I lost 25 lbs the first 4 months, then 15 in the next 6-7 months. I started at .25 and then went to .5 in month 2-4 before moving up to 1.0. Now I am ramping down, back to .5 and should drop to .25 in another month.

Are this many people really on this? I am very overweight but have a big aversion to these pills.

A pound a week for two months then gained 15 after I stopped.

Half a pound a week. And I am very overweight. I wouldn’t worry about losing weight too quickly before it actually happens…

Anonymous wrote:Expected is 1-2lbs a week. Unfortunately, some people freak out if they’re not losing 5lbs a week.

+1. Anatomy of a FB Wegovy support group:

Week 1: I’ve lost 6 pounds
Week 2: make that 12
Week 5: I lost 20 pounds on the first dose, moved up and nothing for two days. Why isn’t it working ?!?!

This, plus the people who are:

Week 1: wow, I’m only having to eat 300 calories a day
Week 2: make that 200!
Week 5: I’ve missed 6 days of work since I started due to exhaustion. When am I going to stop feeling tired all the time??? I want to exercise, really. But I’m too exhausted!!! But, plus side, down to 150 calories a day.

(For reference, my bariatric center wants me to aim for 1200 calories a day and understands that it might be closer to 1000 when I dose up or the couple days after a shot. If I drop below that or drop weight too fast, they will drop my dose, whether I like it or not. And I have a ton of energy).

Which is why I gave up on FB Wegovy support groups. Either doctors aren’t setting expectations with patients before scribing or patients aren’t listening.

77 pounds. 11 months next week. Pretty evenly spread out. So yeah, 1-2 a week. My weight loss center is against much faster loss. “Safe, healthy, sustainable” (and for women in the 45+ set like me, can be accomplished without losing too much muscle, although I eat what feels like a metric sh-t ton of protein a day and do 120 minutes of strength training a week).

Expected is 1-2lbs a week. Unfortunately, some people freak out if they’re not losing 5lbs a week.

53 pounds over 10 months (165 - 112). Some weeks nothing, some weeks 2-4 pounds. Exercise 6 days a week and have kept it off for 4 months the since stopping. So far so good. I am 5'1"

I"m down 7 lbs in the first month (I've had 5 shots thus far). It doesn't feel too fast, but I certainly feel like a new person already.

53 lbs a little less than 6 weeks.
I am super morbidly obese and I no longer have an appetite.

I am about 6 weeks in and down 10 lbs. My doctor thinks I am going too fast so I have stayed at .50. She likes to see about 1 lb a week.

It’s been super
Slow with me. Started on September. Lost 15 so far. Would like to lose 15 more. I’m on 1.7

I'm only averaging half a pound a week. I'm on the third highest dose and it is pretty frustrating - get hungry by day 3. It is better than nothing and I wouldn't have been able to do it on my own - I've tried. 22 pounds total. 40-45 to go.

I've lost on average about 2 pounds a week since the beginning of December. My appetite is starting to come back on my current dose, but I'm trying to stay on it for another month so I don't go up too quickly. I used to be on Saxenda and found once I got to the max dose it stopped work for me.

If you were losing too much weight how did you slow it down? Did you ask your doctor to adjust the dosage down?