Weygovy April 26 starters

[lechatnoir]

I’ve finally taken the plunge and just ordered Wegovy from Asda pharmacy. All been well it should be ready for collection on Tuesday so it would be great to hear from anyone else who has just started or is about start their WLI/Weygovy journey.
I’m very nervous and haven’t told anyone, but I’ve just failed at my 3rd diet attempt this year and feeling horribly self-conscious about my weight and dreading the summer so just thought fuck it, I’m going to give it a go.

SW 12st 2
TW: 9st 2

@Ibwah I think I would find it wrong not to eat, even if they are just snacks - a body needs energy and nutrients and having just some suppression is helping me adapt my usual habits a lot easier so hoping that will make them more sustainable? I type this sitting in a bar enjoying an end of the week beer before commute, the suppression just makes it go down slower!

5lbs down today! Been feeling hungrier but trying to stick to it.

@DreamingOfGeneHunt 3 weeks in and Ive also lost 5lb. Injecting my last 0.25 injection this week and receiving the 0.5 sometime today.

@IbwahI click counted to 0.4mg last Tuesday but honestly still nothing other than extreme fatigue. I was hoping this slight increase would do the trick but it’s clearly not there yet so I’ll be going up to the 0.5 on Tuesday. I wonder if it’s worth buddying up to get some discount codes if lots of us are looking at swapping? I’ve got a £100 off 1st order code with Voy but might have to move as £144 is pretty steep especially with no result. Presumably others on here have codes they could share?

1month in 11.4lbs down.
Still happy with satiety. Although the scale is slow to move.
Meanwhile I’m equally focused on increasing my muscle mass and fitness both low.
my ozempic came with 6 needles and the label says 2.5/5mg and I can see lots of medication still in the chamber. So I’m assuming at least two more doses. I’m due my 5th injection Monday or so. If I’m satisfied with the lack of “hunger” I’ll push that to Tuesday/Wednesday.

Has anyone managed to get more out of their pen of wegovy? And how have you achieved it? I use to get the “golden” dose from Mounjaro…

I just twisted the pen again after the 4th dose and more clicks came out.

1 full month completed.
12.2 lbs down and lots to go!
Muscle mass up/fat down.
Still low lean mass, hydration and fitness.
I gather some levels will take months to increase.
I’ll bump up my exercise minutes tomorrow.
Just because I’m pleased with the status quo I’ll try to delay dose #5 to Tuesday.
Still thinking I can use the same pen.

@BreakingBroken thats great. Well
done. You seem to be approaching this with some precision! I on the other hand have snacked all day and feel
like crap. Only day 15 of cycle
so not even got that as an excuse. I have had my new 0.5 delivered and thinking of starting it a week early - has anyone done that? Probably shouldn’t …

@Ibwah if i remember well you've been down this road before. if you're not pleased with the suppression i can't see any harm in going to 5 a week early.
do you have any unwanted side effects? i suppose you could try and tweak out 3.75 or something between 2.5 and 5?

@BreakingBroken doing a half dose between 0.25 and 0.5 Wegovy sounds sensible but can’t find anything about how to do this click counting…

my pen doesn't sound like other people's pen but it starts at 0 and i have to turn the top until it reached the mark 2.5, NOW i've NOT counted how many it takes to get to 2.5 i did think it would be 25 but it wasn't it was much more!! i just googled and it says 37 which seems about right. So for me if i wanted to go to 3.75 ish i would go 1/2 of 37 so maybe 18 more (37 to reach 2.5 then18 more).

3lb off this week so 1stone in 6 weeks. Made up with that! I know the next 3 stone won’t come off as quickly but 15st 6lb now so would like to get into next stone bracket in next 4 weeks.

I’m still on 0.25 and feel like I haven’t even taken it but it is working in the background to give me that bit more control over what I’m eating.

@Ibwah& @BreakingBroken this is the click counter Link, I used and shared by somebody on another thread .https://wegovyclicks.replit.app/

I did 0.4 mg but will be going up to 0.5 tomorrow as although the food noise is definitely a little quieter, there’s not really much else going on for me.

very envious of some your big losses and I wouldn’t be going up either if it’s working on the lower dose.

@lechatnoirI went up to 0.5 after the first month of 0.25 and the suppression is much better and the side effects no worse.

I was a slower starter but have lost 10lb in six weeks which I’m pleased with. Just resigned myself to it taking a while till I get down to my target weight and that’s ok.

@hoodiemassive this a good to hear - starting 0.5 next week. No side effects really only tired and headache but I have two young children so no real difference!

Woke up this morning convinced it was Wednesday (wishful thinking) and so did my jab- hopefully my leg won't fall off or any horrible side effects 😬

Still 5lbs down.

so I’ve stretched my injection to 9 days apart and still this am I’m fine (although I’ve rarely woke up famished, my dh wakes up ravenous). 3.7 lbs to go till I’m out of the obese category, that’s my short term goal.
Anyone else nearing mini milestones?

It appears to administer 8 0.25mg or 4 0.5mg doses although only 6 needles in a pack. I’m a risk taker and for now cleaned the needle with rubbing alcohol till I speak with the pharmacist. I think for me it’s very low risk to reuse the needle for my next injection. If I use the two remaining needles twice that will take me to month 3 when I’ll need to purchase again. Canada has approved the generic version depending on the roll out I might see the price drop by then.

Photos under review

@BreakingBroken please dont reuse needles, you can buy them very cheaply.

@BreakingBroken also...

"Never Clean with Alcohol: Do not wipe the needle with an alcohol swab. This strips the remaining silicone lubricant off, making the needle much more painful to use.:

oh wow @VividDeer how very interesting about the coating

15 stone 3 this morning- 6lbs down!

I saw 9.11 this morning. Initially I was confused and thought I was 11 STONE something again. Like a bad dream!