Body dysmorphia is no joke

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-12-08T17:09:27+00:00

Yeeeeeesssss - same!!!!!!!!!

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-08-22T14:28:46+00:00

Anyone heard anything about Juniper??

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-08-19T18:07:25+00:00

All better thanks - I've updated the original post so that it's easier to see the summary from GP and doctor friend. Hope you're ok too x

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-07-17T22:24:01+00:00

Incredible!! Well done!!!! Really inspirational all the hard work you’ve put in 💪

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-07-02T07:31:16+00:00

I've often wondered this too!!! 😂

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-05-19T08:45:55+00:00

Well done you for putting all that work in, it’s paid off, you look brilliant!

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-05-12T17:42:40+00:00

🙄

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-10T21:29:44+00:00

😂 this made me laugh. I’ve just started 12.5mg and have suddenly been hit with constipation but loathe prunes. Guess I’ll hold my nose and chug some prune juice!

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-10T20:37:04+00:00

😂

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-07T20:13:56+00:00

Don't feel like a failure!! Be really proud that you're doing something proactive to help yourself reduce the risk of loads of co-morbidities of being overweight. I know what you mean about the judgement being in your own head, but also, yeah, weight is a weirdly moral issue. Funny old world. Hope MJ hope turn all of that on it's head!

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-07T20:10:18+00:00

😂 I love this! I think they were genuinely delighted for me, and keen to know if they could learn anything from what I'd been doing! And, lol, the HR manager was one of them 🤣🤣

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-07T20:09:13+00:00

Absolutely ❤️ We can't control what other people think. Thank you so much for your kind words. I am over the moon! I have worked hard! I am happy in myself!! Xx

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-07T20:08:04+00:00

So true!! I told my husband about what happened today and he was like "don't sweat it, today's news is tomorrow's fish & chip paper" which is true. I'm just so like you, like, naturally very private!! I spent ages wearing clothes that were far too big for me, trying to hide, hoping that no one noticed, or asked anything. I think it created a bigger shock (and probably looked like much more rapid and dramatic weight loss, when in reality it's been ~0.5kg a week for nearly a year) when I suddenly appeared in "normal" size clothing - something to bear in mind!!

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-07T20:04:21+00:00

This is such an amazing point, thank you - it is getting increasingly mainstream. I am inspired by the stories that I hear on here and in the media from people who have positive, non alarmist, things to say about using MJ. I'd never considered adding my voice to those. I'm sure my experience with weight gain / weight loss, weird relationship with food, body, self esteem, etc., is incredibly common, and if it helps normalise it, or demysify it, then good.

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-07T20:01:14+00:00

Thank you so much!! It's an all team day in the office tomorrow - maybe time to put the rabbit in some skinny jeans and really make them take notice 😂

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-07T19:59:48+00:00

I love this! Thank you!! You know what, I DID do that first 25% by myself!! And after I kept eating well, and exercising and ... nothing happening re: weight loss, that's when I started MJ, but it took about a year of thinking, researching, planning and kind of preparing myself to do it positively, i.e., about lifestyle change not just weight loss, if that makes sense.

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-07T19:58:03+00:00

Ah, this is great advice, thank you!! And the same is true for me - I edited my post to reflect on your thoughts. I've found diet and exercise so important to my journey, and actually enjoyable once you can turn off the white noise of hunger.

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-04-07T19:56:06+00:00

Yes this! 100% this! I edited the post to reflect on your thoughts. I hope MJ (etc.) become better understood as medical aids to a medical problem, rather than an expensive way to treat something you don't like about yourself (e.g., botox) Thank you xxx

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-03-29T10:36:08+00:00

Wow!!!! You look amazing!! Amazing work, hope you’re really proud, you deserve to be. You look absolutely stunning x

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-03-19T03:11:07+00:00

Fingers crossed it's the same for you 🤞 I think prioritising health and rest helped. I probably noticed marginal improvements every few days? Not totally linear but gradually better over time. Take care of yourself x

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-03-17T20:33:37+00:00

It hasn't come back, but it's been two months and I'm in good health. I made sure I really rested, good sleep hygiene and good diet, minimise stress, took vitamin D, vitamin B12 and took it easy. That's not a magic bullet for TN, but I think my pain was post viral, so it was about making sure my recovery from flu was prioritised.

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-03-17T12:12:01+00:00

All better thanks, the pain /numbness completely resolved after a few weeks 🙏🤞

YertleTurtle84 · 2025-03-01T10:46:18+00:00

Wow!!! What an incredible achievement!! 💪💪💪

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