Wegovy or Fast 800 for emotional eating and losing 5kg?

[Usefulcider]

Thoughts or advice please!

should I try wegovy? Anyone have positive stories?

I keep looking at fast 800 but I have issues with emotional eating so think I would break it.

im 5’9 and have lost 6kg through diet and gym but still have a BMI of 27. I need to loose 5kg

I do two weight lifting classes a week and three legs bums and tums type classes.

I do around minimum of 8k of steps a day I try at the weekend to do a decent walk.

I have a good diet which I sabotage with emotional eating. Probably have 2 rum and sugar free ginger beer a week but not always.

I have a huge thyroid and massive nodule going into my chest and under my clavicle and multiple other nodules but my TSH is normal. Dr refuses to test T4 and T3. So I think my thyroid is working. Considering having private bloods.

thoughts and advice gratefully received!

You'll just put it on again after you stop wegovy. It's not the correct use of the drug. You can do 5kg with willpower and lifestyle changes. Get to the bottom of the emotional eating rather than trying to fix the output.

should I try wegovy? Anyone have positive stories?

It might be worth reading/joining this thread:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5509897-bmi-under-27-off-labelless-to-lose?page=2&reply=151641229

thank you, definitely something I need to do by at nearly 50 it’s a hard habit to break.

Perhaps you need some environment changes first? If the emotional eating is a problem, the emotions why you're feeling the need for comfort will still be there if you stop emotional eating.

So perhaps a few things.

There are some CBT worksheets on this website which are free to access. Even if you don't have a diagnosable mental health problem, everyone can work on their thoughts and emotions. This might address some of the root causes for emotional eating:

Free CBT Worksheets | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Exercises | the Think CBT Workbook

Then change what you have access to. What are your emotional eating "go tos" and have something else present. E.g. if it's cakes, get rid of cakes from the house. Have some lovely fresh fruit available instead (we're coming into the perfect season for strawberries in a few weeks for example or grapes). While eating when you're not hungry isn't great, eating something healthy when you're not hungry is better than eating something with bags of sugar and simple carbs but little fibre.

Think about your "why". Is it for health or is it for mobility? To age well? Really know what your reasons are.

Get support from anyone else in your house.

Then on exercise, loads of people will advocate for weights at our age and strengthening but I still think cardio is important for overall calorie burn and cardiovascular health. At least from time to time. I don't know if your bums and tums classes have much cardio but that might be worth thinking about. Perhaps put in a parkrun, switching one class to combo HIIT and strength or more pace into your walking and increasing the distance?

Then for me, it's been trying lots of things. I tried 5/2 which didn't work for me and now am doing one 24 hour fast a week which is working. I think you have to find what weight loss tool works for you and your lifestyle though. Some people swear by calorie counting, I have my doubts but it works for them. I'd certainly exhaust every option before trying drugs or something extreme.

Thank you I’m following.

have you tried plugging your stats to calculate your daily calorie count for calorie deficit? I’m in similar boat to you. Can drop a few kg but then seem to stall there. I do similar exercises, 2 x upper body, 1 leg day and a couple
of other fitness classes thrown in for fun. Don’t underestimate the daily steps, perhaps up to 10k is possible? I started going around the block after tea and that added a couple thousand. I like the Fast800 recipes. Low carb definitely helps me but then again if exercising you do need some carbs.

Thank you for such a helpful post. I will definitely do the CBT worksheets. You’ve given me lots to think about.

Ive written a list of food and meals and have been shopping.

cardio is hard for me as thyroid and goiter make it hard to breathe plus the big nodule is causing a deviation of my windpipe. Saying that I’ve swapped my classes up

Monday body conditioning and spin

Tuesday body conditioning and HITT

Thurs LBT

Fri LBT

Sat LBT

AT the moment these classes fit best with my shifts, timings seem to always be LBT classes. will review maybe in 4 weeks? My diet is my sticking point but it is better as 6kg down. Going to work through the CBT sheets.

Thanks haven’t tried to put my stats in I will try.

@Usefulcider Google TDEE calculator. I think consistency is key and not expecting fast change which can be frustrating. For example I am 4 weeks into current reset and 3.5 lb down, but just noting that and having the mindset to push on is progress. Up your water intake if you can and perhaps try and heavier weight to avoid plateau ing at LBT / body conditioning classes for example. If not doing already, pick a time when you sit down and note your weekly progress including daily steps achieved, calories burned at classes, do measurements (I was tracking same weight or a little lower but had a couple cm off of problem areas which felt like a great win despite the scales).

Thank you, I’ve decided to do cross trainer for cardio before LBT. If I could mix the classes up I would be timing seem to be all LBT.

Well-done on the 3.5lb loss!

Also strictly inputting via weighing in my fitness pal.

It really sounds like you need some decent support from your GP. Harder to get in real life though it seems at the moment. Good luck.

Also I'm just sharing this with everyone right now not because I have any links to them but I've been using Fitness Blender for about 10 years. They started out 100% free and now they have some paid programmes but they still have I think >600 work out videos which are free.

I have to admit I've been slowly getting to the point where I am realising that my fitness is dropping despite my running and much as I hate it, I'm going to introduce a mixed HIIT and strength workout once a week into my routine (I already do pure cardio in running and pure strength). I do think you need to mix up what you do from time to time. But my go to is always them mostly because I'm not paying for the huge expense of gym fees.

Fitness Blender

I've also stopped taking "predicted" calorie burn from workouts as I find that from my watch it varies hugely on the day. I've also just stopped with calories full stop but that's another topic.

GP would definitely not provide support, they are a nightmare with support with known medical conditions.

thanks for link, fitness blender looks good. I go to my local council gym and it’s very good value and I need the motivation that classes give me.

I do track my workouts but I don’t ‘use’ the calories.