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So I started on Wegovy a few months ago. Started on 0.25 mg and now up to 0.5mg.

I'm getting side effects. The terrible burping and gas, which smells and tastes gross. And my gut? I have alternating diarrhoea...then constipation. And lots of colic pain in my gut with it all. And I need to be near a toilet. When I need to go it's sudden and I cannot hold it. So I am very nervous even about going grocery shopping. I think if i couldn't find a toilet? I would poo myself. Very upsetting.

I don't think I have lost any weight. I am still eating pretty much normally. I was never a person who constantly craved food really. I didn't have "food noise" as they say. I just put on weight because I ate too much, menopause and I got arthritis in my feet so stopped walking as much as I always had. I completely slowed down I realise now. So put on weight because of basically eating too much and not exercising.

I also fell into bad habits of eating too much junk food which I had never done before. Never used to eat takeaway and wasn't even into chocolate or lollies, but started to have more and more of that junk food...So it's pretty obvious how I put on 30 kgs over 10 + years.

Anyway, I'm not really sure if I should continue to be on GLP 1??? I thought it would really help me lose weight. But everyone says I have to count calories and exercise etc anyway.

It hasn't stopped me feeling hungry really. I still get hungry. Just feel a bit nauseous with my hunger. But i have to eat or I feel even more nauseous. If I try to go without food? I'm nearly to wanting to throw up pretty fast. And I feel dizzy and pretty awful all in all.

So if I am having such awful side effects and have to be on a "diet" anyway??? What's the point of having the Wegovy really? Seems I really just need to stick to a low calorie diet anyway to lose weight?

I'm just a bit confused and wondering if I should continue with it?

Been on Wegovy for about 3 months. In terms of eating etc. Really not much difference. I suppose I am not eating as much. But I still get hungry and I still want to eat roughly the same food. Maybe I don't feel like greasy food or sweet foods as much? But I never ate much of them anyway really.

I wasn't overweight till into my 40s and menopausal and got problems with my feet so exercise decreased dramatically. Overall I am a pretty healthy eater. I just always ate too much and the lack of exercise I started to put on a few kgs every year. Over 10 + years that added up to 30 kgs (60 lbs)

Anyway, I haven't really lost any real weight. A few kgs. That's it.

Side effects are driving me a bit batty though. Diarrhoea then constipation...and the burping and gas is incredible. And SO toxic. That smell / taste really bothers me. And the very sudden "I have to go to the toilet and move my bowels" is distressing. I've nearly been incontinent many times and am starting to not go out because I don't want to be caught out. Do these side effects decrease over time?

Cause if I'm not losing much weight and am stuck with the side effects? What's the point really?

My doctor said last week maybe we need to try a different one? Anyone been swapped over to a different GLP 1 and found it worked better?

Thoughts?

Hi, hb and I were just discussing our washing machine & connections etc in laundry.

So it was our understanding, that these days, washing machines (we have an LG front loader) only draw on the cold water connection. That for washing. The machine heats the water itself to required selected temperature, these days??

Of course, like most laundries. Our laundry has hot and cold water connections and our machine is about 10 + years old so it has hot and cold connections as well.

But when the machine uses water to wash, say a 40 or 60 degree wash, does it get the hot water required through the hot water connection (and thus from our home hot water system) OR does it just draw cold water and the machine heats the water to required temperature?

We are a bit curious as we live in regional area and we have big tanks that we need pump to pump to house and our laundry water is connected to this line. We can fill our big tanks from town water but we try to use rainwater as much as possible. If power is lost (which it damnwell frequently is!! GGRRR...) we cannot do washing as we can't pump water to laundry. Side issue. Just curious.

We also of course interested in the environmental aspects. So as we have solar hot water and can draw power cheapest in daytime...we try to do our washing when sun is shining. So we are using solar power AND of course if the machine is heating the water for washing? Then it would be best to use machine during the day.

Anyway - I haven't asked at white goods store. But thought someone might know how washing machines to laundry's work? Where water is drawn from?

Thanks muchly if you know!

Hi, hb and I were just discussing our washing machine & connections etc in laundry.

So it was our understanding, that these days, washing machines (we have an LG front loader) only draw on the cold water connection. That for washing. The machine heats the water itself to required selected temperature, these days??

Of course, like most laundries. Our laundry has hot and cold water connections and our machine is about 10 + years old so it has hot and cold connections as well.

But when the machine uses water to wash, say a 40 or 60 degree wash, does it get the hot water required through the hot water connection (and thus from our home hot water system) OR does it just draw cold water and the machine heats the water to required temperature?

We are a bit curious as we live in regional area and we have big tanks that we need pump to pump to house and our laundry water is connected to this line. We can fill our big tanks from town water but we try to use rainwater as much as possible. If power is lost (which it damnwell frequently is!! GGRRR...) we cannot do washing as we can't pump water to laundry. Side issue. Just curious.

We also of course interested in the environmental aspects. So as we have solar hot water and can draw power cheapest in daytime...we try to do our washing when sun is shining. So we are using solar power AND of course if the machine is heating the water for washing? Then it would be best to use machine during the day.

Anyway - I haven't asked at whitegood store. But thought plumbers might know how washing machines to laundry's work? Where water is drawn from?

Thanks muchly if you know!