My personal experience of taking weight loss injections
It started 7pm on Friday the 26th. My last food was Chicken Fajitas, chocolate, and 2 jam doughnuts!
My intention is to only have water and black tea with lemon until Sunday morning. I have booked a table for Sunday lunch at 1pm so if I last until then, it will actually be over 42 hours!
I will write what I experience, notice and feel as I go along and share it here.
My exciting news is that today I finally broke into a new stone bracket. I am officially 11 stone 13.6lbs. It has taken me exactly 6 months to lose this last stone, which sounds like a long time, but it is an average of half a pound a week, which I have to say I’m really pleased with. I still find myself slightly in shock that I am now 18 months into this journey and I’m still slowly, albeit very slowly, losing weight. I’ve said that if I didn’t lose any more weight and I stay this way for the rest of my life I’d be happy, but to see these small continual losses is very reassuring.
So, the honeymoon is over, and the price is going up. Originally it was estimated it would go up something like 170% thankfully since then, it has settled down and the reality is much lower, but still a considerable rise. I have seen the price I will pay through Asda go from £198 to £298 a rise of 50%
That sounds like a backhanded compliment but feels like an achievement to be ‘only’ overweight!
Today I tipped the scales at 12stone 1lb which creeps my BMI into 29.9
At my largest, 19 stone 10lb, my BMI was 48.9 which used to be called ‘morbidly obese’ until someone decided that sounded just plain rude. So now they call it ‘severely obese’.
This past month I have lost a grand total of 1.4lb
How amazing is that? 60 weeks on and I am still losing weight. Yes, it’s slow, but it’s still going. I can hardly remember the time before. I feel like a normal person now.
Normal? Yes, I feel normal. Or at least how I assume it feels to be ‘normal’.
No-one knows how it feels to be anyone else, we are all living in our own unique bubble of thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
Today marks exactly one year since I took my very first jab. I can honestly say that I have never felt happier in my whole life.
I mentioned before that I was working with a stylist.
I cannot recommend highly enough the power of learning how to dress for my new size and shape.
Here is the testimonial I wrote for her, and I thought I would share it with you here.
It’s been a busy month since I last wrote. I am, officially, a size 14! I am wearing M&S Size 14 knickers, I own 2 size 14 tops, and, even one size 12!! I know.
I was in Asda, and I saw a T-shirt that looked cute and was only £8. They only had either size 12 or 18. It looked roomy, so I thought, why not, give it a go. And it fits!
It’s official, It’s a book. I am so proud of it and so excited. You can order your copy here https://amzn.eu/d/7GetjSK
The first half is my story, then there is a section for you to write yours. I am so happy that anyone searching on Amazon will hopefully find my book and it can provide support and information. Thanks for following my story here. I will continue to write my blog, just maybe not quite so frequently. I will keep my dashboard updated weekly so readers of both the blog and the book can track my progress. It also provides great accountability for me too!
Thanks to everyone who helped to make this happen. And good luck to everyone on this journey.
It’s the 5th of January and normal service has resumed. How did Christmas on the skinny jab go? it was good. I gained 1lb in the run up to the big week, then stayed the same for a week, and this week I have lost 0.6lb. So I am 0.4lb heavier than pre-xmas. I am not going to complain about that!