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Discuss weight-loss injections and treatments, including personal experiences. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any treatments.

Original poster

Absolutely gutted with wegovy, please someone tell me it gets better!!

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SereneGreyFox · 17/02/2025 16:33

Hi all, I have taken my 4th injection of wegovy this morning.

I haven't felt a single bit of difference , like others have claimed to experience. In fact I have been feeling ravenous since the day I started.

I weighed today & I have put on 6lbs , I'm devastated 🙁 I'm really not sure whether to continue this & move onto the next dose or not as at the moment I am feeling like this has all been a waste of time & money!! I would really appreciate some positive stories letting me know it does get better as I really am feeling so low and deflated today 😔

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Mrscharlieeeee · 17/02/2025 20:44

It didn't work for me either. I lost 7.5 stone and had 2 stone until goal so thought I'd give myself a bit of extra help. Honestly for me it did very little so I came off it. I was struggling to lose the last 2 stone and still am. I'm tempted to see if mounjaro works better but I've spent so much money already.

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SereneGreyFox · 17/02/2025 21:05

Mrscharlieeeee · 17/02/2025 20:44

It didn't work for me either. I lost 7.5 stone and had 2 stone until goal so thought I'd give myself a bit of extra help. Honestly for me it did very little so I came off it. I was struggling to lose the last 2 stone and still am. I'm tempted to see if mounjaro works better but I've spent so much money already.

Well done for losing that 7.5 stone though! 👏 that's an amazing achievement. Sorry to hear it did little for you also , however I am glad to hear I'm not the only one as I've read alot of success stories with wegovy. I am tempted to move to mounjaro also, but like you say we've spent money already & is another risk of something else not working

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SereneGreyFox · 17/02/2025 21:07

Iamthemoom · 17/02/2025 20:24

All Wegovy gave me was nasty side affects, minimal weight loss and I gained more than I lost after stopping at two months in. Mounjaro has been amazing. I've lost two stone, no significant side affects and feel great. Can you switch to MJ? It's way better.

Thank you for this. I think I'm going to swap over to Mounjaro

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Abeere · 29/05/2026 22:22

SereneGreyFox · 17/02/2025 18:57

@Queenofthejabs Yes I'm definitely calorie counting
I'm eating lean protein, lots of veg , complex carbs very limited and eating in a calorie deficit. Compared to what others have said , wegovy has not curbed my appetite I have felt starving . . Alot worse than before I was taking it! So basically to give a bit more of a background. I have lost 2 stone in the last 18 months doing it myself calorie deficit, upped exercise and educated myself I was feeling proud but still had some weight to lose . It's a journey for me. I understand what wegovy is for , it's a tool to assist... I understand all of this , I did alot of research before deciding to go on it.
However so far my experience of wegovy is this : hungrier , feeling not full at all, weight gain & I was doing so much better without it. I posted this to see if there's others that have experienced anything similar to myself & whether it is worth sticking it out and upping the dose.
I have decided I won't be as I haven't had one comment of someone experience something similar so I've come to the conclusion that it is just not for me and will not have the same affect on my body as it does on other people unfortunately 😌

Edited

Hi
i know you posted this a a year ago but I am just experiencing the SAME exact thing aa you. Since I started Wegovy, ive been starving and just want to eat 24/7 and the food noise increased significantly. As you said, i am well aware of how the injections work but, for me, they havent been effective at all! Im on week 3 of dose 0.5 after 4 weeks of dose 0.25

i feel discouraged and now wondering if I should just continue losing weight, like you, through just dieting without the Wegovy injection. Also I am wondering if another injection would perhaps work for me better, like Mounjaro.

would be great to hear about your journey since you posted this? X

Notsosweetcaroline · 30/05/2026 06:40

normally I’d respond and say you’re clearly not eating in a defecit to gain six pounds, and I do suspect there is some of that going on, you’re vastly underestimating your cals. But I would also suspect there is a portion of that which is water retention due to the heat.

personlly I’d switch to mounjaro it has more health benefits.

Notsosweetcaroline · 30/05/2026 06:41

Oh zombie thread!

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