Saxenda journey all welcome

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hi all,
ive started on Saxenda last tuesday starting weight 112.3 kg i have approx 25.4 kg or 4stone to budge and am interested if anyone else has recently started and how they find it

i will update this daily so im accountable and hope it will make the process easier

weigh in will be mondays so one tomorrow and i knowi have lost some

finding it ok,first 2 days felt awful but was detoxing sugar as well but now feel fine,im keeping an eye on my calories to and will try to keep to 900 -1100 daily,ive cut my portions and no crisps,biscuits,chocolate at all but i still feel a little hungry even with the daily injection but its ok

Anyway if anybody wants to join in feel free and welcome

@Kaftankween Yes, I am going to sign up for another month tomorrow and just see how it goes, I am only going to keep on if I see some loss though but ever optimistic

Sorry you didn't get a yes @Kaftankween. That's rubbish :-(

I'm not drinking atm but it's v dull. I'd like to be able to have a couple of glasses of wine at the weekend but I'm worried about exacerbating my sulpher burps Ect. Things so seems to be settling down In that direction.

Weight in for my first week on Friday. 3 stone to lose in all and my daughter is getting married in 12 weeks so I'd love to be fairly near my goal.

My DH is 4 stone plus overweight and is doing his injections through a clinic - no other compilations but it's nice to have someone on the journey with me.

Hi there, I'm wondering about trying this as my weight is spiraling out of control. Can you buy just one pen to see how you get on with it?

Yes I bought one first of all but it was £90. It's cheaper when you buy 5. Although there are codes available which I didn't realise.

@Miltonkeynesmummy where do you get the codes please?

I've seen them on the Saxenda Facebook groups. It's for Express Pharmacy. I think it's 30% off your first order so a big saving.

Thanks. And how long would you expect one pen to last?

First pen on a week of 0.6 and a week on 1.2 lasts 17 days

Has anyone done one pen to get all that fast weight loss then stopped and kept the weight off?

@picklemewalnuts I think most of us need more than a months' weight loss sadly.

Yes, I wondered whether with that as a boost at intervals it would help alongside a more usual diet plan the rest of the time. A bit like assisted intermittent fasting.

I'm 3 stone down on slimming world, 4 stone more to get to target. To lose a stone more quickly in the middle would be a real boost.

Or Maybe to get back to target if you've put weight on after a holiday.

The biggest issue for me is knowing that for the rest of my life I'll have to watch every sodding mouthful. We haven't had a French stick in the house for months, because I won't handle it! I'd cave instantly and that would undo weeks of work.

It takes so long to lose a few pounds, and yet they go back in seconds!

Thanks @Wagsandclaws I've read quite a few papers on saxenda's journey with NICE over the last couple of years. Principal reasons for not prescribing seem to be:

1. that weightloss might not be sustained after you come off the drug (so what I say, I've seen people who've had weightloss surgery who have put weight back on) and
2. the take up could be huge and so too costly.

It's such a shame. As you can tell I feel a bit annoyed about it! I've been overweight a long time and finally found something that works for me. I'm hoping to save the NHS money by being able to lose weight finally.

It's the same old argument about investing to save money long term. I recognise the huge pressures in the NHS of course.

Second day on 2.4 and I just want to curl up and sleep.......

I’m feeling exhausted too @Chrissols not sure if it’s the saxenda (on 1.8 now) or from my covid vaccine I had earlier in the week. Maybe a combo. Has your nausea subsided at least?

molotov I had the Covid vaccine before I started on saxenda and felt absolutely wiped out for 24 hours so that is a definite factor.
Weighed myself this morning and have lost a stone since the beginning of the yet - of which 10lbs since I've been on saxenda for the past 5 weeks. So pretty slow progress but I am still on a 1.2 dose ans slightly reluctant to up it as I feel very slightly nauseous at this level and couldn't cope with it being much worse. I mean it's not bad but I don't want to feel sick so dubious about a higher dose. However I am not feeling too full to eat like some are reporting on those thread, just somehow better able to eat more sensibly and not stuff myself in the evenings like I used to. But still eating a good 1700 cals a day I'd say.

Since the beginning of the year I meant to say

@Kaftankween I know and I don't understand why, when it'll cost the nhs so much less in the long run they won't prescribe for weight loss.

I'm on a couple of Saxenda/Ozempic groups and there are lots of people from the states on them. They are being prescribed both by their doctors and their insurance is paying for theirs - I wonder how long. It will take the nhs to catch on with this as it's much, much cheaper than Bariatric surgery and yet can, at least initially have the same effect.

I've lost 7, 3/4 in my first week as I weighed this morning. It's also bought my bloods down to near normal levels.

My DS's are 12 and 8 and I was worried about not being here for them 5 years from now as I've had terrible blood glucose levels for over a decade and that's WITH insulin - this might just be a miracle drug for me.

I felt so knackered the first few days and really sick - sulphur burps Ect but I have to say yesterday and today is much better.

I didn't realise that I'd be so tired though, that is definitely a thing with these types of drugs.

@MolotovMocktail @Chrissols sorry you both feel equally as rubbish, I think it does get better. I've got to double my dose in 3 weeks and am dreading it for the first week or so.

I considered Saxenda but decided to choose Mysimba instead , it worked for me from day one , managing side affects well and although yes expensive ... I'd have spent more on chocolate , ice cream, sweets , biscuits cake and take away
I have absolutely no craving what do ever and really enjoying normal eating for maybe the first time in 20 years

After a great initial weight loss things have really slowed down. I'm on 1.2 plus 5 clicks. Going to go up to 1.8 on Wednesday. Does going higher increase the weight loss? Any advice welcome.
I'm going to stick with it because I am still losing but very slowly.
3 weeks 4 days in now.
How are you all doing?

Yessssss! After a few weeks of really slow weight loss after the first couple of weeks I've lost 5lbs in the last week. So delighted to see the scales move again, and takes me to just under 2 stone off in the 6 weeks.

@shutterteal I had a good few weeks between 1.8 and 3 where I didn't lose more than a couple of pounds but I've lost 5 this week (3rd week of 3). Haven't changed what I've been eating at all but have upped my exercise for the last couple of weeks and for the last few days have switched to injecting in my arm. No idea if either of those have had an impact.

I don't weigh as I find it too upsetting.
However, I measured my hips today and I have lost over 6 inches.

I can't believe it. So happy with that result.

I will keep at it. I am on 1.8 and keep my calories at less than 1000 per day. Some days I struggle to eat more than 600-800. I have no urge to eat. No hunger at all.

I don't know if my jab worked today. I did it in the top of my thigh but it hurt, and I mean really hurt, so that I had to take it out after less than two seconds. That was five hours ago and I have been absolutely starving all day, first day in ages I have eaten lunch and I'm still ravenous....I am on 2.4

@andadietcoke
Thanks for the info. That sounds like me. I'm going to stick with it regardless.
You're doing so well!!