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. 😊🎉

Two days late but I've done my first half dose with the 1mg pen (37 clicks). Hopefully that will keep me in line over the weekend. I've not really lost anything so far this week but was away for 2 days so at least I've not gained.

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@UnicornAndSparkles
Awesome! Thank you.

I missed one period entirely when I first started Wegovy, but the next month it arrived bang on time.

Well done @AhBiscuits such an amazing loss, it must feel so good to be so close to your goal.

I'm going on holiday this weekend and was due to start a new pen Monday of this week but I decided to split the last dose in half instead as I don't fancy being on Wegovy while I'm away. I'd quite like to enjoy food and not be sick 😂 and when I get back in 2 weeks I'm going to start again on 0.25.

It's week 19 for me and I've lost 27lbs, 13lbs to go.

@boatgirl81 my periods have definitely been affected, for the better. The first month I assumed it was an anomaly but I'm now having my 5th completely pain free period after suffering horrendously with crippling cramps (Endometriosis) for the last two decades. No idea if it's the wegovy but its a pretty big coincidence.

Week 8 for me and I've lost 8lbs. I took my first 1mg dose on Thursday - and I'm completely shattered. Have been in bed most of today on and off - luckily I don't work on Fridays! From what I've read this is quite normal though.
I got the usual headache a few hours after my dose and did feel a bit queasy during the night on Thursday. I've hardly eaten anything today - just a banana and tinned peach smoothie and a coffee. I don't feel sick, just really don't feel like eating.
I'm amazed at all your losses - well
Done everyone! My loss has been slow in comparison but steady so even it takes me longer I feel I'm going in the right direction - and who knows maybe now I'm on 1mg I might catch up a bit.

@somedogsdo urgh, the tiredness is real. I'm a tired person anyway but 2024 has been one big early night. I'm looking forward to having a fortnight off to be honest.

Well done on your 8lb loss. Try not to compare to others because it's a very personal journey. I've felt my loss is slower than others but after 4 and a bit months I've lost nearly 2 stone and I can't believe it, and I feel and look so much better.

Hello everyone, I'd love to join in for the last stretch of my Saxenda/Wegovy weight loss journey. I started on Saxenda in May 2023 and then had to move to Wegovy in October 2023. It has been a long slog for me, but I have struggled to lose anything since I went through the menopause, so I'm delighted to have lost 3 stone in a year. I also have to bear in mind the amount of time I had to build up doses, twice!

SW 231.2lbs
CW 188.7lbs
GW 175 lbs
Lost 42.5
Just under a stone to go.

Congrats everyone on sticking with it and succeeding.
I’m just wondering about its effects on periods. Someone mentions it upthread I think.

I’ve been on wegovy for 5 months. Lost over 2 stone. I’m 49 but no peri symptoms (unless you count inability to lose weight), my periods are still regular as clockwork. That is except for these last two. One was a week late, the next a week early (still same average cycle length!) I thought to myself it must be the menopause but maybe it could actually be wegovy-related…..?

Well done @Tarragon123
You've done great. Well done for sticking with it.

Weigh in day for me and another pound off

SW - 220
CW - 176.5
GW - 160

43.5 pounds down, 16.5 pounds to go

Starting to feel a slog though. 1.7mg makes me sick and constipated but I can still eat the wrong foods easily. It makes me only want carbs/ salt so it's hard to manage a balanced diet

Out of date

I have had a pen in the fridge about a month. I used 2 weeks and needed a couple of weeks off. Do you think the remaining 2 weeks left in the pen would be ok to take?

Personally I would use it.
My current pen will have been on the go 7 weeks by the time I'm finished. I think officially 6 is the limit. I know people have used open pens for a lot longer than that.

Hi I've been on Wegovy since 16th March and am struggling with the tiredness!

I had a faulty pen so am still on .5mg. Has anyone just stuck to that and not increased to 1mg. I read an earlier post about doing 37 clicks to do half.

SW 11.3
CW 9.10
GW 8.12 (I am 5 foot and a tiny frame!)

I'm v happy with the weight loss having struggled for years

I've just found your super helpful table @AhBiscuits !

So I will go by that. I honestly don't think I can face the 1mg dose xx

I built up to 1mg, I think I did 2 weeks at 0.75.
I say it a lot, but there really is no need to move up if a dose is still working for you.

That's what I'm think @AhBiscuits
My appetite is very suppressed on 0.5mg, and whilst it's great losing weight I need to eat! Never thought I would hear myself say that 😂

I feel like this episode is going to be brutal 😅

Thank you, x

Really lightheaded today. Is that common? It could just be the sun yesterday.

@PrimalLass I often get lightheaded. But then again I seem to have had every side effect going! x

@PrimalLass - I discovered that my light headiness was actually low blood pressure. It is a known “side effect” of Wegovy. My blood pressure was always totally normal so at times the lowering of it isn’t great but I’ve worked out that as long as I stay really well hydrated it doesn’t seem to happen as often. I did also find the higher the dose the more I suffered which is one of the reasons I went back to 0.5 and am slowly titrating up towards 1.0 although the dose I took on Thursday which was 0.9 has seen me being light headed again so it looks like for the moment the right dose for me is 0.8

My bloody pressure has always been a bit on the low side so u guess that's it.

First dose of 1mg tonight, injected an hour ago and already have the usual headache. Early bed for me and hoping I don't wake feeling horrendous! I've wanted to quit the day after every other injection as felt so awful but hunger is coming back on 0.5 and I haven't lost a huge amount at all, maybe 10lb or so in 8 weeks . Tbh I haven't weighed in a while and am just trusting the process whist enjoying being able to eat smaller portions less often.