Wegovy

[BlueMumma2018]

Anyone starting wegovy this week?

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

Hi all, a quick update from me. I started mid November, have lost 1 st 4 lbs. Averaging around 2lbs a week. Planning to stay on 1mg as long as I can.
hardly any side effects except wind (!) and a grumbly gut the day after injecting. And no appetite.

Hey! I started Wegovy just before Xmas and have lost 1 stone 3 lbs. I've had a gap in between due to illness but back on it now.

Anyone else getting the most vile eggy burps? It's seriously putting me off taking another injection. They stink!

Did you go back down to a starting dose after your gap? If not and it was more than a a week or 2 your symptoms will be more severe but should pass

How’s everyone doing? I’m 2 jabs in and 8.5lbs down…seems to have slowed in week 2 somewhat, and I have upped exercise and tracking my food with the Weight watchers GLP program app….little to no side effects which is good, but definitely wondering about doses and how the next step up might affect weightloss..

WEEK 1 -6.5LB
WEEK 2 -2.0LB

This week’s focus will be getting more water in… 🤞🤞🤞

Hey all, about to take 4th jab tonight so 3 weeks in and down 7.5 pounds. I upped my dose to 0.5 after week 2 because I was ravenous and wow such a difference!

only side affects I have are on and off headaches but I think that’s when I’m hungry. I don’t feel hunger at all.

other positives are that due to not planning/ thinking about meals 24/7 I am thinking more about things I enjoy doing and have more energy. It’s made me realise that humans totally overeat!

@BlueMumma2018 did you get a new pen or just double up your 0.25mg? Glad to hear the next dose up makes a change 👍👍

@Toooldforthis36 i doubled up, i did explain why when I ordered it and the pharmacist ok’d it. 😊

I’ve had an unexpected and very welcome side effect- lovely skin! I’m assuming it’s a combination of barely eating any sugar and trying to drink more water. I’m amazed!

I weigh in tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

Wanted to start this week, what's the best time of day and day of week, ( incase it wears off ) I prob indulge more at the weekend. Thanks

@Nicebloomers brilliant! I was thinking that too this morning, defo a sugar thing with me - good news!

I do mine on a Tuesday evening, sees me through the weekend. Am hungry today though! Roll on tonight 🤣

@mylife8410 i do mine on a Wed evening. Mostly because I received it on a Wed 😂 that said, I did/ am hungry by Tuesday and I did feel a bit of nausea the day after my last dose so factor that in too. Maybe Thursday? I feel like Friday is a danger zone day for eating badly too. For me it is anyway. Good luck!

Hi everyone, I am also looking to start. BMI of 30. Where is the best place to get it from and do your gps need to be informed? Thanks

I'm with Boots and they write to my GP every time I get a new pen

@mylife8410 My advice would be to start at a point when you have the time and the quiet to concentrate on what you're doing. Don't do it when you're tired. It's easy to do, but also easy to miss a step (like remove the second protector cap).

I inject Monday morning because I wanted to start the week with a positive step. But I'm going to move it to Sunday evening because I'm finding I feel quite good on a Monday and I want to shift that feeling to the weekend. For me, I think it kicks in more Tuesday/Wednesday.

But people report different timescales for it to kick in for them. So it's a case of just do it and see. You can easily shift it half a day here or there if you want.

i do mine on sunday mornings... i weigh on saturday.. allow myself the rest of the day off, inject sunday morning and start the week calorie counting

Hi all, hope you don’t mind me joining in. I’m feeling quite down about this at the moment as I’m feeling no effect whatsoever of the Wegovy. Due my 4th injection at 0.25 this week. I saw someone upthread say that some people don’t feel an effect until 2.4?! I can’t afford to spend £1000 before it works! And what if it just doesn’t? Has anyone had similar and felt it starting to work after the first month? I’m swithering as to whether it’s even worth continuing for another month or putting the money into the gastric surgery savings pot instead - this was my last resort.

I didn't feel much appetite suppression in my first week of 0.25 but I have in weeks 2, 3 and 4. Week one took more willpower but because I REALLY want to lose the weight, I just kept reminding myself why I wanted to stick to it. I'm due to start 0.5 this week, although Pharmacy2U have got supply issues so it won't arrive in time for my injection day on Saturday.

Hi, please may I join? I've got my first injection and I'm wondering when to take it... either the night before the I have to do nursery & school drop off, or the following evening when DH does the drop off the next morning? I'm not sure how quickly the side effects kick in if I'm going to suffer them. Don't really want to end up with the runs or vomiting while I'm doing the kids!!

@Cuzco I would take the following evening so you don't have to worry about the drop off the next morning.

There's a good chance you'll be fine to inject the first night. It's a small dose, lots of people only have mild if any side effects, and they might not come on for a couple of days. But there's no telling how your body will react.

So, based on that, I would go with the following evening, just to put your mind at rest.

My personal experience is, I started on 0.25 on a Monday morning and found my tummy a bit uncomfortable on the Tuesday, which was also the night I didn't sleep so well.

@OurfriendsintheNE i upped to 0.5mg on week 3 for this reason. Totally different and actually making me forget about food

1st week -4.5lbs
2nd week -3lbs

i’m so pleased!

@OurfriendsintheNE hang in there 🤗 hope you get the same boost from the next dose up as OP X

Hi all

im reading with interest.
I started Wegovy 0.25mg on Jan 12th 2024

took starting dose on a Friday night in case of negative symptoms, taking 4th and final 0.25 tomorrow.

42yo
5’6”
SW 15st 3lb (actually cried, was 14.4 full term preg)
CW 14st 5lb

Amazed at a 12lb weight loss!

I always loved a glass of wine, now tastes rubbish and has no effect (nor any alcohol) and my appetite is reduced for snacking and big portions.

Side effects are mostly tiredness and a bit headachey at times, no nausea and morning ibs has stopped constipation…

Good luck to everybody on here, I’ll keep updating 😊

Q- what’s the protocol for ordering the next pen? I took my 3rd dose of 0.25 last night. Slightly concerned about stock levels etc.

welcome @Achieveanything great results so far!