Wegovy - best thing that ever happened to me

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Anonymous wrote:I got blurry vision as well. Hasn’t improved after 4 weeks

What?

What do you mean "What?" I'm not PP, but I'm Wegovy and have had blurry vision as a side effect after each increase in dose. Fortunately mine did improve.

I'm on Wegovy and have never had blurry vision. What did your doctor say about it? Is it possible you are sometimes dehyrated or your blood pressure is too low? Those can cause blurred vision also.

She said it's a known side effect of Wegovy, and left it at that. Had my shot last night, and sure enough -- today, I need my reading glasses whereas yesterday I did not.

[Anonymous]

How is everyone doing?

Had my third 0.5 shot last night and it's a damn good thing I don't have to work because the fatigue is awful and my stomach feels like there is a brick sitting in it.

Did manage to eat lunch today even though it wasn't much (a slice of watermelon, some bean salad (bottled from Costco, highly recommend) and a piece of homemade bread). Going to force myself to have a bit of greek yogurt for a snack in a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to you all on your weight loss!

It think it’s important to get it off in any medically approved safe way that works for you.

But beyond cost, given the various health risks (newest reported is an increased risk in eye strokes resulting in partial blindness), I hope some of you will consider ways you can change your lifestyle to maintain the weight loss without taking these drugs forever.

Chuck Carroll is host of The Exam Room, a podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which focuses on eating for health and as much plant based as possible. It’s a great resource. Carroll lost a few hundred pounds following weight loss surgery, and maintains it by following a plant based diet and moving his body for physical as well as mental health.

Eating a high fiber diet is the only way to cultivate a truly healthy gut biome which then produces an abundance of short chain fatty acids that are critical to overall health in the body.

Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss, and carrying less weight improves health - but only a truly healthy diet will result in overall excellent health.

So you’re advocating getting off these meds and instead want us to listen to a man who lost 265 lbs in a year after weight loss surgery which shrunk his stomach- saying…listen to him, his method works!

[Anonymous]

Blurry vision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I got blurry vision as well. Hasn’t improved after 4 weeks

What?

What do you mean "What?" I'm not PP, but I'm Wegovy and have had blurry vision as a side effect after each increase in dose. Fortunately mine did improve.

I'm on Wegovy and have never had blurry vision. What did your doctor say about it? Is it possible you are sometimes dehyrated or your blood pressure is too low? Those can cause blurred vision also.

She said it's a known side effect of Wegovy, and left it at that. Had my shot last night, and sure enough -- today, I need my reading glasses whereas yesterday I did not.

How's your blood sugar? I read that, since it lowers blood sugar, that can cause blurry vision in people who may have blood sugar issues.

Maybe try eating something that could elevate blood sugar, and see if that helps?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats to you all on your weight loss!

It think it’s important to get it off in any medically approved safe way that works for you.

But beyond cost, given the various health risks (newest reported is an increased risk in eye strokes resulting in partial blindness), I hope some of you will consider ways you can change your lifestyle to maintain the weight loss without taking these drugs forever.

Chuck Carroll is host of The Exam Room, a podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which focuses on eating for health and as much plant based as possible. It’s a great resource. Carroll lost a few hundred pounds following weight loss surgery, and maintains it by following a plant based diet and moving his body for physical as well as mental health.

Eating a high fiber diet is the only way to cultivate a truly healthy gut biome which then produces an abundance of short chain fatty acids that are critical to overall health in the body.

Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss, and carrying less weight improves health - but only a truly healthy diet will result in overall excellent health.

So you’re advocating getting off these meds and instead want us to listen to a man who lost 265 lbs in a year after weight loss surgery which shrunk his stomach- saying…listen to him, his method works!

To clarify: his method works but we are not giving any credit to the weight loss surgery…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blurry vision.

Same

[Anonymous]

Im on Mounjaro and at risk for glaucoma due to family history. Was able to see the glaucoma specialist yesterday and he ran all the tests - pressure, corneal thickness, visual field, etc.

No signs of glaucoma or eye sight damage! He even pulled me off glaucoma drops and has me taking Refresh instead for any dry eyes or irritation.

I’m nearsighted and have been since before Mounjaro. He updated my RX and I’m good to go.

[Anonymous]

Gross.

[Anonymous]

I have had blurry vision as well and stopped because of that and also constant fatigue. I am almost at goal weight anyway. So far so good 3 weeks without it: lost another pound, eating actually better (more fruit and vegetables) than on it because I don't have any weird aversions anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to you all on your weight loss!

It think it’s important to get it off in any medically approved safe way that works for you.

But beyond cost, given the various health risks (newest reported is an increased risk in eye strokes resulting in partial blindness), I hope some of you will consider ways you can change your lifestyle to maintain the weight loss without taking these drugs forever.

Chuck Carroll is host of The Exam Room, a podcast of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine which focuses on eating for health and as much plant based as possible. It’s a great resource. Carroll lost a few hundred pounds following weight loss surgery, and maintains it by following a plant based diet and moving his body for physical as well as mental health.

Eating a high fiber diet is the only way to cultivate a truly healthy gut biome which then produces an abundance of short chain fatty acids that are critical to overall health in the body.

Eating less of a diet poor in nutrition will result in weight loss, and carrying less weight improves health - but only a truly healthy diet will result in overall excellent health.

So you’re advocating getting off these meds and instead want us to listen to a man who lost 265 lbs in a year after weight loss surgery which shrunk his stomach- saying…listen to him, his method works!

To clarify: his method works but we are not giving any credit to the weight loss surgery…

He credits his weight loss surgery with being the tool that broke his really bad food addiction, because he was so sick in the aftermath and could eat so little food that the weight melted off. That’s how WLS works for most people- they are too sick to eat much and there is a lot of vomiting and absorption issues etc., like semaglutide drugs cause in many people.

The percent of people after WLS long term who regain most or all of the weight is 70%. It is not a long term success tool for most because they haven’t broken addictions to junk foods and they begin drinking their calories until the stomach stretches and they can eat more and more do them, back to the old ways. I personally considered surgery and then spent months in support groups and saw how much transfer addiction was happening and how many people were scheming 24/7 to find ways to consume old favorite junk foods within weeks of surgery. You have to break the habits of eating hyper palatable nutrient poor foods to get the sweet and savory fixes and the dopamine high.

It’s better to make the transition to plant based whole food diet and lifestyle instead of surgery because the stomach surgery has major potential complications that can be deadly (Lisa Presley) and cutting out so much of one’s stomach makes it more difficult to eat a fiber rich nutrient plant based diet because the stomach isn’t large enough to accommodate the volume of such foods that are optimal. And it creates very unnecessary absorption issues that will require lifelong supplementation when a healthy diet can meet most nutrient needs.

It’s almost like the human body was designed for eating mostly plants. As if our teeth and the way our gut works is evidence that this is the path to optimal health. Huh.

[Anonymous]

How does the change in eating habits impact family meals for you all? Do you have children that see you eating tiny portions of food that may start to believe this is a normal way of eating?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have had blurry vision as well and stopped because of that and also constant fatigue. I am almost at goal weight anyway. So far so good 3 weeks without it: lost another pound, eating actually better (more fruit and vegetables) than on it because I don't have any weird aversions anymore.

The fatigue has been very bad for me. Like can't-get-out-of-bed bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is everyone doing?

Had my third 0.5 shot last night and it's a damn good thing I don't have to work because the fatigue is awful and my stomach feels like there is a brick sitting in it.

Did manage to eat lunch today even though it wasn't much (a slice of watermelon, some bean salad (bottled from Costco, highly recommend) and a piece of homemade bread). Going to force myself to have a bit of greek yogurt for a snack in a bit.

I’m doing great at 7 doses. Still taking 2.5. I plan on staying as low as possible. I’ve always worked out, now it makes it easier to stay under my allotted calories. Down 9.5 lbs.

Slow and steady is working. I’m very short, so that’s 1/3 of my goal. It will take me from 31 BMI to “normal” BMI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does the change in eating habits impact family meals for you all? Do you have children that see you eating tiny portions of food that may start to believe this is a normal way of eating?

My kids are seeing me eat normal portions of normal, healthy foods.