AliGal
Eating meat
I am the opposite of slinky these days. Fat, and in pain. Lipoedema and joint pains. I've regained but not as fat as I was when I had a full time job travelling the world. But I am ill at ease in my body and find it difficult going upstairs due to pain. I'm not out of breath. I have done everything - WW, SW, shakes, calorie counting, exercise programmes. I found a shakes with treatment programme worked for me but I failed to maintain. So I am using mounjaro to help me with food compulsion and expect to take 18 months to shed 10 stone to lose. I know I maybe on mj or successor drugs for life, due to my repeated failures to sustain healthy weights. There are risks but being so fat is also a risk so this is my decision.
I've just completed week one. Within 24 hours the food compulsion dropped. I've eaten much less without effort. Mostly I eat protein - meat and eggs, and sometimes veg and dairy. I've used gaviscon which the chemist sent me when I felt the start of indigestion. I had loose bowels one day - but apart from that have gone daily in the am as usual.
The other side effects have been positive. A drop in pain and ease in movement days 2-6, and less arthritic pain in my hands. I wasn't expecting that. I also feel I am breathing easier. I wasn't aware of breathing issues before. I think that's due to a reduction in inflammation via water weight. I did my second injection yesterday. I have to get a grip to do the injections - it's a tiny needle so no pain.
I'm eating 2-3 times a day. My break fast is when I feel hungry - that's been after 1 or 2pm except day 7 when I breakfasted at 11am. I've been eating mostly mince and eggs. Yesterday, we ate an afternoon breakfast with black pudding, egg, ham and mushrooms. Mostly I eat something different from Mr Ali as he likes his starch - pasta, potatoes, rice and I'm mostly carnivore BUT this past two weeks, I have been sharing a cake break with Mr A. Yup. Now on mj, it's just a slither of Xmas cake while he has a good sized slice. A slither because I don't want a big slice. It's really strange - I just want a taste. Odd that a small injection can make such a change in me so soon. I'm eating so much less overall that I've still been shedding weight.
Weight loss on the first 8 days - 7lbs. And yes - I am back daily weighing!
I've just completed week one. Within 24 hours the food compulsion dropped. I've eaten much less without effort. Mostly I eat protein - meat and eggs, and sometimes veg and dairy. I've used gaviscon which the chemist sent me when I felt the start of indigestion. I had loose bowels one day - but apart from that have gone daily in the am as usual.
The other side effects have been positive. A drop in pain and ease in movement days 2-6, and less arthritic pain in my hands. I wasn't expecting that. I also feel I am breathing easier. I wasn't aware of breathing issues before. I think that's due to a reduction in inflammation via water weight. I did my second injection yesterday. I have to get a grip to do the injections - it's a tiny needle so no pain.
I'm eating 2-3 times a day. My break fast is when I feel hungry - that's been after 1 or 2pm except day 7 when I breakfasted at 11am. I've been eating mostly mince and eggs. Yesterday, we ate an afternoon breakfast with black pudding, egg, ham and mushrooms. Mostly I eat something different from Mr Ali as he likes his starch - pasta, potatoes, rice and I'm mostly carnivore BUT this past two weeks, I have been sharing a cake break with Mr A. Yup. Now on mj, it's just a slither of Xmas cake while he has a good sized slice. A slither because I don't want a big slice. It's really strange - I just want a taste. Odd that a small injection can make such a change in me so soon. I'm eating so much less overall that I've still been shedding weight.
Weight loss on the first 8 days - 7lbs. And yes - I am back daily weighing!
