Acceptable weekly losses

[Tammy214]

I am curious about your experiences with the weekly losses you expected and the reality, also what are you happy to lose and feel its still working.

I am fluctuate with sometimes having no loss for weeks and then a big loss the next week, but currently average 2.3lbs.

My weekly average is 1.4, I’ve been on it since May. I’m happy with that, it mostly ticks along at a pound a week then I have a whoosh and lose 3.

Yes it was a stiff learning curving learning about the wooshes, now saves me from getting disappointed.

It varied for me -

BMI 45 to BMI 35 averaged 2.3lbs a week (over 6 months)
BMI 35 to BMI 30 averaged 1.5lbs a week (over 5 months)
BMI 30 to BMI 25 around 1lb a week (over 7 months)

I remember around BMI 35-ish switching from elation, at what was a 4st loss at the time, to feeling a bit of concern for a couple of months about the speed / consistent losses every week for so long. I felt more comfortable when it started to slow down a bit.

I am now working on maintaining just under BMI 25 for the last 3 months, but the trend is losing an average 0.3lbs a week.

This is good to read. I've lost 4lb then 3lb in the first two weeks. I know it will slow but I hope it will continue and be consistent at least.

According to the ‘happy scale’ app, my first 6 months saw weekly average losses of 2 - 2.5 lbs a week
Next 6 months saw weekly average losses of 1.5 - 1.7 lbs a week
Last six months have averaged out at 1.2 - 1.4 lbs a week
At goal now but there’s a part of me that still wants to see a loss but that’s a different problem!

I’ve lost 9lb in 7 weeks and a bit disappointed (especially as it’s now averaging 0.5lb a fortnight) I need to up my dose to 5mg but nervous to as have struggled with symptoms. Need to decide by the weekend.

I lost much more each week than I expected. I’ve just worked out my average and over 49 weeks it was 3.8lbs per week. I lost a total of 13.5 stone, am in maintenance now and have lost a few more pounds since then while trying to balance my dose and my calories.

Average of 1.6lbs a week making 53lbs in 7.5 months. Slower from my BMI going under 30.

Wow!

@MummyInTheNecropolis how many calories a day were you eating while in your losing stage? I am so envious!

It went up and down depending on the level of suppression, but I’d say I probably averaged around 1200 a day, though there were days I really struggled to get up to 1000. I’m aiming for 1800 now in maintenance but am often under that.

from what i have read research wise, its normal to have some annoying or hard side effects when moving up , but as long as by say day 3 on the 1st or 2nd jab on new dosage then its ok. in reality some side effects can show its being effective to the right level. I have a rough going at first when i moved to 7.5 and me and my partner stayed on that dose 2 months (we moved up normally on others) . so feeling nauseous the 1st 24 hours i now expect but i also space them out for an extra day , will move up to 10 and hopefully not as rough as 7.5 was for me. so go for it

did you move up as perscribed or how did you move upwards

I did one month on 2.5, one month on 5 and then about 6 months on 7.5 before going up to 10. I never went any higher than 10. After Christmas when I’d hit target I went back down to 7.5 for 2 months, I’m now on 5 and planning to move down to 2.5 once I’ve finished this pen but I’m currently only injecting every 2 weeks.

Weight loss depends a lot on your start weight. You normally lose more with a highest start weight and then it tapers off when you start moving into the overweight BMI rating.

In general 1-2lbs per week is seen as healthy weight loss, it means you often have less side effects like hair loss and you are losing fat not muscles as well.

I have weeks better I'm losing just half a pound and then the next week I'm losing 2lbs or a bit more. It often really depends what I'm eating and how much my liquid intake is.