How long until i’m thin?

[Autisticandiknowit]

I am hopefully starting the jab on Friday, so the start of Feb, when will I start to look slimmer? Currently a size 18

Okay, you will probably find it's cheaper to buy it from an online pharmacy.

Its a complete myth that the speed you lose weight determines how much loose skin

I'm sure that's a comforting fib if you're on any kind of extreme diet, jabs included...but no, it's not a 'complete myth' at all.

Its obvious a private cilnic/doctor isnt it? You cant get it on the NHS without a lifetime wait more or less

Sorry you have lost 2.5kg in just over a week? That can't be right / healthy?

I just weigh myself once a week on a Saturday morning. I know weight fluctuates by the hour so I just check in once and leave it at that. No going back to the scales to see if I’m moving in the right direction and it’s good to see that not every week will be a loss because the overall trend should be downwards even if not every weigh in is.
it helps you accept the fluctuations without thinking it’s a big failure.

I lost 16lb in my first week.

It did slow down a lot though.
I'm losing about half a pound a week now, two years later.

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Its completely normal, the first week(s) are mostly water removal not actual weight, however it is obviously weight off of your joints and less bloated so its all very positive.

I did have a lot to lose though.

My BMI was over 50 when I started.

I only lost 6lb the second week though.

I was well disappointed.

I started in November, I’m 1st 3lb down and I can definitely feel the difference but it’s not been enough for anyone to notice yet and I’ve not had to change clothes size, my old clothes just fit better.

And thats why people need to go into this or any weight loss plan with their research done about how the body works. The first few weeks of weight loss for very overweight or obese people is reducing the size of the liver predominantly, and some weight loss too but largely its water and glycogen

So you get all excited and on a bit of a high and then get a bit of a come down in the following weeks unless you know whats expected!!

Well done on all that work over those years, whats your BMI now?

It's 27 now.

When I said I was disappointed at only losing 6lb the second week, I wasn't being serious!

I knew that the rate of loss would slow down.

Its a complete myth that the speed you lose weight determines how much loose skin, skin is about your genetics and how elastic it is and how long its been stretched for.

Is this really correct?

I always thought rapid weight loss caused loose skin because the skin doesn't have time to adjust?

I started wegovy following timeline

sep 2024 12.5 stone
today 7.13 stone

i started noticing it about a stone down. Have gone from a size 16 to size 8. Now on the downward slope with a view to mai remanded or stopping totally. No regrets

No I know you werent thats why I laughed. Only there is no laugh emoji anymore so I had to 'heart' you.

Brilliant progress.

Yes it is correct. Your skins appearance, not just about weight loss, is largely about your genetics, of course you can support your skin health with a good diet, good collagen levels, make sure you are not deficient in anything, moisturising to avoid dryness, but ultimately if your skin has been stretched for 40 years and you do not have natural skin elasticity, you're going to have loose skin, whether you lose at 2lb a week or 5lb a week.

You would see it more starkly with a quick loss, which is why its said that its about rapidity, imagine your body changing so significantly in such a short space of time, you're unrecognisable. But if you have loose skin suddenly its right there in front of you. If you lose that same weight over 2 years, that appearance isnt so shocking

When people have WLS, they dont all experience loose skin even if their journeys have been similar, ie someone losing 5 stone over 5 months perhaps could have lots of loose skin and a person losing the same in the same timescale wont.

Black people in particular rarely have loose skin from weight loss statistically.

In any case, the reality is, WLI dont result in 'fast' weight loss, they usually centre around 1lb or 2lb a week loss which is perfectly reasonable.

I started in November 2024 at size 18-20 and BMI 32. By Feb 2025 at bmi 27 I was feeling a lot better about my body and my BMI was normal by the July and I was around a size 12. I've been in maintenance at size 10 since about October and my bmi is 21-22. I used me360 to scan myself and keep a record and smart scales to track my loss. These were my scans that are about a year apart

It took me about six months before people really noticed. I’ve lost about four stone and that took about nine months.

I was a size 18-20 but it seemed like ages before I felt and looked slimmer. I lost 6st and am now size 10. I didn’t look thin until I’d lost about 5st and my boobs had gone. I looked much better from about 12st (3.5 - 4st loss). I spent most of my life around 11-12st and that is the weight that suits me best. I think my face looks aged now and I miss my boobs.

My friend who is the same size and height has been on the same jabs as me twice in the time I’ve been on and the most she lost was half a stone. It just doesn’t work for her.

I’ve just checked my data and I’ve only lost about 6 pounds in the last year which isn’t great.

If you are starting it on Friday then you would have already been through an asessment by now and your weight would be known as thats essential information in the prescribing process. This sounds like bs .

I started in October op and have lost 2 stone. Only just buying the next size down.
People only started noticing around xmas.

I started September 24 at 16st 7 - Currently 12st and a size 14. It just won't go any lower but I have had two long holidays to America which take a lot of recovering from weight wise.

Ffs I’m going to see the private Dr on Friday and i’m really hoping she prescribes it to me so I can start it then!

Took about 3 stone before anybody notice for me. I was 19 stone when starting. But I did loose the 1st 3 in 3 months.