To travel with wegovy or not?

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I’m on 7.2ng of Wegovy.

I get on fine with it, but I do find that for much of the week I am just disinterested in food. To the point that I can eat 700/800 calories.

I am travelling to Italy for ten days at the end of next month. I would be due to take two doses while I’m away. I don’t know whether to take the pens with me, or to just delay until I get home. I would really like to be able to enjoy food while I’m away!

Honestly I’d take it and keep on plan. I broke my plan (holiday ) and really regretted it afterwards as I started to over eat and found it difficult to get back into the rhythm.

I know from previous holidays while on WLI I can get back on plan pretty easily. I think my thing is now with the single pens I feel more able to travel with them, so I don’t know if the reason I wasn’t taking them was an excuse 😭

I am going to take mine. I know if I don’t i can easy put on 10-14 lbs and I don’t want to undo the last two months work I have put in. I’m not on anything as high as you but I hope I can find a balance between having a few treats but eating much less of it. I also experience the disinterest though so will be interested to see how I get on.

I really like that I can enjoy just a bit of the best food and drink without wanting everything. Feels very luxurious

I didn’t take mine last summer. I took a dose just before I left. Even into the second week of the holiday I mostly kept on track. I even lost a kg as we were so active!!!

That would be daft ! You are paying money to lose weight by taking a drug that restricts your appetite ! It’s literally the best time to enjoy it.. you can sample EVERY thing you fancy without worrying about over indulging.. well you can on MJ so assuming Wegovy is the same .
I was lucky enough to have a retirement gap year in 2024 travelling through SE Asia. I especially love Thai food..I had all my favourites. Never felt deprived. Arrived home in Feb 25 8.5 stone lighter . (Was also in the right place for a fabulous tummy tuck at 1/4 of UK prices. 🎉)..

So no. Do not leave it at home . Or you would have wasted the last two pens putting it back on - because believe me, it goes back on incredibly fast when your appetite returns . I’m on MJ maintenance for life. Not going back there.

I’ve taken breaks previously on holiday and done okay.

If you’re used to taking long breaks from dosing and you can manage any increase in appetite then it seems like you’d be fine to not take the pen with you.

Separately, if you are struggling to eat even 800 calories a day, is the 7.2mg dose not too strong for you? Was the 2.4mg not effective?

I maintained on 2.4. 7.2 is strong for the first few days and tapers off to the end of the week. lm losing about 1.25lbs a week, which I’m happy with.

Why don’t you drop down a dose for whilst you are away. Food noise will be lower and you can enjoy the delicious food

I can’t afford to buy a 2.4mg pen and the 7.2mg pens. I think I might take one with me, and take the dose halfway through the week - so that I’ve had time to indulge and then get back on it towards the end of the holiday.

What I don’t get if WLI is here as a tool for you to work to change your bad habits and relationships with food why would you want to take. Break from it to do that.
seems pointless paying out all this if people don’t want to change habits and come off it whilst on holiday to “eat what I like” and “enjoy food” just seems if people think like that their mindset hasn’t changed