I'm starting saxenda this week.

[Saxendastarter]

I'm 33.

I'm 1m68 (5ft6)

I don't actually know what I weight and I got rid of my scales last year when getting on them just made me cry every time and I was just too depressed to even try and start loosing weight - I have ordered scales and will weight myself tomorrow.

However last time I weighed myself nearly a year ago I was 94kg (14st 11) and I know that I have gained since then.

I started gaining weight the beginning of covid, before 2019 my very highest weight had been 68kg ( 10st10) and my normal weight had been round 62kg for most of my adult life, so I have massively put on weight over these last four years. (Separation, depression, stress at work, and just general giving up).

My body is ruined by stretch-marks and my boobs that used to be great are now just swollen and saggy and stretch marked.

I'm really depressed by my weight and have decided its time to do something about it.

I have an office job and I'm not at all active.

I've tried to start making small changes, walking to the underground instead of getting the bus, getting the stairs up the one flight to my office instead of the lift but everything feels like a struggle and I have such awful thigh chaffing that walking is often excruciatingly painful.

I how I need to make a change because on top of it being so unhealthy being so over weight just makes me so upset. I've stopped going out as much and have just retreated into a shell.

I also have an appointment with a psychologist tomorrow.

I decided last month that enough is enough and I need to do something about it all.

I've started using face cream, and am finally having laser on my very very hairy thighs and - the point of this thread - I'm going to start saxenda tomorrow.

I thought I'd journal here.

@OrderOfTheKookaburra i went to 1.8 this morning as I wasn’t feeling 1.2 was enough. I hope I manage to stay on 1.8 for as long as possible. I don’t understand how your prescription service works … can they just decide to lower your doses or the amount of pens they send you ? Do you still have to pay per pen ? Anyway wishing you the best for your 1.8 stretch! I’m weighing tomorrow and don’t think I’ve lost over .5kg this week anyway but I’m trying not to stress over it.

I’m currently at the dematologists having my second laser leg session and the machine beeping is driving me crazy !

@BeagleMum1 Hi there! Welcome.

have you looked at the size of the needle - it’s really tiny - I was really apprehensive the first time but it’s actually okay. I prefer to inject into the top of my thighs and couldn’t do it in my tummy but some people prefer tummy or arm, you’ll find what works best for you. Keep us posted on how you get along !

I did it privately through Boots online but the pharmacist told me to ask my GP for it, he says lots of people are getting it through the NHS. My BMI is 30, so I may qualify.

Hello! I'll open the packaging tomorrow and take a look at the needle!

Day 21

Breakfast:
1 milky coffee

Lunch:
Cucumber feta mint and sesame salad
Coffee
Bit of water

Snack:
Black Coffee
Fizzy water
Sugar free squash
Fromage blanc with sweetener

Supper:
A kombucha drink
2 egg omelet with feta and cherry tomates

Weighing in tomorrow, not confident at all ...

I really feel the difference being back on 1.8 already, even with just one dose.

Off to get a small breakfast to settle my stomach and then guzzle some water to deal with my thirst (so weird...).

Start of week four and weigh in number 3 here

Weight loss this week .8kg (1.76 lbs)
Current Weight 92.2kg (14 st 7 lbs)
Total weight lost to date 4.6kg (10.1 lbs)

Starting Weight 96.8kg ( 15st 3.4 Ibs)
Goal Weight 70kg (11st)
Time On Saxenda 21 days
Total percentage of weight loss so far 4.75%
Total weight to loose when starting 26.8kg ( 4st3lbs)
Total weight remaining to loose 22.2kg (3st7lbs)
Side effets Feeling sick/Cold Feet/Constipation
Goal for end of July 80kg (12st6)
Dose 1.8
Starting BMI 34.3
Current BMI 32.7

Bit gutted to not have lost more this week, but trying to see the bright side, it's still a loss and over three weeks I've lost an average of 1.53kg a week, still a bit disappointed of course - but a loss is a loss is a loss.

@BinnityBoo How are you getting on so far? Any plans for the weekend?
@OrderOfTheKookaburra The thirst is strange isn't it - yesterday I had this whole thirsty but don't want to drink thing... will have to make an effort to drink more today
@BeagleMum1 um1 let us know how you find the needle!
@Glorfindels Fingers crossed for your weigh in.
**@charlotr366 How are you finding your first few days?
@Bloodylovecrisps How are you getting on, are you upping your dose?
**@ThisMustBeMyDream Is everything still working well for you?
**@saxendaqs did you try .6 again ?
@Footgoose If I remember you're starting tomorrow ? I hope all goes well and that any side effects are minimal.
@cherrypied As a frenchie I keep reading your name as cherry "foot" instead of Cherry Pie - d. There is a market in the street on my way to work and yesterday one organic orchard stalls had the most amazing selection of cherries, black ones, white ones, red ones, pink ones, old varieties I think - I thought of you but didn’t get any because I’m not ready to remortgage yet…
@CakeWarrior @hairychinsrus @CocoKenny How are you getting on ?

Morning @Saxendastarter and all . I have read your updated stats . Great result for 4 weeks . I’m hoping for 10 pounds in 4 weeks and you have certainly cracked that !

I started yesterday, just did my second dose this morning . I thought I would start a day early to put an end to the emotional eating. It’s been a terrible week for that . No side effects but I was awake last night feeling hungry , then woke up this morning not wanting breakfast . I definitely felt more calm around food yesterday but that may well be placebo , who knows . My Mum in Law has come to stay , did a bit of running about for her so couldn’t eat until after 7pm . Normally , I would be getting Hangry by then but wasn’t .

@Footgoose thats a great start! Long may the absence of side effects last. With all the caring you're doing have you blocked out a little moment to care for yourself? even just a little moment to go and sit on a bench with a thermos of tea/coffee and a book (or a trashy magazine if you're not up to reading much)?

Morning - I've been on Saxenda a little longer but find it helpful to have a place to check in and see how others are getting on. The other threads seem a little quiet so may I join you?

I started on 26.3.23 and have lost 1 stone and 2lbs in the interim. There was a blip for the last week as I went to visit family and took a few days off as didn't want want to draw attention to reduced appetite - DM would think I was obviously very ill and not telling her! But I've been back a few days and it's all fine again now.

I started on .6 like everyone then upped it to .9 (.6 plus 5 clicks) which works well. 1.2 makes me so nauseous that one night I actually fainted in the bathroom.

Thus, for as long as it's still working, I'm staying on the .9. Have used two and a half pens and just ordered a new batch of 5.

As my appetite has reduced I'm finding that I feel better if what I eat is as healthy as possible. Better for the constipation too. And I have no taste for wine at all which is good for the weightloss and also means I don't snack in the evening.

Anyway, I've wittered on long enough - hello! x

Welcome @Namechange602 ! Over a stone is great. How long do you think you'll be on Saxenda to reach your goal? I'd love to have no taste for wine....

Well, I started at 18st 8lbs and I'm now 17.6 so a long way to go. But if a lower dose and a slower loss is more sustainable in the long term then I'll just keep plodding along. Would love to get to 17st by the end of the month. Actually, just a smidge less would be nice as then I'm in the 16s which will feel fantastic. But another 3 or 4 is fine. It's a marathon not a sprint.

I've never actually told anyone my weight. Even my lovely, supportive DH doesn't know. I talk about how much I've lost but not in terms of actual weight. It's just crept up gradually, not helped by the meds I've had to take in the past.

Now, off to the fishmonger and the farm shop - DS is away for the weekend and we're having scallops and asparagus for dinner with strawberries from just up the road for pud!

@Saxendastarter I think that is a great loss! You didn't think you'd have even made 0.5 if I remember correctly? So you smashed it!

I'm on my 6th day of injections. I'm not sure when to weigh for a weekly weigh. I was thinking Monday? I started injections on Sunday afternoon (but have moved them by 1 hr each day to 6pm).

Anyway, I'm still daily weighing, and am down 5lb so far. I'm amazed and delighted in equal measure.

Still feeling amazing. No side effects. I'm not sure if I'll need to increase yet, so I'll decide on Sunday. I'm a total sceptic of medication usually. But this has thrown me in to a spin. Could this be what cracks it for me?

Between the weight loss and the skin clearness from the Isotretinoin (also, no symptoms, what am I? Some kind of immovable beast?!) I'm just feeling so great about me. I could almost love myself again!

Hello everyone,

Today's weigh in:

Last week: 123.37 kg
This week: 122.19 kg
Loss: -1.18 kg
Total Loss: 7.08kg

I will take that, as a loss is a loss, but was secretly hoping for a bit more as I have been very strict this week. I think the time of the month has scuppered me somewhat.

Will catch up properly in a bit.

@ThisMustBeMyDream

Between the weight loss and the skin clearness from the Isotretinoin (also, no symptoms, what am I? Some kind of immovable beast?!) I'm just feeling so great about me. I could almost love myself again!

I think that's really important. When we're overweight (and I know this is a generalisation that doesn't apply to everyone) it's easy to feel bad about ourselves - we can't buy the same lovely clothes that our friends do, well-meaning but clueless people tell us that all we need to do is move more and eat less, I've even wondered what on earth DH sees in me. We know it's bollocks, but those thoughts worm their way in and we can be left in a really bad place.

What Saxenda is doing for me is making it easier to stick to healthy eating principles - WW and SW etc just leave me obsessing about how many points are in things and life can become a bit joyless. Seeing the progress I'm making (even if it is pharmaceutically enhanced!) is making me feel better about my health and myself.

I think all of us here are feeling better about ourselves and that's brilliant to see. Saxenda (and its stablemates like Ozempic) aren't a magic bullet, but they're helping us and I'm really pleased that I gave it a go.

@Saxendastarter hello! 😊sorry I've been so quiet the last week or so! Life has been pretty crazy.

I'm feeling good! I'm on day 20, I'm doing 0.6 and '5 clicks' and it's working really well in the reducing appetite department and side effects are pretty minimal, just a bit of nausea. I did end up losing 2lbs last week despite being down half way through the week about maintaining, that'll teach me for hopping on and off the scales constantly 😂so I'm down to 12 stone 10 / 80.7 from 13 stone 4lbs / 84.4 (I'll do a statistic update over the weekend. Maintaining at 12 stone 10 so far this week despite being super good but not getting too in my head about it as I put a pair of pants on for work this morning that I haven't worn in AGES because they used to cut me in two and they are fitting comfortably today.

I went out for a few drinks last weekend and felt so uncomfortably full, I only had 3, my friend kept coaxing me to get another drink and honestly I felt like I was filling up my esophagus 😂but didn't have any negative effects and was still able to enjoy it!

Not really got any plans for the weekend but the weather is beautiful and the outdoor swimming pool near me has re-opened for summer, so I'll probably be swimming, walking the dog and other boring life admin stuff!

I've missed so many messages and new faces on the thread, the thread has really taken off which is great, I feel out of depth to catch up with everything but have been reading everything and you're all doing so well! going to try and not leave it so long next time 😂

I was particularly touched by your lovely friend @Saxendastarter support from great people around us means so much however with regards to the karen friend, good riddance to her, life is too short to have shitty people around! You're doing so well!

Hope you all have a fab weekend!

@Namechange602 I've been on isotretinoin and despite being a harsh drug, I'd do it again in a heartbeat, I've been off it almost 2 years now and my skin is still flawless! I had horrific cystic acne which is so embarrassing as a grown woman. Best decision I ever made! It had such a huge effect on my confidence!

I love that it's making you 'almost' love yourself again! This is the ultimate goal right! 😊

@Namechange602 That sounds like a lovely supper you have planned. You're right about it being a marathon. But we've got this, I think you're also very right about the most important thing being feeling better about oneself.

@ThisMustBeMyDream Thats great to hear and good that the Roaccutane is working too.

@Glorfindels I can understand being a little miffed, but it's still over a kg a week and that's pretty good going.

@BinnityBoo Thank you for the update, good to hear that things are going well for you, such a nice feeling to be able to slip into clothes easier, I can't wait.... I hope you enjoy the outside swimming

Yes, the people who say eat less, move more can get to the far side of fuck. As if it was so simple. Dicks.

Yes, the people who say eat less, move more can get to the far side of fuck. As if it was so simple. Dicks.

+1 to that

Day 22

Breakfast:
1 milky coffee

Lunch:
Fromage blanc with redcurrant jam
Coffee
Water

Snack:
A kombucha drink
Fizzy water

Supper:
2 egg omelet with feta and coeur de boeuf tomatoes
Sugar free squash

A bit of a depressed day, been trying to snap out of it since this morning haven't succeeded. Worked from home, so over my job, it's relentless. Basically mooched from the office and the bed all day and stayed in my dressing gown, had drinks out with friends planned tonight but can't even muster the courage to shower get ready and take the metro. Decided on an early night and tomorrow is another day.

I got kitchen scales ( on recommendation from current favorite person/good doctor friend who said that without getting obsessive, it might be a good idea to have a look at what 100g of fish meat or 30g of cheese looks like) so I weighed what I put in my omelet and am shocked by the calories, that said I did add creme fraîche to the eggs.

2 eggs - 140 calories
15g butter for the pan - 100 calories
60g of creme fraiche - 160 calories
50g of feta - 130 calories
150g of tomatoes - 30 calories
Decided that the bit of onion and the parsley were insignificant
Thats still 560 calories for a small omelet with cheese - I think a lot of my misperception of food comes from my generous helpings if butter and cream in my cooking - if I google "calories 2 egg cheese and tomato omelet" I get results ranging from 160 cal to 418 cal with most sources being round the 320 calorie ball park. And most of them suggest cheddar and not feta and feta has less calories than cheddar! I'll think about halving the creme fraîche next time perhaps!

Hi everyone, lovely to have so many new people here!
I'm on day 17 today and still on 0.6, I'm extremely cautious about the sickness side effect due to how much it effected me last time so I'm anxious about increasing my dose but I'm starting to want to snack a bit more. I think part of my issue is that I'm not eating much during the day and then having a fairly large meal at night with my husband, I'm sticking well to my 1100-1300 calorie daily target, but the bulk is at night and I'm now feeling a bit more hungry by late afternoon. I think I should maybe shake this up but with work / family time and the fact I already cook my kids two different meals (one has complex SEN and food issues arising from sensory regulation) I'm just not sure I want to change it.
I think I will continue over the weekend and see how I go before making any dose changes.
Sorry for the waffle!
I hope everyone is still doing okay.
Sorry to hear things aren't great for you today @Saxendastarter your job sounds highly stressful and your social life exhausts me just reading about it! Have you considered looking for other jobs? I know that is a huge thing to do and the unknown is not always better but yours sounds like it demands too much from people, hence the loss of so many of your colleagues recently. Please take care of yourself x

Morning all @Saxendastarter @BinnityBoo @Bloodylovecrisps @Bloodylovecrisps @CakeWarrior @BeagleMum1 @CocoKenny @Glorfindels @Namechange602 @OrderOfTheKookaburra @ThisMustBeMyDream @cherrypied .

Not sure if tagging everyone who names I now feel familiar with is the sone thing . Everyone has said something , or a lot of things that have resonated with me but as I read down the thread , who says what does get jumbled . Please tell me , it’s just not me . Anyhow, I feel like I have found a good space to hear what others are feeling and how they are getting along .

Day 3 today . Will do the injection in a bit.
feel fine , no side effects . Get a little hungry in the evening ( I inject in the morning so may try swapping to evening ? ) . I’ve made an effort to drink more water. But inconvenient for work as it’s not easy to have even a quick loo break . I realise now though that I’ve likely been allowing myself to get dehydrated so I don’t have to go to the loo during the day . Not good !

food I’ve eaten ? Not a balanced yet as I need to go shopping and we are sort of still using up last weeks shop that didn’t get eaten . I’ll introduce a wider variety of fruit and low fat dairy this week . But I’ve definitely eaten less . Much less .

Morning! I'm feeling full of the joys of spring again! Long may it continue! I'm down from last Sunday 16st 13 to 16st 7.5 this morning. The scales have dropped every day so far! I'm absolutely thrilled. I always lost so little in my first weeks and felt terribly demotivated previously. I'm going to do my official weigh in on Monday as I inject late on.
@Footgoose I have my injection at 6pm, which I find works well at keeping hunger at bay. I've not had any side effects so I'll keep mine to this time I think.
Another side effect of the Isotretinoin for my skin is that it drys your hair up. I get very greasy hair to go with my spots 😆 what a delight I am! Anyway, no greasy hair, last washed on Monday, showing no sign of needing washing any time soon! I normally have to dry shampoo every day i don't wash, and I haven't even needed that! I really feel so incredibly lucky. I'm normally terribly unlucky and have a shit time on medication. I was terrified to start both these meds. I had the Isotretinoin for 3 weeks before I started it out of fear! I just wish I'd started them all sooner now. What an idiot!
Have a lovely Saturday everyone!

Hello all,

A brighter start to today. About to head out to meet friends for coffee and a mani/pedi which is quite an unusual occurence for me. I also got a new pairs of shoes I ordered delivered this morning and I love them. Felt a bit sick this morning but it passed pretty quickly. Not hungry yet.

@Footgoose I inject in the mroning which is better for me I think because my big issue is normally lunches ...

@ThisMustBeMyDream Thats a great loss. I hope everything continues to go well for you. I had a quick look to see if Isotretinoin had any effects on weight, I didn't find much but this study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004210/ although it doesn't find an effect on BMI did find that leptin levels are increased on Isotretinoin and leptin can also induce appetite suppression in certain cases. The study is an interesting read in any case.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.