Starting Wegovy this week

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Brand new waiting for 0.25ml wegovy to be delivered today and will start it tomorrow.

i currently weigh 14’7 at 5’6 and would love to lose 4 stone!

anyone else brand new to wegovy and looking for a buddy/chat?

Thanks

Just finished my first week on 0.5 and I'm another 3 pounds down, despite eating a McDonald's and lots of home baking this week!

That's 10 pounds in 5 weeks - very happy! The constipation is bad though . I'm not sure I'll move up another dose. Not soon anyway.

I've had IBS flareups in the past, but nothing of significance for years and I bought a Wegovy pen ready to start after Christmas. Then out of the blue, really bad bloating and indigestion for the past few weeks. Today's especially bad. I'm thinking, oh no, it's the wrong time to inject something which has the same side effects.

Then I google - it seems Wegovy can help with IBS symptoms. This is because it has anti-inflammatory properties in the gut. As a recent blood test showed inflammation, which I expect is gut-related, this is extra promising. Meanwhile, there's anecdotal evidence of Wegovy improving IBS symptoms. I just need to wait until after Christmas dinner.

My original plan to start on Boxing Day was kind of scuppered by being called into work on that day. But I'm thinking I may just take the pen into the office and do it then. Shift starts at 6am, so I'm not going to be awake enough before I leave the house and I'm pretty much going to have the office to myself.

So that is the plan. Feeling more optimistic.

Hopefully this is replying to you @Superlambaanana! I do think it is linked to my lifestyle but hopefully this helps, I have given more detail below:

• I put on 3 stone over lock down, I had always (always!) been 10st 7ish without much effort (early thirties, living in London, a bit Bridget Jones - smoking/white wine/but was v disciplined with exercise given we were in the office 5 days). I had always worked silly hours in London so I was just never at home, lived by myself.
• Lockdown a huge shock, also had been with and then just moved in with my now husband. But we were in a two bed flat with no outdoor space and just ate and drank all the time (was great fun)

Wasn't exercising at all, just got so fat because we weren’t going anywhere or doing anything!

• November 2020 got a dog
• July 2021 got a horse (have always ridden)
• February 2022 started taking citalopram for work related anxiety
• Left that job and moved to a wonderful one in September 2022, stopped taking citalopram

Had put on another 1.5 stone!!!! Despite riding and walking 10-15k a day with doggo and horse

Got married last year and I was 15 stone which is just horrible - I felt horrible and everyone kept asking if I’d had fillers on my wedding day because I hadn’t seen them for so long and was so fat 😂

ordered ozempic on honeymoon

started on Boxing Day 2022 😂

I did lose about a stone in the first month on 0.25 which I can see a lot of people have also had. Mine personally did “taper off” - it didn’t plateau but it took me until June to lose another stone

I wasn’t hungry, I was always extremely sick if I did drink (honestly it should be prescribed for alcoholics!) and subsequently I never had more than one glass

I did go to India for 2 weeks in February and the spicy food honestly made me so ill (which I think was ozempic) and now I can’t even look at it.

i did crave a lot of extremely bland foods - saw the comment re potatoes and just totally get it. Or I just ate things without sauces etc and still now I prefer it that way.

but - by all intents - I just didn't watch what I ate and the weight did come off

i don’t think I overeat usually, I honestly think my lockdown weight was just sheer boredom

I wasn’t going to the gym - I felt too fat, but I was very active with steps etc which comes naturally

in June I knew I had big holidays coming up - Ibiza, France, work trip to HK. I had lost two stone so I just wanted to enjoy them. I was pretty open about the ozempic (always gets bad press and I had such a positive experience) but I did want to enjoy rose in the summer

came off literally first week of June at 13st on the nose

the shortages were starting to kick in around this time too - £200 is a lot and I wasn’t prepared to pay more. I think I only took 1mg for 1 month so I’ll be interested to take a higher 2mg dose now it is possible on WeGovy

also felt like a crack addict trying 3-4 different websites and only being allowed 0.5mg because I was terrified of coming off completely!

i started earlier this week at 12st 10 so I had lost a further few pounds without being on Ozempic nor trying (but weirdly I usually lose weight on work trips / holidays and went away for 3 weeks - no snacking see 😂)

so — all things considered I think if you are actively embracing a changed lifestyle (I wasn’t putting on weight after I came off medication - I just have no willpower to lose it) there is no reason you will put it on.

this week I weighed today and I have lost 5lbs and yet I haven’t actually started trying yet, when I go onto 1mg next week I expect to have lost a stone at least by end of Jan

will also start watching what I eat! But — again, as someone else said, I am now onto one meal a day pretty much already. Im just not hungry.

I have to say not feeling dictated by food did stay with me after I finished - and I always had that. I was off for a full 6 months.

and, having had such a positive experience here I am back!

Hope this helps - definitely try and use it to get stubborn weight off not to change your life. My life is changed which is why I kinda wanted the weight to reflect that 😂

@Striving4Better I'm not diagnosed with IBS but I've long suspected it, or some kind of intolerance to some foods. I'd frequently feel bloated, have occasional diarrhoea and often be pretty windy 😳It's all resolved. Probably because I'm not eating loads of crap.

That is very encouraging to hear @Toppstileslover , you give us all hope 😊

@AhBiscuits - so good to hear. I'm extra keen to get started now. Sounds like you might be similar to me. 15 years ago when I had a major flare up, my GP didn't believe IBS existed, so diagnosis never happened.

@Toppstileslover Interesting! And can relate so much. Thanks for sharing. ♥️

@Toppstileslover that's really helpful thanks so much for sharing. You're the first glimmer of hope that this might be a springboard to a longer term approach. Thanks!

Weigh in day for me. Week two on 0.2 I have lost only half a pound. Still at least it's a loss.
Food noise is still subdued and I'm definitely eating less but feeling a bit bloated and sluggish. I think I need to up my fibre intake this week.

As it's Christmas I'm not going to calorie count for a few days or I know I will beat myself up about all the nice food I'm going to consume. Not taking a week off but just going to relax the strict 1,200 calories rule.

Hey 👋 well an update since my last post - I weighed myself today and I've actually put on weight I'm now 111.7kg kinda sad but I do understand it may be down to my impending period so could be water weight. I've been eating a lot less processed foods and sugars this week and I've started wegovy 0.25 on Wednesday this week - I think also my lack of exercise is also a factor. I've bought a foldable exercise bike which has yet to be constructed (my partner will set it up when he has spare time) life is busy but I have made a start and just hope the weight will start to come of eventually I just hate the thought of putting on even more weight ugh 😣- also I look like I'm losing weight but the scales say different, does anyone else feel that way?

Ive taken my 5th dose today. I took 21/31 clicks as I didn’t want to go up to 0.5 in case it spoiled Christmas. I’ve almost lost 10lb in the last 4 weeks and that’s with Christmas parties and not being too careful about calories just trying to not overeat.

Anyone else regret doing this over christmas?

I'm only managing one small meal today and while I don't want to overeat, I'm missing out on lots of fun family traditions. And that's before I add in the sudden severe nausea and constipation!

My Christmas day weigh in has seen me hit over 1st lost in 6 weeks and my BMI drop out of the obese category 🙌

I'm due to inject today but am skipping it. I'm still feeling the effects of my last shot and I want to be able to eat and have a drink. If I did the shot today it would be 3 days of being unable to eat or drink alcohol.

@AhBiscuits that’s brilliant!

Great stuff, @AhBiscuits . What dose are you on at the moment?

Wise to postpone the shot, I think. I hope you have a great Christmas.

I'm on 0.5.

Amazing @AhBiscuits such a great loss! Defo rain check the shot. I took mine on Sat, had some bubbles last night and my body full scale rejected that at 6 this morning! Been gingerly sipping ginger tea instead of enjoying Buck’s Fizz and breakfast ever since! 😳

I really wish I had delayed my dose until tomorrow. I have been cooking a delicious Christmas dinner bit I'm not feeling hungry at all. I really underestimated how un-hungry I would feel today.

I had a cheeky weigh in yesterday and am 18lbs down in 6 weeks so really pleased with that, I was going to weigh every 4 weeks but I wanted to see what happened with Christmas.

All I've eaten today is my dinner, no sweets, chocolates, biscuits etc which is the first time ever, I only managed about a third of my dinner and felt full so I don't think I'll do much damage.
It's surprisingly liberating to not be obsessing over food on Christmas day and I'm looking forward to going to bed feeling okay and not having stomach ache from the volume of food.

I had dinner yesterday and one of the guests struck me because it was probably how I usually am around food - two or three helpings, cheese board, drink after drink, 2 types of pudding, picking at chocolates all day, then moaning they are full while going up for more. I don't think I would have noticed it before. There's me having one medium plate of food and feeling so stuffed unable to handle any pudding at all.

Was worried I wouldn't handle today and overeat and make myself sick but it was fine, didn't have to skip pudding but didn't have anything else all day but dinner and pudding and one single quality street.

Merry Christmas all!

It struck me because there's a certain desperate behaviour in someone who is addicted to eating, I know it well, I see my mum doing it. They talk about food a lot and how much they are eating while eating. Whether it's how they are not eating much, or eating loads, and why. You can't just eat a nice meal. And you eat like you're never going to be able to eat again, so you'd better make the most of it. On Wegovy I feel almost free, I can just eat enough and I don't feel like it's a wasted opportunity. Its just food...

@EatingTillIDie I've noticed it too but with my husband, he's about 4 stones overweight and is always grazing, he'll grab a packet of biscuits in the evening and eat the whole lot or pop to the toilet and on his way back to the living room will grab a packet of crisps. Today his dinner was huge, absolutely piled high and he cleared the lot and then sat with a tub of celebrations.

I used to do exactly the same, mindless eating, not the slightest bit hungry but still never go an hour without food, I didn't give it any thought because it was a habit the same as someone would have a regular cigarette without thinking.

I don't judge him or anyone else who does it but now Wegovy has stopped all that behaviour in me I can see it in others, it also worries me greatly that it'll be me again in the future, I can't afford to do this long term and have given myself 6 months but after that it's back to sheer willpower.

I had a wee slice of meat, some carrots, mashed turnip and a spoonful of sweetcorn for dinner. Three Dutch Butter Cookies. That’s it. Absolutely no interest in food, which is such a weird feeling after all these years, from early childhood on, just overeating and overeating.
Seventh 0.25mg tomorrow. Must up fluids!!!

I had a very modest Christmas day.
Breakfast was a small roll with some scrambled egg and smoked salmon. Small portion of Christmas lunch, slither of cheesecake, turkey sandwich for dinner. I drank 3 glasses of wine over 12 hours. I feel fine. I can tell the drug is wearing off as I would be vomiting after that if it had been on say day 3. Still not hungry today but I've had some toast. We're going to a restaurant for lunch.

I've seen some very pretty dresses in the sales and I'm really tempted to buy a couple in a size down as things are going so well. Is this tempting fate?

I need to move from 0.25 to 0.5, I'm scared about side effects. I have a fear of being sick! How has everyone else found it?

Well after a bad start to the day I rallied! Made a Christmas lunch for all which they loved. Obviously I wasn’t able to partake very much but it didn’t matter at all. Hope everyone had a great Christmas as well. I’m now in the mid point of the overweight bmi category so heading in the right direction. Im finding 1mg a very strong dose not planning to move up for the foreseeable. I bought some extra needles so might take .75 next week and see how that goes.@AhBiscuits I’d go for the sale dress, it would be a great incentive!