Anybody just starting Wegovy?

[blondebombsite13]

Hi all, been reading some threads with interest but wondering if there’s anybody on Wegovy that would like to share progress? Or any stories / tips etc from people further along.

About me, I am 44 and just not losing the excess weight like I used to and so have finally taken the plunge and started on Wegovy.

I guess I chose Wegovy due to the proposed price increases of Mounjaro, also, I thought Wegovy might be a bit more slow and steady as I only want to lose a few stone. Although I could be wrong about that, but we’ll see.

I have ordered through Juniper and they sent me a set of scales which pair to the app so I don’t need to manually record my weight, it does it for me.

I’m not sure how accurate the scales are though so I will also probably keep an eye on my own scales.

I had thought my starting weight was 12 stone 7 but I weighed on Juniper scales just now and it says 12 stone 10. I think for the purposes of tracking and discussion here I’ll just use 12 stone 10.

This is almost the biggest I have ever been. Following the birth of my third child I was 13 stone and I managed to get down to 11 and a half, but despite my efforts, I’m now back up at 12 stone 10.

I took first jab this evening, seemed straightforward. Don’t feel any different yet. I could eat, but not starving, going to try not to have anything this evening although I think that will probably require sheer will power as probably too soon for the jab to have any effect.

So,
Starting weight: 12 stone 10
Current weight: 12 stone 10
Waist: 30.5 inches
Target weight: 10 stone 9

I've decided I'm going to finish this 0.5 pen (I have 3 injections left) I think I may space them out a bit more to every 8-9 days. I've changed my next pen back to 0.25 and I'm going to wean myself off it slowly.

I've felt rotten today, very low level nausea but just generally yuck. I've lost another pound this morning so I have 13lb left to lose. I'm hoping I can get as close as I can to that.

I go on holiday at the end of April which is just over 11 weeks away and I don't want to be feeling like this on holiday.

No way I want to go up to 1mg. 🤢

Hi all it’s been a while since I posted. I’ve not lost anything more since Christmas, still 11.8. I’ve not really been trying very hard either and I need to get myself sorted out! I’m considering going up to 1mg in a month just for a month to kick start the loss again but I’m not sure if it’s a good idea? I don’t want to go up really as I worry I will struggle coming back down!

Hi @MincedMalbec

I can relate.

I did 3 pens of 0.5 and was getting impatient so I went up to one pen of 1ml, and then back down to 0.5, where I currently am.

I do feel I was a little bit hasty in going up to 1. I think I was just being impatient.

I wouldn’t say I regret doing it, but I feel like coming back down to 0.5 has me plateauing more now than I was before I tried the 1ml.

However, like you, I must admit I am not trying very hard. I have got complacent. And that’s just not going to cut it when the time comes to give up the jabs. I never planned for this to be a long term thing, I planned to overhaul my habits.

I feel like I’m eating more or less normally now. I have an appetite, I have cravings, although they are possibly not as strong.

However, there is also the possibility that my weight loss has stalled because I’ve reached a natural plateau.

I am still carrying a bit of extra weight. I still have a saddle bags on hips and a tummy. BUT, I do think I am lighter than I was before kids. Lighter than I’ve been for years. So I suspect I’m just not really built
to be any lighter. Or, if I did lose more weight, I’d find it impossible to maintain.

I don’t think there is really a right or wrong answer. You just have to do what feels right.

Remind me how must you have lost / still have to go @MincedMalbec?

Yeah totally agree. You speak great wisdom @blondebombsite13 😆 and I do appreciate it! I started at 12.9 and now at 11.8/9. If I could get to 11 and then drop back down to 0.5 and maintain I’d be happy so might be worth a try. Tbh losing a stone has made me feel really slim but the excitement has worn off and I know I’m still a bit too big. My phase of ‘yeah man I look good’ was 10.3. I don’t really expect to get there as it was not a normal lifestyle for me, it was the year of divorce and death (partying more, moving more, not eating enough!) so I know that was probably more stress related really. If you had your time again would you go up to 1 still?

@MincedMalbecI know exactly what you mean.

I get the “excitement” and then it wears off and I want to lose more.

The thing is, 6 months ago, i would never have thought it would be possible for me to lose 2 stone. The fact I’ve done it is huge. I’ve tried for years and barely lost anything.

So I am VERY grateful to have lost it.

The excitement wearing off and wanting to lose more….I am starting to see how people fall prey to eating disorders. It is very hard to see yourself clearly. I’ve realised lately how much denial I was in about how big I was. And I can see how that can work both ways. It really is incredibly difficult to see yourself clearly and view yourself objectively.

I met a friend last Friday night. She is beautiful. Very tall (maybe 5 ft 8, 5 ft 9), wavy dirty blonde hair, wide shoulders, statuesque. Hips and boobs. But also a waist. She looked incredible. Dressed casually in boots, jeans and jumper. She is not fat. She looks strong and healthy. But she wasn’t stick thin. I’m guessing her jeans would have been a 14 or possibly even a 16.

I’ve been so hung up over the years because of clothing sizes. At the moment, despite losing 2 stone, I haven’t gone down a jean size. And looking at her made me realise that it really doesn’t matter. Everyone’s bodies are so different and the number on clothes doesn’t matter.

Like you, I think 10.3 would be great for me….but I don’t know if it would be either achievable or sustainable for me.

I think I need to just try and get back into healthier eating and go to the gym more and tone up.

As for do I regret going up to 1ml. I don’t think so. I feel fairly neutral about it.

Possibly I would have held off a bit longer to see if the scales started moving on the 0.5.

its very easy to see the weight loss as “stalling” or “plateauing” when in reality you are just being a bit impatient.

I could go back up 1ml again now, but I don’t think I will. I need to just make better choices.

If you are saying yourself you are not trying very hard, I would be tempted to hold off on the 1ml for now. So a shopping list, get some healthy food in, and give it a good go on 0.5 for now.

Thanks @blondebombsite13 i think you’re right as usual. I need to try harder first. And we all just need to be pleased we’re trying and winning. I’m surprised you haven’t gone down a jeans size with your weight loss and not that it matters but have you actually tried on smaller sizes? Also comparison is pointless isn’t it? There will always be someone ‘looking better’ and seemingly doing it right but fuck that really. It’s about how we feel and how you feel changes everything about how you think you look. I hope you certainly feel better and I’m sure you know you’ve done brilliantly (and helped the rest of us here on this thread!)

@MincedMalbecI absolutely feel better, and I know I look so much better.

I’m curious to see how I look in photos now, whereas before I would be cringing out of shot.

Sadly, I have noticed people (men) paying a bit more attention to me now. Men at work holding doors open etc. Fickle creatures.

As regarsds the jeans size…possibly. Whereas I was bulging out of them before, they then fitted comfortably, but they probably are getting quite loose now.

i actually did buy a pair of smart black trousers for a work event a few weeks ago about. I bought the size down and didn’t think much of it. Wore them to the work events and they were just about cutting me in half

But I think that just reinforces that fact that shops sizing is all over the place, and varies wildly between shops. For that reason I keep reminding myself not to get hung up on the sizes on clothes.

Good luck with trying to get your loss kickstarted a bit. I’m going to try and do the same as I have massively plateaued.

I went to Amsterdam over the weekend for my birthday, I held off taking my second 0.5 injection until Sunday. I still had mild nausea and heartburn all weekend. If I ate too much I was in agony all night.

I took my second injection Sunday afternoon and again constant, mild nausea. I've drastically reduced my portion sizes now and that seems to be helping with the fullness feeling which is very uncomfortable and disturbs my sleep.

Ive now lost 11.9lb in 5 weeks which is pretty amazing. I've said it before though but I don't like how it makes me feel, the nausea, mild constipation etc so my next pen (which I've changed back down to 0.25) will be my last.

I have 12lb to go to get to my preferred target weight of 11 stone, if I don't get to it on Wegovy it's not a big deal. Wegovy has kickstarted this weight loss and I'm really pleased about that but from the end of March I'm on my own. I just could never stay on this forever.

Last year it took me 5 months to lose 10lb and I was so frustrated. Hopefully I can maintain and keep the weight off myself now,

Well done @BG2015

that’s a fantastic result.

I don’t want to encourage you to stay on it, and I think it’s great that you have been given such a good kickstart to go it alone…..I just want to say that you are probably at a point now where the side effects will wear off. I could be wrong of course and don’t want to tell you to stay on it if it’s the wrong thing for you, but remember the initial 0.25 pen (so the fist 4 weeks) is really just about getting your body used to the medication.

Either way though, you’ve done brilliantly. Great result.

Thanks @blondebombsite13 I only have just under 2 stone to lose. My relationship with food is pretty good and I exercise every week. My issue has never really been the food noises etc and in the past I've lost weight quite easily through calorie control.

My issue has been failing to lose weight post menopause, it has just been so slow that I needed a kick start.

@BG2015thats fair enough then, sounds like a quick exit might be ok for you then. Well done 👏

I’ve lost 2 stone as think that might be enough for me as well.

im nervous about coming off it though and dont think im ready yet. Food noise is a problem for me and i dont like exercise (although i am doing it).

but i will need an exit strategy soon….will maybe give it another month and see where I am.

Hi all,
i mentioned a while back about pen recycling - I’ve just received my box in the post.

You can send your Wegovy pens off to be recycled. They do not need to go in a sharps bin. Only the needles need to go in the sharps bin.
So one sharps bin should last ages as the needles are tiny.
It’s called Pen Cycle, photos attached. They get sent back to Novo Nordisk so there may well be similar for Mounjaro but I’m not sure what it is.
If you google Pen Cycle and put in your address they will send you boxes.
I’ve just put my 6 pens (that I managed to very carefully remove from sharps bin) in the box and there’s still space for more.

@blondebombsite13 thanks for this, I've ordered a recycling bag although I'll only have 3 pens to recycle.

I took my third 0.5 dose on Saturday afternoon and have felt so awful since. I'd read somewhere that the third 0.5 dose saw people finally feeling better with less pronounced side affects.

Last night Sunday I felt absolutely terrible and hardly slept. How I wasn't sick I don't know. Horrendous heartburn, burping all night. I had to sit propped up in bed otherwise the pain was awful. I got up this morning and squirted the final 0.5 down the sink. No way I'm putting myself through that again.

I've got a 0.25 pen coming so I will wean myself off the injections doing that.

I've lost 12.9lb and according to Chatgp my body obviously responds well to the drug hence the good weight loss and the strong side affects when going up a dose.

I've spent weeks feeling dreadful, I look terrible and although I'm approaching a stone weight loss I just don't feel it's worth it when I feel so crap.

Apparently the drug stays in your system for quite a few weeks after you stop so my weight loss Will hopefully continue with sensible eating.

Anyone thinking of going up a dose I would hold off - particularly if your weight loss remains good. Don't rush it.

Sorry I haven't read the full thread, I was looking for a wegovy thread and your comment side tracked me.
I also haven't told ANYONE. plenty others doing this too. There's so much judgment I don't need, DH will always think I "cheated", blah blah so I'm keeping it secret. I was also fretting about hiding it in the fridge.
Anyway - the important bit:

Once opened, it doesn't need to be kept in the fridge - it can be at room temperature for up to 30 days. It'll say this in the instructions too.

Mine was delivered and I kept it in the cool packaging until I was ready to inject (the same evening) then it's been hidden in with all my period stuff in the bathroom drawer. Plenty on other threads have got it delivered to a pharmacy (who keep it refrigerated until you collect it) then jab in the car and throw away the packaging! Hope that helps!

I came on the thread though, to see if anyone has stuck with the starting dose for another month instead of moving up to the next dose? I've just done my 4th wegovy jab today and need to decide in the next few days. I'm leaning towards staying on 0.25 basically because I'm scared of side effects. What have people's experiences been when moving up a dose? We're side effects better or worse than the first ever injection? I'd be so grateful for some insight from people further along than me!

@Myeyeisnotokay read my post below.

If you're losing don't go up a dose.

@Myeyeisnotokayhi 👋

I did one pen of 0.25, then I stuck at 0.5 as it was working for me. I think I did 3 pens of 0.5.

I then got impatient and used 1mg for one pen, to get things moving again, then back to 0.5.

I feel that since moving back down to 0.5, things have really stalled for me. I think I shouldn’t have gone up to 1, because coming back down hasn’t worked for me.

so it’s not from a side effects point of view, that’s all been fine really.

im now back on 0.5 and whilst I don’t really have any side effects, I also don’t feel any suppression. I just feel normal and bad habits are creeping back in.

Can I join you? I’ve enjoyed reading through the thread, Started today never tried it before, I went for wegovy starting on the 0.25mg and will work up to 1mg if I need it.
Wasnt expecting to start today as I only ordered yesterday but it came at lunchtime so thought just do it, felt hungry earlier then by dinner time, I think it’s working already as I didn’t feel hungry, had lasagna which probably wasn’t the best choice, shopping tomorrow for some healthier options.

Forgot to say I’m 14st 13 and would like to lose 4 stone although I’d just be glad to lose 2 to start with

Hi all, how is everybody getting on?

Things have been very static for me for a while.

No movement on the scale, not feeling anything from the meds (0.5 Wegovy), appetite seems normal / quite high.

Also wasn’t feeling particularly “slim”.

As I’ve commented on before, your body, shape, weight and appearance and how you view yourself is so complex.

I have lost 2 stone, and I think there was a period at the start where nobody noticed any difference and neither did I….then around the start of January people started noticing / commenting, I could see a difference, and I felt good.

That seems to have worn off a bit now.

I am still so, so happy to have lost this weight…but I still just see a lot of flaws in the mirror. A lot of fat.

I think the crux of it is that when I was really big, I was in denial. And in my head, I looked the way I look now. So there’s a part of my brain that doesn’t see the massive improvement. There’s a part of my brain that says “this is how you always looked, there’s no difference”.

I think I’m also struggling with ageing. It’s hard to come to terms with the fact that I am now down at 10 stone 7, which I was when I was late 20s (I think).

But 10 stone 7 at 29 and 10 stone 7 at 45 look very different.

The arms and apron tummy aren’t going to be fixed by weight loss alone.

Anyway, that’s the negatives.

The positives are that I am starting to see the slightest bit of movement on the scales again. Having got down to 10 stone6.6 well over a month ago, I have been back up hovering at 10.7 and 10.8 for a loooong time time.

Yesterday the scales went back down to 10.6.6 and this morning they fluttered around 10.5 (!!!) before then settling back at 10.6.6.

Friend has got a new dog who is much more energetic than mine so got a big dog walk planned for today and going to make a concerted effort to eat better.

I had some trousers I bought just before starting Wegovy. I slimmed into them nicely and can remember husband commenting I looked good.

I wore them yesterday and didn’t look or feel good in them at all. But think it’s becuase they were just too big and hanging off. But I felt rubbish all day because I was aware I really didn’t look good, despite looking quite good in them when I was a bit bigger.

Strange, isn’t it?

As always, it’s a journey and still a learning curve, and I am still getting a bit of a buzz out of not constantly feeling horribly fat and unattractive and cringing when meeting someone I hadn’t seen for a few years. Just need to remember that and try not to keep wanting “more more more”.

Happy weekend all!!

@smallsilvercloud Sorry, missed your post.

welcome!

how are you getting on? Xxxx

Also, forgot to add my latest charts, here they are.

Morning! I’m in a similar place, still on 0.5 and still not lost any more so sitting at a stone lighter at 11.7. It’s helping more during the day and it’s keeping me at a good maintenance for now. I think perhaps in a month I’ll do a month at 1 and then go straight back to 0.5.

I agree about despite losing some and initially feeling good I still look fat and need to not get complacent.

On the positive though, I’ve not done what I see some do and lose weight far too fast. This needs to be something that leads to not regaining.

Also…we should all give ourselves a bloody break when we critique the mirror too!!

Hi all! What are people doing to maintain? I want to stay on the jabs as I like the lack of food noise. Started on 1/4/25, and I’m now at target weight of 15stone, I didn’t want to get too skinny as I’m 6ft tall, don’t want loads of loose skin either. I may lose another half a stone as a buffer, but I’m really happy where I am now. Currently on 1.7. Shall I stay on 1.7 and space out the doses, or drop drown?

@MincedMalbecthink carefully before going up a dose.

I think I was impatient going up to 1ml. I did one pen of 1ml, then back down to 0.5 and when I went back down to 0.5 I felt things stalled quite a lot. I wonder if I would have been better trusting the process on 0.5.

But I guess I’ll never know.

I just put some photos and my weight into ChatGPT. I do take it all with a massive pinch of salt because I know ChatGPT is very flattering, but it said I possibly won’t lose much more on the scale, but building muscle will make my shape much better.

Im not sure how I feel about that because as a working, perimenopausal, exhausted mum, strength training just isn’t really something I have the time for. But I might need to try it.

But yes, you are absolutely right, we need to be less critical about what we see in the mirror!!!

@Twodogsisbetterthanonewell done!!!

tnats great you are happy with your current weight, and I know exactly what you mean about wanting a buffer.

It’s horrible how quickly half a stone can just sneak on so i absolutely want a buffer too!

as regards your dose, I don’t know. I’m not really far enough into maintaining to offer any advice on that.

sounds like you are getting good suppression on 1.7.

the highest I went was 1 (for one pen) ans when I dropped back to 0.5 i definitely did struggle with cravings (which I still am).

But other than that I can’t really comment.

wherre do you get your meds from? Can they offer any advice?