Anyone using Wegovy?

[Diagro]

Hey,

NOT A MEDICAL THREAD... heh.

I've started on Wegovy last week on Thursday. (0.25mg)
Starting weight 100.2KG..
Target 85KG.
1KG lost already as of this morning weigh.

I've noticed a lack of appetite and a complete "meh" approach to all the foods I liked to eat / drink. Very odd.

No side effects.

Anyone else on here using Wegovy? What has been your experience?

 

[Diagro]

Out of curiosity is this prescribed or just over-the-counter? If the latter what is the cost?

Prescribed by Boots Online Doctor (Private GP basically). Basically anyone with a BMI over 30 can get it.
£200 per month. I'm doing it as a way to try and super accelerate weight loss to try and stop the need to use a CPAP machine and be cleared of my Sleep Apnea diagnosis.

 

[Diagro]

i've not read much into it, but i do wonder what the rebound effects are when stopping...i wonder whether the weight gain would be in excess of the original weight

The problem is, many people who stop using it, just go back to their old habits.

You need to have the will power to keep up with a balanced diet after.

 

[Diagro]

Please ensure you are exercising while doing this. (TBF you may already be exercising but may not have mentioned it in your post)

I believe you can end up losing a lot of muscle mass while using wegovy if you maintain a sedentary lifestyle.

I started at the gym. To try and counter this issue.

 

[Diagro]

nonsense, you can lose weight eating nothing but mcdonalds

Yea, 1 Hamburger per day.

 

[Diagro]

Yea, it's so easy. Hence the obesity crisis doesn't exist. Oh wait

 

[Diagro]

I tried Ozempic which is exactly the same chemical, lost weight, had a rough time on it, packed up, put weight back on

What was the rough time?

 

[Diagro]

The S***s , horrible smelly burps, and then a lot of stomach and back pain

Did that start early? I've had no symptoms yet really.

 

[Diagro]

There's more to them both than weight loss, but yes weight loss is just thermal dynamics. Anyone who says their on a diet but can't lose weight is just eating more than they're burning. Simple.

I tend to find that people cannot stand the feeling of being hungry.

 

[Diagro]

Most people are unwilling to go through slight inconvenience to not reduce their life exptancy/not be fat.

And that is a mentality that wont be easy to change.

 

[Diagro]

At about 0.5

Hmm, will see if I have the same next month then

 

[Diagro]

Source? That sounds like total nonsense to me. If we assume 67 million Brits in total, and exclude c17 million kids, that leaves 50 million. c25% of Brits are obese. You're therefore prescribing to 6.25 million people if you limit it to half. Wegovy costs £3,500 per year (as a patient, rather than wholesale). That's £21.9bn per year. NHS England alone spends £155bn a year. That doesn't account for any savings made as a result of reduction in weight related co-morbidities.

I know this isn't Speaker's Corner but you can't just make stuff up.

Privately Wegovy is £2400 per year. I expect the NHS would get it at half that cost.

 

[Diagro]

this thread turned... extreme lol

 

[Diagro]

So to answer your question...
I started on Saturday. Concerned that the higher doses seem to be more expensive than the starting dose... w
Some side effects - I got the diarrhoea, and now feel a little "bloated" as though I can feel that the food is now moving slower through my system.
Appetite definitely decreased - I haven't felt hungry nearly as much in the last couple of days and I've also shrunk my portion sizes. No idea whether it's placebo or real, but either way works!

Looking at Boots, it seems to be the same price each month no matter the dose?

I took my second dose last wed. I had my first bout of Vomiting and Liquid stools last night.
However, I had an absolutely massive meal for dinner... I've not eaten that much in 2 weeks. Clearly my body was not pleased....

 

[Diagro]

Nope, the 1.7 is 250 and the 2.4 is 299.

Not had any vomiting thank goodness.

Oh wow... That's not what I was lead to think. Then again it didn't show me above 1.5mg
I best find a way to raise the extra cash lol

 

[Diagro]

I don't touch sugar or sugar by any other name. At times I fast for 2 days even 3, I only drink milk, water.and coffee. At times I consume 6 packs of crisps ready salted then I may not touch them for weeks.
I do not t really eat bread, If I do, I make sure it has min Ingredients. I don't by hovis etc for the amount of crap they put in.

I don't touch pork I only eat chicken, yes at times I buy a children's meal from MC D's.
I eat lentils, cannelloni and chickpeas with carrots, potatoes ,onion in a tomato stew.
I don't fry. I eat lots of fermented yoghurt.
At times I eat junk at times I eat super healthy.

I have a good lean body shape. Stay away from these drugs and learn to shrink your stomach naturally.

Milk is full of sugar

 

[Diagro]

A week in now (dose day saturday). Question for you - do you find your appetite returning towards the end of the week, and then dropping off again after your next dose? I ate more yesterday than I have since I started.

100%. I was 2 days late with this weeks dose. I've been so hungry!

 

[Diagro]

The million dollar question is, did you eat more towards the end? Gave into the cravings?

Nah. I stuck to my daily food.
No breakfast
Ready-to-drink Huel for lunch
Normal meal in the evening with my wife.

End up with between 1000-1500 Cal per day.

 

[Diagro]

Update:
My 4th week this week.
Since Friday night, I've caught norovirus. Originally I thought it was the Wegovy and my new blood pressure medication. However both my sons started throwing up too.

I'm still pretty much bed ridden now, getting up to poop and puke.

However, Friday morning I was 96.7kg.
I am now 92.1kg... so silver lining I guess. I've basically not eaten for three days. I have the Wegovy to thank for not needing to eat I think.

7.1kg till I'm at 85kg and my ideal weight.

Poppy weekend, but good weight loss haha

Next week I start on 0.5mg doses. And it cost me £179 for the next months doses.

 

[Diagro]

I've just kicked off today, will see how things go.

I'm under medical advice to heavily restrict my exercise, and have really struggled to maintain my weight since that happened, so hopefully this will help get things moving and get me back to a starting point that I can manage in the long-term.

How are you doing @Diagro?

I had to stop.
Was hospitalised with suspected panciatitis. I lost 7kg in weight over 8 days due to the illness. Had to have 2.5L IV as I was so dehydrated that my BP dipped to approx 80/50 at one point. I had no idea where I was and what was going on.
I've regained half of that weight though.

They told me never to use it again. So I've not.