September 2026 new starters thread?

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Hi all, I cannot find a new starters thread for September 2026 (did my first mounjaro jab today) Is there one ?

I hate the gym as well, young men hanging around the machines, I haven't got a clue what I'm doing. I don't think walking is as good though! I used to go to British Military Fitness classes - they were really good fun but I don't think there's any near me now I've moved.
Edited to add - I've just googled and it's changed to Be Military Fit, it only exists now in 2 places in London. I don't know if there's anything similar. It's a shame, they were really good for fitness.

@Eyelashesoffire

Hi - I do aquatraining usually twice a week but due to feeling a bit ugh and down on Mondays - I can't go then, so at the moment just once. I also bought 1.5kg dumbells which I walk up and down the stairs with and do some arm and leg exercises in 5-10 minute bursts with a youtube video. It's also a psychological thing walking around with the dumbells as they weigh 3kg in all and I have lost exactly 4kg (after my 4th jab) and it is interesting how heavy the dumbells feel!!

I'm going away mid-week for a week and so fully expect to put some back on and I am going to try to be careful - I have my 5mg pen and I am going to count clicks for a 2.5 dose (30 clicks) a day later so on Monday. Then I'll jab next Tuesday when I am back - I don't really want to take the pen with me.

By Friday/Saturday I am feeling great - lighter and my mood is lifted and I feel it is definitely all worth it.

Keep going everyone and keep telling us all how you are getting along x

@Frenchlady14 I also do Aquafit twice a week and would like to do more eg Zumba and weights. I’m only on my second jab so maybe when I’ve lost a bit more I’ll look into it. All in all it’s going ok so far.

Well this week evidences why weighing often doesn’t help. After being 100g down mid week, I’m 1.5 kg down now. I think it may have been fluid and hormonal earlier. So 8.5kg off now. Very pleased with that.

Well my lovely weight loss has done a 360
well pissed off 😔

last week I stayed the same weight zero loss which I was confused about as don’t the same as previous, put it out my mind then weighed on Friday I gained 2pounds! Weighed again this morning still a 1lb gain from previous. I am so annoyed. 😒 I was tild I needed to eat more as wasn’t waiting enough, that’s cool, for lunches I’ve been having salads either either eggs or tuna or ham, cottage cheese for protein, admittedly a few of the meals lately haven’t been super healthy but I’ve tried to do that better for example instead of chicken nuggets I brought plant based chicken nuggets that are meant to be healthier-not great I know but it’s been a mental time and I genuinely haven’t had the time to prep or cook a proper meal but that only happened I’d say 4/5 meals iver the course of two weeks. So now I’m thinking go back to skipping the lunches get the calories right down. I’m trying my hardest to exercise but again it’s the time element more than anything else just it enough hours in the day.

i will be asking if I can go up to 5mg pen as I’m starting to get the food noise come back a bit lately and that is not good for me. I seem to want food when stressed which is all the time atm. I am on steroids at the moment which I knwo
doesn tgelo and could well be playing a part but it’s so soul destroying, I’ve gone. From being on a high thinking wow I’ve found my secret to helping me become fit and healthy and I must be the only person in the world to
still get fat on fat jabs 🤦‍♀️

what are you all eating generally each day? I know I need to help myself and put some time aside to Meal prep.

A gain of 0.8lb this week.

I have to order my next pen and I think I'm going to go up to 5mg. I'd be really happy to stay on 2.5mg with a slow and steady loss but when I look at my stats I don't think its working for me. I lost 10lb in the first 4 weeks and basically nothing since then. There's really not much point doing this and spending all this money to stand still.

The other thing putting me off from going up a dose is that I had quite an angry injection site reaction last week, though it did go down after a couple of days. I'm going to try my thigh today and see if its any better.

Starting weight 194.4 lbs (1st September)
Current weight 183.8 lbs

Week 1 -4lb
Week 2 -2.6lb
Week 3 +0.6lb
Week 4 -3.4lb
Week 5 -0.6lb
Week 6 -1.4lb
Week 7 +0.8lb

Total loss -10.6lb

DP and I have both had a large weight gain this week, we should start our own club 🤣 I find it happens regularly but quickly drops off again after a day or two.

As it is, I'm at the end of week 7 and my total weight loss this week is 1.7kg which brings my overall weightloss to 11.6kg. Just another 1.1kg to go (roughly) and I'll be down 2 stone 🥳🥳 I'm sticking to the 5mg, can't afford anything higher so just gotta hope it keeps working for me

I feel horrible this morning 😣 Very queasy and tummy cramps. I started my 5 pen yesterday but only did 30 clicks to give me 2.5.

I don't know if it is because it is a new pen and it is stronger maybe but this is the worst I have felt.

Still hovering around 77.5 which means 4kg down since I started but I know I am going to find it difficult to eat anything for the next couple of days.

It is days like this that I think I don't want to carry on - I feel fine at the end of the week but days 1-3 are not easy.

Anyway, I hope you all have a good week and let's put our experiences here - I know it helps me to hear how you are all doing xx

2 x 2.5mg pens complete and one stone gone - I don't know what I expected, it has been great because when was the last time I managed to lose a stone in 8 weeks? But also, I thought it might have been a bit faster? Roughly 1.5-2lb a week average.

My starting BMI was 33.8, now 31.6, that feels good to say that! My aim is to lsoe another 2 st and get down to a BMI of 27, I feel like that is more sustainable for me and also there is evidence to say being a little overweight isn't bad for you!

I cracked my 2.5mg pens on and gave myself a bit extra the last two weeks - not very scientific. Started a 5mg pen last night and the difference in how hungry I feel even from yesterday is quite incredible. Only managed to eat half the delicious roasted veg, couscous, chickpea and cottage cheese salad I had meal prepped for lunch.

How are all the slower losers doing?

@user1478639495 - it's so hard if you are taking steroids, I have been on them before & found they made me so hungry but also hold onto a lot of water, could be that isn't helping.

Salad for lunch won't be a huge amount of calories - what are you having for breakfast?

I think planning anything when you're busy is really tough. I find getting healthy meals quite tricky at the best of times!
Today I ate - actually today wasn't great 🫣 breakfast was 3 chipolata sausages and half a savoury flapjack mid morning. Normally I'd have 1 or 2 tbs coconut yoghurt with some blueberries and a small handful of granola.
Lunch - 1 small bowl of tomato and lentil soup plus a tangerine
Dinner - steak, chips and peas + roasted tomatoes - didn't finish it and didn't have many chips, plus a square of dark chocolate.
I find I'm having smaller portions and I don't need to snack.
No exercise class today but I went swimming yesterday.

I’ve gone up to 5 after 8 weeks if 2.5. First jab of that on Sunday. I’m undecided whether to go straight up or count clicks to go 3.75. I’m ok re side effects so far so maybe 5 is the way to go. I’ve always injected in my thigh. I prefer that and I suspect it may help with side effects, certainly many posts suggest that.

Weighed today on my PT’s good mechanical scales, and I’m now 70.4 kg, which is a loss of 1.4 kg since my last weigh just before leaving for the US (October 6th, 71.8 kg). I am absolutely astonished I kept losing weight, especially given I missed a shot due to being away. The second week still had a small amount of suppression (although week one in the US was completely normal wrt suppression—I ate modestly & drank very little).

Still on 2.5 mg & staying on that dose for the foreseeable.

I've found the last week pretty tough with the side effects. I've have awful diarrhoea for a week now, initially I thought it was a ready meal I'd eaten last Wednesday but it hasn't slowed down at all so it can't be that... And the burps are disgusting. They're so bad my partner and my son have both commented on the smell. They taste awful too 😭 my stomach has been constantly grumbling for 7 days and I'm feeling really grotty.

Google says it's all normal though and to just power through while my body adapts but it's getting pretty unbearable. I'm considering half dosing for a couple of weeks to give myself a break but I really don't want to have to go through this all again when I go back to full doses. What a conundrum

@MrsScotland still flying the flag for the slow losers club. I’ve just done 9th jab and I’ve reached the 12lb mark.

I’m happy with that provided I minimise time on the internet where everyone seems to lose a stone in three weeks etc.

I’ve stuck with 5mg for the third pen. It didn’t make much difference weight loss wise to go from 2.5 to 5 so I don’t seen the point increasing. I’m on around 1,000 calories at least 4 days a week, no more than 1,300 on other days. I’m not sure I want to eat less than that to speed up weight loss.

I’ve been working on accepting it’s not a race. In some ways I feel vindicated for all the times I’ve tried and failed. My body clearly finds it very hard to lose weight.

I'm feeling better today and leaving later for the UK - I still have a lot of suppression and I had my jab late this week to cover whilst I am away. My clothes are feeling like I have lost more than the scales say IYKWIM. Looser and I definitely feel lighter. I don't think I would ever be able to increase the dose though as it is all very strong for me at 2.5.

I am happy in the slow losing club - I don't want to lose it all in 3 months as I think I wouldn't look good facially.

I am enjoying not being on the merry-go-round of lose a kilo during the week and then put it back on again at the weekend. I haven't been this weight for at least three years so I am enjoying it as much as possible.

Has anyone moved seamlessly from 2.5mg to 5mg?

I just took my first 5mg dose last night after 4 weeks of 2.5mg. I took a couple of weeks to get comfortable at first but I had a tummy bug in week 2 which I caught from my grandson. After that I was fine and I decided to move up a dose as although I’ve lost weight I was starting to feel really hungry. I am a bit concerned about all the people who are saying they just couldn’t manage it. I’m fine this morning but have my ginger tea and anti indigestion remedies in reserve just in case.

I decided to dose back down to 2.5 after finishing my 4 weeks at 5. I can't work efficiently if I'm constantly dashing to the toilet. I might try 5 again later but I need a bit of recovery time right now!

Does anyone else on wegovy keep smelling something bad? Mrs BorneBackCeaselesslyIntoThePas keeps smelling some she can only describe as greasy

I’m on my third week of 5mg, it’s been fine for me. I’ve had loads of energy and suppression has been at the perfect level for me, still able to enjoy small meals but no hunger outside of mealtimes.

Took 3.0 this morning and yup, side effects are back. No bad thing I suppose, I had a small take out curry this week and it was definitely too much oil for me. This zeroes things out for a day or two.

Week 3 weigh in for me last night and 1.5ibs down making a total of 13 ibs.

New pen collection on Tuesday & think I will go up to 5mg. Such a hard decision as I have been losing on 2.5 but it is taking some will power alongside the jab, I am am getting hungry & find the jab is wearing off after 2-3 days so think I am going to go up.
My other worry is that if I leave moving up a dose for a month i'll be starting at the start of December & I really don't want to deal with side effects over Christmas