Continuing Wegovy - Thread 2

[AhBiscuits]

First thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight_loss_chat/4932431-starting-wegovy-this-week?page=40&reply=132249138

Argh that is so frustrating @Lovesthebeach
I'm due my next (last 🙏) delivery tomorrow. If its delayed I'll be fuming.

Well I officially took my first shot last night before bed , pleased to report no side effects as of yet. Normally jump out of bed for buttery toast or bowl of cereal. No hunger as of yet.
I have lost weight in the past by going to the gym but I’m really struggling at the minute with ovarian cyst I’m waiting on surgery for. I’ve checked with my gp and consultant about wegovy btw . Anyway I’m hoping this helps me from mindless snacking and all of the sweet treats I scoff. Some people would consider it an easy option but I’m all for whatever helps

Also shot was far easier than I expected. Decided on thigh as I’m having cyst pain in stomach. Didn’t feel it go in , I was surprised how easy it was. Slight sting for about an hour afterwards but still managed to sleep on that side.
These are the things I wanted to know before signing up so forgive me if this has all been said before x

Sorry to hear so many of you are having problems with ordering, I don't think they imagined how popular it was going to be.

I tried on my size 14 jeans today and could get them all the way up! There's no way I could do the zip up yet, the waistband doesn't even close yet but when I started I couldn't get them past my knees so I reckon another month and they'll do up.
In November I was having to leave the top button of my side 18s open and was refusing to buy the 20 that I needed.
It does all feel very surreal.

I keep watching myself on the Ring doorbell camera, it doesn't look like me 😄

Is anyone else feeling absolutely bone weary exhausted? I’m on my second week of 0.5.

Might be calories. If you don’t eat much then you’ll feel exhausted, I know when I started I was definitely having too much empty carbs (e.g. a piece of bread with some ham for lunch and nothing else) and I was exhausted and my hair fell out. Felt much better when I upped the protein, calories in general and took a multi vit every day.

@AhBiscuits have you stayed on 1.0?? Eeeek how exciting this might be your last pen!!

@Jac2024 yay for having your first dose! I’m glad it seems to be working for you already. Hope your cyst isn’t too painful x

@Gingerlygreen that’s brilliant that you can get the 14’s up… I think sometimes it’s not until we see the no scale victory’s that it sinks in how much weight has been lost? lol at the ring doorbell 🤣

@sallyanne33 i think this time of year everyone is so low on vitamin d, as @Andrasa suggested I would take a good vitamin and make sure you’re eating enough. I think at times through this process I have felt quite tired… but not sure if that’s the medicine or just the time of year/daily life tbf

@Gingerlygreen so great to hear the jeans triumph!! Such a good feeling to be going in the right direction. I’d resorted to elastic top trousers previously and totally relate to the trouser size up refusal.

oh that must be so frustrating @Hopthegoodgod are you calorie counting alongside wegovy?

@Lovesthebeach I've ordered 2 more 1mg pens and I also have 3 shots left in my current 1mg, so 11 weeks of drugs and I'm calling it quits. 1mg is working a treat for me right now. I fully expect it to become less effective as the weeks go on but requiring a bit of willpower will be good practice.

Good news.. looks like they’ve reissued my pen.. so hopefully it will be here before Monday… let’s hope I can have some willpower between now and then!!

I have been in my bed since Monday with the cold from hell! Planning to take my next dose on Saturday and will probably use the clicks to take 0.35 and then gradually titrate up to 0.5.
I am so glad I reduced my last dose to 0.26 as I could not cope with this cold and 0.5 side effects!
Take care all.

First day and I’m honestly amazed - I have been awful with my diet for a while now. I immediately reach for the chocolate draw or cakes mixed with tiger toast etc etc.
had to force myself to eat lunch and dinner. Chicken salad brown batch and salmon and roasted veg for dinner. Fruit bowl in between and just had some granola for supper but that was only because I was conscious I hadn’t hit calories for the day.
If this was a normal diet day I would be hangry by now or cheated … it’s like willpower in a needle. I know I’m at the very beginning and it won’t be this good all the time but I’m really surprised how well it’s worked! I’ve got a holiday in Egypt in ten weeks I would love to lose a stone!!

Anyone else find the losses stalled at 0.5mg and picked up again on 1mg? I'm in this for the long haul but a little dishearted at the scales the last 1.5 weeks since being on 0.5mg, despite eating healthily and drinking lots of water.

My losses so far have been:-

-2.2lbs - 0.25
-3lbs - 0.25
-2.2lbs - 0.25
-2.8lbs - 0.5
-1.2lbs - 0.5
-4.2lbs - 0.5
-0.2lbs - 0.5
-0.8lbs - 0.5
-1.4lbs - 0.75
-2lbs - 0.75
-1lbs - 1
-2lbs - 1
-0.6lbs - 1

Wow really good losses throughout! Mine haven't been this high at all!

Any one get really bad heartburn and sicky feeling when you eat something “bad” like processed. My appetite is quite small since starting but had a few slices of pizza last night for a friends bday and wow I could barley sleep with the heartburn

I’m just about finished my third 0.25mg dose and I’ve decided I’m just going to start my 0.5mg does this week instead of next. Has anyone else done this? Annoyingly I felt the effects of 0.25mg for the first 2 weeks but it’s not working now. I’ll keep the extra 0.25 just incase tho.

Thanks for sharing. Just bought the 1.7mg for £199 from bolt. Very reasonably priced for the higher dose ! never seen it below 200.

SW: 13st 7.8
CW: 11st 9.4
GW: 10st 6
Lost: 26.4lbs

2.8lbs off this week, which I'm delighted with. It's been a really easy week, I've felt fine and just eaten what I wanted (which is not a great deal these days). Hopefully get to 2 stone lost next week. My goal doesn't feel too far away now 😀

I was giving up at the beginning of this week, but all the horrid side effects; diarrhoea and nausea, seem to have subsided so I'm carrying on. Have just ordered 1.0mg from MedExpress for £150 inc next day delivery with a 15% discount code they sent me.

I will probably start on 0.67mg this week and tweak up until I get to 1mg as I don't want to risk feeling so awful again. I've not lost a huge amount this month, maybe 3lbs and I keep bouncing around the 13.6 mark. I was as low as 13.4 earlier this week and I've not eaten anything bad since then. Hopefully a stronger dose should up the losses. I'm off to a European city for DH's birthday at the end of March so I'd really like to see 12 something by then.

Over the last 4 weeks on my second month of 1mg dose I have lost on average 0.5lb a week (period from hell may well have been a factor for 2 of those weeks). After being stationary at 29.7bmi for a couple of weeks things are moving again and I'm 29.6 BMI this week.

Going up to 1.7mg now....

I've been on a 5 week plateau but I think it has come to an end! I will start on 2nd 1mg pen next week as I decided to continue with that as it is really working for appetite suppression at the moment. This graph tells a nice story though I have to say!

That's a very nice line 😊

@EatingTillIDie great graph, reminds us how much weight can fluctuates, but always still heading downwards. Mine is similar.