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

Joining if that’s ok? :)

started Wegovy last Wednesday and I’m currently 7.5lb down. I’ve been lucky with the only side effects so far being mild bloating and some morning nausea.

im due to inject again tomorrow but currently have no inclination to eat at all… do I have to dose again tomorrow or can I wait till I start feeling hunger pangs again to eeek out the amount I have over a longer time?

Should probably add I’m on the lowest dose 0.25

That’s impressive @Workingoutlife!

Thank you, have ordered so fingers crossed it's approved! Really irritating that companies are letting so many people start if there isn't the stock for them to rely on it

Wow pharmacy2u let me order 2.4 with no evidence of my weight or that I was already on 1.7!

I’ve ordered from them since the beginning so no idea what they ask for with new orders. I’ve been happy with their service so far.

Can I join you all? Took my first lot of 1mg yesterday. Always been an overeater, have managed it at times but not recently. Five stone still to go, it all shot on as soon as I hit my forties and I became ravenous overnight. Wegovy really, really helps - it gets rid of so much food noise, life/my brain is more peaceful!

Today I had a small portion of mince and potatoes, some dry mini weetabix and a protein yoghurt.

Been on and off semiglutide for the past two years and my mind still hasn’t caught up on my portion sizes. Like I dish myself up far smaller portions than before but still too big. It’s like my brain can’t compute that I can’t eat more than a few spoonfuls

Also still in wonder at how you can be eating something that’s utterly delicious one minute and have the complete food ick two seconds later

Can’t imagine there’s anything too wrong with under dosing? I wouldn’t push it out anymore than a day or two personally as the purpose of these low doses is to build up a tolerance over time.

I was wondering if anyone knows where there is a click chart for 2.4mg pen. I'm hoping someone on here is more internet savvy than me as I have searched but can't find one 🫣. I'm on dose 2 later this week of the 1.7mg pen but undecided between doing 1 more month at 1.7 or getting the 2.4 pen and tapering up the dose by counting clicks.

The nausea has been bad moving up to 1.7 - even just from eating some plain roast chicken (no skin!) or a few tablespoons of tinned tuna. I could tolerate these foods on the lower doses without nausea.

I had said I was going to stop, but when it came to the crunch I have just ordered my second month of 1mg. I should be going up to 1.7 but it wasn’t in stock.

I'm almost a third of the way to goal in 3 months. I’ve thought of it as disappointing, but if I could be at goal this year I’d be delighted!

There is one on page 14 of this thread that Ahbiscuits posted a while back

Thank you @Crazymadchickenlady and @AhBiscuits

I’ve never managed to find a click chart for 1.7mg or 2.4 but easiest thing would be to calculate it with the pen. Dial to the 2.4 mg dose counting clicks as you go then divide to calculate the dose. So say there’s 50 clicks in 2.4mg then there’d be 25 in 1.2mg, 12/13 in 0.6mg, 37 in 1.8mg so on and so forth

@Helene2019 and @Aliflowers there are click charts for both on this thread 😂

I saved the 1.7 so can attach that but scroll for the other

Thanks @Flatleak thats perfect. I’ve been using a 1.7mg pen. Great to see I haven’t been overdosing myself with my calculations 🤣

Well I don’t seem to be having any side effects on 1mg, though I’m eating very carefully so that might be helping.
Today I had a small portion of beef & veg stew, a protein yoghurt and a small bowl of muesli with added flaxseed/walnuts/berries

Keep going @EC22 Getting below 200 will be amazing for you and it's doable

Bumped up to 0.5 as of yesterday. The difference is noticeable. Had a small shakshuka for lunch and then was served a normal portion of salmon, peas and a handful of sweet potato fries and I got less than halfway I. Before feeling stuffed.

Although I had similar symptoms at 0.25 it feels much "more" on 0.5. Looking back I think the 10lb coming off quite so quick was less to do with the meds and was likely because I wasn't snacking so much through the day (I had, admittedly, been snacking down 3 bags of crisps, multiple biscuits with tea, fizzy drink, wine at the weekends etc).

Had lost 4lb since last weigh in so the loss had plateaued, but I've not weighed in a week. Going to jump on the scales this morning and log my weight in the app.

First week weigh in and I’ve lost 8lbs!! I’m amazed really - I have stuck to a calorie counting under 1200.
It’s been the best I’ve over been on a diet, zero food noise or cravings. Stuck to under 1200 calories etc …. My cyst ruptured this week so maybe some of it is that 🤦‍♀️
I have got 8 weeks until holiday - do you think I can do a stone in that time??

Weigh day for me this morning. I've put on which is disappointing but only a small amount which I'm putting down to a takeaway and doing less exercise this week.

Progress so far:
0.25 Wk1 -3.2
0.25 Wk2 +0.4
0.25 Wk3 -1
0.5 Wk4 -2
0.5 Wk5 -1
0.5 Wk6 +0.4
Total loss 6.4lbs.

I'm not seeing big losses like some posters but I'm hoping I can stay on it long enough to see all these little losses adding up to something significant (I've got four or five stone to lose).

Best of luck to everyone this week!

Hi fellow jabbers
I'm on my 2nd month of 1.0 due to shortages of 1.7.
Boots say they have no updates on getting stock of 1.7, so considering, do any other suppliers definitely have 1.7 for new customers, or should I consider a change to Mounjaro?
Alternatively I could stay on 1.0. But the two doses of my second pen I've had so far, I've added the dregs of my 0.25 and 1.5. I'm doing ok on this but my original month on just 1.0 was fairly rubbish. I won't have any dregs to add to a third month of 1.0.
Any thoughts please?

Hi 👋 new here!

I am on week 1 0.25 and will take 2nd shot tomorrow morning.

So far no major side effects just a little less energy and some dull headaches.

I weighed this morning and I have lost 3.2lb.

The appetite suppression I felt happened to me almost instantly (feel it a bit less today)

I'm tracking calories and I'm under 1000 a day- I struggle to eat above this. Just wondering what everyone else's average calorie intake is. I'm not sure if I'm eating too much / too little.

Enjoy reading the posts and seeing everyone's journey 😀

I try to eat between 1400 to 1600 a day. Could get away with eating less or upping my dose but I’m conscious of the fact I’m not near goal yet and want to have somewhere to go if that makes sense.

for context I’m currently 13st 12 ang goal is 11.5st

I switched from Superdrug to pharmacy2u for this reason. Really easy, didn't even need to prove I was already on it to be offered 1.7 or 2 ( which was pretty alarming to be honest!)

How have you found it?

Would really like to hear from the other medium / long termers given the title of this the thread.

I've been on since mid Nov and still on 1mg due to side effects. Have lost 2 stone so far