Wegovy not working for me - everything tastes viel! Need some hard advice!

[wliqueryreallife]

I'm on 1mg Wegovy. Started first week of November and this week was my last dose of 1mg, so I've been on it 3 months.

For context I'm currently 15st 5lbs. Highest weight a year ago was 17st. Lost a stone and a half myself and then really struggled to get any lower. Lost another 4lbs with Wegovy. I'm currently a size 18 and at 5'9 ideally I'd like to get down to about 12st 7lbs as I'm a size 12-14 at this size and look proportional. I haven't been this size since pre children (10 years ago).

But I feel constantly nauseous. I feel very much like I did in early pregnancy where I don't want to eat but until I do, I just gag constantly. The only food that doesn't make me feel sick is chocolate, crisps (which I don't even like normally!) or things like cookies and biscuits. Most savoury foods make me feel sick, especially vegetables and plain meat. I made a chicken salad the other night and threw it back up after eating it.

I've only lost 4lbs in 12 weeks on Wegovy, which feels like an absolute waste of £250 to be honest. Usually over the Christmas season I would gain around half a stone, so I suppose that's a positive. I also completely know it's my fault, I'm eating the wrong things, not exercising enough, but I just feel so sick!

I feel like even though I've technically lost a bit of weight, I've stopped exercising as I feel sick if I even bend over, have no energy, and constantly feel dizzy and nauseous. I barely eat any fruit or veg as it makes me feel nauseous and am living off chocolate and plain foods with zero nutrition like rice cakes. I really am trying to eat better and have even bought some lean high protein meals from a meal prep service this week, but they just taste sloppy and I'm retching even smelling them.
Previously I had a healthy diet in that I ate loads of veg, lean meat, wholegrains etc. just too much of it, poor portion control, and then too many takeaways and snacks on the side. Probably what I've lost is all muscle. It just doesn't feel worth it.

Did anyone else get to this point and feel like it just doesn't work for you? Should I persevere another few months? Change to mounjaro?

I feel like it works so well for everyone else.

Sounds awful. Id never carry on with injections if i felt like that.

I think if you choose to persevere, then addressing the constant nausea so that you can eat healthily and exercise would be the priority. So if you haven't already, try anti-nausea medication, ginger tea, peppermint tea, maybe pepto-bismol. Try and eat as healthily as you can within what appeals, and take multivitamins. If you can't get the nausea under control soon then I would not continue with Wegovy.

Or, you could choose to swap to Mounjaro and see how you get on. It is supposed to have fewer side effects, on average, than Wegovy so you may find it suits you better. It is more expensive unfortunately.

Try changing to mounjaro. It has less side effects so you may not get the nausea with that.
I've had some mild nausea on and off but nothing off putting.
It's quite important though not to give in to the idea of eating 'beige' food. I know how that can seem the only thing you want when nauseous but it actually doesn't help at all and can make the nausea worse.
Try to find reasonably healthy choices that you can cope with. Little and often eating can also help.

I got all those side effects with Mounjaro too. But I did lose weight quickly. Mainly because I was too nauseous to eat!

Try thiswww.willpowders.com/

Edit it's the ginger glp support not sure the link copied properly

How were you on the lower doses of Wegovy?

I would either try going back down the Wegovy doses to minimise the side effects and see if you can work with a lower dose or, try Mounjaro which is a different GLP1 so worth a go.

The first month I didn't have any real reaction apart from some very mild nausea the day after injecting. It went up when I went to 0.5 and wasn't great but since being on 1 it's just horrendous.

Maybe I'll actually start losing weight on this dose because everything just makes me feel sick 😂 it's honestly exactly how I felt when I was pregnant all 3 times!