and doing better so will stick for another pen.

NSV today! I have been getting tangled up in my size 20 t shirts at the gym, particularly in yoga/pilates while upside down. So popped into sports direct to pick up a few bargain gym tops in a smaller size. Drum roll… size 14! I have been putting off clothes shopping because cash/time/hate shopping, but am now inspired to try to fit a jeans shopping trip in. I am 4 stone down and even if this size 14 is a random fluke (variable women’s sizing eh?) I will be swaggering to the gym later with all my labels hanging out!

@SmallTreeDeepRoots ahh amazing!! Those size 20 tops must have been huge on you 😂 what a lovely feeling!

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Amazing NSV @SmallTreeDeepRoots!

I stayed the same this week! I did have a very social boozy Bank Holiday!

Starting to look back on the heady days of 1 pound a week as being the good old days!

I have started logging everything on My fitness pal! I’m not going to reach my extra half a stone for my holiday!