r/Wegovy

Hi everyone!!

I’m 23 and started oral wegovy 0.25mg on the 1st of May. It’s now the end of May. I haven’t felt much of a difference. But my dr said she’s going to get me up to 4mg for the second month. I don’t know anything about wegovy so just asking if anyone else has made this jump? It seems like a large jump to me, but again I just wanted to see if anyone here has made a jump like this for the second month?

extra: 23yr 175lbs

I took my first .25 shot three days ago - headaches, fatigue and sulfur burps. WTH?! Am I in for hell when I up my dose to .5 and finally to 1.0!?? Anyone else have those symptoms that fast and does it get better?

new to wegovy took my second shot on Friday... well I accidentally started at .50 and was great lost 6 lbs first week. realized I was supposed to start .25 and I switched on my second shot... butttt at .25 I have the hunger... and literally have lost nothing... so I'm considering going back to .50 I guess my question is... will it hurt anything? any advice is welcome 🤗 thank you!

I'm really curious about what everyone's go-to is because this community always has better answers than Google.

after six months of figuring it out that cold cottage cheese straight from the fridge no smell, no prep, high protein, goes down easy even on the worst nausea days.

and plain crackers when even that feels like too much.

Protein shake I know sits well, and i learned the hard way that the sweetener matters more than the brand. i found out that sorbitol and maltitol are hidden sulfur burp triggers on a slowed gut.

Room temperature broth when I need something without smell or texture.

None of it is exciting to me. Instead all of it keeps me functional.

I used a certain GLP-1 eating guide that covers bad day nutrition, safe foods, and the how to handle these things,

Here is the link for anyone who wants it.

What are yours?

In the past year I’ve gained over 60 pounds, recently it’s really weighed down on me and my body. I’ve always struggled with weight but it’s just different this time. I went on an easy and quick hike and thought I would parish about 40 minutes in. Then I bought a pair of jeans that, to me, looked like they would be huge on me-they did not even button. It was then I decided I needed help. I struggled with binge eating since childhood; I wasn’t a “fat” kid, but at 11 I was out on weight watchers and boyyyy did it f*ck my brain up. This is just some backstory into my body and my habits. I too phentermine year ago, I’ve lost weight with diet and exercise, but this time it’s like I just can’t do it. I’ll eat good and workout but gain three pounds.

My doctor and I are super hopeful. I am a bit desperate to just feel good about myself again. I am now 267 pounds, I have issues with eating, I have motivation issues but that is almost all metal and something I have to now really work on.

Okay. I’m done rambling. Please anyone who has taken the pill enlighten me!!! What have your side effects been? What has it done for the feeling where you just ate a meal but your brain insists you should have 300 calories of snacks? How is your appetite? How are you fighting constipation, if you have any? Share any experience you’d like, obviously I’d rather hear the positive but I’m open to it all.

Thank you ✨

For over two years now I’ve been on two different GLP-1s and I have only agreed to take them as my dr keeps prescribing them and I’m over just being seen as ‘just another fat patient’.
They have made my mental health worse.
I’m constantly feeling sick.
I’m overheating all the time.
I am developing a fear of drinking anything for three days post injection.
Yet any time I try to bring it up she goes ‘that’s just normal’ and tries to increase the dosage.

Honestly I’m tired of everything. I feel so fed up when i hear it’s working because it’s causing me so much pain.

Plus I personally think it’s made my PCOS worse.

Hi, I am new to Wegovy and took my first 0.25 injection approximately 24 hours ago. Aside from reduced appetite and the mildest of tummy cramps, I have not experienced side effects. How common is this? Am I too early in the week to feel anything yet? I am usually pretty sensitive to medications so I am suspicious that things will soon take a turn. Please tell me your experiences!

Hello,
I’m on day 3 of 0.25mg weg. The day after I had my first dose I could feel a difference and it’s getting stronger. Today I have nausea, I’m still eating like normal but just not enjoying any food. I also have a very dry mouth. can anyone relate? Thank you

I’m 30 F, 5’6 tall. SW is 192, I’m down to 177. But these last 2 weeks my weight went to 180, then down to 177, then up to 179, then back to 177, now back to 180 and so on. I don’t weigh everyday but now that I’m seeing my weight is kind of “stuck” I’m like wth? I’m only on .25 wegovy injection, but I spoke with my dr yesterday and she just bumped my dose up. Is this a normal thing? I noticed I’ve been wanting to eat more also, not so much in qty but the food noise started creeping in again. I’m thinking this could just be a sign that I needed up raise my dosage. Thoughts?

Ive been on wegovy since November, so its my 7th month (technically 6th bc I skipped April after a bad reaction to the 1mg dose). I have lost a total of 12kg, starting weight being 92kg and it now being 80kg which is the lightest I had ever been able to get to before wegovy about 2 years ago (by eating nothing basically but now I get to eat a normal amount and still reach this weight) before my big pcos flareup which caused rapid weight gain.

But the fat distribution is totally different this time. Before wegovy, I only ever managed to lose weight in my upper body. My smallest I didn’t even look overweight at all in my upper body, the collar and shoulders even looking quite bony and malnourished (bc I was 🥴) but then from the waist down it was a whole other person and hadn’t really changed at all since I was over 100kg which was a huge insecurity. Being a medium in sweaters and tops but an XXL in bottoms and pant buying was an absolute nightmare as all “loose” pants were always way too tight in the thighs and bum area but too big in the waist.

Now my thighs and bum are significantly smaller! Smaller than they’ve ever been, like the reduced PMOS/PCOS is causing actual proportional fat loss! I have a little more pudge in the upper body at this weight in comparison to the last time, but it’s bc the weight is also coming off my lower body and it’s such a relief! It’s always been so frustrating and I thought I’d end up always having to be super bottom heavy heaving around these trunks that were my legs. My calf’s haven’t quite caught up so my thighs and calfs are now similar sized which is a bit funny looking but honestly I’m just happy that we’re moving in the right direction. I’m excited to go past my previous weight loss record and reaching my ideal weight which is 70-75kg which is a short way away but sure feels far away as 80kg has always been my plateau point which has been frustrating as it’s still overweight for me and my height. So the next few months will be exciting!

I have been on GLp1 medication since December 2025. I was on Tirzepetide ( Mounjaro) at first. Went upto 7.5mg. has gradual weight loss and good control over cravings.i have lost about 15kgs so far. But recently I had to switch to semaglutide due to cost issues. Semaglutide is much cheaper than tirzepetide in my country.

I find that Semaglutide has a Little less effect on appetite suppression. For the past 3 week the weight has been stationary at about 106-107. My diet and physical activity is pretty much the same. On Tirzepetide I used to be repulsed by fried and junk food.... But now I feel I do feel like snacking on them.

Anyone else faced the same? How do you overcome it. Was the weight loss as good as with tirzepetide? What else can I do to optimise weight loss and control cravings.

I know it says use for 4 weeks and about expiry etc.

I started on 0.25mg but doc gave me a 2.4mg after I told him due to cost I'll click count.

*in theory* this means it'll last for ages with 1 months at 0.25 and 2 months on 0.5.
Even if I throw it out after 2 months it saved me money (2.4mg was 385$ vs 0.25 and 0.5 at 285$)

Someone here said even their gp suggested click count to save money and not to worry about the 4 week expiry once opened.
Body responds really well with no side effects 🤞 3kg down in 2 weeks

Who else here was prescribed wegovy for the treatment of MASH. Has it helped? And do you notice physical changes or feel better as you go along? I have just started. I have MASH with morbid obesity, pulmonary hypertension. I gained like 85 in the last year since my gallbladder was removed. Since then my triglycerides have also significantly risen and I developed MASH.

Hey all,

My employer has made the decision to stop covering GLP-1 for weight loss. I do not have any conditions that qualify for medical exceptions.

I am really disappointed as my progress on this has been so good, and I am losing weight. This has helped me in numerous other ways, with anxiety, and other parts of my health that I was not anticipating.

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What I am wondering is if folks have found alternative ways to subsidize this medication. I make under 70k year so losing insurance coverage is really devastating to me.

I am wondering if folks have found bi-weekly dosages as being effective. I currently use 1.7, and I think I am a super responder.

What’s the consensus? Is weekly injection the only way?

So sad, mad, and yet still determined to find a way.

I want to be a healthier me. And I cannot even begin to express how this medication has helped my mental health. It’s mind blowing, and I think there’s more going on in my body that science really understands.

Weight gain is not a moral failure.

Long story short. I was on wegovy injections for about half the year last year because after my insurance and novo nordisk discount card no matter the size of injection my cost was $25.50 month

At the start of the year 2026, the novo nordisk discount card only covers $100 after insurance for injections and pills. Making my cost $150 a month. This is not sustainable for me. Seems like zepbound is the same cost for me and because I am not diabetic I can't get ozempic.

Any ideas where I can get it cheaper. I check Canadian and Mexican pharmacies and nothing.

I started Wegovy on Jan 14 this year. Worked my way up the dosages until I got to 1,7 (injection). It was really going well with minimal side effects, really just the rock-hard constipation.  At my first checkup I was down 25 lbs and my Dr was very pleased. But he suggested I stay at 1.7 and I agreed. It was working, right? And it kept working. As of last weekend, I was down about 40lbs total. But last Saturday I had a latte and was totally nauseated all day and totally wiped out. And there was NO constipation. At all. Way not. Sunday was ok, Monday was trash, kept thinking I was going to upchuck. Even left work early. Tuesday was ok, I actually felt really good and decided to get a real lunch. Ate that, felt great. For a while. Later, I got nauseated by eating something small. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I would eat even something tiny and get nauseated. But about 30-45 minutes later I started feeling pressure and later increasing pain just under my right ribs. If I didn’t eat, none of this happened. Friday I finally said that there HAD to be something wrong, so I went to an urgent care, and they sent me to the emergency room. They did some tests and it turns out I had massive gallstones and had to have my gallbladder removed. Pain from that but at least I can eat!
 
So why am I sharing this? Because one of the major causes of gall stones is losing weight too quickly. Guidance says to shoot for 1-2 lbs per week. I was at 2.5. I think that if I were on a lower dose I would not have lost as quickly and could have saved my precious little gallbladder. As we move along our Wegovy stories, I encourage each of you to deliberately slow down just because you can lose weight in big chunks, it doesn’t mean that you should.

Good health and met goal weights to everyone!

During my visit with my weight management doctor, she told me that WeGovy 7.2 has been approved and asked me if I wanted to try it. She mentioned that it can cause numbness in random places, but that it's not harmful. I was like...yeah no. That sounds terrifying. She decided to move me to Zepbound instead as I hit a plateau on 2.4. I will miss WeGovy though. I never had any real side effects other than constipation. It's changed my life as someone who has been 300+ since high school. Anyway, just thought I'd share that little tidbit in case anyone wants to ask their doctor for more information.

I am not looking for medical advice - just people’s experiences with inflammation.

I started a wegovy. I have MS and my Immature Granulocytes Absolutes have always been elevated significantly and never in normal range or even close- not a cause for concern as that’s normal on people with ms However, I’ve noticed changes in how I feel and in my blood tests after starting.

I haven’t lost weight (it’s only been a couple weeks) but I felt a reduction in my buzzing, less tightness overall, and my crap gap was almost non existent before my latest infusion. I know I need to see test results and trends over time (I’m not assuming these things correlate, but am hopeful they might). Anyone with chronic illnesses and autoimmune disorders on weight loss drugs and feeling any impact beyond the weight loss?