Wegovy

[BlueMumma2018]

Anyone starting wegovy this week?

would love to hear from others starting out.. I’m nervous!

@Radish12 loving that for you. What an amazing feeling! Great advice and wonderful achievement. Keep at it everyone, it’s hard work but we all need to celebrate the wins when we have them.

Hi everyone

I'm new to this thread. Just took my second 0.25 dose this morning. I have to say I'm not noticing much at all really - cravings still there, still hungry. Consciously making myself cut down but really hoping it kicks in soon - was it like this for anyone else in the beginning but then improved/

@Stormin @starlilly88

i had to go to 0.5 on my 3rd week of 0.25 as it wasn’t working anymore.

im about to start 1mg tonight. It is more effective as you go up the doses but I have noticed that it’s most effective the first half of the week then tails off a bit by the dose day. There’s a few days a week where I can barely stand food but by the end of the week I’m eating chocolate and eating full portions.

@BlueMumma2018 thank you, are you losing weight with it?

@stormin Yes I’ve lost just over a stone since 10 january and it’s consistent once I got into 0.5

@BlueMumma2018 oh that’s really good to hear, hopefully when I get up to 0.5 I might start to feel a difference, 🤞

I took my first dose of 0.25 on Friday evening - and had pretty much no appetite saturday / sunday / monday / tuesday. Today I've felt hungry but decided to try and focus on 3 high protein meals, and so far don't seem to have any cravings for the ridiculous amounts of chocolate and biscuits I would normally have eaten. So the effects seem to be wearing off slightly.

Trying to resist the scales at the moment, hoping to just weigh weekly and not get obsessed by fluctuations!

Well done Radish! I have near enough a whole wardrobe of things I don't fit into but I can't bear the thought of any more photographic evidence of how I currently look - I was on holiday a few weeks ago and have a photo of me in front of the most amazing view looking decidedly stodgy :-(

Well done @Radish12 and flippin' heck to a stone since 10 January @BlueMumma2018

I'm in the same boat @starlilly88 (and only one week ahead). I'm not eating as much and snacking as much, but I think I still need to eat less.

I'm also conscious that I haven't yet cracked the chocolate cravings. And I'm somewhat reducing calories by eating less of the meals but still snacking and having the odd glass of wine, albeit to a much lesser extent. I need to sort my bad habits out once and for all. Hopefully this will come with time though.

Hi all,

SW 15st6lb
CW 14st3lb
GW 11st

Lovely to hear from newcomers. I’ll take my fourth and final dose of 0.5mg tomorrow and I’ve only lost 1.5lb on it!
the 0.25mg seemed more effective- 15lb in 4 weeks (assuming it was cutting out alcohol and mostly water weight)

for those on 1.0mg, have you found it to be more effective or have you had to increase again?

Im really hoping that it kick starts the loss again as I’m not really seeing or feeling it atm. I’m also struggling to drink enough water, I just don’t fancy it or anything else drink wise but I think I really need to keep it up to stay regular and fill me up properly.

Well done for the losses! Good luck to all!

@Cuzco @BlueMumma2018
Feeling less hungry today but my brain is still thinking about food. Hoping it's a cumulative effect and I'll feel less hungry as I up the dose. Doesn't help my food brain though! I started a diet before starting wegovy but it's definitely helping me to eat less by not having a rumbling tummy all the time. So it's currently worth doing, makes it all a little easier

@starlilly88 I'm hoping the same as not really getting any signs that it is working at the moment on 0.25mg. I took Saxenda in the past (two years ago) and had to force myself to eat - I feel at the moment I could eat the same amount I was doing, although I am not as giving the meds chance to work, but do feel hungry and have sweet cravings. I am thinking about upping to 0.5mg a week early in the hope of feeling it work a little.

I have no side effects at all, which is a good thing. But wondering if that's almost stopping the progress a bit. I don't feel sick or really full so can still eat fairly normally, if I want to. It's just my will power and feeling a bit less hungry that's keeping me going. Only lost 2lbs on it so far. I had started dieting before the jabs and lost 8lbs but usually lose a lot to begin with anyway

@starlilly88 The first few doses are all about getting your body used to it. A lot of people see great results, but at this stage I think it's not unsurprising. It's good not to have side effects and I think it's just a matter of being patient as you work up through the dosages.

From my side: bastard chocolate. I bought some giant buttons to try and eat fewer calories than the Freddos I've been having, but the bag only got delivered yesterday and I've eaten the whole thing. I'm going to have to go cold Turkey aren't I. I just can't have any in the house. Ever.

@Cuzco yes the chocolate! I can still eat it too. Will power is stopping me from eating too much, I tend to the eclair sweets as they take longer to eat and can stop after 3. The low carb chocolate just doesn't taste good. I need to stop buying stuff, if it's there, I'll eat it

I bought some low sugar chocolate and then realised it has MORE calories in it than regular chocolate!

@Cuzco Oh your message made me laugh the chocolate comment - cheered me up no end. And the rest of the info was very helpful, I don't have any side effects whatsoever, if I didn't have a slight bruise where it went in I would doubt I had every done it 😂

Sigh
week 2 - still not feeling it. No side effects. I literally feel no different.

im going to persevere though. Does any one know how to switch providers? I went with a v cheap introduction offer but the next one is £250!! How do you go on to another provider to get the next stage up?

Checking in...

Male, 60, hypothyroidism

After 3 weeks:

SW 197.3 lb
CW 188.3 lb
Target weight 168 lb

That's exactly 9 lb (4kg).

Weight loss this week was a bit lower (exactly 2 lb) but I'm still really pleased. I'm fitting into lots more of my clothes and I can see that I'm less porky! Going from over 14 stone to less than 13.5 stone is a positive psychological milestone. Things are definitely improving.

No side effects

Off to do my fourth injection....

I switched between my first and second, I just had to send in a photo of the prescribing label or forward the confirmation email.

@Cuzco @starlilly88 and any chocolate lovers! These have been a godsend, not cheap but a nice protein hit when the mid afternoon chocolate slump hits 🤣

https://www.myprotein.com/sports-nutrition/impact-protein-bar/13103437.html

Has anyone ordered from Boots? I got the first pen prescribed 27th (Tuesday) and still haven't received text from Boots to collect. How long between prescription and collection does it take, usually? As you can see I'm impatient 😂 - wanted to start today as I've read many have Friday as injection day so they have the weekend in case of side effects.

I switch between 1.7 and 2mg and didn't have to prove anything which is a bit alarming!

Going up to 1. 0 dose next week. Not had much in the way of reduced food cravings on my final 2 weeks of 0.5. Does the 1.0 make any difference?

Watch those protein bars - they contain polyols which can have a laxative effect.

Ask me how I know... actually, maybe don't ask me!

Just a warning that if you are having gastric issues on the drug, then they could be exacerbated by polyols, which is basically what a lot of artificial sweeteners are. This is likely to be more of an issue for some people than others.

@ByCoolMoose I use boots, collection within 5 days to store has been the Y are quite good at sending a re-order email in plenty of time 👍