Has anyone else pre-ordered Wegovy pills?

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Got mine on preorder…. I’m excited and a little apprehensive… have two stone to lose.

Have you been on the jabs before out of interest? I am on MJ but at GW now so thinking of these for future maintenance.

I've taken the plunge this morning, after yet another disappointment on the scales. Feeling very frustrated with my inability to lose weight, so it was a bit of an impulsive decision! I signed up via Chemist4U. I'd like to lose around three stone. Fingers crossed!

@RubyRedAndGertieGreen could I be nosy and ask what the decision point was on deciding between Wegovy tablets and Wegovy injections?

Me!

I was hoping to keep an open mind about them perhaps for cheaper long term maintenance but if the price point stays as the levels pharmacies are guessing just now then injections are still preferable for price and convenience for me.

I will be watching how it goes for those who previously used injections, especially Mounjaro, and how they find it for maintenance/inflammation.

I also have 2 stone (and a bit) to lose; the clinician said they would be arriving mid-July which is when i will be travelling for work so will have to wait until i get back from that trip. It feels ages away; having made the decision I want to just get on with it!

@SilenceInside this is going to sound terrible, but the tablets will be easier to hide!
I'm really ashamed that I've had to resort to this, I don't know why but I am. I know my husband would fully support me, but I'm embarrassed. I can afford it, but I feel guilty spending £100 a month just because I'm not capable of resisting the cravings. I don't mean to offend anyone else here, but I do feel like going on the weight loss meds is a symbol of my failure, and I don't want anyone in real life to know!

Sorry, I'm having a down day today. I've been trying very very hard lately, attending exercise classes three times per week and trying to stick to 1200-1400 calories but I just can't stop binge eating every few days. I literally wake up in the night thinking about food, it's that bad. I was so depressed when I weighed myself this morning.

Sorry for the self indulgent moan, feels good to get that off my chest!

@RubyRedAndGertieGreen not terrible at all, very understandable. I think that a lot of people who have been overweight/obese can recognise where you’re coming from. Our society and upbringing really can do a number on our feelings around weight and food. Hopefully soon the tablets will be a positive symbol for you rather than produce negative feelings. I certainly am very happy that Mounjaro was available to me and has finally enabled me to address my life long issue with weight.

@SilenceInside Your lovely words have actually made me a bit tearful! I needed to hear that today. Thank you so much. I'm really pleased that you've found Mounjaro helpful on your own journey.

@RubyRedAndGertieGreenI think many of us felt the same shame and embarrassment. It took a lot for me to prepare the words to tell my dh. When I did it felt like a huge weight lifted and helped on my journey to understanding my obesity was a chronic illness and that I deserved treatment and support.

Can I ask what the process was for signing up? Do they require a video call and do they inform your gp?

@maybethisway i signed up with Voy; had a video call where clinician looked at me to check I was overweight and I stood on scales for her to see. Quick chat about medical conditions (I am not bmi 30+ but am 27+ with other conditions). With Voy you can choose whether they tell your GP or not. They ask about other medications you are taking and talk through side effects. Other providers may do differently.

I contacted my WLI provider to ask about prices and they’re no cheaper than the injections

It shows how different people are. I have been on the injections for a couple of years, over a year in maintenance, I’m really proud of it. I tell everyone who asks.

I took control of my health, you still need to diet and exercise on them to do it properly, I earn enough I can afford them, and I researched and discussed with my family and gp before taking the first step.

so I’m proud of it. I’m proud my blood test results are all healthy, all health issues resolved, from sleep apnea to high blood pressure. I’m proud of my size 8, bmi 20 frame which looks athletic and with visible muscle definition. I’m proud that my skin looks great, my jaw line firm, exercise, protein, moisturising, hydration, all making that feasible.

I didn’t feel proud of my size 18 body. My big tummy, my wobbly arse, my fat limbs, my double chins, the way I dressed to disguise, I didn’t feel proud of my health issues and the fact I was failing to resolve them.

i see no shame in it, just pride. I made an educated decision, an investment in my health, I resolved all my health issues. And I did it right, a clean healthy diet, working out most days, consuming the right macros ie always the right amount of protein, I protected my muscle and lost fat.

I did that. The drugs don’t do it for you. So I’m proud of it. Not ashamed.

I love this post 💐

I genuinely don’t understand what there is to be ashamed of. Honestly I don’t. I felt a level of shame that I needed blood pressure meds due to my weight. I certainly didn’t feel shame I used the meds to resolve that issue, meaning I didn’t need them any more.

there are no prizes for doing it without. No celebration, no plaudits. Who cares about that. No one loses weight to boast about how hard the journey was.This is about health first snd foremost. Vanity, for those where it’s important, a secondary consideration. But an important one as mental health is also important. We all deserve to feel good about our appearance.

I can see shame if you don’t do it right, spend money and waste the opportunity, harm youself, by starving yourself, or don’t work out if you’re able, don’t eat your macros, lose muscle instead of fat, don’t drink your water, go on too high a dose and rely on suppression

The drugs don’t make you drink 3 litres of water a day, they don’t make you eat a clean and healthy diet with the right amount of protein, they don’t pick you up and pop you down to the gym and make you work out, they don’t make you lose weight at a steady pace of 1-2lbs a week. They don’t moisturise your body. Or lift weights for you. You do that.

the drugs are a tool to help you do that, they control all the medical issues you have preventing you doing that successfully long enough to lose weight in a significant manner, they give you the runway to do it. But you still need to do it.

there is nothing to be ashamed of, in using a very safe prescription med for the purpose it was intended, and doing the very signficant work along side it to successfully improve your own health.

I think the thing about feelings of shame is that they don’t disappear easily or quickly, even if other people tell you that you don’t need to feel that way.

That’s true, but we should be able to provide both sides of that, so people can think about why they feel shame.

by definition we were fat. Everyone could see we were fat. Fat is not hidden, it’s visible ro all. So everyone knew we couldn’t do it alone. It was not some secret. Few people chose to be fat. Few people looked at us and thought we must be loving it or didn’t care.

Show me a fat person and I will show you a person who can’t get the weight off and who desperately wants to. Show me a fat person and I will show you a person with mounting health issues due to it.

My own shame was I was in that position, I couldn’t get out of it. There was no shame for me in curing it, that I do feel pride round. I achieved it, and in a healthy manner. I felt shame and embarassment that I had got fat, it was making me unwell, and I couldn’t fix it. I wasn’t lazy, I wasn’t stupid; I simply couldn’t overcome all the mental and physiological issues I had to, to fix it. I should not have felt shame, but I did, and i felt embarrassed by my size, by fat rolls.

every one who tries these drugs has tried every diet going. No one does this as the first resort. It’s always the last resort. Taking an educated decision to take a medication to enable you to get back to full health, is never something we should feel shame about.

so id urge anyone feeling shame to examine why, why do they think it’s shameful to take a med to cure an issue? Why do they feel doing it without is the only way, and anything else is shameful

I’m grateful that I did not feel shame at being obese and I don’t feel pride in having lost the weight. I felt deep frustration at not being able to control my weight, and now have a deep sense of satisfaction at being able to, with the right tools.

Where are you getting it from?

I have about 2.5 st to lose, but bmi is 26 so not massively “overweight”.

going to take the plunge I think.

@Yetanotherone12 the starting criteria will be the same as the injections, so BMI of 30+, or 27+ for certain ethnicities or if you have weight related health conditions. There are a couple of pharmacies that prescribe the injections off licence to people with BMI over 25 but not sure if they would do that with the tablets as yet.

Well voy said I was eligible so I’ve gone for it.

sick of being constantly hungry, wearing black baggy clothes to hide and feel comfortable.

got to upload my photo so 🤞

Voy is one of the pharmacies that prescribe off licence. Hopefully that was explained as part of the consultation process.

Yes it was. They also said that it would be reviewed by their clinician before prescribing, and full refund if refused.

i suspect I am hypermobile (don’t know many other 50 year olds can do the splits 🫣) and the last 6 months menopause seems to be increasing my joint laxity, so the 2 stone is probably making an impact as I’m starting to get some joint pain, especially when exercising. So hopefully that might add to my case.

I'm so tempted to pre-order the pills - I work in a school and if I could coincide starting to take them with the start of the summer holidays, that would be really handy, as I really want to avoid any embarrassing side effects!! Plus it's FIL's funeral next week, and I haven't been able to even think about starting anything new since he became ill a couple of months ago; he declined very rapidly and died a couple of weeks ago . I'd enquired about the injections before then but TBH the pills would suit me a lot more, as I'm not sure I'll tell DP I'm taking them.

@RubyRedAndGertieGreen I completely empathise with your post, even when I do everything 'right' I barely lose a pound. DP is desperate to lose weight too as he's very overweight, but he won't consider cutting down on booze, snacking less or doing even slightly more exercise, so I'm a bit stuck on what to suggest for him - he thinks the injections are like a magic bullet and doesn't want to hear that people still have to put in hard work - if I could hide the tablets from him but up the exercise and eat more healthily, hopefully it will encourage him to try a bit harder...!