Saxenda support thread

[EmmaH2022]

Hi all

Continuing on from here

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/weight_loss_chat/a4172903-Saxenda-journey-all-welcome?msgid=115224282#115224282

Also I’m not going to weight myself for a couple of weeks, it’s just really disheartening when the scales haven’t moved but I’m eating less

@ImSaxyAndIKnowIt 7lb loss is fantastic
How long did that take? Great work

Thanks you @40somethingmummyThis is my third week on it. I have another 6 stone to lose yet but will keep
Plodding on. Although looking at my weight thing in my app, last July I weighed 17stone 12. So really I’ve lost 2 stone since last year. But because I haven’t gone down a size and I don’t really feel any different I kind of keep forgetting!

Well done on losing 7lbs @ImSaxyAndIKnowIt - I don't want to sound like a Tesco ad but every little helps

I've just done my first injection and was pleasantly surprised that it didn't hurt I had to psych myself up for it and... it was an anticlimax!

@PurpleBun 🤣 Yep not that bad!

@ImSaxyAndIKnowIt that’s incredible 🙌 well done you!

Well done @ImSaxyAndIKnowIt 7lbs is a brilliant loss!

I'm now on week 3, I have lost 4lb in total going from 12st13lbs to 12st9lbs. Still on 0.6 and planning on staying there as long as it is working. I'm not expecting huge losses, just 1lb a week I will be happy with as I loose weight very slowly. As long as it is shifting then I will continue. I've had a bit more nausea on a couple of days but overall no significant side effects.

Well done for starting @PurpleBun. the first injection is the scariest.

I'm sorry to hear that both @EmmaH2022 and @StarbucksQueen have had to stop. I really hope you both find a way to loose weight that suits you. I know many, myself included, have turned to Sax as the last resort before surgery but hopefully there is something else out there that words for you. Good Luck

I'm curious to know what happens when we need to restock on pens? I got mine from Boots Online Doc. Do you ask for a repeat prescription? Do they monitor your weight? What happens when your BMI drops below 39 to 29, do they say no even if that's not your ideal weight?

Oops, that should have been BMI drops from 30 to 29!

Hi there,

I’m considering ordering mysimba. It contains Naltrexone and bupropion which is supposed to block the receptors in your brain which make you hungry. I’m a bit anxious about it as they sound a bit like speed and also concerned about side effects. However, I’m so miserable about overeating since I quit smoking over a year ago. I’ve put on loads of weight and it’s still increasing with my obsession with food! Can anyone recommend anything to help? I’ve tried various diets including keto. They haven’t worked.

Today hasn’t been a good day, I’m been hungry all day and had a little binge, started off well then head a grab bag of crisps, a sandwich, then went out for tea and had a pizza and 3 halves of cider then came home and polished off half a family bag of buttons . Not a good day and feel really dissapointed in myself. I need to go back up to 1.2 but I was so sick with that 😢

But on the plus side I’ve tried on a dress that I’m due to wear in 3 weeks for wedding, it’s definitely looser! So just going to plod on

@Ralley when you order from boots you just do the online questionnaire again. I did my first order of 3 pens and then my second order when pen 1 was finished. They didn’t question it.

@ImSaxyAndIKnowIt I’ve had a few binge days. I’m not sure why, it really upset me!

My weight loss was rubbish on week 2, only half a pound!

Well done @Sunshinedreaming2022 - do you have a target weight in mind? I agree 1lb a week is a good target (and hopefully will lead to the weight staying off as well).

@ImSaxyAndIKnowIt - sorry to hear you had a bad day yesterday. I think we all know the feeling of that, and how bad you feel afterwards. Great news on the dress though - keep on going!

@ImSaxyAndIKnowIt and @Orangemoon77 - try not to let the disappointment on having a binge day or two get you down - you can’t change what’s already happened but you can control what you do going forward. I appreciate that sounds glib and irritatingly chipper but it’s something I have to keep telling myself, and I find that it does help my mindset (I’m still learning it myself).

My first full day (so only 0.6mg) yesterday was a bit weird as I was feeling hungry as normal but found it a lot easier to stop eating when I was full rather than continuing to eat everything on my plate (and sometimes seconds). I had a bit of nausea and a headache but I don't know how much of that was Saxenda and how much was me trying to cut down on the caffeine .

Thanks for your help! 🙄

@Hayleygiss77 what’s the eye roll for? This is a saxenda thread so everyone on here is either taken/taking or interested in taking saxenda?

@Hayleygiss77

Thanks for your help! 🙄

@Hayleygiss77 - I haven't tried mysimba so don't know how well it works. I've only just started Saxenda so can't really comment on that either!

And thank you! Woke up hungry for the first time in ages but managed stave it off with some water (I never eat breakfast anyway unless I go out for breakfast!) and I feel ok now. Still tempted to go back up to 1.2 but scared of the side effects. Thanks for the support on the little binge. Just got to know my triggers and stay strong! Happy Friday everyone. I’m working tomorrow so I’ll get my Friday feeling tomorrow at 5pm 🎉

@Hayleygiss77 I don’t know about mysimba. Other things I’ve tried are slimming world, that was really good for me. Good luck giving you smoking, it’s tough! I quit 11 years ago. Complete breakdown during the withdrawal but hot through it. Got a little addicted to lolly pops whilst quitting.

Also down be down if people don’t respond, sometimes things get missed. I didn’t read your post first time as it was about mysimba and I have no clue about it.

Thanks @PurpleBun much appreciated! It’s hard sometimes as you feel you have stepped back and eaten too much but guess that’s a hurdle I’ll face… I’m a big snacker!!

Hi everyone hoping I can join this group - I've had a couple of stop/starts on saxenda before but want to return to it - any others who have done the same. My headspace wasn't right after Christmas but I have just re-ordered 3 pens to arrive on Tuesday as after seeing a recent picture of myself i am just so depressed and I simply cannot control my appetite

@AnnaMagnani I was about to hit order on sax but did wander if Ozempic would be better for me - had you tried sax before?

@Wizzbangfizz good luck! I now the feeling of stop/start. But hopefully this time you are ready but don’t beat yourself up about the past, you have got this now!

Thanks for your reply. Sorry im just so stressed with the overeating 😭

Thanks @Orangemoon77 I am determined this time!

I’m day 2 today and I’m glad I wasn’t working the nausea has been horrific. I have had to force food down me. How long does this last for? I’m going to the theatre tomorrow and my friend bought us tickets right up in the gods. I’m really worried about it and wonder if I should skip tonight’s dose or just plough on? I hate hights at the best of times.