Wegovy/Saxenda for weight loss?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any feedback on using Saxenda or Wegovy for weight loss? I have seen some interesting articles about it and heard some personal stories of success with Saxenda. And then I started seeing ads for a service called Calibrate on IG (algorithm, I know) that combines dr supervised weight loss program with one of these medications (if you can get it covered by insurance). Calibrate is claiming that the meds will re-set your metabolism to a lower weight point so that your body isn't fighting to stay a certain weight. They aim for 10% reduction in your weight, but it seems like these may work better than that. Just curious if anyone has any thoughts or has tried these before. TIA.

They all basically make you sick to your stomach eventually. This is no way to live. Believe me, I was on two different drugs similar and had the same reaction. It's not a magic cure. I would spend my money on a personal trainer instead.

This is just not true. I was on Wegovy for nearly 2 years and my nausea was minimal or only I ate too much (continued to eat, when I knew I had had enough to eat.).

It hasn't even been out two years.

DP. It was for the people in the clinical trials. The trials were pretty large.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any feedback on using Saxenda or Wegovy for weight loss? I have seen some interesting articles about it and heard some personal stories of success with Saxenda. And then I started seeing ads for a service called Calibrate on IG (algorithm, I know) that combines dr supervised weight loss program with one of these medications (if you can get it covered by insurance). Calibrate is claiming that the meds will re-set your metabolism to a lower weight point so that your body isn't fighting to stay a certain weight. They aim for 10% reduction in your weight, but it seems like these may work better than that. Just curious if anyone has any thoughts or has tried these before. TIA.

They all basically make you sick to your stomach eventually. This is no way to live. Believe me, I was on two different drugs similar and had the same reaction. It's not a magic cure. I would spend my money on a personal trainer instead.

For me it has been like magic. Down almost 50 now. Without trying! No tracking, very little exercise, just only eating when I’m hungry and stopping when I’m full. I used to never get full and now I do. Yes there’s been some nausea and even a few vomiting episodes along the way but nothing crazy, and usually when I wasn’t listening to my body and ate even though I wasn’t hungry. Much more worthwhile than a personal trainer (as someone who was obese).

With which drug?

Semaglutide aka Wegovy/ozempic

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any feedback on using Saxenda or Wegovy for weight loss? I have seen some interesting articles about it and heard some personal stories of success with Saxenda. And then I started seeing ads for a service called Calibrate on IG (algorithm, I know) that combines dr supervised weight loss program with one of these medications (if you can get it covered by insurance). Calibrate is claiming that the meds will re-set your metabolism to a lower weight point so that your body isn't fighting to stay a certain weight. They aim for 10% reduction in your weight, but it seems like these may work better than that. Just curious if anyone has any thoughts or has tried these before. TIA.

They all basically make you sick to your stomach eventually. This is no way to live. Believe me, I was on two different drugs similar and had the same reaction. It's not a magic cure. I would spend my money on a personal trainer instead.

This is just not true. I was on Wegovy for nearly 2 years and my nausea was minimal or only I ate too much (continued to eat, when I knew I had had enough to eat.).

It hasn't even been out two years.

I was in the clinical trials that started in 2018. I have posted extensively here about my experience with Wegovy. I have lost over 100lbs. I am now on 15mg Mournjaro and have absolutely no side effects on it except for the bad belching that I also experienced on Wegovy. Please stop spreading your experience as the experience for the millions of people who are losing weight without issue.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any feedback on using Saxenda or Wegovy for weight loss? I have seen some interesting articles about it and heard some personal stories of success with Saxenda. And then I started seeing ads for a service called Calibrate on IG (algorithm, I know) that combines dr supervised weight loss program with one of these medications (if you can get it covered by insurance). Calibrate is claiming that the meds will re-set your metabolism to a lower weight point so that your body isn't fighting to stay a certain weight. They aim for 10% reduction in your weight, but it seems like these may work better than that. Just curious if anyone has any thoughts or has tried these before. TIA.

They all basically make you sick to your stomach eventually. This is no way to live. Believe me, I was on two different drugs similar and had the same reaction. It's not a magic cure. I would spend my money on a personal trainer instead.

This is just not true. I was on Wegovy for nearly 2 years and my nausea was minimal or only I ate too much (continued to eat, when I knew I had had enough to eat.).

It hasn't even been out two years.

I was in the clinical trials that started in 2018. I have posted extensively here about my experience with Wegovy. I have lost over 100lbs. I am now on 15mg Mournjaro and have absolutely no side effects on it except for the bad belching that I also experienced on Wegovy. Please stop spreading your experience as the experience for the millions of people who are losing weight without issue.

I’m down 21lbs taking Ozempic for the past 5 months. It’s slow but easy. No stress whatsoever. And no nausea or other stomach issues. I have another 15lbs to go.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any feedback on using Saxenda or Wegovy for weight loss? I have seen some interesting articles about it and heard some personal stories of success with Saxenda. And then I started seeing ads for a service called Calibrate on IG (algorithm, I know) that combines dr supervised weight loss program with one of these medications (if you can get it covered by insurance). Calibrate is claiming that the meds will re-set your metabolism to a lower weight point so that your body isn't fighting to stay a certain weight. They aim for 10% reduction in your weight, but it seems like these may work better than that. Just curious if anyone has any thoughts or has tried these before. TIA.

They all basically make you sick to your stomach eventually. This is no way to live. Believe me, I was on two different drugs similar and had the same reaction. It's not a magic cure. I would spend my money on a personal trainer instead.

This is just not true. I was on Wegovy for nearly 2 years and my nausea was minimal or only I ate too much (to eat, when I knew I had had enough to eat.).

It hasn't even been out two years.

Wegovy for weight loss hasn't been on the market for long, but its active ingredient, semaglutide, has been in use as Ozempic for Type 2 diabetes since December 2017, and the first GLP-1 agonist was approved in 2005. This class of medicines has been out for a long time. It's because people with Type 2 diabetes lost so much weight on them that the pharma companies sought approval for use as weight loss drugs (Wegovy).

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been on .25 for three weeks and I’m feeling very little difference and no weight loss so far. Is this normal?

.25 of Wegovy or Ozempic is not a treatment dose -- it's a loading dose to get your body used to the drug so that the side effects don't hit you like a ton of bricks. Just stick with it and go up to .5 in week 5 like you're supposed to. Weight loss at lower levels is just a bonus.

Not the PP but I took .25 of Ozempic for 4 weeks and then .5 Ozempic for 4 weeks and have lost nothing. I took my first 1mg dose this week and still don't feel any difference. Reading all of these posts about people losing weight in 1 month or 2 months is discouraging. I'm over 200 lbs at 5'2" so I have plenty to lose.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been on .25 for three weeks and I’m feeling very little difference and no weight loss so far. Is this normal?

.25 of Wegovy or Ozempic is not a treatment dose -- it's a loading dose to get your body used to the drug so that the side effects don't hit you like a ton of bricks. Just stick with it and go up to .5 in week 5 like you're supposed to. Weight loss at lower levels is just a bonus.

Not the PP but I took .25 of Ozempic for 4 weeks and then .5 Ozempic for 4 weeks and have lost nothing. I took my first 1mg dose this week and still don't feel any difference. Reading all of these posts about people losing weight in 1 month or 2 months is discouraging. I'm over 200 lbs at 5'2" so I have plenty to lose.

This is week 7 for me (week 3 on .5 mg) and I've lost 17 lbs already. I did however join weight watchers when I started the drug and I do try to eat what's allowed on that plan. I figured that the drug is an aid and that I should use the time that I'm on it to relearn the eating habits I have.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been on .25 for three weeks and I’m feeling very little difference and no weight loss so far. Is this normal?

.25 of Wegovy or Ozempic is not a treatment dose -- it's a loading dose to get your body used to the drug so that the side effects don't hit you like a ton of bricks. Just stick with it and go up to .5 in week 5 like you're supposed to. Weight loss at lower levels is just a bonus.

Not the PP but I took .25 of Ozempic for 4 weeks and then .5 Ozempic for 4 weeks and have lost nothing. I took my first 1mg dose this week and still don't feel any difference. Reading all of these posts about people losing weight in 1 month or 2 months is discouraging. I'm over 200 lbs at 5'2" so I have plenty to lose.

When you get increased to 1mg, you will see a difference. The max dose of Wegovy is 2.4mg a week. (Ozempic dosing is different).

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Is anyone on Mounjaro? I just started this week.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone on Mounjaro? I just started this week.

I'm on it. Second week on the 15mg.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone on Mounjaro? I just started this week.

I'm on it. Second week on the 15mg.

I was on Wegovy for 8mo. Ended at 2.4mg then transitioned to Mounjaro. Dr wouldn’t start me higher than the starting dose so I started at 2.5mg.
Now Im at 5.0mg and so far nothing is happening. Im hoping that when I move to 7.5mg things will move again.

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Are you just seeing your family doctors to get prescribed these medications? I am STRUGGLING. My PCP is absolutely no help. She offers no criticism and no solutions. I am 47, BMI 42, A1C =5.9%, weight is 263, I have high cholesterol, normal BP and RA, which makes exercising—even just walking—very painful. How are people with BMIs under 27 getting these meds—what am I doing wrong? Are your doctors taking new patients?

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Just curious if you can take adderal along with Wegovy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you just seeing your family doctors to get prescribed these medications? I am STRUGGLING. My PCP is absolutely no help. She offers no criticism and no solutions. I am 47, BMI 42, A1C =5.9%, weight is 263, I have high cholesterol, normal BP and RA, which makes exercising—even just walking—very painful. How are people with BMIs under 27 getting these meds—what am I doing wrong? Are your doctors taking new patients?

You are most definitely in the risk range for diabetes with that 5.9. Have you told her that you want to try Ozempic? That’s what I did with my PCP-I advocated for myself. She thought it was a great idea. You are the perfect candidate for it. And my. insurance covers it. Some insurance makes you try metformin first. My PCP said that if they insisted on that, she’d write a script for metformin, have me “take it” and then “report” really bad stomach issues. The move to Ozempic would then be justified. Since it was approved right away, I didn’t have to do that. I pay $25 a month and have lost almost 25 lbs.

If you go and specifically ask for Ozempic, and she refuses, another avenue is to ask for a referral to an endocrinologist.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious if you can take adderal along with Wegovy?

Shouldn’t be a problem.