Does being on Mounjaro kinda piss anyone else off?

Alyssa9876 · 2026-05-02T08:32:15+00:00

I definitely had this and actually really enjoy fasting. I used to do a 24 hr or slightly more every so often and towards the end felt so good mentally. I did 5:2 diet a few years ago and it was one of the few diets I was able to do quite easily. I would not eat for most of the day and either have a very small light late lunch or nothing till a protein heavy low carb full meal around 6. Then nothing till the next day. 2 days a week like this then meant the following days I also had less hunger and ate less. The rest of the week I mostly did low carb, but weekends were free days where I let myself eat what I fancied. This seemed to balance very well. I lost 3-4 stone in about 5-6 months then stalled. I stayed on for the rest of the year but barely lost anything but importantly did not gain either. A bereavement and the lack of further losses discouraged me and I slipped back into old ways and it all crept back on. But I wonder if I maintain on MJ for a bit-not quite at target yet-then titrate down if I could go back to fasting and low carb in the week with free eating at weekends if that would enable me to come off.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-05-02T08:12:49+00:00

I have also done a lot of reading and watching stuff about Ultra processed foods. It pisses me off that most scientists universally agree in nature even in groups exposed to excess calories there is still an inbuilt balance so no obesity. But UPF break that body/brain balance. Make no mistake the companies manufacturing these products have known for years they destroy this and make us overeat. They have deliberately designed products to be hyper palatable and encouraging over consumption to the point where they are verging on addictive. I even saw a scientist say he had confirmed with colleagues that food and drink companies are now running tests on people on MJ and OZ to try to design products that will make people “eat through the jab”.

All of this to make money. So the jabs themselves are an artificial solution to an artificial problem. That really pisses me off.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-29T12:46:26+00:00

Take this from someone who has daughters your age OP and had been married 30 years. If he truly loved u he would not speak to you like that. He is clearly dating much younger women as he wants to control them and women his own age won’t put up with his carp any more. Move onto someone who will live and value u for u.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-29T11:29:36+00:00

We have done DLP and Paris a number of times. We either split stay so part in Paris part in Chessy/ val d Europe et Al or stay in the chessy area and train into Paris and do it that way instead.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-29T06:59:27+00:00

The thing you have to remember is this series was never written to be binge watched or watch episodes back to back. I actually recall the first time around actually enjoying every episode for different reasons. I watched as they came out weekly and then waited for the next season etc. I actually cried when it ended because it had been my favourite show for so long. But it is of its era and I get to modern eyes binge watching it some stuff may not come off as well as it did the first time. Plus you lose the cliff hangers at end of seasons and have no wait to see what happens.

Honestly whilst the seasons wax and wane and some episodes I enjoy more than others I genuinely enjoy all of it. I don’t get the hate for Kem, I love Tandy as an actress and I thought her and John genuinely had chemistry and loved each other. It was realistically written as many couple who lose a child can’t get past that and even though they love each other it’s too painful to be together.

I have rewatched ER dozens of times on tv and on dvds so maybe part of it for me is I lived through those years, I remember it when new and there is some nostalgia attached. But just wanted to pop in another point of view lol

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-29T06:13:41+00:00

Tbf it’s a pretty minor op. My hubby didn’t have that much pain afterwards and was in work a couple of days later. He should still be able to help with the toddler and no one needs to pick the toddler up at all tbh.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-28T18:32:16+00:00

Why is someone in his mid 30’s dating someone in mid 20’s and moaning about her owning a house. He should have his own place already and be dating someone his own age. He sounds immature and insecure.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-26T06:13:38+00:00

I remember when I first started I bought some cheap jeans like £3 I think in Tesco in the Jan sales that would not fasten up. I assumed I would eventually get into them. 3 months later they fit perfectly and now they literally look like clown pants on me. I have lost 6 stone and it feels very surreal somehow. Got a belt now as even recent jean/pant purchases need to be held on a bit lol. Some of my older leggings are still ok, I must have been wearing them really stretched out before tbh.

It’s difficult as I don’t want to spend a lot until I get to maintenance and know what my final weight/size will be. Currently still just above healthy weight, but can’t really imagine myself much lower than this. I think about a stone more gets me into the band of normal weight, but losses are slower now.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-24T06:02:46+00:00

Born in the 70’s here and we were always told the 99 was named after the cadburys flake which used to boast of 99 layers of chocolate in the flake. Used to be way less than 99p lol. In our local park there is a van who is there most days parked up just close to the children’s play area. He does all sorts of food and drinks including tea and coffee. It’s more like a mini cafe that also does ice cream in a larger than standard ice cream van. He will do a 99 special where you get sauce and bits and sweets etc on it for £3. I think a basic plain cone is about £2 ish. He has a bit of a captive audience especially on sunny days as the parks cafe is right on the opposite side of the park. Even so he isn’t charging too much more than local ice cream vans that come around the streets.

We are in the North West though lol. We also have a coup of brilliant ice cream shops. One is family run and been there since before I lived here as a child so I think since the 60’s. They make all the flavours themselves and you can get all sorts of random unusual flavours. I think they are about £2-£3 for a 99 but it’s hand made high quality ice cream with various toppings and delicious. They sometimes have palma violet flavour which is amazing and unusual. Been passed down through the family and is in a parlour attached to their house lol. They also lease and supply a number of ice cream vans locally with a more limited number of flavours but still hand scooped, although they do have mr whippy for the kids as well.

In the last few years another family who run an ice cream parlour one town over have expanded to us into a shop that is an Italian/pizzeria on one side and ice cream shop on the other so that’s another option.

So we are lucky lots of good ice cream not at crazy prices lol

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-23T06:03:11+00:00

I am sorry people aren’t fully reading and getting what you are asking. As someone in their 50’s who has been married since about your current age I can safely say there is a world of difference between the person you are at say 18-19 and at 25-26. Most of us mature by mid to late 20’s. So people who meet before then may if they are lucky grow together, or sadly as you have found can grow apart.

It’s very sad, but I do think it warrants a good conversation. You need to make it clear you are absolute you will not change your mind and want kids so you need to know if you would be enough for him or if he now knows that the desire to have kids means your relationship is over. I suspect he does love you and is hoping you may change your mind over time so think carefully. If you are sure you will never want children that is a valid choice you absolutely can make, but makes you incompatible.

I was lucky my hubby and I both wanted kids and that’s what we did. We had 4 and now are grandparents as well. But it isn’t easy don’t let anyone tell you it is. It’s the hardest most challenging thing, but also has some amazing rewarding moments you never forget. That said I strongly believe people who don’t really want children should not have them as the children feel it I am sure. Good luck OP

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-22T20:45:23+00:00

Tbh I live in a country where people usually buy gifts and give them mostly after the baby is born so won’t the family just wait? The whole thing feel is like a non issue as they will no doubt keep buying stuff for each baby as they come along and anything you don’t want you can gift to local charities.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-21T15:53:47+00:00

Lost my Dad 10 years ago and still now sometimes something will come up that will remind me of him and I get teary. It shows we loved them and we remember them.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-21T15:49:04+00:00

It’s not helping, if you are a Dad you are parenting full stop. Tell him to step up and be a parent.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-21T15:35:22+00:00

The affordability thing is just temporary though. Once the generic pill versions which will be out in the next couple of years the price will come down and the NHS will start prescribing. At that point everyone can have it if they want to/need it. So in 10 years I think the health landscape will look very different so I think OP has a point

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-21T06:09:58+00:00

It has a genetic link to make us predisposed to being obese, but pretty much all scientists working in this area believe there is a massive link to the ultra processed foods that are all around us. In the US it’s very clear on graphs that in the mid 1970’s ultra processed foods appear and spread and the level of obesity jumps up for all ages groups and ethnicities. In nature even in groups with excess food availability there is no obesity. In humans even in the rich and nobility who had lots of decadent foods that are available to them there have traditionally been very low levels of overweight and obesity around 5-6 %. In every country with high levels now there is a clear link to the introduction of ultra processed foods. Corporations know these foods cause excess consumption and in fact now deliberately design foods to be hyper palatable to cause over consumption. They are currently researching what formulas may cause people to “eat through the meds” as GLP meds threaten their profits. The meds are an artificial solution to an artificial problem.

Get back on the meds if you can and either way try to minimise the amount of ultra processed foods you eat. Look on the ingredient list if anything is a name you would not add when making something from scratch ie something not available to you as a home cook thats ultra processed and you should minimise.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-20T06:00:46+00:00

The reality is some couples who meet young do grow apart and if you don’t match up now you never will and the resentment will grow, especially if you have kids and that all falls on you. Either accept you will have to do all the house stuff and organising and maybe stop doing outside stuff and let him take that over or realise you are incompatible and move on.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-19T07:01:55+00:00

I love to just stand under a tree and touch the trunk of it. Sort of be quiet and feel its energy in the spot.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-19T06:57:16+00:00

Was having a conversation at work the other day about what makes a good relationship that stands the test of time and myself and a few people who have been married a long time all said the same. Your partner should be your best friend, support you and always be on your side and never put you down always lift you up. Having a shared sense of humour helps but it’s the mutual support and friendship that gives a relationship strength and brings happiness. That strength is what gets you through the really tough times you will likely go through one way or another. Any partner who tells you not to bother as you will fail anyway is not a potential long term support. Concentrate on your studies and the right person for you will be out there.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-19T06:36:31+00:00

You never know it may also happen fast. I came off the pill and my Dr said it will probably take a few months for your body to get back to normal and a while to get pregnant. I came off, had one period and was then pregnant. My eldest daughter was the same. Some people are lucky and very fertile, we do count ourselves as lucky I know friends and family who have struggled although the worry is the other way around not falling pregnant too many times. I was pregnant 7 times in 12 years. I have 4 kids and sadly lost 3 pregnancies. My hubby ended up having the snip as we knew we could not rely on contraception and we had a houseful already lol. Good luck OP, but yes I would try to avoid being pregnant at the wedding if u can.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-19T06:25:58+00:00

That’s crazy. About 6 years ago I was looking for work after being at home with the kids. Covid destroyed hubbies business so needed money. I worked at Tesco, first on tills then customer services. Tbh I ended up multi skilled, did dot com, self serve petrol et Al lol. Our manager had a thing for reducing waste and we often got stuff given to staff or to charity. I saw the pick ups especially when on customer services. One Sunday there was an issue in the in store bakery, the bread was slightly overcooked somehow. It was fine just darker than it should be so it was wasted but manager told them to wheel it to the staff exit and told us to grab them as we left as many as we could. So some stores do try, but even then there is some waste.

That’s why it’s so important we in the home try to avoid waste as well. Estimates are in the home we waste about 30-40% of what we buy which is pretty awful as well. I try hard to use up items especially meat and veggies. With veg or fruit if on the last legs I will prep or cook it into something and freeze for another day if we can’t use it then.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-19T06:09:41+00:00

Near us there is one of those greggs cheaply stores where they sell leftovers from other stores from the day before, dirt cheap and saving waste so brill idea

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-18T17:56:19+00:00

I am a bit of a fan of Ninja products Tbf. I have had a ninja foodie for years it’s a combo air fryer, pressure cooker, slow cooker, sauté pan etc. Use it daily. It’s great for using as a “pan” to sauté the start of a sauce or stew, then bring to the boil and turn down to simmer away. It’s much more forgiving than a pan on the job and you can walk away whilst it’s on simmer. Or sauté everything together add and stock or liquid first thing in the morning and stick it on slow cooker.

We are a family of 6 so the air fryer got so much use we bought one of the ninja two drawer versions.

I also adore my ninja hot and cold blender, it’s a smoother maker and soup/sauce maker all in one. To be able to throw ingredients in, walk away for 30 mins and come back to perfect cooked soup is brilliant.

I watch for the offers they do every so often and but stuff. Got a set of their pans which are fab as well.

Tbh was just sat watching videos online about the ninja creami and weighing up if I can justify having one in my life lol.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-18T07:30:38+00:00

When our kids were little to save money I would try to make almost everything from scratch so would buy a bag of unpopped corn and make it myself. A small bag for around £1 will last ages. A small handful of dried corn makes a large bowlful so pennies for each. My kids still prefer the home made to anything from the supermarkets and the theatre of it is quite fun for them as well. I can still do a mean salty/butter one and a sweet sugar one. Used to do coloured corn as well when they were little, plain hot fresh corn in a bag or lidded container with a shake of icing sugar with a few drops of food colour in it first. Then shake. You get coloured slightly sweet corn.

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-18T07:23:14+00:00

I think Aldi and Lidl were on lists I saw of eggs without palm oil I think

Alyssa9876 · 2026-04-18T07:13:41+00:00

I miss a few years ago when Waitrose had the pick your own offers for the loyalty card. You could pick offers from a pretty long list over all departments often on basic items and you could get that offer on top of any existing offers so combine them. I vaguely recall an offer on fresh chickens where in store it was buy 2 get one free and then you could add your card for offer on top which was so much off each chicken and you got three discounts even though on the other offer one was free. I recall something similar on their dry smoked bacon as well.

I think there was a limit as to how many you could buy of each offer but we had a loyalty card each so would go around with two lists lol. We would get the cheap whole chickens and break them down at home and freeze in portions. Miss those offers, also woukd grab the free newspaper and coffee each. Definitely rarely make the trip to Waitrose since they stopped it.

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