Rybelsus Day 01

I think alcohol increases the effect for me. I have had a few glasses of wine 3 times now and really felt the effects ( even people talking about food makes me feel sick) the effect seems to last about two days. I have not lost anything for the last two weeks, in fact gained a few lbs ( but as in earlier post muscle) but dropped 4lbs in the last two days after drinking. I am going to test this theory next time I get my appetite back.

Hello all, little update, I'm on day 3 of 3mg dose and definitely lost my appetite. What's weird is I still want to eat, just because, however I'm not doing it because my stomach feels full - obvious I know.
I think I will struggle with that as I love food and dont need to be particularly hungry to want it, cake, chocolate etc, so we'll see how that goes with the psychological part!
I drank 3 wines last night and no nausea so far but feel a bit bloated and bleurgh.

Glad your feeling well. I could easily not eat for three days I think, it just doesn't occur to me now. Then I might get ravenous. I made a BLT and ate half then another half about 2 hours later today. That will be it for me I think, although my oh is making his famous salt and pepper chicken tonight 😁 so I might have some. I follow fast 800 but trying not to sound like a Mumsnet competitive underwater I can't eat that much food most days.

I find that it makes me feel ill if I don't eat and drink enough though.

I'm still eating but it's far more controlled which feels great. Usually food is my top priority but the last couple of days it hasn't been and I haven't been snacking either. I tend to need caffeine first thing too so I've been taking my tablet with a bit of diet coke and it still seems to work and that keeps me going until I can have a coffee.

Yes me too. Although enough had changed from 4 pieces of toast dripping in butter and PNB to 2 slices with a scrape of Philadelphia and mermite with a tomato sliced on top.

I’m on my first day of 7mg and was definitely ready for an increased dose as my appetite has returned in the past week. Not fully, but I could easily have eaten too much.

I am horribly constipated though, despite trying to eat enough vegetables and pulses and drinking litres of water.

Have you tried glycerol suppositories for constipation @BangingOn - one of those after a strong coffee and it sorts everything out!

Oh that's rough, I go about once every 10 days but I'm not constipated thank god, that's so painful.

@Pineapplepansy thank you, that sounds suitably drastic.

@Doggymummar the infrequency I can cope with, it’s the cramps that are awful. I will probably have my best weight loss week over when I finally go.

Yes same here I have suffered with constipation and it's 😞

How's everyone doing today? I have a day where there will be no pressure on me to eat big meals with other people which is good as the last couple of days I've had social events where I've had to eat more than I wanted as it would have looked odd if I'd sat at the table with next to no food. I still ate much less than normal but I would have been satisfied with half of what I ate.

I woke up in the night and took my tablet then so when I woke up properly this morning I was able to have a coffee immediately and I think I'll try and do that every night as I'm usually up to go to the loo around 3am. I didn't have heartburn which I thought I might if I was laying down.

Again my stomach seems to have subsided a bit overnight and I feel less bloated but will see what the scales say on Thursday.

I still feel really excited about having a life where I'm not completely ruled by my appetite. My husband has always been able to take or leave food whereas I (used to) become frantic when hungry and start to panic.

I'm on day 4 of 3mg and I'm finding the feeling of not really being hungry so odd! I feel a bit restless if that makes sense? I had a lot less for my evening meal, small jacket potato, Greek salad, corn on the cob and I would normally be itching to eat by now. I did have a small piece of brownie my daughter made after though. Hoping I've bypassed the nausea but you never know, especially with 7mg.

I think it takes a bit longer to build up in your system but 3mg gave me no side effects. 🤞 It lasts.

First day today, no sign effects eventhough I went back to bed after taking my tablet! Had a birthday meal out at lunch today, ate fine, avoided the dessert. Didn't feel too hungry in the evening so had a mug of Bouillon and then later a blueberry yoghurt.

I've also started a written journal, I've made myself these goals all based on Dr Chatterjee's book, the goals are:

• relaxing moments
• healthy eating
• move more
• sleep better

@RachelGreensHair I think this thread will be my journal. I'm also aiming to move more which will be easier when I'm a bit lighter. I have a charity walk planned for later in the year and I'm hoping that losing weight will help me keep up with the friends I'm doing it with as they are much faster walkers than me - especially up hills.

Feeling good this morning as instead of pigging out all weekend I've eaten very modestly and I'm going to try on a couple of dresses for work that are normally very snug. I know I'm only 5 days in but hoping it's made a bit of a difference.

Good luck with the dresses, I got tummy ache yesterday feeling my trousers were a bit tight, elasticated waist summer culottes. When I took them off I checked the size as they are very old. 14 no wonder they were tight. I was in a 20 two months ago. That gave me a little boost. Another pound off over the weekend. Living the non food goals.

Awesome I can't wait to get under 200lb, I was quite happy at that weight, just before lockdown then it all went downhill 😭😞

Has anyone ordered in the last few days? Everywhere seems to be out of stock.

@RybelsusDay1x20MAR23 glad things are now moving in the right direction for you. Well done for the weight loss so far. @NaturalBlondeYeahRight that’s worrying - I really hope they get some stock soon. I’d be gutted if I had found something that worked for me only to discover I couldn’t get it again ☹️.
Well my work dresses were all still very snug but ever so slightly less snug than last week so I’ll take that!

@NaturalBlondeYeahRight my order as delivered on Friday from Health Express, that is really worrying if they are now out of stock.

I am on day four of 7mg and my stomach is very sore, however this might be down to the supplements I took at the weekend to ease my constipation which have gone the other way.

I managed to pass two co-ops, a petrol station, a chip shop and kebab van on the way home from work without stopping for snacks. I have a 40 minute drive home from work and am always too hungry to wait until dinner so I usually get a magnum ice lolly or some chips or a bar of chocolate to keep me going. Tonight I resisted. It's hard to describe how I felt - I would have still definitely liked to have had something but it didn't seem as important as normal and I didn't have the panicky feeling about being hungry.