r/WegovyUK

about six months in now and honestly the thing that helped most wasn't a tip or a habit, it was just stopping measuring my progress against people on here who'd lost twice as much in half the time. the food noise going quiet was bigger for me than any number on the scales, and once i stopped treating the scale as the only data point i had, the whole thing got a bit less miserable to live inside. i know that sounds like something you'd stitch on a pillow, sorry, but i mean it practically, like it freed up actual brain space i hadn't had in years. curious what it was for other people, if anything, because i feel like nobody talks about this bit.

I’ve been on wegovy for around 2 years now (originally on mounjaro then switched) and lost around 20kg.

I’ve gone down to a 1mg dose of wegovy as maintenance for around 7 months. At first it seemed fine but now I’m noticing I’m hungrier and have put on 2 kg.

Have others experienced this? What maintenance dose do people generally use?

If you’re someone who doesn’t currently ‘intuitively eat’ (I.e. only eating when your body is physiologically hungry), would starting on Wegovy work?

My concern is I currently eat out of habit / wanting to taste the food / enjoying certain foods; rather than actually being biologically hungry and needing sustenance. Would Wegovy do anything to change that?

I (38 f) have been on WeGovy since March and have lost 10kg. I was on 0.25 for 6 weeks, then went to 0.5 for 2 months, and now part way through my second pen of 1mg.

Oh my days it’s sucking the life out of me. I was tired a lot before starting but it’s just getting worse. Since being on 1mg I’m struggling to get out of bed and get my steps in at all. I’ve gone from being v active doing 12-15k steps a day to barely managing 3k since June (being on school holidays and heat waves haven’t helped).

I’m drinking enough, and eating enough (albeit less to account for reduced physical activity) and I’ve had a blood test and everything is normal. 🤷‍♀️

How are people managing the fatigue? Or is this the end of the road? I’ve got about 6kg until my goal weight but dunno how much long I can carry on feeling so depleted.

Hi everyone,

I’m interested in starting Wegovy for weight management, but my BMI isn’t high enough to meet the usual eligibility criteria.

I’m wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and can share what options are available. Are there legitimate circumstances where a doctor might prescribe it at a lower BMI, or are there particular private clinics/GPs that are worth speaking to?

I’m not looking to bypass any medical rules, I’d just like to understand what my options are and whether there’s a safe/legal route to discuss it with a clinician.

Any advice or personal experiences would be really appreciated. Thanks!

I’m feeling pretty sad about where I’m at right now and could really do with some perspective/advice from people who’ve been through something similar.

I started Wegovy in November 2025. I stayed on 0.25mg for about five months and then moved up to 0.5mg. My weight loss has been very slow and steady, which I was actually quite proud of because I felt like I was building genuinely sustainable habits rather than relying completely on the medication.

Between November and early July I lost around 10kg. I was exercising regularly, eating reasonably well, prioritising protein, walking a lot etc. I got down to almost my goal weight on 6 July.

Then I went away for three weeks and took a break from Wegovy while I was on holiday. Since coming home I’ve restarted it, but I deliberately didn’t weigh myself for a while because I didn’t want to obsess over the scales.

I finally weighed myself today and I’m 3kg up since 6 July. I was genuinely so shocked when I realised it was that much.

I know logically that 3kg isn’t my entire 10kg loss, but emotionally it feels really upsetting. I worked so hard and I suppose I’d convinced myself that I’d fundamentally changed my habits. Now I’m wondering whether I actually learnt anything at all, or whether Wegovy was doing more of the work than I realised.

My eating hasn’t been completely out of control since coming home, but it definitely hasn’t been as disciplined as it was before the holiday. I’ve also lost some of my exercise routine and generally feel like I’ve slipped out of the mindset I was in before.

Has anyone else had a period like this after a holiday/break from Wegovy and managed to get back on track?

Is a 3kg regain over six weeks actually as bad as it feels, or am I catastrophising because I’ve become so attached to seeing the number go down? I feel like i fought so hard for that number to come down and losing 3kg was such a battle, but gaining it back rapidly was wildly easy.

I’d particularly love to hear from people who’ve had a setback/regain during their Wegovy journey and then carried on successfully. Any tips for mentally resetting without going into extreme restriction mode would be really appreciated.

I am on my second day of 1.0. Gone through a month of .25 then a month of .50. No side affects no turning off the food noise. The only real difference is my bank account. Is there anyone out there who as had the same experience. Should I bite the bullet and go over to mounjaro which will really buger up my bank account.

I started with a 0.25 mg dose, and today is my third day. When I took it, I had a strange feeling in my stomach for a moment, and then it went away. After that, I felt completely fine.

Since yesterday, I’ve been feeling bloated, with a strange heaviness in my stomach. I also feel a bit sick/nauseous, but I haven’t vomited.

Today, I’m still bloated and have that same weird/heavy feeling in my stomach, but that’s about it.

My appetite hasn’t changed at all. I still feel hungry even though I ate only about half an hour ago. I keep thinking about eating and wanting to eat something all the time.

any thoughts? Advice? Anything? cause I’m feeling like nothing happened yet…

I was on Monjauro for about 18 months lost lots of weight but then it got so expensive
- I tried to stretch out my doses to fortnightly
- I was recovering from a broken foot
- I have been working non stop
- Activity down
- Stress up and not enough time for self care

I put on most of it and here I am trying a new start but with the knowledge of what I have today
- need group support
- need physical activity
- eating sugary foods has a direct impact on me
- suffered from sulphur breath, burping and tiredness
- must hydrate fully and regularly
- sugar impacts my programme
- healthy foods are a must.

I hope this may work better for me, now I know this is not a silver bullet and I have to work in tandem with the medication.

If you have had any symptoms like what I had above, I would love to know how you managed them.

Thank you!

Stats: 5'7" | SW: 121 kg (266 lbs) | CW: 108 kg (238 lbs) | Total loss: 13 kg / ~31 lbs in 7 months | Provider: SheMed (UK)

I started Wegovy in mid-January this year and I'm really proud of what I've achieved so far. This is the first time I’ve had genuine success with weight loss, and I’ve had some incredible non-scale victories (fitting into smaller dress sizes, feeling fitter, etc.).

Throughout my journey, my weight loss pattern was usually “loss, loss, loss, gain, then loss again when upping the dose.” I moved up every 4 weeks until reaching the highest maintenance dose in June of 7.2mg.

However, over the last 7–8 weeks, I’ve hit a complete stall:

The Stall: I've been stuck in a loop of losing and regaining the exact same 1 kg (2.2 lbs) over and over.

Routine: In June/July, I started hitting the gym consistently (3–4 classes a week) and walking 8,000+ steps most days.

Calories: Eating roughly 1,600–2,000 kcal to fuel my activity (at 5'7", 1,200 felt unsustainable and too low as recommended by TDEE).

Perception: Even though I know the "paper towel effect" is real, I can’t see the difference in the mirror yet, and no one has commented, which adds to the mental frustration. I can buy something’s in smaller sizes but this isn’t consistent so it’s not a full “I’ve lost a dress size”

Side Effects at Top Dose:
I was lucky with minimal side effects early on, but the top maintenance dose hit me hard - especially been given the all in one 7.2 mg pen (no more 3 x 2.4 mg)
- Severe stomach pain and non-stop diarrhoea
- Awful sulphur burps
- Skin sensitivity: to the point where fabric simply brushing against my arms and body felt painful and tender.

The Move to Mounjaro (MJ):
Given the plateau, the intense side effects, and the cost difference (MJ is nearly £50/month cheaper with my provider then max dose Wegovy), I’ve decided to switch to Mounjaro. They are starting me at 5 mg due to my prior tolerance on higher-dose semaglutide.

For those who switched from Wegovy to Mounjaro (especially starting around 5 mg after a plateau), how did you find the transition? Did it help break your stall or ease side effects?
Any advice or guidance would be helpful!

Moving up to 1.7mg next weekend .. feeling a bit anxious, what’s everyone’s experience of 1.7mg on wegovy . Currently on second month of 1mg not seeing much scale movement still

My wife requested a takeaway tonight and for the first time, I’m not excited.

We usually order a single order and mix it all up. All I’ve gone with is a shredded chicken chow mein.

It’s all in her Uber eats basket ready to go but right now I’m stuffed.

Went to the cinema earlier and it took my the whole film to just eat a chicken wrap meal deal…

This drug is absolutely insane.

Also has anyone noticed that they eat slower? I normally eat as fast as that huge dog that eats a plate of meat on TikTok. Now, I eat slow like a sparrow.

Back in July 2024 I was clocking in at 113kg having piled on the weight in lockdown. My Q-Risk score (chance of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years) was a rather frightening 18.6% so knew something had to change.

By May 2025 I'd only managed to lose a few Kg, so started my Wegovy journey at 110kg, setting myself a goal weight on 75kg, and never quite expecting that I'd get there.

Today I clocked in at 74.6kg.

I got there.

Here's some stats for you:

• My Q-Risk score is now 7.1%

• By BMI has dropped from 35 to 23.6

• My Cholesterol/HDL ratio has gone from 6.3 to 3.6 (a rather pleasing inversion)

Some other observations - I have some spare skin if anyone needs any, and my nipples are about an inch lower than they should be. On the other hand, my willy appears to have got considerably larger.

My wife has taken to calling me 'Skeletor'

I need cushions if I'm going to sit on a wooden chair or bench because my arse bones hurt otherwise.

I can do pull-ups/chin-ups again!

So, where to from here? Well, I have another 4 weeks worth of 7.2mg pens in the fridge, and after that I'll aim to titrate down to 2.4mg (and good riddance to those horrible bastard 7.2mg pens!) and see how well I can maintain from there.

So, good luck everyone. You can get there in the end!

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I’m looking to see if anyone else has experienced this. *Note I am going to be booking a GP appointment tomorrow.

I am on 0.25mg for the last 7 weeks, been going fine. About 2 weeks again (5th week) I experienced sickness in the early hours of the morning (this was the day before I supposed to take my new injection). I assumed it was food poisoning because I ate a wrap that didn’t taste great and assumed it was this. I took a week off the jab to recover.

Fast forward to Friday, I felt off all day and experienced a bout of diarrhoea. Carried on with my day but in the evening I started to vomit and diarrhoea in a violent way. It felt the same as when I got Norovirus.

My husband has got me worried that it is wegovy causing these bouts of sickness but each time felt different. I can’t tell if it is the wegovy or if I am just unlucky that I caught a stomach bug shortly after the last stomach issue. Now I am really nervous to take it again once I’ve recovered cause I don’t want to experience this again cause it was awful.

Has one else had this? And did you think it was wegovy?

Again I am going to contact my GP tomorrow but as it’s the weekend I thought I’d see if anyone else has had this.

I was due my check in and decided to ask some questions about the pills and if they would make it cheaper for me. Here’s the responses I got, hopefully it’ll help someone wondering the same.

“Happy to help with that, Here's a quick breakdown.
On subscription (which is what you're on):
💉 Wegovy injection. Your current 1mg dose: £119/month
💊 Wegovy Pill (existing patient subscription rates. The new-customer intro offer doesn't apply to you):
• 1.5mg starter: £99/month
• 4mg: £119/month
• 9mg: £159/month
• 25mg: £219/month
One thing worth knowing: the pill has its own dose ladder and doesn't convert 1:1 from the injection. When switching, the clinician confirms the right starting pill dose based on where you are now. So the exact cost gets confirmed at your check-in rather than being fixed in advance.

On cost: based on the switching protocol, coming from 1mg injection would typically put you in the 9mg-25mg pill range (£159-£219/month), so it wouldn't be cheaper than where you are now. For context, 1.7mg injection is £159/month on subscription too. The exact pill starting dose is always confirmed by your clinician, and the switch option appears at the dose step of your check-in where it applies”

Hi all! I've tried looking online and can't find a definitive answer does anyone know if the pencycle scheme accept the 7.2mg single use pens. I would rather recycle if I could as it seems like alot of waste but I gully understand if it can't be! Thanks in advance!!

Hi all,

Can someone provide some advice?

I am looking for the cheapest option for the Wegovy pill. So many things online are about a first time buyer discount, but I am looking for the cheapest over a period - say six months - on standard dosing.

Would truly appreciate advice. Thanks!

Opinions please. I’ve been on 2.4 for 6 weeks. After the first month at 2.4 I took a discount offer and bought 2 pens. It was a mistake because I plateaued. I should have bought one pen and then moved up to 7.2 and I feel like I’m wasting time on the 2.4. Additionally I gained 1/2lb the last 2 weeks. I ordered the 7.2 and it’s in my fridge. I have 2 more weeks of the 2.4 but I want to put that pen aside and move up to 7.2 with my next jab. I also took my last 2.4 dose late by 2 days, I just forgot since I’m unaware of any effects. When I take my 1st dose of 7.2 can I do that 2 days early since I’m not feeling anything on 2.4?