Saxenda journey all welcome

[whatsthestory123]

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

thanks lv2013 great tips and advice and yes im in no hurry to go up

congratulations on the pregnancy

in a rush but weighed myself down 4lb so pleased with that

@whatsthestory yes we are within one day of each other! 😊 I'm finding it ok no side effects. I think I'm less hungry but fighting temptation when faced with chocolate and cake is still very tough. Im doing it so far so I am pleased. I'll do a weigh in later today. Well done on your weight loss.

I'm 1/2 down today. 😀

My dogs come into season so no long walks for me fir next couple of weeks - eek !

Keep on top of your bowels ! You can get quite constipated quite quickly with this so keep an eye on them (sound like my gran 🤣🤣🤣)

hi,well ive just realised tmi alert my bowels havent moved for 3days,ive taken a tablet to hekp now

thanks for the heads up nota

I've heard of this on here before. Just wondering what the side effects are.

Is it worth it? I'm currently doing intermittent fasting and watching what I eat. It's slow but I have lost some weight.

I'd like to lose another 10kg to be ideal weight region.

well didnt take my injection till 3ish had my tea a 6 and did feel full and smaller portions than before so could not eat it all
small chicken breast & dessert spoon of mushroom & bacon sauce
sweetcorn
spinach
and 1/3packet of mushroom rice

ive only has an orange and apple for the day

how are others doing?

Oh constipation! I've not lost anything but yes its probably the constipation ☹

ima the tablet has worked ,thank god

ima have you weighed yourself then

how are you feeling is it curbing your hunger?

Oh I'm so pleased I've found you all. I started last Wednesday night so I'm going to weigh tomorrow morning.

I'm doing it with Lloyds so no incentive to not increase the dose weekly - it costs me the same either way, so I'll be going up to 1.2 tomorrow night. Slightly anxious about more side effects but I've coped with them okay so far.

Struggling to eat more than 800-900 calories a day. I'm eating off a side plate and tonight had a small house salad and a couple of small slices of gammon and still feel stuffed. Utterly bizarre.

welcome,great to see you started at a similar time

how much are you looking to loose

good luck with the weigh in and let us know pls ?mx

About 4 stone, maybe a bit more.

A bit disappointed this morning. I'm 2lb heavier than I was at the weekend. No change to calorie consumption, and have been doing more exercise. Net loss for the week is 4lb but a bit annoying to go backwards.

Only eaten 'good' food - pretty low carb, high protein, good fats.

Need to increase my dose tonight to 1.2 and will aim to only weight once a week.

I'll totally take 4lb though!

andadietcoke very similar in so many ways
i weigh every morning and last week lost the 5ib then for no reason put on ilb so general weight lost was4ilb

and havent lost a thing since monday and ive been really strict and kept to under 1100 cala day

so annoyed and had 2 scones last night,butter no jam thats the first thing i have had like that but startting a fresh today

as they say a loss is a loss and well done on it

today is anew day

Hi, I don't know where I went wrong? I did buy it privately. And stopped eating after 2pm but god I'm starving. So I'd eat, then have heartburn at night. I stopped using it in the end. I just want the cravings to eat to be gone

@wizzywig what time were you injecting? I inject at bedtime so a few hours after my evening meal. I wonder if I sleep through some of the side effects! I wake up full of energy and normally have lunch about 1pm. Dinner at about 6-7pm.

stopping eating after 2pm dosent sound good at alli m not surprised your starving

how long were you on it,did you loose weight ?x

i inject about 3pm as i guessed late at night you would miss the benefits but if it works for you gtreat

im on metformin but going to stop it as in my brain its messing with the effects

buying privately wont make any differrence apart from the price i would imagine x

@whatsthestory123 I didn't lose any weight. That routine was recommended from skinny jab.

oh wizzy thats terrible,how long did you do it for?

Hi there
I also started on Monday. I weigh 105kg at 5'8'' and I'd like to get down to 70kg so altogether 35kg or 5 stone to lose. Gosh, it sounds so much when I write it down :-(
I inject just before lunch as I tend to get nibbly in the evenings rather than the mornings so want it to be peaking then. Only on 0.6 at the moment.
I'll also aim to weigh in every week to keep being accountable.
What are you all eating in an average day?

@Stepharoo78

Hi there I also started on Monday. I weigh 105kg at 5'8'' and I'd like to get down to 70kg so altogether 35kg or 5 stone to lose. Gosh, it sounds so much when I write it down :-( I inject just before lunch as I tend to get nibbly in the evenings rather than the mornings so want it to be peaking then. Only on 0.6 at the moment. I'll also aim to weigh in every week to keep being accountable. What are you all eating in an average day?

welcome,there seems to be a few with very similar weight to loose and time started

i inject 0.6 day 9 here between 3-4 as during the day could eat nothing but by nighttime i hit the cals big time,i guess everybody will take theirs at other times it is just what suits i guess

well i havent had a thing today which i dont think is the best method but for dinner in an hr im having a smallish home made shepherds pie which i always make with mushrooms/onions/celery/lentils and add a tin of baked beans so small amount of that with garden peas and carrots and a little gravy

i must say im very concious of my portion sizes now

my aim is for under 1100 calsa day and have done that each day

when you say 5 sione it sounds alot and its is and im the exact same so am dealing with it in chunks

im looking at hitting 15 9 by the 10th may so started at 112.3 (17st 9) so first chunk is 2 stone(god these numbers are confusing me ) so 12 weeks as of last tuesday

so in eed to loose 2-3ib a weekif my figurea are correct

what are others aims in the next couple of months??

I'd love to lose 2-3lb a week consistently.

In terms of food, I'm struggling. I eat off a side plate and for lunch I had 50g smoked salmon, 20g prawns, stick of celery. For dinner I had a salmon fillet, half a small avocado, lettuce and celery. Again, side plate. Added some honey and mustard dipping sauce to both meals to up the calories but that's still only 500 and I did half an hour of cardio first thing this morning. I don't want to eat anything else. Might look into protein shakes and / or try to start having breakfast.