Continuing Wegovy - thread 3

[AhBiscuits]

Old thread
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight_loss_chat/4985875-continuing-wegovy-thread-2?page=40&reply=133953193

Let's keep up the good work into a new thread. A few of us are approaching our goal now. 😊🎉

Is your maintenance really that though? Mine is honestly more like 1600. To lose even slowly I have to cut it back to 1200.

Every BMR calculator I've tried says it is either 2200 or 2300, and that's with setting my activity as 'light' whereas it's possibly a bit higher as I started strength training a while back.

Ignore the calculators and track everything you eat for a week and see whether you gain or lose.

Mine says 1900 on light and I wouldn't maintain on that.

I just read this book. It was very interesting and gave a good balanced account of risks and benefits. I'm still comfortable in my decision to take it. There's quite a lot about what's causing our obesity crisis. I feel inspired to further improve my diet as much as possible.

i don't have MS but I have lots of physical issues. I've been really settled on .25, just a bit of indigestion. It tipped me from needing to snack to making sure I just have a calorie dense snack. Track everything you eat for a week, that's a good system
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Oh and my starting weight was 80.6kg with a BMR of around 1800. I'm in my 4th week and have lost 5kg in total

I've been stuck going up and down the same lb for 9 days now. It's driving me mad. I'm hoping it's because my period is (over)due and this is my usual pmt weight gain. Clutching at straws...

@PinkCaro forgot to mention that I am a fellow hEDS sufferer. I'm always tired but no other side effects so far

Yeah, the Wegovy side effects blend in with the hEDS and POTS 😂

Finally down! Dropped 1.2lb overnight.

How is everyone doing with alcohol? I had three small glasses of wine last night while chatting with friends and can't really cope with more than two just now.

Alcohol is no longer friend. I can handle one drink, maybe two over a very long period. I just don't want it.

I've reduced my dose to 0.5 this week and will then do 3 weeks of 0.25 before stopping. I haven't noticed much difference yet, my appetite is still suppressed, the scales are still going down. I'm focusing a lot on increasing the amount of plants I eat and staying away from UPF as much as possible.

All of a sudden I feel quite slim and like every lb off is a noticeable difference. I've got 6.6lbs to go to my official goal and I had thought I'd lose a bit extra, as it's still top of healthy BMI. But I feel like it will probably be enough.

Thanks for keeping on posting and inspiring us to keep going. I have a stone to go to my pre-covid lightest weight and then I'll maybe try for another 7lb.

@AhBiscuits i cannot WAIT to be in your position! Massive well done to you.

I took my first 0.5mg last night. Don’t feel ill today but do feel utterly exhausted. So glad it’s a holiday Monday today, don’t think I’d manage to be at work.

The exhaustion is awful, it was my worst side effect.

New side effect!! Daughter is eating mango sorbet which she says is delicious, I just tasted some and it tastes like mackerel! WTF?!

Hi would anyone be kind enough to send me the Wegovy click chart please . I have seen it on here before and now can’t find it .
also would someone be good enough to send me a link for the amozon needles as want to do a half dose . Will need extra needles thanks

You can just scroll this thread, the charts were posted mid-April.

The needs you need are insulin needles, 4mm. Amazon has some for an inflated price now everyone is doing this, otherwise try where ever you get your pens from.

For which pen? There's a different one for each pen.

Bit of nausea and a dodgy tummy this morning. Lowering the doses isn't making any difference at all side effectswise. Maybe I have a bit more energy.

@nowandnever I'm assuming your starting weight is high if you're talking about losing 7 stone so your maintenance calories could well be 2300. However if you lose weight that maintenance will go down regardless of whether it's by appetite suppression or not - a smaller body needs less to keep going. You mention strength training; aiming to keep protein high is advisable to help with retaining muscle though some muscle loss is inevitable if you're losing weight quickly. But the exercise and eating habits will put you in good stead for the long run, to avoid regaining if/when you stop the treatment.

Well done to all losing.

I was having a good week, I'd been down half a kilo and was tired but the burps had calmed and the food noise was low.
But was up a kilo this morning. So went ahead and jabbed the full 1 in rather than going part way as I'd planned. Holding the pen in for that much longer has given me a painful injection site.
Hoping for a better week on the scales.

I go on holiday next month and wanted to be a little lower than I am for that.

Sometimes weight goes up before it drops. I was stalled for 9 days - going up and down a lb- then dropped 2lb.

This is useful to bear in mind but hard to remember when you are driven mad by the scale going up and down.

Click charts on page 11 of this chat. I went looking x