r/liraglutide

Where is your favorite spot?

I've been at this for 6 weeks now.. I am only comfortable doing it in my stomach. My husband did my arm a week ago, idk if we did it a little too far back, but it left me with a huge knot for a few days (it was his first time agreeing to help and he did it too firm. He does not like needles so he was trying to be helpful but quick.) He offered to do my other arm the next day but I politely declined and just did my belly again. I don't inject in the same spots, but I can tell my belly isn't happy about all the shots.

I've looked for YouTube videos to show exactly where to do it at, but they're all belly ones.

I’ve noticed something interesting since being on a low dose of my GLP-1.
For the first several days, the food noise was really quiet, but now it’s started creeping back. The thing is, I can distinguish it much more clearly now from actual hunger.
Real hunger comes on gradually and feels like my body genuinely needs food. Food noise, on the other hand, is just this persistent mental chatter about eating that can go on for well over an hour, even when I’m not physically hungry.
Has anyone else experienced this while still on a GLP-1? If so, what do you do when the food noise is still there? Do you just ride it out, distract yourself, change your dose eventually, or have you found any strategies that help?
I’d be really interested to hear other people’s experiences.

Morning,

I’ve been on Saxenda since April 2. I’ve lost 20-23 lbs depending on the day.
I am taking the full 3MG dose daily around 830am.
Side effects have seemed to stopped for the most part. Very occasionally do I have a touch of acid reflux.

My only issue is .. the last few days I have been absolutely ravenous. Terrible cravings, the constant feeling of wanting to eat something, and like I’m just starving. I am not. I know I’m eating more than enough .. I was tracking to make sure I was eating enough to get close to my protein and fibre goals at first bc I couldn’t stomach much.. now I’m back to tracking to make sure I stay in a calorie deficit. I’m averaging between 16-1900 calories a day now.

I met with my dietician the other morning, I know I should be around 1500 a day to loose 1.5lb a week.

Has anyone else gone through this? Is it a phase, will it pass?

Obviously I was a good responded to the meds but now I’m genuinely worried they’ve stopped working all together.