Weight loss journey sharing tips that have helped me lose over 100 pounds
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Oh wow the pastries video went by so fast it looked like I was trying to hide it. We bought cookies for our daughter, I wanted the chocolate croissant. This bakery is so good, they taste like if we were in Paris , or how I imagine they are from what I hear. The ingredients there are pretty good so I feel like it’s a nice treat to have on occasion especially now that I’ve past the hardest times which I would say is the first 4-6 months of changing our lifestyle.
Yay!!!!🎉 congratulations on losing 50lbs wow that’s incredible. 50 lbs has always seemed like a hard amount to lose and I remember how excited ai was when I did it. I just had more to lose than others 😆 but that’s ok, I took the goals in smaller increments because thinking of losing 100 seemed like a “pie in the sky” type of achievement haha
Thank you so so much It really touches my heart to have such nice people around me and cheering me on. I wanted to share the view with you all and maybe if you watch it on a big tv, you will feel like you’re there too 🤗 I’m cheering you on now too 🙌🙌
Aww thank you Gina it warms my heart to have such kind and sweet people in my life. 💜🤗 watch the ocean video on your big tv and maybe it will help to feel like you are there It was so pretty this week end no gloomy clouds We didn’t want to leave But we do plan to go back next weekend , God willing of course 💜💪🏼🙌 I’m cheering you on now too
@@HeatherPaulineWeightloss thank you Heather yes 🙌 we are and I hope I’m sharing some of that joy and what to look forward to But also to enjoy your journey along the way
Oh I’m surprised you you don’t have the same ones We have so many to choose from The fair life protein shakes, have the little bit from the milk sugar Total Carbohydrate 8g 3% Dietary Fiber 2g 7% Total Sugars 7g 3% Includes 0g Added Sugars 0%
May I ask how long were you on 10 Mounjaro and how long were you on 7.5? You did great in one year I have hit a big stall. Trying to figure out how to make the scale move again. I am on 7.5.
@@belindar4544 hi Belinda I was on 7.5 for 2 months then I started 10 mg at the beginning of January so it’s been 8.5 months on 10 mg and It’s still working great At the beginning of August 2023 I started the 2.5, and my Dr wanted to see how I tolerated it, then moved me up to 5, I took 5 for 2 months then 7.5 for 2 months.
When I started 10 mg, I heard about rotating my shots to the arms and thighs and I was just rotating to each side of my belly I really think rotating to the other spots helped me too My weight stalls happened more when I took 5 and 7.5 but it really wasn’t too much of a stall maybe 2 weeks of not losing them I noticed that I needed to drink more water and walk more and that helped out big time Then I increased my protein and that made a difference
Similar situation with my sister but hers was due to insurance coverage at first. Which GLP1 peptide are you taking and is there anything else that has changed ?
🌷Great video Pam! I love how positive you are. You are so right about the fat shaming..I’m working hard on self acceptance and trying to be grateful everyday..sounds corny but we just need to keep moving forward… literally (I’m doing a lot of walking too). Btw I’m in Monterey, so another Central Coast gal. So grateful to live here. Take good care and keep up the great progress. Thanks for all the inspiration 💐
Welcome MsDarby I’m so glad that you are here. I luv Monterey. The surrounding ag reminds me of my hometown area, then the coastal is gorgeous 💜 you’re right, we need to just keep moving forward, that’s how I handle most things as well
@@billiwright39 welcome Billi, I’m so happy you are here and I’m so excited for your journey please let me know if you have any questions I am here to share and try to help 💜
Hi and welcome. How long have yoh been on MJ and which dose are you Currently taking? I’m amazed that once I got to 10 mg, I’ve been able to stay on it for almost 9 months it’s the perfect one for me. Thank you for commenting and I hope you have subscribed or will 🙌
Wow thank you Mary I was worried the makeup was a little heavy So I’m happy to hear this I’m learning so many things now Having to relearn fashion and makeup Using hi lighters and bronzer 🤣
Im so excited that I can help in anyway possible. My first time was awkward and hard but I tried it again without pinching the fat and it works better 💜
Just found you and so happy to follow you! I am in my first month of Zepbound but feeling optimistic and very grateful to have this tool. Have a great week!
Yes!!! Isn’t it so incredible that we finally have a great tool that works The timing varies for each person and side affects differ too but overall the majority have had awesome and consistent results Good luck to you and I’m so happy you found my newer channel 🙌💪🏼
Congratulations 🎉. Whats the highest dosage you've gone up to? It's best to stay as low as possible as long as there's weight loss. It's beyond wonderful that you're a super responder!!😊❤️
Hi There my highest dose has been 10 mg and I’m still on it and have been since the beginning of Jan 2024 that amazing I still get great results too It getting time to titrate down to 7.5 and yes I am nervous because 10 mg has been so great to me 💜
Oh ya I’m and so lucky to be a super responder when most diets and health changes haven’t been that way. I had gastric bypass 24 years ago and I guess I did lose pretty fast on that and maybe that could also be why I’m also responding great to this. However, when I just did keto, low carb, whole 30 and others, I couldn’t lose more than about 25 lbs. it took me 7 months in 2022-23 to lose 45 lbs with low carb and walking. Then I started Mounjaro
@@MounjarojourneywithPam Pam, I started Mounjaro May 28, 2024 with 2.5 mg and I lost 20 lbs in 5-6 weeks. My starting weight 250 lbs, I am not diabetic. I got increased to Mounjaro 5mg and lost another 10lbs. I have had to titrate back down because the insomnia and agitation is really affecting me. I'd like to get down to 120 lbs because I'm small boned and I'm barely 5'1 tall. My best response site is back of my arm for sure but that's also where I get the severe agitation and anxiety the most also. I do rotate my sites as I'm an RN. Yes, it very well could be because of the gastric bypass that you've responded, but I know of a woman on you tube, beautiful like you that had gastric bypass that hasn't responded like you. Bless you❤🙏
Ha ha 😆 they felt like it I looked at the plates and it had 2 1/2 on each plate but I do t know how much the bar weighs Well I switched over to the regular 5 lbs and I have an 8 lb that I use on my right arms while I build up the left Left is weaker
💪 get as healthy as possible and friends and family will get use to it ❤❤I’ve been in practice for over twenty years and well meaning people have led many astray 😊
Wins across the board and a bonus mini adventure! Great job with the strength training & I think you look fantastic, Pam! The best weight is the range where YOU feel the fittest, strongest & best - so close to maintenance, amazing! :)
@@nottherealmccoy4955 🤗 thank you so very much that means the world to me best advice ever I feel like the more I do strength training the better I will feel about this too Now to get my head off of the scale number But you are so right I feel like I’m there but maybe just need a few tweaks. I thought my body would just naturally stop losing and tell me when it’s time ha ha
@@MounjarojourneywithPam You're very welcome but you're the pioneer - very few people on MJ have got to this stage so it will be trial and error but you are one smart cookie & you'll work it out! People obsess over looks and wrinkles and lines when health, happiness & longevity should be the priority in my view. Will keep watching with keen interest! :)
Awww...thanks for my channel shoutout,,Pam! You look great! Your friends are not used to seeing you thinner. Go with how YOU feel! I think you look wonderful! You are exercising and lifting weights. You are doing all the healthy things. You decide where you want to go from here. I hope you have a wonderful school year, Pam! ❤
You’d be surprised how much the extra skin/fat weighs actually. You might have ten-twelve lbs of extra skin and if so then you should definitely subtract that from your current weight to have a more accurate number. Funny I just said that about my hand weights today, try other ones felt lighter and my husband said it was because the bar we have for the new ones weigh 2.5lbs itself. So I put 5lbs on but all together it’s 7.5lbs then! I think you look great and not “scary skinny” at all
@@HeatherPaulineWeightloss Heather that’s so funny and I think that’s the deal with those metal ones they are my husbands weights i have a set that my daughter bought me with the vinyl coating and it was much easier to use ha ha 😆 I definitely need to use these weights more I was doing pretty good then I started doing other things and didn’t get back to lifting weights I should probably find a good work out on RU-vid too. And I am definitely Wiley going to start thinking about how much weight this extra skin/ fat weighs to subtract it too and know that if I had it removed I’d probably get closer to the 150 that is still stuck in my head as a number I would like 💜💜💜💜
Pam, would recommend that you watch youtube video called 100 pounds down: How to transition to maintenance on Zepbound/mounjaro. Her name is Kristen DiBiase. She talks about the BMI chart and body fat percentage and age. Very good information . Of course you want to talk to your doctor. I have lost 62 pounds on Mounjaro 2.5, I talked to a nurse practioner 6 weeks ago and gave me a goal weight she was also saying BMI charts not recommend for me, she was looking at my muscle percentage and body fat. I have 6 pounds to go!!
@@candybar72 oh yes I follow her too 💜💜 I was definitely thinking that would be the plan to follow too get to my goal weight then each month titrate down I just figure out what is my goal weight going to be now I think I will rewatch that video too 💜 thank you friend
@@candybar72 oh ya I’ve heard about you losing so much weight on just the 2.5 That is super awesome 👏 I’m so happy for you too. I am thinking b about having a maintenance level at the end too :)
@@msm2181 hi and welcome 🤗 I’m so excited for you So in the first 6 months, I just followed advice from my friend who had diabetes and injected on the sides of the belly area alternating sides and I didn’t even read the Mounjaro box about the other sites I thought it red just other suggestions lol Then I watch countess of shopping and how she rotates So I started injecting in the back of the arms but I alternated arms and stomach and I noticed a bigger difference in appetite suppression and weight loss I think I may have injected into my quad muscle and I was very hungry that week so the pic in the box showed the top of the quad and I think that has more muscle then get I’ve seen people inject more on the inner thigh so maybe I should I try that too My tip is to rotate for sure Also I was just more comfortable injecting into my belly and I was scared the arms would hurt lol but nah it’s just a small poke. Let me know which location you try tonight Either the other side of your belly, which you might feel more comfortable with in the beginning or loo at my video on how I hold my arm practice reaching around with your pen before you unlock it to see if you can reach it
@@valeriemartini6315 thank you Valerie it’s so hard for me because yes I want to be sure I get down far enough to not be considered overweight or obese but I think I’ll have to be ok with being overweight because I would defined look too thin if I were in the healthy range It’s so crazy right ? I hate those bmi charts but the doctor and insurances use them too and even your life insurance companies use them 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏻♀️ But on the other hand I know I am very scared about regaining I lived with guilt for 20 years Personal guilt about regaining after having gastric bypass and I am determined not to do this again Thank you for three words of encouragement 😊🥰
@@MounjarojourneywithPam What you should be thinking of is being active and gain muscle. Don’t worry anything about what others say. I’m on MJ too but, I couldn’t care less about the charts. You can be healthy happy and fit at a higher weight and not be obese or overweight. The charts at 5’4” say 135. No way. I plan to get to 165-170. I got out of fitness school at 182. I was fit and healthy. Best to ignore the charts. Think of a time you were comfortable in your own body and go for it.
@@LAVERNECLARKE-ri8mf Laverne thank you thank you I feel absolutely great / awesome right now Now that I can go home stairs and move around easier. It makes me happy and I have lots of energy too. I do think my lower legs could be puffy due to possibly having limpedema so I need to schedule an appt I keep putting that off Maybe that would help when I put on non stretchy pants or non stretchy jeans, the knees and calf’s are the tighter areas that trouble me
That's not sugar free! It has no high fructose corn syrup. Instead it has granulated sugar! Read the back please. Carbs are sugar and that box of pudding has mabye 29 grams of carbs if I renege correctly. Carbs are sugar.
Thank you for your comment. I went back to check the box (I was out of sugar free) so I used a box that’s been in the cupboard for over a year 🤷🏻♀️ I see that 1/6 of the package is 18 g of total sugars . If I made it with 2% it would have 25 g, so I’ll go with the 18g I agree, I do t like some of the ingredients like sugar and modified cornstarch. I was in a pinch with wanting chocolate pudding mix and since the rest of my day did not include added sugar or non-natural sugar, I decided to go ahead and use it this time. My doctor prefers real sugar over artificial sweeteners too so I wasn’t feeling too bad about it at the time. However, I’m that would only be true for me and perhaps not others who may be more sensitive I didn’t eat much of it either and didn’t experience a blood glucose spike or crash. Good points to look at for sure 👍
Love it, another adventure! Looks cool and foggy ( or is that smoke?) & yet so hot inland! Wild and rugged - so cool you are fit enough to enjoy and explore! :)
@@nottherealmccoy4955 thank you Martin It is coastal fog, marine layer It was around 4 pm and I think the fog probably was lifted in the early afternoon. I’m surprised by how much coastal fog there is. My daughter’s new place has fog in the morning and evening too and a neighbor told me they have several micro climates there and you can drive a few blocks away and it will be warmer with no fog There’s a 40 degree difference between these coastal towns and even the city that’s more inland and 15- 20 mins away, then our house that’s 2.5 hrs away is 40 degrees hotter 🥵
@@HeatherPaulineWeightloss thank you Heather. I know I feel bad that not everyone can get over here. I just hope that you the sounds of the ocean will be relaxing and meet to see too this was my first time going here, actually. I finally got Tom is it my daughter’s place once my grandson was well enough for me to go. It was so last minute that I started the ring clothes into bags and packed very fast lol 😆 I got to do some walking, then my daughter had to work her 2nd job and my husband came over for the weekend and I decided to do an impromptu garage sale for her too. I was planning to do that sooner but things kept getting in the way. It was work but also, I enjoyed having chats with the people who came over. So many people weee very nice. The weather was amazing. I even got to wear a sweatshirt ha ha 😆 I just uploaded a longer video too starting with the blues trail with my husband and then smaller trailed that I did by self while everyone was at work. Well now I’m heading back to 100 degree weather and I hope to go back to her place soon. Oh I hope I can go for Labor Day weekend too
