14 months on Zepbound, hit my goal, doctor and then I agreed to stop. My first two weeks felt fine, by week four the food noise was back in a way I hadn't felt in over a year.
Up 4 lbs now:( not panicking but also not pretending it's not happening.
Seriously looking at Foundayo as a maintenance option. Guide me in!
Hi all, figured I'd share a proper month one update because I couldn't find many honest ones when I was just starting out.
overall down 2.1lbs: Had a wedding, a birthday weekend and a work trip this month so not stressed about the number at all, water weight and life happened
side effects: Constipation is the one nobody warned me about. cCming from compounded sema the GI experience is noticeably different and honestly worse in this specific way. Currently experimenting with more fiber and magnesium glycinate at night, slowly getting better.
the good stuff: Coming into my last week on the starter dose I can genuinely feel the appetite suppression now. It's not dramatic but it's there hunger shows up, I eat, it quiets down. No urge to just eat to eat which is actually huge for me personally.
Inflammation is also down which i wasn't expecting this early. also on metformin for insulin which i think is helping the overall picture
stats: 5'4 | CW 174lbs | 32F | goal 148
Moving up to the next dose tomorrow and genuinely excited to see what month two looks like.
anyone else find the constipation worse than their previous GLP experience and what actually helped
Starting Foundayo tomorrow and already overthinking the timing, so there's no specific time you have to take it which is great but also means I have to actually decide and stick to something.
Mornings are a disaster for me honestly. I forget everything in the morning, even my iron which I eventually just moved to night. So I'm not going to set myself up to fail by committing to mornings.
Nights are out too because of the gastric motility thing, it slows digestion and i'd rather not deal with that overnight, so I'm going to try lunch. Consistent, middle of the day, something I can actually remember!!
Opened the bottle just now to see what i was dealing with and the pill is tiny. Genuinely smaller than i expected, so that's not a worry.
Taking my first one tomorrow at lunch and will update with how day one actually goes.
Hi all,
Here’s my experience with foundayo. On week 3 now. Started at the 2mg one.
Week 1-
Started taking the pill in the morning. Felt the food noise disappear pretty quickly. But I felt ILL with headaches and nausea and body aches about 3 days in. Stuck it out. Lost 2 lbs.
Week 2-
Bad and good symptoms continued. Eventually switched to the pill at night and stopped taking my other medication, trazodone, and slowly started to feel A LOT better. Lost 2 lbs.
Week 3- NOW
Barely any negative symptoms, and eating a lot less. I think about food less. When I do get hungry, my eyes are definitely bigger than my stomach, but the full feeling stops me in my tracks. The hardest part has been eating enough protein and food etc to be able to do my hobby sports.
All in all I would recommend it. Stick it out through the hard parts. Strongly recommend taking it at night after the first couple of days. Drink lots of water.
Anyone else having a similar experience? Not sure if I’m going to ask to get bumped up to the 5.5 since this dosage is working well for now.
Started at 0.8mg back in April and have been titrating up slowly since then. Moving to 5.5mg today which feels like a real milestone.
Going low and slow has been the right call for me personally. I had some headaches in the first week and a little fatigue around day 4 or 5 but nothing that stopped me functioning. Appetite suppression has been genuinely good, noticeably less interest in finishing meals and the between meal snacking has basically stopped on its own.
I have Restless Leg Syndrome and maybe some other neurological issues and feel like my nerves have been extra nervy since I’ve started. I’ve seen some papers that suggest glp-1s can aggravate nerves, so I’m not (nor is my doctor) worried, but I’m curious if other people have experienced similar symptoms.