Wegovy vomiting

[WritingMum9712]

Started 0.25 on Monday there, felt fine until this morning, was already 2.5lbs down this week. Then at 4.30am woke up so nauseous with Sulfur burps and the runs, then eventually vomited. This repeated about 5/6 times over 3 hours. Is this normal?! And will my body get used to it?? My dinner was half an oven pizza and a Coke Zero, was reading both those things can be a trigger

Fatty food is a trigger, or you could have a bug

Seriously, pizza and Diet Coke when you’re trying to get healthier and lose weight? 😂 You’re not supposed to have carb heavy or fatty meals on the WL drugs as they’ll lead to unpleasant side effects as you've just discovered.

If this is a common meal for you, then maybe stop taking the pils until you’re willing to overhaul your eating habits otherwise, you’ll end up back at square one soon after stopping using them.

We’ve all had to learn what works and doesn’t work on these drugs and number one is to change our diet and continually choose the healthy options. An occasional splurge when you’ve lost the weight is fine but use this period as an opportunity to get into healthier habits. I say this as someone who also had to learn the hard way so don’t feel too bad about it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's a common side effect, and can be triggered or worsened by the sorts of things you are eating and drinking. Half a pizza was probably too much food plus too fatty and carby.

People do tend to get used to the medication as time goes on, especially if you adjust what you are eating and try to focus on protein and fibre first and avoid processed carbs.

No it is not a common meal, I am a full time working mum to a 2.5 year old. All week I’ve had fresh dinners made from scratch and plenty of veg & protein, just one night I took the easier option! Hence why I was asking the question if it’s just the drug alone? Or because of what I’ve ate.

May I also add I am calorie counting, and had about 800 left for the day and the pizza came to 550, but I get what you are saying about the carbs and the fat. I think I thought because I was within my calories, I’d be fine.

I totally understand where you’re coming from, as someone who used to grab rubbish to fill up on, as I often didn’t have time to cook a full meal from scratch for myself. Both DH and DS are fussy eaters and I’m not cooking 3 separate dinners. 😩

However, I’m making good use of my cheap Aldi brand soup maker this month as I can bung stuff it and get a filling meal in less than 30minutes whilst I doing other stuff. It’s a life saver as I really don’t fancy salad when it’s cold and miserable outside.

I would suggest either homemade soups or decent ready made ones as a quick easy meal. Or the microwave pouches like Merchant Gourmet with microwave brown rice. Or decent quality frozen meals like the ones from Cook Food or similar.

I eat loads of merchant gourmet pouches, they have some lovely ones, that said, I also have pizza every Saturday night, but a quarter of a thin crust supermarket one, no fatty meat on it, and I have it with salad.

Hope you are feel better today @WritingMum9712

In the early days, or at any dose increase, it is probably best to ca’ canny (tread carefully), until you are used to the medication and you find how your body responds.

I had to start looking at different easy meals - Microwave preprepped veg, eggs, leftovers, homemade thick soup from freezer, etc.

It might have been the combination of pizza and fizz was too much at this stage. I rarely drink fizzy drinks now as they trigger my acid reflux since I stopped the reflux medication (I would rather be off the meds)

Thanks everyone for your advice.

Got a slow cooker today to make sure my meals are healthy and prepped!

Am I still ok to take my planned 0.25 tonight, even though I was vomiting on Saturday morning, or would you wait?

I am not a HCP, this is just what I might do in your circs, which is probably take the next injection. You could wait a day to be certain that your system has definitely settled down if you wanted to though. A day or two late for an injection is not an issue.

This would say you’re having very little food, as losing over a pound a day is very fast, so it’s both what you’re eating and drinking and how your eating throughout the day

it’s really important to do this in a healthy manner.

I’m not losing over a pound a day, I lost 2.5lbs over 1 full week

I've been on Wegovy injections for two years (and I'm only 6lbs off my goal weight), but even now it still punishes me with stomach cramps and diarrhoea if I eat overly sugary or overly fatty food (bacon and lemon drizzle cake being reliable culprits).

But when you're starting, the side effects can be more frequent and more brutal - it's the entire reason you have to gradually ramp up the dose. Nausea and vomiting is a known side effect, so I'd suggest carrying on with your 0.25 dose, and not move up to the next higher until side effects are less frequent. It's best to check with your doctor if you're really unsure though.

I found that I felt sick when I needed to eat. That usually helped. I also found that my gag reflexes was much more sensitive. If I coughed it would make me feel really sick.

It soon passed.