Moving on from Wegovy

[Candyfloss99]

I've lost 4 and a half stone on wegovy. I've gone from an obese BMI to BMI of 21. I'm so happy. It took me a year. So now I'm going to taper down and stop. Has anyone else stopped yet? I'm going to keep up the calorie counting and exercise of course to keep the weight off.

@VanellopeVonSchweetz99 likewise <waves hello>

I'm still maintaining- and while I'm of course hungrier I don't feel the urge to overeat or binge on sweet stuff/crisps

I've eaten out or been to catered occasions several times over the last couple of weeks and am acutely aware of how large portion size and calorie content are compared to TDEE for most of us.

I know it’s great here, thanks you guys

yes to the portion sizes it’s just insane. One meal is often the entire allowance but if you explain this to someone who isn’t really in the same position as you, they kind of act like you are being silly about it. I think we have become so used to eating giant portions of 1000 calories at a time it’s now more unusual to try to adjust it to fit you as an individual and people aren’t always particularly accepting of this. I’m looking at you my in laws who constantly eat take away and when I question the size or ask for a quarter or something else, they act offended!

I went to a party on Thursday night and drank a load of prosecco and had some snacks. Friday we went away on a camping trip. Basically drank my body weight in cider and scoffed LOADS meat and carbs.

Home now and feel really shit and a bit panicky about the fact that I will have gained weight. I just can't regain, I'm not doing it all again. DH also not helping. I was commenting to him about how my friend has started on meds and is doing really well and he said
It's the same as with you though isn't it? Will she be able to keep it off when she stops?

Anyway, I'm trying to keep perspective, I surely won't have gained more than a few lbs in 3 days and a week or two back on track should sort it. I know that logically, but I'm still feeling uneasy.

I know I’ve said this before but you need to give yourself a break @AhBiscuits. You are allowed to relax and have a good time. Think 20/80 as a guide and apply that to a month. As long as you are eating sensibly and healthily for 80% of that time then you’re good. Enjoy those moments where you let loose knowing that proportionally you will be fine over the month. It’s counter productive to think you have messed up or failed in some way because you almost certainly haven’t. All I see from your posts is how strong you are.

@AhBiscuits

I'm going to take a different angle. I personally am a food addict. It's the worst addiction as you need to eat so you're daily facing your addiction drivers. If left unchecked, I can overeat and gain quickly. I'll probably always need to have checks and balances. Therefore there is no time it's ok to overindulge as I'm an addict not a normal person and it just escalates. Bit like an alcoholic only have a few drinks.

My way of coping is tracking everything on nutracheck to identify patterns and keep focused on calorie intake.

Only you know what your dependency on food is like and what works for you. I hope you're not like me, it's hard. But be honest with yourself and that will help.

Thanks both.

I'm not really a binge eater, my weight gain was a result of consistently eating a bit too much over years with a some fairly regular more excessive splurges.

I feel a bit more chill now, was just having a moment of panic and regret 🙃 I'll be in deficit today and will do a healthy shop tomorrow.

@fiddlesticksohyeah I feel for you. As a child of an addicted (alcoholic) parent you have my sympathy and it’s great that you have the self awareness to have found a path that works. @AhBiscuits no problem, glad you’re feeling more positive, it may have been a touch of hangover blues.

It’s The Fear, AhBiscuits. The alcohol leaving your system causes anxiety. If it wasn’t weight gain it’d be something else.

The point of coming off wegovy was so that you could occasionally enjoy yourself. You might’ve put on two or three pounds, but you know you can take it off with a couple of weeks of eating clean. As long as you come out of a four week period maintaining you are winning.

I think it was the beer fear.
I've had a lot of compliments over the last week and I'm loving finally breaking out all the new summer clothes I've bought ☀It would be awful to slip back, which makes me a bit overly fixated on it.

Re the portion size discussion above, DH's aunt always insists on meeting us at some crappy Hungry Horse near her. There is one main meal on the menu that is under 1000 calories and many that are over 2000. Earlier DH ate a share bag of crisps on his own, which would have seemed insane not too long ago but is something I have done in the past. Portions seem to get bigger all the time.

Yeah I had that problem at Centerparcs. Two starters and a side salad were my solution. Even then you might end up eating fried food.

I even noticed that portion sizes in Rome are smaller. A latte was half the size. When did Ireland/UK start using American portions?

Don’t worry @AhBiscuits this has happened to me a couple of times but was enough to jolt me back into making better choices in the cold light of normal days and just write these ones off as fun and not normal day to day. Try not to let the fear ruin the fact you enjoyed yourself. I had a very busy weekend so I’m also all over the place and struggled to find food that wasn’t fast food and had a couple of drinks too but this is not me going back to how I used to be, it’s a good reminder of why I don’t do it often as I am now laid up with a stomach ache at 2am 😂. This will put me right off for a few weeks! I couldn’t take food with me today and I was travelling and stuck somewhere for many hours and it made me just give up stressing in the end as I was so hungry and just impossible to find something to eat apart from chicken nuggets! I just won’t carry on tomorrow I will go back to what I have been doing

This is the most vain thing ever and I kind of am annoyed by it 😂 so sorry but today I went to an event and I wore a size small dress and I was self conscious and unsure whether I looked nice or not. I had a couple of photos taken and in all honesty I could not believe it was me. I looked at it in the sense of feeling like this was what the hard work was for. I look healthy. My ankles are no longer swollen after a long day. My back doesn’t hurt. I didn’t get chub rub on my thighs (this one was prob the one I was so happy about). The thing that got me the most was that I don’t think in my 40 years of life I have ever had my photo taken and I’ve been happy about it. Usually I want people to delete them and I look awkward. I have made my partner delete photos of me in the past and felt upset about them. Today was the first time I did not rip myself apart mentally and speak badly to myself. I was just like ‘you scrub up ok’

That's lovely to hear!!!

That's fantastic Menora, what a brilliant feeling.
It's so lovely to not be afraid of the camera. My mum would dive for cover at the first sight of a camera and it makes me really sad that I have so few photos of her. She died of cancer 7 years ago and I have literally about 5 pictures and none of us together. Since then I've always tried to resist hiding away from pictures because I know that one day someone who loves me will want to look at them. It's a lot easier now I'm comfortable with how I look.

So the scales are +1.2lbs today, so nothing really. One thing I did do while away is not eat stuff I'm not bothered about just for the sake of it. We went for a walk and found a fancy ice cream shop. I can take or leave ice cream, and anything sweet really, so I didn't have one. Pre-weight loss I would have had one anyway. I'd rather have crisps.

My scales are 1kg up today too. However I’ve been on my feet all weekend, did 2 big weights work outs as well. Walked miles. Ive not had proper sleep. It will come off the end of this week. I agree I was also just not eating or drinking everything in sight for the sake of it. I’m sure it’s just water retention @AhBiscuits

Hi everyone, just catching up… it’s so so helpful to read the stories and the thoughts about how to maintain weight loss and insight as to why we’ve previously struggled.

@AhBiscuits I can’t imagine how traumatic that must have been to get your daughter through open heart surgery.. I hope she is doing well now?

@Menora what a love thing to read re you seeing photos of yourself. I can totally relate to this feeling, there’s barely any pictures of me with my kids or if there is it’s a selfie! I must make more effort to be in more pictures.

@Tindrum i like the 80/20 rule… I think this is what I will aspire to, as the thought of calorie counting for ever does seem a little tedious.. but I guess it’s worth it after all this effort to lose weight.

I can’t go back to previous posts to tag people, but whoever said about redefining food as a treat/reward/good/bad, this is definitely something I’m working on. I grew up with the ‘if you don’t clear your plate you don’t get pudding’ I’ve been really focused on not forcing that onto my kids… however I am very guilty of using food as a reward/treat and their portion sizes are far too big sometimes. I’m so scared they will end up like me as adults so I’m really trying to address this before it becomes an issue.

On a separate note I decided not to order another pen. I’ve got one last dose of 0.5 (I think) left, I’m going to take that this week and then that’s me done. At some point I have to go it alone and that time is now…

Good luck @Lovesthebeach You'll be fine.
My DD is OK now thanks. She still has a minor leak in her aortic valve and has to have an echo every 2 years to check it's no worse.

I've had a good healthy day, good food and pretty active. DH is snacking and it makes me want to as well but I won't 😁 My DH eats so much, I've only really noticed now I don't. He's not overweight though.

Glad your daughter is doing well now!

well done for having a good day. It’s so hard when the dh’s seem to be able to eat/drink whatever they like and not gain weight!

@AhBiscuits glad your daughter is doing well, it must have been so scary and stressful

My DP also eats a lot but he does gain weight. His parents are major feeders in fact it’s now I have been through this journey I see how bad they are. It’s takeaways every night and they encourage DP to eat it by getting him to visit. Hes 40KG overweight and was trying to lose, he’s lost 10kg and then started going back to the old ways. Because the 3 of them just want to eat takeaways I end up not visiting with him. It’s like a special eating club or something

Has anyone listened to the newest Zoe YouTube/podcast about obesity? I thought the expert they had on was wonderful and gave me an insight into weight gain I didn’t have before (and I’ve watched and read lots). He says cycling glp1 may be the way to go. Really amazing. Spoiler alert, obesity is a medical condition and isn’t your fault.

I'll check that out @Tindrum
Thanks.

1lb off this week, which I'm pleased about after being on claw back after a weekend camping.

SW: 13st 7.8
CW: 10st 6.2
GW: 10st 5
Lost: 43.6lbs
To go: 1.2lbs

I think I can get to goal in the next week as no big plans. But I think I might lose an extra 5lbs, get to a neat 50lbs off and just dip into the 9s. I never dreamed I get into the 9s again in my life but it suddenly feels possible.

good going @AhBiscuits

I’m stuck again going up and down the same 0.5kg 😂 I have been doing less walking as it’s been so hot and I’ve felt tired and this really does affect my weight loss.

I don’t think I will hit my goal by my holiday but that’s ok I just need to focus on not gaining too much and making it harder when I get back

the last 5lbs are hard
I did think about going lower but from experience I was not happy much lower as it was so hard to maintain I am better off just focusing on muscles at this point as it gives me a good shape

That's amazing!

My start weight was 16st 1.2lbs and current weight is 10st 10lbs which is a stone under the most I can be to still have a healthy BMI. I didn't have a goal weight, wanted to be at least 11st but see if I could get lower. The lowest I've been is 10st7lbs before I went on holiday. I could probably get lower but because Wegovy is now really affecting my GI tract I will be happy to maintain 11st at this point but over 5 stone loss has been life transforming and I look so different too. Loads of my friends can't believe it and comment on how different I look.
It's weird though and not sure if anyone else feels this way but I see I'm smaller in the mirror and I'm wearing all my old small clothes but it feels like it's not really my body, I still can't believe over 5 stones has gone. It's weird feeling like my bodies not really mine. Maybe it's just me 🤦🏾‍♀️ but either way ik grateful to Wegovy for helping me get here. I'm still taking small dose and will for a while but eventually I will stop.