Wegovy and emotional/binge eating

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I've been on Wegovy for 5 weeks now and just wanted to share my general musings and wonder if anyone else taking it is coming from a similar place and is having a similar experience with regards emotional eating rather than over-eating.

I have never been a "big meals" person so overeating portion-size wise has not been my issue. I am an emotional eater, I pick and graze all day long, hunger doesn't really come in to it. I'm often not hungry at official meal times because I've basically been snacking the whole time. I snack when bored, stressed, sad, happy etc etc. I'm also a dreadful nailbiter and have been all my life. It's a compulsion I think and the chewing/mouthing (no pen is safe!) is part of a self-soothing/comfort thing and the constant grazing is part of that also.

I'm about 3 stone overweight but my diet had become so awful - just full of crisps and sweets, constant nibbles and now in perimenopause body shape starting to change with more flab around tummy (I always had quite a small waist despite being overweight), tops of arms, neck flab.

Anyway, I'm finding Wegovy absolutely miraculous for breaking my comfort eating habit/compulsion. Despite only being on the 0.25 dose, the "need" to have something in my mouth has almost totally disappeared. For the first time in as many years as i can remember I am not thinking about snacks. I am able to eat one biscuit and feel satisfied, not keep mindlessly nibbling away until the whole packet gone! I am eating proper meals! Healthy breakfast and then don't even think about snacks (just don't fancy anything or hear it calling to me from the kitchen anymore!). Don't feel particularly hungry again until mid-afternoon.

It's been an absolute revelation to me. This must be how normal people with a healthy relationship to food feel!!! Having lived with disordered eating my whole life (and genuinely thought I was a hopeless case - talking therapy and hypnotherapy having not worked for me) I'm almost still in disbelief that its possible for me to feel so free of compulsion!

Thanks for posting. I have my first Mounjaro pen due to arrive tomorrow, but this has been my biggest worry about whether there is any chance it will work for me. Hunger isn't the problem for me usually - it's the eating when not hungry. I've gained a lot since I've been working from home because I know I use going into the kitchen and picking something out of the fridge as a deflection whenever there's something I am avoiding with my work - "Don't know how to start this document - I'll go have a refreshment..."

I HAVE noticed my portion sizes have crept up because I have just given up controlling things because it always ends in a fail, so I hope the Mounjaro will help me get the habit in place of normal/small portions. But your post has really reassured me that this could help me with the biggest problem which is the stuff that's mental rather than about hunger. I definitely am like you - always putting things in my mouth or fiddling with my face for comfort, so your comment is brilliant. thank you.

I am the same, always eating for reasons other than hunger. I have lost some weight before but just can't keep it going for long enough. I still think about snacks but the thoughts are becoming less over time. I'm still in the habit phase of eating just because it's a certain time, but this is also becoming less. I am hoping that the healthier eating patterns will become my new habit.
Started my diet in January and lost 7 lbs on my own, then started Wegovy. Currently 27lbs down in total and feeling so much better. It's like a miracle drug, I just don't crave bad stuff anymore. The challenge is long term, but once I've lost enough, I should be able to keep on top of it

Can u please tell me how to get Wegovy for my binge eating if I’m not overweight? Ty

You really shouldn't. A lot of people have got it privately without weight problems, but they're the ones generally ending up in hospital with complications

Not read the whole thread but like the OP I snack all the time - angry, sad, happy, worried, bored.
I was treated for oesophageal cancer 10 years ago and one silver lining was the cessation of the constant food chatter in my brain.
Sadly it's well and truly back now .
It must be heaven if you're someone without that constant noise.