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What a redemption arc I’m on. A second post! What is this? An actual come back? I guess we will find out but two posts when I haven’t posted since March 2024 aint bad.

Today we are talking weight-loss injectables. So many people you know are on them, even if they don’t admit it. From Ozempic to Mounjaro, these handy little injectables are readily available if you have £150 and more every month in disposable income burning a hole in your pocket – you can get it prescribed but its still gonna cost you over a £100 per injection. One pen lasts you 4 weeks and you inject once a week on the same day. You start on 2.5mg and move up through the doses until you stay forever more on 15mg.

You can literally google search and you’re presented with 100’s of websites who are ready to ask you a few simple questions and get a photo of your body and off you go. It’s been working for so many people and is in addition to a healthy diet and exercise, however it helps those who can’t shift their extra weight with those things alone.

Now this isn’t a slam piece on injectables, because I myself, was on them for a few months and I would still be if the side effects hadn’t taken me out really, really badly. I had spent years calorie counting, fasting and working out with nothing ever shifting off me. I tell you it’s really fucking disheartening when you’re doing everything right and nothing is moving off you.

Honestly, I kept it fairly quiet when I first started but when I opened up about being on Mounjaro, I was so shocked to see how many of my friends who jumped in and said “ME TOO” – so many people are on them but simply don’t say anything because of the thought they may be judged or laughed at for trying something unconventional to help.

I’ve always been chubbier (she says like she wasn’t a size 12/14 at 16 years old and thought she was fat then) and as I got older my relationship with food fucking NOSE DIVED. I mean truly hit the ground. I may have been chubby but in my 30’s I was told that I had a disorder where I binged and then restricted. Wild really. It was 2024 where I really started getting my health in check, however months in the gym and decent eating moved nothing off me.

Broken, sad and ready to give up, in comes the Mounjaro injection, two months in I was a stone and half down, struggling to eat 1000 cals a day, and drinking more water than the morning after a heavy sesh to get rid of dry mouth.

The issue? When I was injecting, the day after I would have no energy, I spend the day in bed and spend two days after that feeling more tired than I have ever been. Every week. I’d also spend 3 days feeling sick because I wasn’t eating enough but because the jab takes away your hunger, I couldn’t even force myself to eat.

I’ll also be really honest… lord did it make me gassy. I mean really really gassy. I seriously couldn’t get away with pulling the “but I’m just a girl” line to get away with it either.

I was loosing precious weekends with the love of my life because of the injection and spent the whole time feeling shit to boot. I decided to come off the jab when I realised it was taking me into a really negative cycle of not eating for a whole day and just not realising. Was the weight coming off, yes.. did it create a healthy dynamic with food.. no.

I already struggle with restricting, so something that aids that SO drastically isn’t for me. GLP1 medication works for me, so the next step is to try these daily Kind Patches – here – which release the GLP1 slower and take longer to work. It helps reduce not completely stop hunger cravings. I’ll be ordering these next week so I’ll update you with how those go. They have had really positive reviews, so I am helpful it will be a calmer and kinder version of the jab I was on and that’s what my delicate mind needs.

Look, if you’re gonna start taking this stuff, please do your research. There are so many success stories but I can guarantee that everyone has side effects. You just need to understand what side effects you could get and understand this journey isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s long, intense and takes work. You need to also understand if the effects become more than you can handle, it’s ok to stop. You need to do what’s right for you and your body.

Be sensible and see a medical professional if this is something you’re interested in doing.

Ok, love you, byeee xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxox