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.

Start of week ten and weigh in number 9 here

I'm not going to weigh in today because I've been having a shit week and don't think I've lost anything ... I'm just placemaking to keep track - if I weigh it will just upset me and I'm going to try and avoid a downward spiral..

Weight loss this week : ?
Current Weight ?
Total weight lost to date ?

Starting Weight 96.8kg ( 15st 3.4 Ibs)
Goal Weight 70kg (11st)
Time On Saxenda 62 days
Total percentage of weight loss so far ?
Total weight to loose when starting 26.8kg ( 4st3lbs)
Total weight remaining to loose ?
Side effets Tiredness / really down this week
Goal for end of July 80kg (12st6) - now realizing this won't happen so going for 83kg which would mean 5kg in 5 weeks.
Dose 3mg - the full dose
Starting BMI 34.3
Current BMI ?
Average loss per week on Saxenda ?

@Saxendastarter totally understand why you didn't want to weigh. Give it a couple of days and then try. You might be surprised.

I weighed again this morning and I'm already back to 15st 13, so only 1lb above where I was before I left on holiday. I am surprised, but very pleased nonetheless. I'll keep daily weighing for a bit and see what happens. I'd really like to lose a stone in the next month. We go away towards the end of July to see the OH's family and I'd love to be below 15st when we go 🤞🤞🤞🤞.

@Saxendastarter I can totally understand where you are at this week, just think how far you have come. Cancel out week 9, fresh start. I hope you have some nice treats planned for the weekend.

@ThisMustBeMyDream Hope you have a good week this week. It's good to have a target.

My Week:
Starting weight:129.27kg
Weight this week:113.48
Weekly loss: 1.27kg (2.8lb)
Total Loss 15.79kg (34.8lb)

What a slog- I've been dieting for weeks, why aren't I thin yet?

On a positive note, my clothes are definitely feeling looser.
I forgot to inject yesterday- but managed all day, even with pizza temptation.
Into the next stone bracket & 0.2lbs off 2.5 stones.

Next plan is to get more exercise in, not able to go on a big walk this week & I have really missed it.

Hi everyone, have the jabs caused any of you to feel a bit 'flat'? that's the only way I can describe it.

Yes sort of, at first I kept feeling a bit "manic" then a bit of nothingness. It was fleeting though and only lasted the first couple of days on and off. Nothing since.

@BeagleMum1 yes I'd say feeling flat has been my main symptom so far, but am only on 0.6 as is my first week so gastro issues may yet take over.

We have visitors this weekend, DH's friends and they are lovely chaps so it's good to have them over. It does mean I will inevitably eat less ideal food and drink alcohol but it's a special occasion and so long as I keep the volumes reasonable I am going to try not to feel guilty (need to avoid the guilt/ binge cycle).
Today I enjoyed some proper pork pie and a tasty (but definitely UPF) empanada, last night I has a small amount of crisps and a couple of prosecco based spritzers. So far I've been pretty sensible I think, tomorrow they're out for a curry and I'm staying home to have leftover chilli and sweetcorn. I dont feel I've denied myself really, tomorrow will be more of a challenge if we head to the ice cream barn with the kids (love love love ice cream).

My weight continues to decrease ever so slowly and I am almost back to post baby 1 weight, next milestone will be the 92kg mark hopefully by the end of the summer. Wishing you all a good weekend.

TL/DR non weight related journaling ahead - will reply to posts later.

Ive been complaining about work à lot so thought I’d take a moment to be grateful. I’ve had a graduate on a graduate scheme for the last two years. She has truly become my right hand woman and she is without a doubt so far the biggest pride I have in my career. Am amazing young woman. She’s 25 now and just about to complete her 2 year MBA after her masters in a pretty hardcore subject. Her contract ends in September. This morning she told me she’s 5 months pregnant. I had a radical hysterectomy two years ago for medical reasons. I didn’t feel jealous when she told me, but pure joy for her .. victory 1 - because I never felt I’d be able to feel that way. Her contract ends the 1st of September. She was worried she wouldn’t get a permanent contract with us. I told her she had to tell our director as soon as possible. She told him straight away. And even thought I often think my director is a total arse.. he was more than perfect. He congratuled her. Called me and asked me to write a French legally binding document offering her a permanent position from September first - i drafted the proposition and sent it to him, he amended the salary upwards by 15% on what our usual graduate salary is, asked me to check it out and add a clause giving her a raise after 8 months … ( which is when she’ll be back from Mat leave) and then called her back into his office with me to sign it if she wanted to. Pretty amazing because by French law she’ll be leaving mid October until next April on mat leave, and we’ll have to pay 100% of her salary for the whole leave. Once she’d signed ( she was so happy) he called me back and had me draft another letter saying we’d pay full nursery fees ( not as much as in the uk here but still ) until the « enfant à naître » - the child to be born - goes to full time school ( age three here). He told me to email it to her and tell her that now she was safe and protected and had the whole force of French labour law behind her, because it’s a written acknowledgment we know she’s pregnant. I asked him why and he just looked and me and said « sax - your « baby » is having a baby and she’s worth it » I’m so proud and happy we’ve done the right thing…. Im really touched - I thought my director would not be happy at all. But he’s decent. And over and above. When I was going to leave he caught me again in the corridor and did a sort of very French man of saying « yeah uhm she’s young uhm , yeah uhm like she’ll gain weight uhm, like tell her bio oil and uhm yeah uhm Monday I’ll uhm my credit card, you can tell me uhm book her some pregnant lady massages and new office chair uhm and yeah can you do the uhm pregnant lady stuff for her and yeah uhm get her an intern and yeah uhm she shouldn’t be uhm in the you know ( part of our lab) and uhm and if we have a heatwave uhm tell her to get taxis to work on her corporate card » which I found pretty hilarious but lovely from him ..

So yes, today I am grateful that I wasn’t wrong when I chose the position I have now because I chose it because I wanted to work with good people - and today I got tangible proof that I made the right call.

Day 62

Breakfast
Black Coffee
water
a latte

Lunch :
fizzy water
tomato and buffalina foccacia
An amazing sort of Chou pastry thingy with pistachio and basil crème pat’ with fresh raspberries and blackberries and a wild strawberry and Thai basil sorbet ( so so so worth it !!! - no regrets )
3 coffees

Snack
coffee
Water
Supper:
1 saint Germain spritz
1 Negroni
water

Morning all.
move been reading daily . So much resonates with me but I do lose track of who said what after a while. Apologies for that . Glad those who had recent holidays had lovely times and came back not beating themselves up .
i very much identify with a comment regarding how well and slimmer I feel compared to how I still look in a mirror. Someone took a short video of me the other day to help me analyse my poor technique in a new activity. I was so disappointed in how I looked but hey ho , the weight is coming off albeit very slowly now so I’ll focus on that .

I’m just past week 6 and have lost 21 pounds . Feels good , that’s half way for me , I’m trying not to think about the other 21 pounds mind you as it’s going so slowly . I did think after this set of pens , I wouldn’t be allowed / want to buy any more but at this rate I’ll likely get another set . The pens really run out fast on the full dose .

I did switch my injection time to midday and that does seem to work better for me come evening time .
@Saxendastarter , glad you got to see the good side of your boss and he didn’t let your co worker down . It’s good to be reminded occasionally that the world isn’t always full of arseholes .

Well I've braved the scales. I'm current 11st 1lb. This means I've lost a measly 8lbs in 4 weeks. I did however have 2 holidays during this period so I'm trying not to fret and think it's a crap loss compared to some of the amazing losses here.
I have just under 2 pens left and at the moment I'm not sure if I'll buy more. I'd like to be under 10 st (wouldn't we all?) so these pens need to get me close to that otherwise it's just a waste of money.

Feeling a bit gloomy and when that happens I just want to eat more :((

Try not to beat yourself up 8lbs is a great loss at your weight in just 4 weeks, and even more with holidays! The bigger losses are at much higher starting weights (many 50% more) so not a fair comparison, try and think of the positives and you are so close to next stone bracket which is great!

Thank you @Sotiredmjmmy - I know you're right and any loss is a loss. It's just so frustrating! I know I'm eating less and I know I'm fairly active so why is the weight not coming off as I expected?

But I shall persevere! Much appreciate the support.

@CiderJabs . I also think 8lb in 4 weeeks is a great loss . I’m 11 stone 7 and losing at a slower rate than I would like despite sticking religiously to a low calorie diet . This week, l lost 1 pound, last week 1.5 . I try to see this as 1 - 2 pounds of pure fat, not water weight etc . I will try and make a few tweaks this week to increase the weight loss but people are right, the less we have to lose the harder it gets . Good luck .

@CiderJabs I also came to say weight loss at those weights will not be as significant as those of us who have much higher amounts to lose. Please don't be disheartened as 8lb is a fantastic loss in a month!

Thank you. You ladies are lovely.

I'm still on 1.2 and I feel like I should increase it, but I haven't been to the toilet in 3 days 😱- how do you all cope with it? I've even thought about taking Senna tablets. I'm scared it will get even worse if I go up!

I stared at the scales in utter shock this morning. 4 days home from holiday where I was AI and eating all kinds. 4 days of back to normal eating and my weight is not only back to pre holiday, but is actually 1lb less, and puts me back at my lowest weight that I got to on week 4 (15st 11, I had gained 1lb on week 5). Week 7 weigh in is officially Monday so I'm hoping to maybe eek another 1lb off 🙏. I'm honestly amazed. I regularly gained 6lb on holiday weeks, and spent 2 months trying to get it off previously. I actually shed a tear at how this feels.

I've used senna once, 36 hrs later... Good clear out! I'm going twice a week I reckon, prior I was maybe every other day. Remember less in means less out. My stools did get pretty firm though, so the senna helped with that. My week away made my bowels go back to normal habits, so I don't think it's the medication as such, just that less in means less out. But I do think less fibre and fluid is making them firmer than desired so I'll just use the senna again if things get tricky.

Once again I'll recommend the magnesium gummies from Amazon, they have really helped me in that department, without flushing out too dramatically. Every time I mention this though mumsnet hides my comment so we'll see if this works!

Honestly how do you guys manage to talk about the bathroom without getting hidden? 😂🙈

Colloquialisms I guess 🤣. No one wants to be accused of being the poo troll!

Hi all,

I didn't post yesterday evening because FPOTM got back a day early as a surprise and joined us at the plant sale straight off the plane ...

@CiderJabs Have you thought of looking at your weight loss as a percentage of your weight rather than stones and pounds? The less you weigh the harder it is to loose ... but a loss is a loss is a loss

@Footgoose thats an amazing loss and great that you're feeling so much better in yourself

@ThisMustBeMyDream Welcome back from holiday!! And well done on already loosing the holiday weight and more

@radish12 No idea ... maybe you're just on the "naughty list" ;-)

I want to go for a walk but it's still just too hot here 33°C!!! Will try this evening I'm only at 3K steps for today but honestly its just boiling ...

Day 63 (yesterday)

Breakfast
Black Coffee
water

Snack :
An apérol Spritz

Lunch :
fizzy water
home made ice tea
Burger and fries (but didn't eat all of it)
Iced coffee

Snack
Water
1 Negroni
Deperados

Supper
Peanut butter chicken and rice
Negroni
Desperados
Vanilla Yogurt

@Radish12 what are magnesium gummies?

And I've never had a post deleted because of toilet!! Maybe it's because I'm suffering enough with constipation ! There may well be a list of names of people who don't manage to go and these are allowed to discuss it 😂

Omg now my post has been hidden!! Just was I was bragging about it not happening to me!

That's exciting @Saxendastarter - did you buy any plants?

I was as vague as possible as you can see now that my first post is showing 🤷🏼‍♀️ Who knows?

I weighed in yesterday and had lost 3lb which I was pleased with after my maintain the previous week. I also did my measurements and that was a bit of an eye opener - I've lost 8" off my bust-waist-hip stats, and almost 17" off the full nine measurements I take across my body.

I have been feeling exhausted this week and wonder how much of it is to do with the Saxenda, or perhaps just the reduced calories. There's also the heat, my underactive thyroid, and constant low iron so probably a perfect storm of all five 🙄

Fingers crossed for WI tomorrow @ThisMustBeMyDream, you've done so well already!

Hope everyone else is well and plodding along!

Oh no @CiderJabs! Maybe it's the M-word?!

The ones I take are nutrigums from Amazon, about £13. I take 0/1/2 per evening depending on how things have been that day, iyswim!