Continuing Wegovy - thread 3

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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. 😊🎉

such a range of current experiences on different doses, that's really interesting. Im
fed up of not enjoying food properly. Moved up to 0.6 last week and I'm back to being physically hungry but not having the stomach for food (so I eat).

ive hit a round 2 stone this week - was 81kg, now 67.3 (aiming for between 60 and 64 for maintenance)

I buy from pharmacy 2 u who seem to be well priced, and they send me a % or £ discount each month.

What weight/BMI do places stop prescribing at?

Has anyone experienced itchiness on Wegovy? I'm really itchy and my cheeks are red and spotty. It happens a few hours after injection for a few days then goes away.

It's only a few weeks after being on 1.7mg

I'm supposed to move up to 2.4mg next week but I've messaged Boots to say about the itchiness and I don't know if I'll be allowed to continue with Wegovy.

If I was to use MJ instead I would need to wait a month after stopping Wegovy to get it out of my system. I am sad about the potential for weight gain or even stalling during those four weeks.

Just need to share that I now have a normal BMI! I've gone from 12st 13 to 9st 10 since November. Hoping to lose a bit more to get me closer to the middle of healthy BMI.

Wow, congratulations!!!

Such a great feeling isn't it @Mybestusername!

I've not updated on here for a while, when I used to post every day!

I've been on Weegovy for 10 months and am down 4.5 stone, from a size 20/22 to 12/14. Would like to loose another stone then in done I hope!

Well done everyone. I stalled weight wise and Wegovy wise in July. I've started a new pen today so hopefully will lose the stone I want to by Christmas.

76kg and size 12-14 (depending on the shop and the style)! Whoo! I'd like to get down to a 'proper' size 12 again as my next target.

Hi there, I'm new here and started on Wegovy two months ago. I've been going up very slowly because I was wary of side effects and only just on the second week of 1mg. I am absolutely exhausted and have been on and off since starting it. there is some weight loss but not much yet and I wouldn't expect it as I am only just on the higher dose. can anyone tell me if they've had a similar experience and is it worth staying on it? I'm desperate to not feel so tired all the time. but also absolutely desperate to lose weight.

If you've been on it 2 months are are on 1mg then it sounds like you've increased your dose as normal/ faster than normal, not really slowly?

Should have been 4 weeks at 0.25 then 4 weeks at 0.5 and just starting 1 now.

Regardless, I found the side effects (nausea and constipation for me) didn't settle till I got to the right dose and was consistent with it. I've been on 1.7-2 for about 6 months now as that dose works for me

Hi all, I'm very much at the 1mg plateau having lost 2 stone. I have been on 1mg for a couple of months though. Did anyone try going up to 1.25 or 1.5 mg instead of straight to 1.7mg? If so, did you have any success? The expense is becoming an issue, hence the staying at home-mg. I really want to lose the other two stone though. And does anyone know the cheapest place to buy the higher rise pens please? Thank you.

Hi everyone, this thread was brilliant for me during my wegovy process. I am currently not on it, having weaned myself off it over thr past few months. Have managed to maintain my 3 1/2 stone weight loss during that time. The food noise has come back though which I’m finding difficult to manage..

Are there any other users of a year plus still on this thread? How have you managed coming off it?

part of me is so glad to be finished with it, but another part wishes I could carry on at a small Maintenence dose to ditch the food noise!

Why have you decided not to go with a maintenance dose?

I'm not sure what I'll do. I'm currently at 5 stone loss (well, 1 more pound!) and would like to lose another 10 pounds yet. Have been on it's since Nov 23

Can I please join in ? I was an early ish starter on Ozempic, started in December 2022.
I have lost 4 stones bmi is 24 but I am now on 2.4 mgs of Wegovy and have stayed the same weight for months. I really should lose at least snoustone waist measurement is still
Huge.
My question is should I stop now if so how! Should I order a lower dose!
Should I just go cold Turkey!
Should I take a break and then try again with Montjaro?
Very scared of what might happen.
Anyone else in this situation!

hello i think this is the thread I need to be on? started wegovy 4 days ago , have lost a couple of pounds but wasn't really sure my starting weight - 91kg if i'm honest, now 90kg.

Only side effect was quite debilitating headaches.

Am very pleased with the effect - i feel energetic and healthy although convcentration is a little affected. I put that down to the fact that I'm not eating as much - it's one of the reason i've never been able to diet AT ALL - i cannot think straight. Eating less, i'm having brain fizz, but my body is not telling me food is the answer.

Anyone else get brain fizz?

Delighted to hear semaglutides lower inflammation.

Can't wait for my second dose. Can't wait to be slim, and also less worried about ageing.

I reduced it down then thought I’d be ok to go it alone. Clearly I’d forgotten just how powerful food noise is versus willpower..
I’ve tried today to get a 0.25 pen but computer says no! And I can’t even reply to the message to explain why I want it as they’ve disabled the messages. It’s like they haven’t looked back at my history to see how long I was on it nor asked why I’m requesting it again! It’s so shortsighted.

I honestly think if I could take 0.25 it would be enough to keep me on track. I lost most of my weight on 1.0 so never needed the higher dose pens.

im so frustrated!

It's so difficult isn't it. I find that it's very difficult to het advice from the online prescribers. Maybe it's stil
Fairly new to them as well.
My dread is I'll stop regain as I've always done in the past then have to start again.

I hope it's not difficult to obtain a maintenance dose. i thought medical advice was that's okay.

I am on W1D5 and am waiting for appetite to rebound but it hasn't yet. Out of a combo of weakness and lack of choice, I ate some packaged chocolate-hazelnut pancakes from Waitrose petrol station for lunch - terrible high GI food. It was the first thing I ate that day. Two and a half hours later, no hunger or sugar crash, as would normally happen. I feel like like I should eat something sensible to stave off the sugar crash but can't bring myself to eat.

Try berberine. It's not as good but still works for blood sugar control.

I've been jumping on and off the horse since July but I think I'm finally back on! Bolt mad me go back down a dose because I'd had too long a break but that's fine.

ah what does are you on? Why did you go on and off?

I've been having manically energetic highs that I think have to do with being in a prolonged calorie deficit. It's like fasting without the struggle. This has an impact on my mental wellbeing - I'm much more physically active and happy, but also a bit out of it.

Anyone else?

@almondmilk123 I had almost no side effects for 3 months but started a new pen and was really violently sick the night before I was due to fly and go to a wedding. I was then flying again a few days later. So I stopped and never really got started again.

I'm on 1.7 now.