OK. This injection is crazy

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First injection on Friday.

I am a massive compulsive eater. It's not hunger. I can feel like I'm going to be sick I'm so full and I will still try and add another biscuit.

It gone. I just...I don't know... it's just gone. The desire. The compulsion. The constant thoughts about what I will eat, what's in the fridge, where am I going today and what food outlets are near there?

It's 1.30 and I've not eaten anything.

I've just put my shopping away and usually I would HONESTLY eat so much. Put away the crisps and eat a packet. Put away thw kids brioche, eat one. New meat, make a sandwich. A yogurt etc

I didn't touch a thing.

What is this sorcery???

My starter dose of 0.25mg of Wegovy hit me like a ton of bricks within a day of my first injection. I lost 2-3 pounds per week for the four weeks I was on that dosage, and if the Reddit Wegovy forum is to be believed, that's not uncommon. One reason you have to keep upping the dose is because your body thinks you're starving and other mechanisms kick in to get you to eat.

How quickly does Wegovy work?

How long does it take for Wegovy to work?

Wegovy starts working right away, reaching its maximum effect in the body within one to three days. However, because Wegovy is started at a lower dose and slowly increased, it takes some time to get to the maintenance dose of Wegovy, which is 1.7 or 2.4 mg per week.

A child who is fed - even if that's exclusively from brioche and crisps - is healthier than a child who is starving to death. That's the alternative when it comes to ARFID so the concept of 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' foods really doesn't apply. Those labels are luxuries for people who have choice over what they eat. If it's a case of 'food' or 'no food' then food is the healthy option, whatever that food is.

That entirely depends on the person and their motivation and intention

Now that the initial sorcery of food noise /compulsion/ lack of appetite has gone....I do enjoy food still but it's just that. Enjoyment and no more. I'm not obsessed with it.
I'm mid point in my cycle and usually as this time I'd be a ravenous binge eating mess. I've had a handful of fizzy sweets and left it at that, despite being at home all day. I've had a normal size tea. Not gone to nibble or have a few extra bites.

I'm moving up to 5mg to see if I can get that suppression feeling back again to make a bigger dent in my weight loss as I'm averaging 1.5-2lbs per week atm.

No it doesn't. Not one case or thyroid cancer in humans. Not heard of kidney damage either.

This is the injectable weight loss board so how about you skip back to your eat less and move more board with the rest of the trolls.

Yes very effective. Mounjaro helps with inflammation. Hashimoto causes inflammation so mj helps with this.

I have an under active thyroid / hashimoto and it's helped for sure. I've lost over 5st and feel a lot better.

I think it kind of dulls the enjoyment. Pre MJ I guess you'd feel pleasure when eating choc /junk food etc. When on MJ the food tastes the same, but the pleasure /rush you felt went eating these foods have gone. So they don't hit the same way.

I still get the same enjoyment from food, I just can’t eat as much of it. In some ways I think im enjoying food more, because I know I can just have a few mouthfuls and feel satisfied.

That's down to each individual person. If you put in effort to change your eating habits, get into a good routine with calorie counting, meal planning, go to gym etc, then you are more likely to be successful if you decide to come off the medication. If you don't put steps in to change your ways you might struggle if coming off the meds.

MJ you don't have to come off of and can stay on for maintenance. Some people find success by going back down the doses slowly.

Wegovy isn't as good as Mounjaro. Most people report instant supression when on MJ. I suggest you give that a go.

There is a small percentage of people that MJ doesn't work for so that is possible, but hopefully MJ will work for you as it does for most people.

Unfortunately it's something that happens with weight loss. I avoided it for about 6 months but it's starting now. Not sure it's avoidable but make sure you are eating protein as that helps.

This doesn't make sense. Why would a diabetic person taking it be less likely to have long terms effects than someone that started on them without diabetes.

You may think the posters reply was aggressive, but it is pretty tiring seeing the same judgement from people time and time again. The people on MJ have done their research, they know the benefits and the side effects. They know the heresy arguements and the facts. It is frustrating when people that haven't done any research parrot something they have heard.

Also frustrating that once again a discussion about weight loss drugs has been hijacked by people wanting to slate these drugs. If the op had started a topic about heart pressure meds, or depression meds or aspirin, most of the judgy people wouldn't be coming on the thread to pass on their nuggets of wisdom.

That's interesting about the America woman. I'll look her up. I follow someone on tiktok who had fibromyalgia and hashi and her fibromyalgia is in remission and her hashi has improved massively. Chaz I think her name is. I will follow the person mentioned 😊

She is very American

😂

I always thought it was binary - you either were an American or you weren't.

@MissConductUS - I missed a word out! Very American focused is what I meant to say! (And aren’t most Americans a mix of various heritages? 😀)

We are quite a variety of heritages, but we are all Americans. The cultural difference tend to disappear in the second generation.

@MissConductUS - I know. I was joking. 😀