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 was taking fybrogel everyday for a month as nothing was moving without it. I haven't taken it in the last 6-8 weeks though and im doing fine without it. I think these things sometimes help to kick-start your body to adapt after a change in diet

Hi all. Another 1lb this week so that's 6lbs in 3 weeks. I will do my last jab tomorrow as I have a wedding today.

I'm not sure if I will go up a dose or try the same calorie intake as I've done the past 3 weeks and see if I can actually keep it going myself. Unsure 🤔.

morning all,

how is everybody doing?

I am on holiday in sunny Spain. Not actually too much of a fan of Spanish food so not too concerned about putting on weight this week.

Feeling a bit despondent though. Trying to keep my spirits up, as I know so much of what is going on is about expectations and how I look in my head vs how I actually look.

Basically, friends took some photos (and put them on social media ) and I just don’t look how I thought I looked. I still look huge. Well, big, maybe not huge.

But it just fills me with sadness about how awful I looked when I was two stone heavier.

I bought some new cloths for this holiday. Ordered them online. I was so pleased when they arrived because they fitted so easily and I was so happy.

but now that I am actually wearing them, yes, they fit, but they don’t look particularly good. I still look big. And they look a bit like pyjamas

Still, I’m so grateful for Wegovy, thank goodness I am 2 stone lighter than I was.

my body is just so soft. And I know it all comes down to exercise and strength training. I will just need to get back on it as soon as I am home, and really try and stick to it this time.

I feel frustrated that I’ve had a lifetime of bad habits. I know it’s entirely my own fault, but my mum didn’t teach me good nutrition growing up. I wasn’t bothered about my weight or my body all through my teens and 20s (only put on weight after I’d had kids) and just feel so sad about alll the years I spent putting junk in my body.

Young people these days are so clued up on nutrition and exercise and it’s just a world away from my life.

Anyway, how is everybody getting on?

Happy weekend all

Hi, it's so hard isn't it how we think we look vs how we actually look. I bet you look lovely @blondebombsite13. But I know exactly how you feel.

Well it's two weeks since I took my last injection. I've put half a pound on but did go away for long weekend over Easter and ate fish and chips and did drink some alcohol. I'm now trying to claw that half a pound back.

After losing the 18lb I felt so good and had to buy new jeans in a size 14 which are actually a bit loose. But like you @blondebombsite13 I still look in the mirror and think I could do with losing more weight. I'm still 5lb off the goal weight I set for myself and I know without the injections that 5lb could take months to get off.

But, I try to keep telling myself that I'm 57, I look bloody good for a 57 year old. I don't have loose skin, no stretch marks and DP says I look amazing.

We are going on holiday too in just under two weeks and I know I won't get to that goal weight now. I'm hoping to not put too much weight on whilst on holiday but still trying to remember it's all about balance. Life is for living and if I put a bit back on I'll have to work to get it off again.

Enjoy your holiday.

I can totally understand this.
The photo thing always knocks me down like a freight train every time I see a picture of myself.

Just remember how well you've done though and holiday clothes are always a bit different as we dont wear it in our usual day to day. I bet you look lovely!
Enjoy your holiday 🤎

I'm struggling a bit as dont seem to have lost anything for a few weeks. I knew it'd be slow as im still building up to the starting dose - 0.20 this week, but I feel like I've been so active the last week, plus not consuming that many calories - but the scales just refuse to budge. So frustrating and demoralising. And like you said I then see a picture of myself taken this week and just hate how i still look 😓
I know i need to get onto the proper doses now, im just so wary of all the side effects coming back again!

Have a lovely weekend all

I think there’s a reverse thing that some of us have. I know I do! I look better in my head and perhaps in that first and only look in the mirror of the day but when someone takes a photo or I catch myself in a reflection I realise I look much worse! I think it’s perhaps common to feel like that rather than the opposite. That said, it’s all just self judgement. It’s only us who sees such ‘bad’ in ourselves. How we actually look is much more than what we see. Don’t be disheartened by your own critic and focus on how far you’ve come and where you’re going. Focus on what you like and not what you don’t. That’s all I can come up with anyway!

Morning,

Reading all your replies with interest.

I feel similar to @MincedMalbec- I look pretty good in my head, a bit worse in the mirror, bloody awful in photos

I think a lot of my issue is that I was in denial about how big I was. I was almost 13 stone, but in my head, I was probably around 10/11 stone. Now I’ve reached 10 and a half stone and sometimes I feel great, but other times (particularly when I see photos) I feel like I’m looking at a “before” picture, and if I’ve lost 2 stone surely I should be around 9 stone now and looking great?

People do occasionally comment and say I’m looking “great”. But I’m not looking great. I’m looking overweight. I was obviously just so grossly overweight before that this is an improvement

Oh what a wake up call this has all been.

I am now doing a full 180 and considering going up the Wegovy doses. Realistically though, I don’t think I will. I know i need to exercise and tone and build muscle for health reasons (and cardio, need to get my heart pumping).

i used to think “I just need to lose weight, I don’t are about muscle or anything like that, just need to lose weight” but I realise now that’s not the case. There’s no point looking like a bag of bones covered with loose skin.

Also, as regards obsessing over numbers on the scale, there really is no point. A while back I had a very ill advised spicy meal at a new local restaurant. Something disagreed with me and I had horrendous diarhea. Anyway, the scales dropped quite substantially, but none of it was fat loss, it was all just water weight, and it quickly went back on.

Had more to say but have to dash for now!

Have a good day all

Hello Losers 😃 There's some great weight losses on here - very inspiring!

I'm four and a half weeks in with Wegovy, I haven't moved up from the starting dose of 0.25 as the side effects haven't improved much, and I got a bit scared to move up. I will see how the next 3 weeks pan out and increase if necessary.

I've lost 8lbs in total. Started at 11st 9lbs and have been stuck at 11st 1lb for a week an a half. I'm hoping to see 10 stone something on the scales soon!

@blondebombsite13 Movicol is the best in my experience. I've suffered constipation for decades and have Movicol on repeat prescription. The other, cheaper, versions just didn't work well for me. I don't know what I'd do without it. Not being able to go to the loo is so debilitating!

@MargotByup, movicol seems to be working for me. Really wish I’d tried it sooner.

movicol and kiwis 👍🏻

I don’t have it on prescription though, I just bought a box off Amazon and it wasn’t cheap. As you say though, constipation really is debilitating and I was damaging my pelvic floor….so no choice really.

A bit deflated today that after 13 weeks of consecutive losses, I managed to gain 0.6kg this week. Ive kind of taken my eye off the ball a bit lately choosing the less healthy option and lots more wine.
I have one more week of 0.5mg and a 1mg waiting in the fridge for next week. I had planned on sticking to 0.5mg by taking half doses, but I think ill see how I go with 0.75mg next week to get the ball rolling again.

Just read almost all your posts with Interest.
Congratulations on your weight loss and putting up with the small fluctuations. I know how much that makes me want to give up.
I am sure you looked lovely in Spain, and just imagine what next year could be like if you carry on.

My first pen is in the post

Hi all. I finished my first pen over a week ago and decided not to order another. Mostly due to finances. I lost 7lb over the 4 weeks. I have 5lbs to go.

I stuck to the same plan this week and without the injection I still lost 1lb. I was very hungry in the morning but afternoon wasn't too bad. This was an easy week as I had no socialising planned and was back at work so less temptation. I will see how this week goes. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

It doesn't sound like you had much to lose so hopefully going it alone will be relatively easy for you. Good luck with it

No I don't. I only have 12lbs to lose (now I was heavier before) but it's been there for five years. Tried everything and it's a 1lb off 1lb back on situation. Decided to try Wegovy to see if I could change my habits. I can see how it's life changing for people. It's so difficult to lose weight at this age (44).

Hi all, how is everybody doing?

So I’ve not seen any movement on the scales for quite a while. 3 or 4 months maybe.

I flutter about around 10 stone 6.5 - 10 stone 8.

Still on Wegovy 0.5mg.

I don’t feel much, or any, suppression. I eat normal meals. I’m never not hungry and skipping dinner like I did a few times when I first started Wegovy.

I feel “normal”, as in I have an appetite, I enjoy food. Cake etc still very much appeals, HOWEVER, for the most part I can resist it. Is this down to the Wegovy? I’m not sure.

juniper have now classed me as being in the “maintenance” phase. New pen has arrived and due to jab this evening.

im thinking about skipping it. Or at least drawing it out a few days, see how I feel, see if I feel any cravings / appetite come roaring back.

I am happy at this weight. I dont feel the need to lose more. But i desperately dont want to regain.

my body is not perfect. But it’s not thing that further weight loss can fix. I need to tone up. Particularly arms and stomach.

Further to the above, this shows how the numbers on the scale flutter around

Further to my previous post, I have just “discussed” my plan to wean off with ChatGPT.

it was quite pessimistic, actually, and warned against the hunger coming straight back.

Regardless, if I don’t want to stay on this forever, the only way to come off it is to reduce my dose by jabbing g every 10 days rather than 7.

(I guess moving back down to 0.25 would be an option, but I don’t feel as keen on this, and 0.25 is so low I don’t know if there’s much merit in tbis).

Anyway, that’s what I’m going to do, move to a 10 day cycle and see how I feel.

As regards the risks of the medication, it will reduce those, and the other consideration is cost.

Based on my very rough calculations, injecting every 7 days would cost me £2137 over 1 year. Stretching it out to 10 days reduces the cost to £1,496. And every 14 days would cut the cost in half to £1,068.

So I think that’s my plan. Inject every 10 days and see how I feel

@blondebombsite13 ,Hi I like you have kind of ‘plateaud’ . My weight has now hovered between 10 st 11 & 10st 13 ….for the last 6 weeks.( I want to lose another 12 lbs ideally ). I ve been on 1 mg for 4 pens.

I still haven’t reached that elusive 2 stones off ,and I’m still in the overweight category on the BMI charts . But I’ve been on 2 breaks away in that 6 weeks so have not been ‘trying as hard’ .
I have also found that I’m not as ‘suppressed’ .I am still eating much less calories and tracking everything, but it’s almost as if the medicine doesn’t work anymore.

Anyway I decided to up the dose ,and yesterday had my first 1.7 mg jab.

I don’t know if it’s psychological but the result has been almost instantaneous for me ! I’ve noticed ‘suppression ‘ and feeling full again today .
Ive also got the increase in side effects ,have felt quite nauseous today & constipated - whilst I don’t care much for the side effects,at least it seems that it must be working again . So I’m hopeful for a bigger loss again ,rather than
travelling up and down the same pound .

Good luck with your weaning off - please keep us posted with your progress.Your posts have been really helpful to me & Im sure others.

I'm currently on holiday in Tunisia in an all inclusive hotel. I've tried to eat reasonably sensibly but it's so hard when temptation is there. I've also drunk alcohol most days. We have walked every day for 30 minutes but my plan of swimming (my usual exercise 2-3 times a week at home) hasn't happened as the pools are Baltic.

Id lost 19lb when we came away and know I will have gained weight. But, we have HDL a really lovely time and I'm just hoping I can get it off once we are back and into our routine.

Id stopped taking WG 4 weeks before we left and I must admit I was glad to get back to feeling normal. Juniper have already emailed me tempting me back with an introductory £65 offer. I did think about it I must admit.

I will find out the damage on Saturday when I step on those scales.

Also, I bought two old bikinis that I didn’t try on before we left and they literally fell off me, luckily I’d got new ones. Also a couple of dresses were far, far looser than last year!

I figure I can’t gain 19lb in 2 weeks, it took over 3 months for me to lose it!

My very dear friend always reminds me that life (& holidays) are about balance!

I put 5lb on, which isn't too bad!

Hi everyone. I just took my first dose of wegovy 2 days ago. I have never tried this before. I am unsure if what I am feeling is due to wegovy, or the stress and heartbreak as I have just been broken up with again after an 8 year relationship. My appetite is zero, but again, not sure if this is just stress. I am encouraging myself to have meal replacement shakes to get some nourishment into my body. I have some headaches. Things are starting to smell really weird and different. I've lost 8lbs in a few days. I have a lot of weight to lose, and it's probably mostly water weight. Is anyone else's appetite just at absolute zero? I can't even face food at the moment. I'm just a bit all over the place, but will be happy to shed the weight

Hi all, it’s gone a bit quiet on this thread - how is everyone doing ? I’d be really interested to know how you are doing weaning off @blondebombsite13 if you don’t mind sharing ….
Also @BG2015 how are you doing now you’re back from your holiday and back to normal routine.
I upped my dose to 1.7 mg 4 weeks ago as had plateaued . Pleased to say I’m losing again and have lost the elusive 2 stones I was chasing.
Hope that you’re all doing well

Well that’s frustrating, I wrote a big post and it seems to have gone.

Will try again.

weihbt plateaud months ago, haven’t lost anything in a long time.

my own fault, I’ve got complacent.

im very frustrated with myself.

weaning off didn’t go well, I could feel myself getting very hungry.

Will try again in a while but I need to improve my diet rather than relying on the (very slight) supression to eat less