July 2026 Tablet Starters

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Has anyone taken the step to order the tablets and wish to share their journey?

@user1468915974 With Bolt I sent 2 photos, no video consultation and they deliver to whatever shop I choose, theyve got a drop down bar of local shops. I have a £60 discount code if anyone wants it.

Ive just been right through all of the questions and reached the checkout page. It asks for my address and then click pay.
I cant see anywhere to select shops or other locations.... am I missing something obvious??

@user1468915974 can you press on your address to see if a drop down bar appears

8Kg down here since mid July (I actually lost a kg while waiting for the tablets, so 7kg since July 19th).
Today my BMI was 30.
I'm pleased with that & will stay on 4mg for another month, although I am feeling more hungry now. I'm on holiday next week which won't help!
I may move up to 9mg in November.

I’m doing another month on 4mg, I’m getting decent suppression on it with no unpleasant side effects. I’ve completely gone off cheese which is bizarre because I loved it previously!

I’ve ordered another month on 4mg too.

10 July: 74kg
today: 64.1kg (I’m hovering between 63.9 and 64.1kg)

weekly weigh ins: −2.8, −0.8, +0.5, −1.3, +0.4, −1.8, −0.5, −1.0, −0.1, −1.2, −1.0 kg

I've just reordered 4mg. It will be my 3rd month on this dosage because I am slowly but steadily losing weight but having some side effects.

Weight loss since ordering - just over a stone.
Side effects - unpleasant taste in mouth, occasional nausea, occasional constipation. More sensitive to strong tastes / smells.

Craving - crispy/crunchy/fruity/tangy food.
Gone completely off - alcohol and very spicy food
Things I feel better about - can tie shoe laces much easier! Much steadier energy levels. All food noise gone.

I am paying attention to drinking more water and eating a more sensible fruit-dominated diet. I've also upped my walking quite a bit. All of this has helped the tummy issues (tmi I know 😆but just in case others were having similar problems). I will also start lifting some weights and sorting out menus and recipes that work with my changed appetite to try to make sure DH gets some proper cooked dinners and not salted tortilla chips, cheese, celery and grapes every night!

I’ve lost another pound this week, which means I’m a stone and a half down in 11 weeks. Really pleased with that. I’m still on 4mg and will probably stick with that unless things change over the next couple of weeks. I feel like it’s giving me a reasonable amount of appetite suppression while still requiring some willpower. I’d like to lose about the same again, so still some way to go.

Is anyone else going up to 25mg this month? I only have one more 9mg tablet to take now, but ordered the next dose up and now feeling that maybe I should have stayed on the lower one .. (Asda/Zava, who im with, said I could reorder another 9mg if I wanted but I cant really afford another pack though and now it wouldn'tarive in time ..)..
There's a few if you started in July - I started a day after the launch date - but no one has mentioned they aregoing up to full dose so just interested to see ..

I’m still on 4mg, started on 10 July. I’m scared to rock the boat with symptoms as I’m coping well and losing slowly. If I see any reduction on my suppression this month I’ll go up to 9mg.

How were you on the 9mg?

I started 21 July and have just renewed at 4mg. I can’t decide if I’m getting side effects or if it’s just life but can’t face going up to 9mg yet.

Weight loss is slow and steady - 7kg in total to date which I’m happy with. Clothes are definitely looser and measurements are shrinking more dramatically (eg waist).

I think I’m drinking ok, but need to boost protein. I saw a friend this morning who had NHS wegovy and a nutritionist who advised plain protein powders. I’m now stuck trying to find the ‘right’ one. I don’t like shakes etc so it needs to be tasteless and able to be added to porridge etc if anyone has any recommendations please!

I have been fine on 9mg @Namechangewegovyjune26 have had good appetite suppression and no other side effects. Have been losing weight steadily but not fast, maybe 1.5 - 2 lbs a week . That's fine, I found at the end of 4mg that I was getting hungry more, but actually not on 9mg. I think that if id left it until the last few days to re order, rather than 10 days ago , I might have stayed on 9mg for another month. But I didnt..I will see how this new dose goes and if it really doesn't seem to make much difference, I may go back next month.

Week 13 (31 days of 4mg)
Last week's loss: 0.2kg
Total loss: 8.9kg

A slower loss rate last week. I've got a bit of a cough & throat infection at the moment and when I've previously had a cold, my weight loss has slowed down.

I'll do another week on 4mg and then decide if I need to go up to 9mg for next month or if this is just a temporary blip whilst I'm a bit poorly.

Still no side effects and I'm able to eat a wide range of food, just smaller portions.

I started July 14th, down 1 stone 10 lbs, been on 25 mg for a couple of days, was having cravings on the 9mg, luckily have had no side effects.

@Laska2Meryls B & M do 900g protein powders for £15, it's very nice, I put it in greek yogurt, I can't do shakes either, so far I've had the vanilla flavour, also bought chocolate hazlenut flavour I haven't tried yet

I've taken day 2 of 25mg today, so far, all good ..

Another two pounds down this week, so that’s 1st 9lb in total so far. Just ordered another month of 4mg as they seem to still be working well for me.

Week 14 (38 days of 4mg)
Last week's loss: 0.8kg
Total loss: 9.7kg

So a bigger loss last week, which balances out the smaller one the week before.

I think I might stay on 4mg for a 3rd month, as I don't need to increase my loss rate and I'm nearly at my goal weight and don't want to risk any side effects.

I’ve also ordered another month of 4mg. Food noise just completely gone. Amazing. Total
loss now 1st6lb.

Does anyone else feel like food tastes like nothing now? Not that I'm complaining! But I may go off it in December for a while so I can enjoy all the lovely Christmas food (in small portions of course!)

@hellomylov3
Not feeling 'nothing' but food definitely doesn't hit my pleasure centres in the same way. Im finding that im struggling after half a plate/ bowl and feeling like im going off things. I am trying to eat as healthily as possible and to make sure I have something protein and veg / fruit at each much smaller meal. But am really struggling with things like eggs and cheese atm which I usually love, and that makes it difficult at breakfast time as I really dislike oats etc and dont want to eat toast. I have also gone off fats, esp butter, which I used to love.

I made vegetable soup the other day but even struggled finishing a bowl of that .
But the last few days been craving chicken !.Weird so the next one will be chicken soup .
I dont want to eat too much processed cold meats so this morning I have taken some turkey steaks out of the freezer and am going to cook those in a little stock and herbs to use as cold meat with a salad .

Also I think ive upped the herbs and spices on my food. Tonight ill be making a salmon and prawn curry . (Its not just me eating in the house but only me dieting, but everyone else just has bigger portions/extra carbs with theirs. )

Im on 25mg now. Losing around 2lbs a week so definately not going overboard dieting.. I have about 10 lbs to go to get into the top figure of BMI normal for my height. I really dont want to lose more than a stone now.

Haven't really thought of Christmas, tbh but as I don't have a sweet tooth, im pretty used to baking and not eating any of it !

Are you getting hungry still,? I usually find that about 4pm I'm suddenly starving! ( Its then that I often feel like I want something like a piece of chicken ! ) .. But that's probably because I am having a late breakfast ( about 10 am) and early dinner ( 6.30) and nothing in between . But when I sit down to dinner I still struggle to eat a whole platefull.

I’ve done 95 days now! Lost 11kg and I’m still on 4mg but I feel like my appetite for sweet things is returning slowly. I have one more box of 4mg which I’ll finish and then I’ll order 9mg for November.

Yes , im on day 98 have lost 9.5kg . ( could have probably lost more but I haven't given up wine and dont want to) The MN drink police would probably call me a dependant but I usually have a couple of glasses with dinner at weekends and Im ok with that. So yes I have gone up to full dose, but tbh I was fine on 9mg, im planning to go back down once this last stone is gone. That will still.make me 10.7 so no ways skinny but thats a good weight for my age, height and build.

I’m on day 82 (I think). I’ve reordered 4mg for my next box as I’m still loosing slowly but steadily and I am getting some side effects so don’t want to go up and make them worse. I still find I am eating much smaller portions but need to eat more regularly. I feel rubbish if I get too hungry!

I’m down 8.2kg (7.3% of body weight). Another 10kg would be good for me but wouldn’t get me into healthy BMI - I’d be happy just to be mid ‘overweight’ tbh!

I have been brewing a cold for a few days which seems to be kicking in today and I’m craving biscuits like I haven’t for a while now. Hopefully that’s the cold and not a reduction in the tablets working 😬

I did have my annual GP review yesterday, blood pressure was normal (comfortably normal) for the first time in years, so it will be interesting to see the blood test results as well. Despite being 9kg lighter then last year, I’ve been referred to their online weight management service though 🤷‍♀️