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.

@Asparagus1 yes to the frequent weeing! How are you feeling? Any side effects ?

@Saxendastarter i’m feeling good apart from the weeing, it’s getting a bit ridiculous!! I’ve no sooner been that I feel like I need to go again, does this calm down?! I’ve had just shy of 1000 calories today, just don’t feel hungry! It’s a miracle!

@Asparagus1 it has calmed down a bit yes !

Finally back to reliable internet

Lovely pictures @Saxendastarter .
Hello @Asparagus1 . I pee’d quite a lot to begin too but I put it down to making an effort to drink more . Hope it’s sorted itself out for you .

Hi all,

Back home after a delayed train ( cows on the tracks ...) and quite an adventure. Because the train was delayed the two Spanish young ladies sitting opposite us missed their night bus from Paris to Madrid ( we couldn't work out why they'd come up from Lyon to Paris to get a night bus back down) and they were panicking because they couldn't find a hostel they could afford and we arrived back after midnight. Chatted quietly with friend (who is a mum to teenagers) and decided that we would put them up for the night on my sofa bed so they could get an early bus this morning. We were a bit scared they were runaways to be honest as they looked about 15 and didn't want them spending the night at the station. So we took them home and let them sleep on the sofa and friend and I debated what we should do all night so didn't sleep a wink. They left very early this morning as they found an early bus back to Spain and before they left we facetimed with one of their mums who was very thankful and wanted my address to send a gift. They weren't runaways just two very very young looking disorganized 19 year olds who hadn't really planned their trip well at all ... Do think it was the right decision to put them up though even if I did loose a whole night of sleep and felt a little strange have two total strangers in my apartment.

I'm exhausted and am back doing work emails...

I've put on 700g over the long weekend (1.5 pounds) and hope to loose that before the end of the week so I'll have least maintained from last week. I'm going to try and not drink alcohol all week - we'll see how that goes.
I think I need to up my dose from 1.8 as I'm not feeling it as much - bit annoyed at this though because of the extra cost. has anyone managed to stay at 1.8 or lower for months ?

Hi OP

Have been lurking for the last couple of weeks and decided to join (new username - this journey is very separate to my usual mumsnet stuff).
I love your posts (and photos), I would be a lot heavier than you if I were surrounded by all that lovely food and wine and I think you're doing incredibly well so far.

I'm the same height as you, 10 years older and weigh 100.3kg today. I asked my surgery about Wegovy when I first read about it , but even if there was a UK supply now I still couldn't have it prescribed as there's no level3/4 weight management service in the area (hasn't been since covid). I've just been told to call back every month and see if there has been a change.

I've just started on HRT and also take medication for hypertension, didn't want to risk Ozempic off label without a doctor having oversight which is what led me to saxenda. Am just awaiting my saxenda delivery so I can start, after Boots online doctor reviewed all my meds and stats and approved me. I really hope I'm not the 1 in 3 for whom it doesn't work, I've been obese for 20 years and tried everything from atkins to weight watchers in that time. The exorbitant cost will be worth it if I can lose 20kg or so - I have lost and regained the same 7kg since the birth of first child, third baby added another 2kg and peri added 4kg more. I'm 2kg down from the start of this month (April is full of birthdays and I did overindulge) by having more salads and drinking less wine, but I know more drastic measures are needed.

Here's hoping the side effects aren't too awful, I'm hopeful for some positive changes.

Oh and forgot to add, my MIL has been on 1.8 for about 4 months now (hers was prescribed for her diabetes about 6 months ago) and intends to stay at that level for now. She did say she lost 12kg since starting it, but that weightloss does appear to have stalled for now.

Hi @Everdecreasingcircumferences

We're in a similar boat, at least regards meds for hypertension and then endless losing and gaining of that same stone!

Welcome to the thread - @Saxendastarter and others have made this such a welcoming and friendly place and it's lovely to see that everyone's supporting each other and celebrating our victories.

Plus, we get bonus food and travel news from @Saxendastarter plus insights into Parisian life and I don't think other threads have that. That picture of the cheese counter... my mouth actually started watering!

Gosh OP, what a lovely but crazy weekend you had. Sounds like a novel. Lovely pictures. I'd love to try some of that cheese!

I worked 7am-8pm yesterday. I delivered 4 babies in one day which is my new personal best! I came home absolutely exhausted and zonked out straight away and for the first time ever, forgot to take my saxenda!

I realised when I woke up so did it then instead. Does anyone have any thoughts on optimum time of injection? Usually do mine about 10pm right before bed.

I woke up hungry this morning which I never do when I take my saxenda at night. Interested to see how I'll feel the rest of the day.

@Namechange602 I agree, the insights into real Parisian life thrill me!

Absolutely yes, it does settle down a bit eventually though.

Sorry for the gatecrash, have been lurking from another Saxenda thread! 😁

I always wee more in the first 2 weeks of any "diet"! I guess that is maybe why they call in water weight?! I don't know 🤣.
I've been reading a thread on here basically criticising people for using Ozempic and the like. All the usual horrible tropes about obesity and the old eat less move more shit are on there. It really upsets me that there are people out there who really have no fucking clue about it and think they can sit and make their armchair judgements. Utter cunts. As you where...!
Rant over 🙈.

They're just ignorant and deserve pity. All the experts in obesity studies say diets don't work, for good reason. Some people enjoy feeling morally superior and believe some of is are just greedy and lazy rather than recognising not everyone responds the same way to living in an obesogenic food environment. Just because the odd individual manages to buck the trend using the old 'just try harder' approach doesn't mean it'll work for the majority of people.
Never see them telling smokers to just have one puff, or alcoholics to just have one sip, or drug addicts to just have a lick of their chosen poison and then refrain from having more!

The wee situation has improved today! Thank goodness 😂

I weighed today and have lost 3lbs since last Tuesday. Only started Saxenda on Sunday so I’m pleased with that!

Day 33

Breakfast
Herbal tea

Lunch :
2 hard boiled eggs with mayo
Chicken w/lemon and rice
Strawberry soup
Coke zero

Snack:
3 Coffees
Square of black chocolate

Supper:
Virgin mojito
2 glasses red wine
Handful of fries

TL/DR - Long ramble ahead out journaling life + feelings + self reflexion

Lovely to see so many people on the thread and more importantly journey. I would never have made it one moth in without having this screen to turn to. It's really helping me journal and stick to things. I'm losing slower than I thought I would but I haven't quit and am still invested in the journey and not just the results. As I said In my very first post I feel that I'm perpetually stuck in a sort of woe is me/ I hate my life it could be so much better mode the whole time that I somehow fail to notice that the life I have may be pretty stressful but it's also filled with great rewards and privileges.

I realize that my life on paper really isn't bad and that I do actually have choices. And that I can make the choice to loose weight just as I can make the choice to go away for a weekend/buy myself flowers / have my bathroom repainted.

When I was a teenager I used to paint my perfect adult life in my mind ... I think I've ticked as many boxes as I'm ever going to from that dream and that now is the time to take a break to actually "live" rather than just getting exhausted trying to meet another self imposed goal.

I think that before journaling here if you had asked me what my last month had looked like I would have replied "too much work, stressed out, fat, depressed about how I look, nothing unusual". And now I've journaled I'd think "Ah a dinner party, no, two, a trip to Saint Germain and a trip to Versailles, a weekend in the vineyards and the first Sunday church visit in over 25 years" And this is really helping me feel less sorry for myself and neutralizing my whole "grass is greener on the other side and I'm on the wrong side anyway, fuck it I'll eat whatever want and ruin my body with my habits"

What is funny is that I know that I often dream of how different/more "global corporate" my life would be if I was in London or how much quirkier and freer and progress my Berlin life would be.

Every two years or so I go through a phase of actively studying job offers in London, looking into housing options, moving costs, trying to work out which friends are in which bit of London and what neighborhoods I would be prepared to live in and how far I would be open to commuting from. And I know that for a lot of my Parisian circle London is our dream, with M&S and and boots, pre chopped veg at the supermarkets and week-ends in Snowdonia and the occasional night train to Scotland. We talk of it often and "loose" a friend to London every year or so.

I weighed myself this morning and I’m at 90.9kg - this means that I have reached the first goal I set myself to have lost 5kg by the end of May - I’ve lost 5.9kg ( 13 pounds ) in 35 days. This morning with the help of spanx I managed to squeeze into a size 44 (UK 16 ) Paule Ka dress that I got in January but hadn’t managed to get into. I’ve teamed it with massive heels and for the first time in ages am not feeling atrocious about how I look. Favorite person of the moment told me I looked nice when we had a quick coffee this morning which is always an uplifting thing to hear.

My next goal is to have lost another 5kg by the end of June which would make me 85,9kg (13 stone 7.3 pounds) or lighter on June 30th.

As I wrote in a very long winded way yesterday I really think my relative success this time round is due to the support from all of you lovely people. So Thankyou ladies of the thread.

Well done OP!

That's amazing, well done. You must be so pleased!
I love reading about your Parisian life, it sounds so interesting.

I've just had the text saying my prescription is in - am going to go straight to it and start this evening. Am very nervous, if this doesn't work I am worried about falling off the cliff again in despair. I find when the food chatter is bad so is the self loathing chatter, leading to louder food chatter and so forth.

I've mostly been eating the right foods in preparation to start, obvs hoping saxenda makes me eat less of it. Struggled last night, grabbed almonds and a herbal tea to limit the damage but have gained weight this morning - reminding myself this isn't a linear process.

I really appreciate this thread, you're all giving me such inspiration and I'm loving the support - other than my husband and MIL (she's been on saxenda for 6 months to treat her diabetes) no one else knows I'm doing this so you will be my only outlet.

Love to all!

Well done OP

I'm struggling ! So far limited/zero side effects and I think it has curtailed my appetite a bit but I'm still struggling with eating when bored!

Trying to fill up a little more on water/liquid to stop me eating.

I can't see any weight loss this week so hoping to increase the dose on Friday in line with the prescription and hoping that has the desired effect.

I really don't want to be the person it doesn't work for !

That's what I afraid of too @charlotr366 !
Got ahead of myself - have collected pens but just remembered I'm at the Chelsea Flower Show on Friday and we're having the seafood and champagne lunch. Then out at a bar in the evening.
Will start on Saturday instead 😊

Oh and just seen Boots Online Doctor are out of stock and not taking on new saxenda patients. Am so glad I took the plunge whem I did!

Day 34

Breakfast
Herbal tea

Black coffee
Water

Snack:
1 Coffee

Lunch :
Baguette sandwich with brebis and sun dried tomorrows
Chocolate brownie square
Fizzy water
Double espresso

Snack:
Expresso
Chouquette

Supper:
Beer, white wine, Prosecco, Kir royale
Ginger and lime duck with rice noodles
Fromage blanc with maple syrup
10/15 Haribo bonbons
Square of black chocolate
Fizzy water

Failing at my alcohol free week two evenings running. Pretty stress filled work week with a lot of shit to sort out and a new team member who I think might have been a recruitment error… Had impromptu dinner at mine with my favorite person of the moment and a close collègue. Pulled duck out of the freezer and that seemed to go down okay with them. Proud of myself because I’m not really an improviser when it comes to hosting normally. Wasn’t planning on drinking but still had rather too much. Collègue is staying over as he had wine and came with his car…. I feel a bit mean because I asked if I could put him on the sofa with blankets as the guest room is allready made up and ready for another friend tomorrow evening and didn’t want to have to change the sheets and all. Favorite person of the moment has gone home and took all the leftovers which is good so I won’t be tempted to pick. I think I’ll have gained weight now after too many days of what the fucking around with food and alcohol. I need to up my dose tomorrow. And seriously try and cut the crap for the rest of the week.

Today is day 14. Total loss , 10lbs . Happy with that . I increased my dose to 1.8 this morning . Middle of last week I wasn’t feeling hungry but yesterday I did , same today . I hope the increased dose does the trick.

i was hoping to stay on as low dose as possible , talk of a pen shortage is worrying me a bit . This medicine feels like such a life changer for me .

Hope everyone has a lovely day. X

Same I’ve seen that today too, bit concerning.

Ive messaged where I got my prescription from asking how soon I can re-order as they know full well I have 4.5 weeks supply left, but I would rather know I have it as it’s working so well at the mo!