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

No side effects at all apart from good ones like wanting to eat less and not thinking about food.

Chocolate tastes really weird though and if something is sweet I just can't fancy it.

Haven't weighed yet but I'm almost at the end of week 2.

@ReachingLighthouse Comparing side effects is a little tricky as there are some who feel so dreadful they can't continue, some who have zero and then some inbetween.
I've completed 8 weeks and other than this week go through a cycle of taking the shot then within a few hours feel very tired and have a mild headache, nothing debilitating, then over the week I'll get stomach cramps a couple of times followed by the runs, again nothing bad or painful.
Some people report their bowels going the other way and getting constipation.

Any side effects I do feel are much less to the effects I feel from being obese, even before Wegovy I was lethargic a lot, constant sugar highs and crashes from the junk food, my sleep was poor, my joints hurt and I was very down because I felt so hopeless and trapped in a cycle of dieting and failing.

So far I've lost 20lbs which I'm pleased with, I'd like to lose 7-10lbs a month.

On my last week of 0.25 mg not really lost anything - I am on additional medication which I don't know whether slows down any potential weight loss - I also have an under-active thyroid and take daily meds for that. Anyone else in a similar boat?

Second week of 0.5. I feel a bit queasy but nothing major. I felt like this a lot before anyway from eating rubbish. I am Co stilted and taking a bit of ducolax so its not extreme. Need to figure out how often I can take that.

I'm in a funny state of, feeling full, no real appetite, no food noise... but I am eating some naughty things. Not sure what it is about but I wish I could stop it. It is a food addiction kind of thing but Wegovy helped so much for the first few weeks. I really need to get back on track with the psychology part of losing weight. Frustrated with myself really, am I self sabotaging this opportunity? Why am I such a bloody idiot?

Yes. Me too. Had a bit of a headache today. Haven't noticed appetite disappearing yet , but only 4 days in .

Urgh. Me too. We still have loads of Christmas chocolate in the house and I'm still grazing, even though I'm not really enjoying it. Although usually it would all have been devoured by now, so I guess the fact there's loads left is a positive!

I'm just a bit nervous at the moment that I didn't do it right. I'm only on week one but not really noticed any difference in appetite and not had any noticeable side effects - had a headache a couple of days but I get those a lot anyway?!?

I've finished my 0.5 pen and so far have lost 7kgs/15lbs. Most of that was the first month to be honest, Christmas and having so much junk food stuff around constantly hasn't helped. I don't feel like a full meal... but I'll help myself to some Christmas chocs!

But today I'm at a weight I hit just twice last year after a year's hard work (then my mum died and I put it all on again and some more, in three months). And I'm fairly comfortable that it will keep going down again. I've bought a second 0.5 pen for afterwards as I've been feeling rubbish over Christmas but I can't tell if it's the winter viruses or the pen itself.

Definitely slowing down but feeling optimistic still!

I did my second injection on 8th January and so far have had no side effects, other than sleeping much better. I think this is more down to the fact I have given up alcohol and am not going to bed with a full stomach.

Everyone is different and the only way to find out is to try and see what happens.

I am the same. I took my second dose two days early and I can feel the difference now. My mind is still thinking about food and what I can eat next but I'm getting full on much less. I need to re-train my brain.

Today is my first weigh-in and I have lost 4lbs in a week.

Week 1: -4lbs

Now I need to make sure I don't reward my hard work by eating too much! 😆

A client provided lunch today and I had 4 triangle sandwiches, a small mug of soup and a very tiny flapjack. I'm feeling really full and not sure I will want dinner tonight. I'm only on my first week of 0.25 and this is the first time I have felt stuffed. Am due to inject again on Saturday.

This is sounds really promising. I put on weight when I had cancer a few years ago and my recovery took a long time. I have lost about 15lb and I could do with getting back to a healthy BMI by losing at least another 20lb. My main motivation is I am having some back pain which I hope weight loss would help. I love to exercise but my back pain is preventing me. I am doing a few things to heal, so hopefully I can get back to some gentle exercise soon.

I have some unexpected time off for a couple of months so I am thinking of trying wegovy so that I don't have to be studying/working while I try it. I was concerned I may have side effects issues that could be embarrassing!

I am in the USA so its relatively easy to get a prescription.

Anyone who's been approved by Boots in the last few days, are your pens arriving? Tomorrow is day 5 after I was approved on Sunday but no notification to collect. I live rurally, our Boots branch is tiny and I've had problems with click and collect going awry before. I've got a sneaky feeling it's not going to arrive.

Hi all, started Wegovy last week and so far so good (with some not very nice side effects) and appetite has disappeared. It feels so freeing not always feeling starving and obsessing about food.

What vitamins would you recommend taking whilst on Wegovy. Thanks in advance!

So, it's now 3 x 0.5 + 3 days and I've fallen off the wagon, still no quieting of food noise and definitely no appetite suppression. Every other jab I was worried I'd done it right, but the last one I was completely sure was right. I'm so disappointed but will hang in there, tomorrow is another day.
It's strange I have less side effects than my 0.25s but less effect too. I can only hope it kicks in soon - fingers crossed!

I read the full thread and decided to go for it - ordered my first pen today from Boots and hoping to take my first dose next Thursday. This thread has been such a great source of info and inspiration, thank you.

Have you lost any weight on it? I felt fine on 0.5 and took it for 2 months and thought it wasn't working, but still lost a pound a week.

Yes, I've lost 12 pounds ish which is brilliant, but I just want to get back to where I was on 0.25s without any desire whatsoever to eat food. I so loved that feeling with the food noises all silenced. I had these strange ideas that maybe I could eat something "nice", something I'd never have in the house for fear of bingeing it, maybe now I could eat this and be perfectly happy with a small portion of deliciousness :)

I think the perception with a "miracle" weight loss drug is pounds falling off here there and everywhere with little or no effort :( If I can get myself sorted the last few days, I hope for a total stone by the time I move up to 1.00, so half a stone each pen. That is a most excellent result and I have to keep telling myself that. I really appreciate your reply :)

Morning everyone… how is everyone doing?
so after 7 weeks of 0.5 I think this week it’s starting to wear off a bit… I’ve thought about food a lot more and eaten more too over the past couple of days…
so… I was going to do another 4 weeks of 0.5 but think I’m going to order the 1.0 instead…
is anyone else on 1.0 yet? How was the jump from 0.5 to 1.0? Has anyone counted clicks and done 0.75 instead??

@Lovesthebeach I did find .5 less effective over time but did get some pretty hefty side effects on 1mg, .75 is the sweet spot for me at the moment. My weekly loss is mostly 1lb sometimes 2lbs which sounds low but if I’d been on any other diet I’d have definitely put on weight over Christmas and would be possibly spiralling in to continued comfort eating throughout Jan and beyond. I feel underailable on Wegovy and that I’ll keep plodding on till I get to a healthy weight without cutting out any food groups which has to be a win. I might do another week at .75 then try 1mg again. Interested to hear how you get on.

I started 1mg last week, and this week have had horrible issues with trapped wind and general gut discomfort. Dose due today, not sure whether to do 1mg or dial back to 0.75. I have lost 14lbs in 8 weeks so the rate of loss feels good to me. Hoping to stay on 1mg for a while and avoid going up to the next dose and the additional expense.

@Tindrum and @FiveCows thanks so much for replying… you’ve both helped me make up my mind!

I think I will bite the bullet and order the 1mg and try 0.75… I’ve had a couple of instances of tummy issues and I’m scared the 1mg will be a bit too much.

I’m more than happy with a pound or two per week. Like you, I’d usually put weight on over Xmas etc but I’ve been fairly steady. I think when you’ve got used to the food noise disappearing it’s a bit scary when you can feel it coming back a bit!

14 ibs in 8 weeks is brilliant!

there are 2 threads which are very similar so not sure which thread I posted my last weigh in on!
The threads are very inspiring as well as containing lots of useful information.
I have now done 4 weeks at 0.25 and 3 weeks (well 3.5 as took 1 dose late) at 0.5 and I have lost 15lb which is amazing for saying I did a lot of socialising during December and Christmas happened! I have found it very hard to resist all the chocolates left over from Xmas and still have a couple of boxes left - even though I have taken some to work and thrown some half eaten boxes.
I have taken my 4th dose of 0.5 this morning and need to order a new pen. I am thinking of ordering the 1mg pen but maybe using clicks to stay on 0.5 for at least another week or two if I am still losing weight (lost 2lb this week but food noise has increased).

@Lovesthebeach just reading your posts above and the very useful replies you had - I see you have done 2 pens of 0.5 and are moving on now.
I think I will order the 1mg pen and may be do 0.5mg for a week maybe 2 then move on to 0.75.
@Annwithout I would also like to get back to the initial first couple of weeks where I didn’t feel the desire to eat! I have tried to be sensible this week in my food choices and have made an effort to eat more protein.