Wegovy Journey

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a nutritionist if you can get one. I was on Wegovy for 2 til my insurance cut me off it but I got down rapidly without exercise because I had a tendon repair and lost 88lbs per year with it. It makes you not think about food as you go along the journey.

*This got extremely long. I am sorry, this includes a lot of introduction about myself, and I'll keep it shorter in following posts. I welcome feedback and hope to communicate with the community. Hello Wegovy Community. I wanted to start posting updates on my experience on the Wegovy Pill. There seems to not be a ton of information on the pill form, and this will be a good way to share my experience with others, while keeping myself accountable. I'll start with a little information about myself, how I came to this situation, and how the past month+ has gone. I'm planning on weighing myself daily, in the morning, and I'll post weekly about my weight change with notes on the week, and we'll see where it goes from there. I started Wegovy 1.5mg pill on Feb. 6th. I've wanted to get on a GLP-1 for a very long time but whenever I brought it up with my doctors they said I would not qualify for insurance coverage. I asked my PCP, Cardiologist (I had an Afib situation a little over a year ago), and my Somnologist (I also have sleep apnea). Finally my PCP after a dedicated appointment to talk about weight loss, he recommended going directly through the Wegovy company to get the pill form and not using insurance. I am going through Novocare with CenterWell Pharmacy, and it costs me $150 for 30pills, delivered overnight with Fedex. I can setup delivery a couple weeks before I run out, so if I am planning on going somewhere I can make sure I get a new bottle before I run out. My starting weight was around 270lbs, depending on time of day and what scale I was weighing myself on. I am on Lisinopril, Eliquis, and Metoprolol. I have had an episode of Afib and I also use a Cpap machine for my sleep apnea. Initial thoughts on the Wegovy Pill: This seems to be a wonder drug! When I tell you my food noise has decreased, that would be an understatement. I thought of myself as a foodie, adventurous eater, and always thinking and planning on what I could eat next. This has absolutely flat lined. I still love and enjoy good food, going out, and making meals, but I no longer fantasize about getting grubhub or to-go for a meal. I am completely satisfied with eating a much smaller, simpler meal at home. I can count on my hand the times I have felt hungry over the past month+. This is also usually right as I am trying to fall asleep and I wonder if it's because of the drug wearing off. BUT I have not succumbed to the hunger desire, because the pill is working! And I don't want to lose all the progress I have made with a late night snack/meal. Daily Routine with Drug: To take this pill, you are instructed to take it first thing in the morning with 4oz or less water, and then not eat or drink for at least 30min. I usually wake up to use the restroom between 5-6AM, and I take the pill then and weigh myself. I usually lay back down till my son wakes up at around 6:30AM. I make coffee and breakfast at 6:45AM. For breakfast I usually just have a banana, coffee, and maybe the leftover fruit and a bite of bagel and cream cheese my 6yr old son didn't eat. We head to school at 7:40 and I maybe have a handful of spicy peanuts out of a jar I keep in my car for when I wanted to knosh. I hit the gym after dropping him off. I have a very bad relationship with working out and the gym, it has always been the last thing I've wanted to do. I have always turned to fad diets to lose weight before working out, and while they worked at the time, the weight would always come back and add on. Because of my weird relationship, I am trying to take it slow and not get sore. My feelings are if I go every day, thats better then going hard 1 day and not returning for awhile. So with that said, I only do about 30min cardio, and then 15min in the sauna. I have been very good and successful with this method. Rest of my day is filled with responsibilities, and again have found the food noise to be minimal, so lunch is small, maybe leftovers, veggies and hummus, a hotdog/sausage, etc. And dinner is mostly a homemade meal with 1 serving, down from my typical 2 servings a night. Weight Management Numbers: Now for the results you've been waiting for: I am weighing in at 258.5lbs, starting at 270lbs in Feb. Conclusion and where we go from here: I feel generally great about losing a little over 10lbs in 6ish weeks. My clothes are feeling looser, I don't feel as heavy generally, easier to get up, move about, etc. Do I wish it was more? Of course, especially after reading some of these success stories, but I remind myself it is working. I have recently bumped up my dosage from 1.5 to 4mg, and hope the weight lose just continues, maybe at a little faster pace 😉. I will update my journey weekly, while keeping a daily weight lose journal for myself that I may post at the end of the week. I would love to hear from the community about what you would like me to include. I'll post ups and downs from the week, what worked, what didn't, etc. Hope to hear from you! submitted by /u/WegovyPillTracker to r/Wegovy [link] [comments]

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I started this journey in 2019. There wasn’t a rock-bottom moment or big epiphany.. I just randomly decided to start one day. If I had seen these pictures back then, I wouldn’t have believed it was possible. I’ve struggled with my weight since childhood. I did Weight Watchers with my mom, played sports purely for the exercise, and even went to fat camp for six weeks at 13. My parents truly tried to help, but it unintentionally fueled a cycle of binge eating and crash dieting that followed me into adulthood. At my highest, I was nearly 400 lbs. In 2019, I had weight loss surgery and lost almost 200 pounds in a year. Then I got pregnant in 2020. Between pregnancy and postpartum, I regained almost half of what I’d lost. The shame was heavy. I felt like I had wasted my one shot. In 2023, my doctor started me on Wegovy, and that changed everything. Even after surgery, I constantly battled food noise. For the first time in my life, my brain felt quiet. I wasn’t white-knuckling my appetite anymore. I was finally able to work with my body instead of against it. Once I reached 160 lbs I began excess skin removal surgeries. 2024: fleur-de-lis abdominoplasty + breast lift. 2025: brachioplasty. Next up: thigh lift in a few weeks. The surgeries have been as transformative mentally as they have been physically. Body dysmorphia is real, but seeing the loose skin removed has helped my brain catch up to reality. My surgeon has exceeded every expectation I had. This whole process has been messy and nonlinear. Surgery wasn’t magic. Medication wasn’t magic. Pregnancy wasn’t failure. It’s been tools, setbacks, adjustments, and a lot of persistence. It feels surreal to be closing a chapter I lived in for most of my life.To be honest, learning how to maintain has been harder than losing the weight. (Never expected that) If you’re in the middle of it, just starting, or scared you’ve “messed it up”.. you haven’t. You can always start again. It’s worth it. submitted by /u/brittanyb369 to r/progresspics [link] [comments]

Insurance is no longer covering and I finally took my last pen after waiting for the good noise to come back. I started in September and I just feel like it is over way too fast. I never went higher than the first dose pen. Well I started this journey at 200 and now ending it at 148. Now to just keep going till I reach my goal of 115 where my bmi will finally be in the healthy range for my height submitted by /u/Top_Guitar4141 to r/WegovyWeightLoss [link] [comments]

Hey guys! I hope my experience might help someone else out there. I have 35 lbs to lose, and was able to do it completely on my own in 2022 after the pandemic, only to suffer a rib injury and due to the inability to work out, ended up losing the motivation to eat right. And gained it all back! This was after reaching an all time high after the pandemic which exceeded my prior weight upon delivering my son and daughter. I am 49 and in perimenopause now, and the food noise and night time cravings and snacking felt overwhelming. So with all the commercials on TV I decided to try compounded semaglutide from Ro. I was honestly very nervous about side effects but my first week was not bad! Food noise reduced almost immediately. But on the 3rd night I had something too tomato-y for dinner, not even a large portion, and ended up vomiting and unable to sleep the whole night. In addition to feeling less hungry, unable to finish small portions of food, I also noticed I was really sensitive to acid and had to avoid coffee, tomatoes, etc. I focused on eating quality protein, fiber and fresh produce when I did feel hungry. The first week I lost 3 lbs! Yay! I was already down 5 lbs on my own since New Year's Day but a lot of this was likely bloating from the holidays. Week 2, I had a vodka with lemon juice at a friend's house on the day of my injection and BOY my stomach was not happy with me. I had to rush home to vomit :( So after that was even more careful with acid. I would notice gas pains which is normal result of slowed digestion and to be expected. Week 2 progress: 2 lbs lost! Happy with this rate of loss, my initial goal was a steady 2 lbs a week until I reached my goal. Which is healthy and pretty much recommended by doctors universally as safe. YMMV especially with underlying health issues. Week 3 was a doozy and ultimately made me decide to not continue with my treatment. A few days after my 3rd injection I ended up vomiting up my dinner and felt nauseous and was unable to sleep. I seemed to recover by the next morning and was able to keep down saltines and water. I don't even remember the full sequence of events now because I was so ill and sleep deprived, but by Tuesday into Wednesday I became unable to hold down water, unable to sleep, and felt like I was dying! I had access to a ton of medications like zofran, omeperazole, clidinium, as well as Gas x, Pepto and benadryl (can be used to treat nausea and vomiting! I did not know this. It's the same ingredient as Dramamine). Literally nothing helped but time. Little sips of water eventually. I knew I just had to wait for the med to leave my system. This was part of my initial apprehension about the injection, not because of the needle but because if I had a bad effect it was going to probably stick around. I was well enough on the day of what should have been my 4th injection to go back to work! Yay. Week 3 progress: 7, that's right, seven pounds. Holy shit! This is way too fast to be healthy and I felt like I was engaging in pharmaceutical bulimia. My muscles felt so weak and wasted. So I focused on eating as much protein (greek yogurt, salmon) as I comfortably could and by the evening I felt well enough to do a pretty tough dance workout! I took my last dose on 1/23/26 and it is now 1/31/26. My appetite returned yesterday but the food noise has not! I food shopped and felt like cooking up a storm (I love cooking which is why I got so fat lol), but when it came time to eat, I got full and pushed my plate away! It felt SOOOO GOOD to eat a normal dinner of salmon, tzatziki, broccoli and cannellini beans with a few glasses of wine. I slept like a baby too. Ultimately I don't regret my decision and am glad I gave it a try, if even to serve as a wake up call that I *can* do this on my own, and that I would rather continue my journey losing 1-2 lbs a week with healthy diet and exercise and deal with cravings. NGL, I am thrilled that my waist is noticeably smaller and my belly is smaller so that exercising, especially yoga, is easier. My stomach was literally impeding my ability to get into certain poses, and I was able to polish my own toes at 9 months pregnant, lol I am flexible but was starting to lose mobility within my own body, and that just sucks. Not to mention that even my fat clothes were starting to get tight, and I miss dressing nicely. My advice to anyone wanting to try: LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. When you feel "hungry" on GLP, you should try to eat nourishing foods. Stay hydrated. When you feel energetic, try to exercise a bit. Manage symptoms like gas and heartburn before they become too severe to treat and keep OTC meds on hand. Also good to revisit any morning sickness remedies like ginger and saltines that may have worked if you have been pregnant! I absolutely abhor vomiting and was lucky enough to avoid it for 2 pregnancies. So this was just not working out. I recently started a new job and need to be there, I freelance on the side and am a working mother. The 7 lb loss really scared me and I wonder if this sort of rapid loss is what causes so many people to experience pancreatitis and other organ issues while on GLP. Not to mention Ozempic face and hair shedding. 15lbs down and 20 to go! I got this! And I bet you do too! submitted by /u/thenotorioushab to r/WegovyWeightLoss [link] [comments]

My Mom has been buying me size L and XL for Christmas for as long as I can remember. Sometimes, I could make the XL work, if it was a stretchy sweater. But eventually, she started asking me what size to buy, which resulted in my (old) real size of 2XL (or 3XL most recently). This year was different. Since she’s been with me throughout this journey, she took a chance and bought me smaller items for Christmas. I yelped when I put on the leggings she got me - size L (12-14). Never in my adult life have I worn a size so small. We’re a longgg way from a 20-22 baby! Onto the reason I cried… I’ve been targeting 180 lbs for a while now. And you know how it goes, some months you have more loss than others. In my lofty mind, I wanted to hit 180 so badly by 12/31. No real reason, it’s just what I wanted. Well, I was close, but I didn’t quite hit my mark by 12/31. So I just said, okay, I’ll keep going. Well this morning I woke up, thinking that the scale was going to jump up after too many treats over the holidays and guess what the scale said? 179.9 ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?! I’m officially down 82.1 lbs and I cried. Like what is this life?! I have never weighed this as an adult. All of these new experiences from choosing to help myself get healthy. I still have a ways to go to reach my final goal. I never really knew I would get to this weight because it was hard to imagine at my highest weight of 262 😳 But I’m doing it, one day at a time, sometimes one meal at a time. And I’m going to keep going for the version of me that just wanted to feel better back in 2023 - when I had the courage to ask my doctor for medication to help me (first for Wegovy, later Zep). Keep going, friends. submitted by /u/51journeys to r/Zepbound [link] [comments]