u/Pattern_Necessary

First blood test since I started four months ago. I can’t believe it!! So happy for this medication. I have gone a bit up in dose today to help my cravings, which have been really bad for the last two weeks. I did 3.5 instead of 3 today. Crossed fingers!!

I finally got my summer clothes out and turns out I can’t wear anything because it’s all too big! I have lost 16 kg in 15 weeks and I am really grateful but I wish my clothes shrank with me. I have so many things that I bought just last summer and they are so pretty 😭

I have missed yoga for like two or three months since I have been focusing on other exercises. I missed it though! I thought I was going to be super stiff but the smaller tummy means my range of flexibility is way higher since my stomach does not stop me anymore. I used to have to separate my knees to hug my legs in certain positions. Also my butt can still be sat in child’s pose and does not go up when I stretch forwards!

It’s crazy because I am still obese lol

I didn’t realise but yesterday was day 100 for me :) I have lost 14.9kg (so around 2.35 stone). I am 39% of the way there!

I just wanted to do a post to share details of my experience in case it helps anyone.

I have been counting calories (aiming for 1400-1600) and keeping my protein intake at around 100gr per day. I am vegetarian so I mostly rely on protein products and vegan meats for this.

I did have a panic moment around a week ago because I gained 0.2kg in a week. I had a month where I had a holiday every weekend and finally it caught up to me when I came back home I guess! But I didn’t go up in dose, and the next week I lost 1.1kg so I think my body just needed to get back into my trusty routine.

I am very very excited for the future, I have not had blood tests yet but I am trying to reverse prediabetes and high cholesterol. I have been trying to keep to the lowest dose possible and I am doing this by counting clicks. I stayed on 2.5mg for six weeks and it was working very well for me, I think I probably should have kept it for longer but in a hormonal week I moved to 3mg. I have been on 3mg since then which has been 9 weeks.

My only negative side effect has been terrible constipation. But it is better than the IBS I had before. I am gluten intolerant so I am still avoiding it but otherwise it’s been so much better.

I am so thankful for this sub and people who share their experience here since I am one of those who has not told anyone except their household. I really hope to see more results here but having gone from a 18/20 to a 14/16 is already amazing 💕

Just getting some things off my head and chest today :)

I weight myself every day, for me it's like a ritual, and I like seeing how certain days affect the weight (inflammation, dehydration, etc). I think it makes me better at being ok with weight fluctuations as well.

Anyway my digital scales have been so weird lately. They have new batteries, always on the same spot, and I "reset"* them every day to get the most accurate weight possible, since I have more than one and I know how untrustworthy they can be.

My weights for the last few days have been a bit crazy. I'm choosing to believe the scales since I'm using the same scales every time. But look:

• 88.1
• 87.3
• 87.1
• 87.1
• 87.4
• 86.8
• 86.15

I seriously doubt I lost two kilograms in a week? I already have two scales though and I don't want to get another one. Maybe this is just the "whoosh" effect. I'm usually losing 1 kg to 1.2kg a week, I'm on week 9.

I'm just tired of not trusting scales. Today, at first it said 86.9. then no matter how many times I reset and weighed myself, even half an hour later, it kept saying 86.1. So where did it get the 86.9 from? Maybe I'm too obsessed with measuring instruments, lol. I'm an engineer and this is so puzzling to me in a professional way!!

But well. Who knows. Happy anyway to be the lowest weight in a decade.

Now for a weird NSV:

When I started two months ago, I was a size 18/20 depending on brand/cut. My trousers are falling off me, though. So I went to buy clothes, thinking I'd be a 16. Turns out, now I'm 14/16!! The 14 is a bit too unflattering (it fits well but it highlights my tummy in a weird way I am not used to) and the 16 is a bit too loose (I can already pull it a few cm away from my waist so I don't think I should spend money on it because it will fall off in a few weeks). So the NSV is that I couldn't buy any clothes 😂 I've ordered some online to try several brands at home to see if I can find trousers that are comfortably and flatteringly tight. Fingers crossed!!

* Resetting digital scales: Step on it so it turns on, then step off so it will turn off again. The "always on" ones where you can just step in to be weighed immediately sometimes just "estimate" or give you the last result again. Also after you weight yourself, you can hold something heavy and weight yourself with that. Then weight yourself like normal again. If first and last weight are the same, it's as accurate as it can get. If they're not, you can repeat the process.