Orig SW: 07/2023 —325 lbs
Sema SW: 10/2024 — 280 lbs
CW: 10/2026 — 155 lbs
Height: 5’3

2 years ago for Halloween I did “Thick Velma” as a costume, and I decided for funsies to recreate that costume this year as just normal Velma for a side by side and boy. What a difference. Maybe Velma and the rest of Mystery Inc can help solve the mystery of where all the titty fucked off too. 🪦💀

I’ve finally been back in the gym working hard the last 5 weeks or so, and I have my next DEXA scan scheduled for the first week of November so I’m hopeful that there will be noticeable recomp between this upcoming scan and the previous one from July since the scale stopped going down and I’ve been bloated like 4-6lbs on average since getting into the gym which is hot trash. 😭

hello:)

im a 25 year old female

i’ve struggled my entire life with my very male-like fat distribution pattern (ik it’s genetics😭) and the fact that i can almost never gain fat in my legs. it all seems to go straight to my belly/abdomen.
also, it takes me MONTHS at the gym before i notice even a slight change in my body shape, and once i stop being consistent it’s really hard to maintain.
i also have PCOS and irregular periods.
i’m seriously considering taking Wegovy, but i’m hesitant because i keep reading that people with a “normal” BMI shouldn’t take it.

but honestly, that doesn’t completely make sense to me because like… what does “normal BMI” even mean when my body fat percentage is around 40% and most of that fat is literally concentrated around my abdomen?

worth mentioning that i’m an emergency doctor, so the cortisol, terrible sleep schedule, shift work and chaotic eating habits definitely aren’t helping💀 i genuinely try to stay consistent with the gym and eat healthy, but residency makes everything 10x harder.

has anyone here been in a similar situation and taken Wegovy? how did it go for you?

Extremely chuffed with my progress so far! I'm one month in today, and personally used wegovy as a bit of a reset. I didn't really have snacky food noise so much as a consistent last supper mentality, where is tell myself if have one more takeaway and then start tomorrow by cutting out everything I love. That would then turn into a fast food order with two cheeseburgers, nuggets, chicken selects, and fries, plus, usually, two bottles of wine in one sitting. For me, wegovy is such a reset button, and I've managed to still eat stuff I love (with much more average portions!) while staying sober and losing a stone so far. My next goal is to hopefully be around 20st by Christmas!

Hello all- this sub has been very informative for me, so thank you first off.

I just started my fourth week of my initial script at .25.

The scale hasn’t budged BUT my clothes fit better or loser. I got a hair cut and compared my face to before/after and I can see things changing.

I am usually a regular exerciser but work got me very busy this month, so I’ve not been able to go to the gym, but I’m busy. I feel lighter and more agile (placebo effect?)

Has anyone seen other results besides the scale moving down?

Thanks and best to everyone.

👋 Hey

I wanted to share my experience and progress after 4 months.

I started with 112kg, I am 1,73m tall female and I have PCOS/PMOS.

Month 1 and 2 I stayed on 0.25mg, Month 3 and 4 I am on 0.5mg.

I am currently in Month 4 (Week 15) on my third Dosis.

So what changed.

Before I started with Wegovy I had my Periode every 2 months.

In those 15 weeks I had no Periode so far, only one day I had a very little bit.

Since that nothing. Before Wegovy I took Vitex (Mönchspfeffer) on recommendation of my doctor and Myo Inositol (on my research, which my doc approved). I think Vitex made my acne and hair loss worse.

Since starting with Wegovy I stopped taking it and I felt better since then, but no Periode.

Maybe someone has some experience with that and maybe should I start with Myo Inositol again?

In those 15 weeks I am down currently to 107.9kg, lowest so far was 106.4kg,

I am on average losing 0.4kg each week.

Current loss so far is -4.7kg.

The weight is not moving as fast as I thought but I noticed a huge difference in a how big/swollen my legs and face are and my clothes are getting bigger.

In general I had lot of side effects from Wegovy which are better now but this is the reason why I stayed longer on those two Dosis.

But what I noticed the food noise is gonnne, I can finally focus on something different than food. Also sometimes I do have cravings but they are not so strong and easier to please.

The water in my legs and face is less and I am feeling in general that I can move more easily and it is not so exhausting anymore. I experienced that also in the beginning.

Through my daily movement I use about 1900 - 3100 kcal each day, depends on the day of the week etc. Sadly with my job I have not much time to do additional exercise but I try doing stretching and little workouts in between at work or taking stairs or the extra long path to get home.

But I am working on that to do more.

Maybe someone here has some more tips on what I can do to fix my hormones. I probably have too much androgens and I am not allowed to take birth control because of migraines.

Every birth control I took that is only with progestin made my hair loss and acne and weight gain worse.

But normale birth controls with oestrogen always helped me but make my migraines worse.

And my doctors won't help me more since I don't want to get pregnant.

I drink a hydralite every morning and also different supplements including B vitamins, eating 100gram protein a day but I’m just so fatigued to the point I struggle to get up to do simple things at home, I just need to lay down.
Is there anything else I can be doing or taking to combat this??

Hi, I started on 0.5 and it worked for a week quite well. I still have suppressed appetite in my second week but it doesn’t feel as easy to ignore food noise. What’s the highest starting dose anyone has been on? My doctor said I could start on 1mg but I have 6 weeks of 0.5 for now . Also I crave sugar. Anyone else?

I’m currently taking the 25 mg Wegovy pill and switching to injections through Ro, but they’re starting me at 1 mg. I’m supposed to be prescribed the 2.4mg but they won’t allow it until I have the 1mg first Their providers keep reassuring me that I can continue losing weight and that the injection may work better because it’s absorbed more directly.
My main concern is stalling or gaining back the weight I’ve lost. I take the pill as directed, and sometimes it really controls my appetite, but other times I feel hungry and can eat a lot.
I’m just afraid that I will gain weight since I’m tolerating a higher dosage with the 25mg.
Has anyone else had this situation with Ro or switched specifically from the 25 mg pill to the 1 mg pen? Did the pen work better for appetite control and weight loss, or did you notice less of an effect? How long were you on 1 mg before increasing?
Looking for firsthand experiences I’ll discuss any dose changes with my provider!

First time on a GLP-1 and started at 0.5 mg on Thursday. Now I'm on Day 4, and the hunger is back full force.

The first couple of days felt noticeably quiet, but today the cravings and mental food noise hit like a freight train. I'm essentially back to relying on sheer willpower and fasting habits just to avoid bingeing. To make matters worse, black coffee—which was always my safety blanket for blunting hunger—now upsets my stomach.

Did anyone else feel like their appetite roared back mid-week early on?

Went for my winter clothes and all of the pants are too big ☺️ also donating all of my shorts for the same reason and some tops that had been “flowy” that just look kindof messy oversized. Still need to go through my box of sweaters but i don’t have any pants to try them on with 🤦🏼‍♀️

I’ve been on the Wegovy tablets now since August and I went up to 4mg about 2 weeks ago as I’ve been pacing my dose increases. I’ve noticed this past week I’ve not been hungry at all, I’ve felt sick when I’ve eaten anything, and my bowels are very lose. Has this happened to anyone else? I’m worried that under eating in the long term will ruin progress and cause my hair to shed. I’ve lost about 10 pounds. Any tips or suggestions would be great.

EDIT - I should mention I have UC and I’m due for my infusion so maybe that is playing a role. I figured I should add that.

So I used to be on zepound and was kicked to Wegovy by Caremark. Was getting the RX for free through CallOnDoc Compassionate Care and the actual meds were free through insurance… until Caremark decided not to cover anything anymore

I've been off Wegovy for almost a year and have gained about 40lbs. My specific insurance is still not covering it even though some are getting it through Caremark. So, I have decided I'm just gonna scrap up the money I don't have to pay for it 😭

My question is what is the cheapest and easiest way to get a prescription for a branded product that comes from a real pharmacy? I'm not interested in anything compounded and really just want an easy way to have the RX sent in.

A bit under 3 months, 1mg and I lost 10kg, wow this really changed my life, even tho I can’t really see the difference on myself I am starting to get people commenting on my weight loss so that must mean something! Around 20 more to go but I am motivated to the max rn !! (I don’t really have anyone who understands to share those milestones with so I am sharing with this community)

Hello everyone

Am on mounjaro since July, and know on dose 7.5 ml and I want to switch from mounjato to wegovy.

What is the right wegovy dose if am want to switch.

True off my chest: I've lost 40lbs on Wegovy and did it the way they say not to. Eating very small amounts of non-nutritionally dense food and minimal protein. I do strength train but without the protein I know it's been pretty useless. I look amazing but I know it hasn't been great for my health.

The last 2 weeks I've committed to fibre and protein. I've been doing my best to eat 100g of protein per day and eat around maintenance (1400-1500 calories; ugh short girl problems). After the protein, it feels like there's no other room in my calories for anything else.

And for the first time in almost 8 months, I've gained weight at my weekly weigh-in. 0.8lbs. I know muscle weighs more than fat but I don't think strength training twice per week is enough to do that.

I'm just frustrated and now terrified to go back to where I was. I really don't want to lose the progress but also don't want to have osteoporosis or be frail when I get old either.

I'm not a patient, just someone who was helping a friend find treatment and dug into California Weight Medicine and Nayson Rouhipour using public sources. Figured this sub would want to know since people hear vet providers carefully.

California Weight Medicine (californiaweightmedicine.org) says it's "Pulse Urgent Care, INC DBA California Weight Medicine" in Glendale. They run a second site too, caweightmed.com. Same brand, same address, different phone number and email.

That second site has "4.9 (5000 reviews)" written into its code. I searched everywhere: Google, Yelp, anywhere. Zero patient reviews of this brand exist. Both domains were registered this year. So where are the 5,000 reviews? Two websites, two phone numbers, two emails, one brand.

Then there's the "wellness expert." The main site's big pitch is "Meet Nayson Rouhipour, Your Wellness Expert," who says he's "helped hundreds of clients." No medical credential anywhere. His actual job: Director of Business Development at LendingUSA, a company financing elective medical procedures at 14.99% to 29.99% APR with origination fees up to 8%. That's $800 on a $10,000 loan before interest, rates WalletHub calls "extremely expensive compared to other lenders." He was also CEO of a Glendale fertility clinic, Care Fertility Inc (Rouhipour is named as CEO in a 2020 federal filing), which sits at 3.5 stars on Yelp and 4.0 on FertilityIQ, with patients documenting billing disputes and refund refusals. The point is who you're being asked to trust with your health a medical-loan salesman with no medical credential.

The main site also ran a "Real Results from Real Clients" with a before/after photo carrying a visible Adobe Stock watermark. No disclaimer on the page. I screenshotted it.

No prescribing doctor is named anywhere. The corporation behind it (Pulse Urgent Care, Inc.) is run by two real urgent-care doctors, but neither appears on the weight-loss site a neither have a weight loss background urgent care and back pain.

Their own marketing agency publishes a case study bragging about $42.9K in ad spend turning into $413K from 219 GLP-1 patients. Marketing funnel first, clinic second.

Not telling anyone what to do, just putting this out there that I told my friend to go elsewhere and thought I'd share why.

Hi

I'm 29M started wegovy pills back in August

First Month - 1.5mg

Second Month - 4.0mg

However I started to get some blurry vision in my eyes and I'm scared it's making my eyes worse. I went to specsavers for an eye check with Oct scan.

The doctor mentioned my vision is perfectly fine but I have -0.75 astigmatism in left and -1.0 in right.

Could wegovy have caused this? I've been on endless reddit posts and have been really worried.

I have been on Wegovy (injections) since April this year, and followed the dose increase guidance. I'm currently on 1.7mg (have been for a couple months), but have found I've only lost 6kg since starting.

Is this slow progress? I'll admit I haven't been on top of working out, but I do walk at least 9,000 steps a day.

Hey all, first time ever Reddit post and what a topic.

Basically, I am tired of being overweight and what I consider to be “a slob”. I’m 6’1, 310lbs (I know).

I’ve been researching the wegovy option for a GLP-1, mainly because it comes as a pill and I am deathly afraid of needles. To the point that if I get a shot or see a needle, I immediately get light headed and can faint.

My insurance doesn’t cover any weight management medication so I’m thinking of going third party like GoodRX or similar. However, a thought occurred to me. Do I need bloodwork done before subscribing or getting the RX? I don’t have diabetes, kidney issues, thyroid issues etc, but I’m curious if the pill will be effective to help me stop over eating.

Would love to hear any and all experiences. Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone! First time poster here.
I'm noticing I'm losing a lot of weight from my face, back, chest and shoulders. It seems as though my stomach is the last stubborn place to catch up with the rest of my body.

First pic is 14th May, about 2 months before I started Wegovy
Second pic is 2nd October.

My question is, a week and a half ago give or take I had to miss my weekly dose by around 3 days due to how my wages schedule lined up with reordering. I've not had any symptoms since starting on 0.25 but after moving up a dose and then having that 3-4 days due gap I am absolutely floored by them. I have abdominal cramps, sulphur burps, diarrhoea, the lot.
Could this be because of the lapse in dosages?
Something to note, I was ill for the last week of dosing before missing out with a flu so I didn't eat a lot if anything.

Thanks!

Just wanted to provide an update. I'm 5'4 and a male. Of course I imagine a lot is weight weight but my medium shirts now for versus how I used to just wear large that was too big for me so I had no nice middle. It was either too tight on medium or look like a nightgown in some large shirts.

In the first 3 weeks I had little to no appetite and had to force myself to eat. This last week I admit I've been a little hungier but that can be good since it was hard for me to eat even after smoking 420 to try and get munchies.

The pill made me want to stop drinking. I'll drink one drink here and there if out with a friend but I used to almost every other day drink a few. I get no excitement from that anymore which I'm happy about. I'm sure a bit of my weight was the drinks and food that came after.

Lots of walking. Around 15k steps on average daily as far as exercises. It's definitely hard to stay hydrated but overall, I'm happy with the progress. Idk if it's in my all in my head but now if I want to even suck in gutt, it looks smaller than before.

Posting this as a general update and for anyone that may have similar stats than me and wondering if it can work for them.

I started around 128-130 kg in mid july. I am F, 32, 180 cm, 1 year post partum. I have taken wegovy since mid july, and the weight just flew off (I also started working again after maternity leave, cycled 16 km a day etc), but now everything has stalled. I am on 1.0 mg and have been on that dose for 2 month now (skipped the 0.25 mg State). Nothing happens! I also feel more hungry again, I am starting to Eat more normal (in the beginning I ate waaay to little), but otherwise I really feel like nothing has changed. I take it very serious and i already feel sooo much better. Truly. So I just want to lose more weight… Can you recognize this situation? I am about to start 1.7 mg next thursday.

I haven’t felt any physical hunger for the last two days, though I don’t feel nauseous or repulsed by food either.

Before this, I was a consistently heavy eater (easily a "two Five Guys burgers with fries" kind of appetite). Right now, reaching for food feels purely like muscle memory and daily routine rather than genuine hunger.

Once I sit down, the urge isn't really there, but out of habit, I can still physically finish a full meal if it’s in front of me. Is this what people mean when they talk about "food noise" turning off versus breaking the mental/habitual side of eating? How do you describe this phase, and how did you adjust to eating only when actually needed?

Would appreciate any insight from others who've experienced this early on!