u/Long-Hat-965

Good Morning Wegovians. (Wegovyites?)
Nothing can wipe the smile off my face today. I have a dress that I bought last summer that I have never been able to wear. It looked super cute on me from the front, but in profile it made my butt look HUGE. Because honestly my butt was huge LOL. I decided to try it on today, and it looks fine from every angle. I would even be willing to be seen in public in it.
If you are just starting out and wondering if this can work for you, It can!

I use CVS for my Wegovy and I was excited at the news that they lowered the price for appointments. I had my follow up for my refill a couple of days ago and was looking forward to the new lower price. But they charged me for a sick visit by mistake. Instead of a GLP1 follow up for $29 they charged me a sick visit for $89. Keep an eye on your credit card statements. I was on the phone over 45 minutes getting them to refund me the $60

I made a lot of healthy changes but some things I refuse to let go of.

I have tried every low fat reduced fat margarine, light butter, spreads with olive oil etc etc and I CAN believe that it is NOT butter. It all tastes nasty to me. I read an article from a nutritionist that claims if I cook my scrambled egg in butter I need to count it as an additional 200 calories. I'm sorry what?? I am not deep frying my egg in 2 tablespoons of butter. The teaspoon of butter I grease the pan with has maybe 33 and a third calories? and it's worth it to me for the taste. I don't butter the toast when I make my scrambled egg sandwich; let me have my teaspoon to cook my egg in.

Also a drizzle of 100% real maple syrup in my oatmeal.

I am leaning towards asking for another month of 4s but I hope I don't regret it like I did with the 1.5s.

I have lost 2 inches off my waist and a total of 14 pounds since the end of June. I have not lost any more this week, but I don't have food noise or the urge to snack on junk at night. I mostly feel ok but the constipation is back and I worry the 9s would make that worse. I feel like I am doing pretty well on the 4s but in the back of my mind is when I thought I was doing great on 1.5s and as soon as I refilled that dose it quit working.

I did well on 1.5s the first 2 weeks and lost 8 pounds. I did so well I refilled at that dose. Then it seemed to stop working, and I was very hungry for the rest of that month. I didn't lose anything else those last 2 weeks. but powered through and didn't gain. I doubled up the 1.5s for a few days, and now I have started the 4s. I was eating breakfast this morning (a scrambled egg and turkey bacon sandwich on toast) and had eaten half of it. I took a bite of the second half, chewed for a bit, and had to spit it out. Not because it wasn't good, not because I wasn't enjoying it, but because it was like my stomach said, " Don't you dare swallow that or else I am going to bring up the first half. I don't feel sick. It was just like a door slammed on my appetite. I am hopeful that I will see my weight loss begin again soon.

I did well on 1.5s the first 2 weeks and lost 8 pounds. I did so well I refilled at that dose. Then it seemed to stop working, and I was very hungry for the rest of that month. I didn't lose anything else those last 2 weeks. but powered through and didn't gain. I doubled up the 1.5s for a few days, and now I have started the 4s. I was eating breakfast this morning (a scrambled egg and turkey bacon sandwich on toast) and had eaten half of it. I took a bite of the second half, chewed for a bit, and had to spit it out. Not because it wasn't good, not because I wasn't enjoying it, but because it was like my stomach said, " Don't you dare swallow that or else I am going to bring up the first half. I don't feel sick. It was just like a door slammed on my appetite. I am hopeful that I will see my weight loss begin again soon.

Did you take them both together or did you take one, wait for it to absorb, and then take the other one? I read the SNAC coating can be bad for gastro issues and doubling it can mess up the absorption but I would love to not be totally out the money for my 1.5s and I know some people do it.

I'm missing my sugar-free ginger ale . I've seen some posts about carbonation causing nausea or vomiting or both . I get tired of just water and my decaffeinated coffee . Is anyone still drinking sugar-free soda ?

I did so great the first 2 weeks on 1.5. I lost 8 pounds and decided to refill for the same dose. Now it's been 3 weeks today and I am still ok as far as not having the urge to snack on junk at night, but holy hell I am too hungry during the day. I am going to see if it's too late for me to ask to go up to 4 when these 1.5s are done. I don't know if the pharmacy will let me because they already refilled 1.5 and might say it's too soon, unless it counts as a new prescription.

That's pretty much it. I just wonder which one you use and how well they monitor your health. Especially if you use it because of not having a primary care doctor. I am losing my doctor and I am not impressed with the website that prescribed my pill. I don't feel like they pay attention to me and just message me a script. They can not order lab work if needed,
*updating to say I found another telehealth that can monitor my labs* But I am still interested in what it's like at the website you use.

I know it is early to decide, but between the posts that say their medication came late in the mail or was nearly late and showed up barely in time, I decided to go ahead and request my refill today. It is only day 13 and I am down 8 pounds. Some of it must be water weight from having so much inflammation, but either way, I do not want to increase my dose yet. They do say the more you have to lose the faster it comes off at first, so I expect this will slow way down next month. I'm fine with that. I want to lose the slow and healthy way.

We used to get a lot of takeout, and I am sure that accounts for a big part why I am overweight. I am on day 10 and have not had any since starting the pill. My husband wanted Chinese food and I was half afraid that I would over eat it because I haven't had any in a while and I was half afraid even a little of it would make me sick.
I was completely satisfied with my 5 little chunks of General Tso's chicken. I took the coating off one side and left that behind. I had just a couple of forkfuls of chicken fried rice with it and a few sips of sugar free gingerale and then sipped water because I know carbonation can be a problem. I feel so relieved! In the past I would not have been able to stop without a heaping plateful. I would have finished my plate even if I was full. I am sure I would have included fried egg rolls too. It feels so strange (and wonderful) to be satisfied with a small meal. It was a nice treat and I feel able to appreciate it instead of looking for more.

Let me warn you on the "dangers" of taking the pill in bed and going back to sleep so you can have coffee when you wake up. I woke up at 5am and thought I took the pill. But the damned thing is so tiny, and in the dark, half asleep I did not even notice that it never made it to my mouth because there it is on the floor when I got up. It's too late for me to take a pill today because I didn't notice that I missed it until after coffee when I came to make my bed. UGH!

Still mostly uneventful. Cravings for night time snacks are gone. I did press my luck last night for supper, not due to a craving, but sometimes you just want to eat what everyone else is having, ya know? I had a small steak and cheese sandwich and 5 potato chips. Yes, I counted them. I felt ok, but my stomach made loud gurgly noises all night like it was not happy. No pain or nausea though. I weighed myself after coffee this morning. I have lost 3 pounds this week.
*edited to add I am not sure if it is wishful thinking, but I am feeling less pain in my legs today, and maybe the anti-inflammatory effects have kicked in*

I have been off my statin for a month due to suspected liver injury from it. My bloodwork shows my liver function is back to normal already since stopping the statin, but my cholesterol is headed back up. Has anyone with high cholesterol been able to stay off statins with Wegovy?

I don't know how I ended up on the wrong side of Reddit but this was the first post I saw today. https://www.reddit.com/r/Biohackers/comments/1uhydvk/comment/oubxfw6/

I am relieved to say there is no nausea or headaches so far (knock wood!) I was so terrified to start this pill but it has been uneventful. The only thing that bothers me is not being able to have coffee when I get up.

I was never someone who needed to eat as soon as I got up, but I am lost with what to do with myself as the 30 minute wait for coffee slowly counts down. I keep looking at the clock, and it feels like forever.
The food noise is there but getting quieter. This morning as we passed my favorite donut shop, my mind briefly flashed on thoughts of biting into a sugar covered lemon filled donut. But I didn't stop. I didn't feel like I had to have one. Who am I kidding? I really would have eaten 2 of them before.