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Anyone starting wegovy this week?

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

Yes mine became regular for the first time ever!

I’m PCOS but have had regular periods since I had kids (young teenagers now). Previously periods were all over the place. I’m insulin resistant and took a diabetic drug (metformin) which regulated my cycle well (and helped me lose weight) enough to get pregnant. I’m assuming being on Wegovy is having a similar effect in that I’ve naturally cut down sugar and carbs dramatically (bread gives me awful indigestion- physically can’t eat much pasta or rice or potatoes) and I’m just not fussed about sweet things. I have chocolate sometimes. I have noticed slower body hair growth (excess body hair is a PCOS symptom- although I’m fair haired so it was never a massive issue like it can be for brunettes).

I absolutely have an easier time of PMS though. Excess weight and hormones are so deeply linked.

No weight loss for me this week but it’s the week of the month I retain water so not worrying about it.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Here's my update for this week:

Started Wegovy 1 March.

SW - 90 kg (198 lbs, 14.2 stone)
CW - 81 kg (178 lbs, 12.7 stone)
GW - 75 kg (165 lbs, 11.8 stone)

Loss in 14 weeks - 9 kg (almost 20 lbs).

It's soo, sooo slow! I'm now on 1.7 mg, and I have almost not lost any weight for the past 3 weeks I have been on it. Have no major side effects other than extreme tiredness few days after injection, but I'm also not losing any weight, despite eating around 1200-1400 calories a day. How is this even possible?? Anyone else in same position?

I'm going to continue another 4 weeks with 1.7 mg, but I might have to go up to the max dose if the weight is not coming off. I've always had hard time to lose weight so I thought these injections might be the answer, but I now start to think I'm immune to them too 😢

Similar position @ByCoolMoose , I've been on it since 18 march and lost about 15/16lb. It's slow. Haven't weighed the last few days as I've been on my period and gained loads of water.

I haven't been calorie counting but have really reduced my portions.

I've got one more pen and I'm going to click count to get to .75 each week until I've run out. 1mg wipes me out. I'm doing everything I was; working and parenting etc, but I'm absolutely shattered. I can't imagine being on 1.7!

I'm also struggling to lose any weight now. Started in mid Feb and lost 23lbs on wegovy (8lbs before that). I eat less than 1000 cals most days and just don't understand how I don't lose anything now! Maybe it just gets harder when weight goes lower.

Honestly @ByCoolMoose and @starlilly88 i think your under eating. And that has the effect of lowering your metabolism. What ever about 1400 calories, I think 1200 is way too low and 1000 is pretty much starvation if your heavy enough to be on a weight loss drug. Try upping your calories. It’s a balance between eating enough to maintain your metabolic rate and low enough to lose weight. Also eating that low a level gives you nowhere to go. I generally aim for about 1600 cals a day. Some days I get slightly less and some a little more but that’s what it would average to.

My metabolism is really bad. Past calorie tracking shows that I put on weight if I eat over 1500 cals. 1200/1300 I tend to maintain, so I do need to eat a lot less unfortunately. Those calories are as protein heavy and low carb as possible. I can't eat much more than that anyway, even though I'm on a relatively low dose, appetite suppression is working well

To be fair, the trials show that the average lost at 1mg is 10% and 15% at 2.4mg. My doctor said that it’s fairly arbitrary where your body decides to stop losing, and we don’t appear to have control over it. He said that, once I reached the plateau, I would start feeling hungry again. But, crucially, even though I am eating more I shouldn’t put on more than a pound or two as my “weight set point” should be lowered. That is, assuming, I stay on the medication.

i follow a few US Facebook sites, where people have been on ozempic/wegovy for more that two years. Lots of people have broken the plateau by adding weight bearing exercise, but it tend to take 6-8 weeks for the scale to move.

I'm on my third dose of 1mg and I feel rubbish. I'm incredibly tired, nauseous, and I have been burping loads.

The food noise has gone and I am losing weight but I don't know whether to move up to the next increment.

I found my second pack of 1mg to be really good. Less side effects. 1.7mg is a big jump. As I was still losing weight on 1mg I stayed on it.

Morning all,

weighing in:

42F
SW 15st 6lb
CW 12st 6lb
total loss since Jan 12th- 42lb

Changed back to straight dose of 1mg last night now the 1.7 mg pen is finished (was counting clicks)

Feel incredibly better in my body, easier to squeeze through gaps, sit comfortably with legs up etc.

the weight loss for me has come from staying around 1200-1400 calories and counting them honestly- the more healthy food I eat the more I lose- at the start of the week when I can’t eat, i maintain. Unhealthy food I loved before makes me feel awful so I steer clear as much as possible. I’m hoping that this stays a good habit down the line. I don’t crave rubbish on this medication or feel so hungry I sabotage the diet.

exercise causes inflammation (especially when I’ve not been doing anything significant for a while) and that leads to water gain, but it won’t stop fat loss and when the muscles repair the water weight disappears.

this is the biggest I weighed 10 years ago and wanted to lose weight so badly then and really hated my body it’s a funny milestone for me as it was the start of excessive eating and drinking that crept my weight up and up.

im looking forward to entering the healthy weight/BMI zone for the first time in a long time in next few months.

good luck to all, losses are losses whatever the number, this hasn’t just been a magic shot for me- it’s given me the kick in the pants to realise I need to respect my body and fuel it properly.

What is your height?
you may have slowed because you are nearing a healthy weight for you?
down be too downhearted x

@Aliflowers , I was thinking the same thing, but there has been several studies which debunk the myth of calorie restriction and slowing metabolism, the rate of metabolism depends mainly on your weight, age, gender and maybe genes, and only severe and quick calorie restriction (about 50% of required calories to maintain) could cause some slowing of metabolic rate. Michael Mosley's (RIP) 800 calorie diet and intermittent fasting have not shown any major changes to MR.

@lastapache, that is really interesting, I have always suspected my weight set point is quite high as I don't have any metabolic diseases despite being overweight, so I was hoping Wegovy will help to lower my set point. My usual plateau is around 80 kg, which is exactly what I am now, so it makes sense my body resists. I have been doing quite a lot of resistance/ weight training, but have stopped it and not done much the past 3 weeks due to shoulder injury, which is also an interesting correlation. I will go back and start lifting those weights again and see if it makes a difference.

@Achieveanything , thanks for kind words, I won't give up yet! I'm weighing about 80 kg, 12.6 stones, down from 14 stones since 1 March. So not healthy BMI yet, it's down from 33 to 29 (from obese to overweight), the universal BMI calculator says that healthy range is 25, which means I need to weigh 68 kg or 10 stones. I would be happy with even 73-75 kg, as I know I do carry some muscle, so I will keep going for another 4-6 months with Wegovy (hopefully I can afford it) and see how it goes. Well done on your great weight loss and what sounds like positive dietary changes 👏

So 16 weeks in ….. my second weigh in as only weighing every 8 weeks.

SW 92.4kg
CW 78.3kg
Total loss 14.1kg

TW 72kg
So 6.3kg to go …..

Still on 0.5 dose but definitely finding that the ‘suppression’ of appetite effects are less so more will power has been needed not to snack but hoping to keep at this dose and achieve permanent change of eating habitats in preparation for coming off.

Fingers crossed that i can reach TW by end next weigh in.

@givenup123 Well done - you have so much willpower not getting on the scales for eight weeks at a time! Your losses are great!

I have lost 4.5lb this week in my first week back on the horse after 2-3 weeks on holiday etc. even discounting the 1.5 gain I had from that, that's still a good 3lb loss overall so I'm really pleased.

I don't know if anyone believes in the "whoosh effect" but I seem to be feeling that this week after a few weeks of small losses, all of a sudden I'm feeling a difference in my body again and people have been commenting. It's a nice feeling ☺️

I'm now 12st 1.5 and have decided that my ultimate goal is 10st 13 which would take me to exactly 5 stone lost. It's also just under the middle point of a healthy BMI for me, which would give me a bit of a buffer.

So 17lb to go, hoping I can do it by my next big event on 17 August (8 weeks)! I seem to have found a sweet spot on 1.7 (splitting the dose twice a week) - I don't feel ill and can eat, but don't have that constant food noise. I've just started a new pen so hopefully I can use this one and one more at 1.7, and then maybe buy one final pen and taper down in Aug-September... The end is in sight, I can't quite believe it!

@Radish12

Not sure it’s will power but more I know from past experience when weighing weekly how disheartened I get if I have a plateau week and then I tend to sabotage the whole thing by then having a binge of junk food.

My next (& hopefully) last weight in would be same week in Aug as well so fingers crossed we both get there.

Oh cool @givenup123 - that's actually quite motivating!

@Radish12 @givenup123 well done to the pair of you! That goal will be reality in August. It’s been so motivating seeing your progress.

Weighing in:
42 yo female
SW: 15st 6lb Jan 12th 2024
CW: 12st 5lb Jun 20th 2024
43lb down
GW: 11st 1lb top healthy weight for height (18lb to go)

I have halved the 1mg does to 0.5mg as of this weeks injection.
My idea is I need to a) save money b) start weaning myself off wegovy and take responsibility for maintaining a healthy body. I noticed this is something @Oldandcobwebby did toward end reaching his goals- In ideal world I’d be on it forever but it’s too expensive.

Have a great week everyone- the bulk of the big work has been done, end is in sight!

I'm very similar stats to you @Achieveanything!

Worryingly my scales say I've put a pound on this week!?! I'm chalking it up my period being due, the high salt I've had the last few days and lack of water - I've really not over eaten so fingers crossed it'll smooth out

I'm 5"8, started mid Nov 2023
SW - 220
CW -169
GW - 150

162 js a healthy bmi and I always thought that was my ultimate goal as I haven't seen my teenage years....but now I'm near I realise why bmi is such a spectrum and I still don't look healthy being so close.

Ignore my tag @Achieveanything I thought you said you were 5"8 but I've clearly made that up

You’ve done really well!
I know what you mean about spectrum- it’s what will feel and look right for you. People are starting to notice my weight loss now but I still think I’m a fat frump!

ideally- I’d like to be lower that gw (146lb would be the fantasy) but in reality it’s maintaining it- also this my current weight (well one pound more) hasn’t been seen 13 years ago when I first got pregnant and my body is so different now, the weight is the same but I was a size 12 and did not have the spare tyre under my boobs and above my tummy that carrying girl babies high kindly gifted me.

the healthy bmi is an initial goal before I leave the medication behind and go it alone.

owe a lot to wegovy it’s been incredible in helping me lose bad habits and form better ones.

@ImPunbelievable no worries I’m 5’6”!

thanks for all the support- it’s so good to see you all progress

Been a while since I updated. Started on 13th March.
26lbs off now, 2lbs to go until 2 stone off! Never ever ever did I think I would lose nearly 2 stone, I am so pleased.

Been on 1mg for coming up to 8 weeks now, weight loss has definitely slowed down the past month, keep toying with the idea of going up to a 1.7mg but worried about nearly doubling the dose as I have some not great side effects (sulphur burps I'm looking at you ) so worried about increasing but have a holiday coming up in 8 weeks and would like to be another 10lbs down before then.

Have a good rest of the week everyone x

Morning!
Early weigh in:
Sw 15st 6lb
CW 12st 3lb

lost 2lb this week, on a 0.5 mg dose.
felt slightly hungrier this week, could have been psychosomatic but I was concerned that I would not lose at all.first time lost over a pound in ages.
Bowels moving better too.
more energy to move.

The end is in sight for me. Owe this life change to wegovy.
good luck all ☘️

I have properly reached a plateau! For the past 5 weeks I've barely lost 2 lbs 😥 I've been on 1.7 mg for 5 weeks, no major side effects, but weight loss has also stopped. I delayed going to 2.4 mg as the cost jump is massive, but I regret it now, nothing is happening on 1.7 mg. I'm still eating same, fairly low carb, protein and veg, walking over 10K steps, exercising 3-4 times a week. Drinking about 1.5-2 litres of water. Frustrating is understatement.

Oh well, there's not much else I can do, just keep going on, hoping I can break the plateau soon.

How's everyone else doing?

@ByCoolMoose same! I’ve had minimal weight loss over 2 months on 1.7mh so took he plunge and ordered the big one 🤣

I’m almost there though, about 2.5stone since Jan - just the final push and then I’m wondering about a maintenance dose - reckon could drop back to the 1.7 to maintain…