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Wegovy user here. 1st month down, 0.25 dose. I’ve lost 6 lbs this month. I am cutting calories, keeping portions in check and working out 6 days a week. My NP suggested this for me due to hitting a plateau for 2 months.
My symptoms are severe nausea (but no vomiting) the first 2 days after injecting, some constipation and headache. Once the nausea passes, it’s ok.0 -
Yes! I'm on week 6 now and had my first dose of .5 a few days ago. I am down 7kg since starting but feels like it's to slow haha had a few issues with fullness to bad when I suffer reflux and also nausea and constipation but nothing overly bad. Just trying to get used to what I can and can't eat and staying under my calorie goal which is hard at times as a mum of 6 kiddies1
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Hi,
Do people still track their food on Ozempic? What’s the maintenance on it? Thank you2 -
Nycgirl1979 wrote: »Hi,
Do people still track their food on Ozempic? What’s the maintenance on it? Thank you
Those are $1,000,000 USD questions.
Nothing is more mysterious and unknown than "maintenance."
For tracking, also an unknown. Tens or hundreds of thousands of people are losing weight with this and probably only a tiny fraction accurately track their food.
I always think going through the motions of tracking my food is helpful...But we are seeing it is not required while on this.1 -
You shouldn't need to track.Nycgirl1979 wrote: »Hi,
Do people still track their food on Ozempic? What’s the maintenance on it? Thank you
However, if you don't adjust your diet to a more long term sustainable healthy way, good luck getting off the drug and not regaining.1 -
chris_in_cal wrote: »Nycgirl1979 wrote: »Hi,
Do people still track their food on Ozempic? What’s the maintenance on it? Thank you
Those are $1,000,000 USD questions.
Nothing is more mysterious and unknown than "maintenance."
For tracking, also an unknown. Tens or hundreds of thousands of people are losing weight with this and probably only a tiny fraction accurately track their food.
I always think going through the motions of tracking my food is helpful...But we are seeing it is not required while on this.
The best explanation I ever heard as far as maintenence (assuming we're referring to calories) was by Mike Israetel, who's a PHD in exercise science. His explanation was to take 1500 calories and add your body weight to it (i.e. foe me... 1500+110). This is your starting point for calories. Wait a week, see if you go up, down, or stay the same. If you go up, decrease calories by 250. If you go down, increase your calories by 250. Wait another week. Repeat. Once you have stayed the same weight for a few weeks, you've found your maintenence calories.1 -
I'd probably be losing two pounds per week if I followed that formula to start with.
Big fan of Dr. Mike though.1 -
Retroguy2000 wrote: »I'd probably be losing two pounds per week if I followed that formula to start with.
Big fan of Dr. Mike though.
For sure, that's why it's a starting point. It's not your maintenence cal8ries till you've moved up or down and titration to your maintenence level.0 -
(snip excellent ideas)
I hear that if you hate making rice, you can freeze portions of cooked rice to warm up in the microwave but I haven't tried that because I have a rice cooker which makes light work of doing rice.
(snip)
I've done it. It works fine. Also works for other whole grains that may be longer to cook. I also cook dried beans and freeze them in convenient portions for later use, but I do have a big chest freezer in my basement.sollyn23l2 wrote: »chris_in_cal wrote: »Nycgirl1979 wrote: »Hi,
Do people still track their food on Ozempic? What’s the maintenance on it? Thank you
Those are $1,000,000 USD questions.
Nothing is more mysterious and unknown than "maintenance."
For tracking, also an unknown. Tens or hundreds of thousands of people are losing weight with this and probably only a tiny fraction accurately track their food.
I always think going through the motions of tracking my food is helpful...But we are seeing it is not required while on this.
The best explanation I ever heard as far as maintenence (assuming we're referring to calories) was by Mike Israetel, who's a PHD in exercise science. His explanation was to take 1500 calories and add your body weight to it (i.e. foe me... 1500+110). This is your starting point for calories. Wait a week, see if you go up, down, or stay the same. If you go up, decrease calories by 250. If you go down, increase your calories by 250. Wait another week. Repeat. Once you have stayed the same weight for a few weeks, you've found your maintenence calories.
A week, 250?
I'm skeptical that Dr. Israetel has fully thought through the scale weight implications of menstrual cycles. In perhaps a minority of cases, but I suspect a large minority, I think one week and 250 calories are a formula for lengthy futzing around with calorie level. But he's a PhD, and I'm not.
If someone's been calorie counting with any accuracy, this is a weird method. If a person hasn't been calorie counting, but will, would it be superior to a standard research-based estimate?2 -
(snip excellent ideas)
I hear that if you hate making rice, you can freeze portions of cooked rice to warm up in the microwave but I haven't tried that because I have a rice cooker which makes light work of doing rice.
(snip)
I've done it. It works fine. Also works for other whole grains that may be longer to cook. I also cook dried beans and freeze them in convenient portions for later use, but I do have a big chest freezer in my basement.sollyn23l2 wrote: »chris_in_cal wrote: »Nycgirl1979 wrote: »Hi,
Do people still track their food on Ozempic? What’s the maintenance on it? Thank you
Those are $1,000,000 USD questions.
Nothing is more mysterious and unknown than "maintenance."
For tracking, also an unknown. Tens or hundreds of thousands of people are losing weight with this and probably only a tiny fraction accurately track their food.
I always think going through the motions of tracking my food is helpful...But we are seeing it is not required while on this.
The best explanation I ever heard as far as maintenence (assuming we're referring to calories) was by Mike Israetel, who's a PHD in exercise science. His explanation was to take 1500 calories and add your body weight to it (i.e. foe me... 1500+110). This is your starting point for calories. Wait a week, see if you go up, down, or stay the same. If you go up, decrease calories by 250. If you go down, increase your calories by 250. Wait another week. Repeat. Once you have stayed the same weight for a few weeks, you've found your maintenence calories.
A week, 250?
I'm skeptical that Dr. Israetel has fully thought through the scale weight implications of menstrual cycles. In perhaps a minority of cases, but I suspect a large minority, I think one week and 250 calories are a formula for lengthy futzing around with calorie level. But he's a PhD, and I'm not.
If someone's been calorie counting with any accuracy, this is a weird method. If a person hasn't been calorie counting, but will, would it be superior to a standard research-based estimate?
Yes, because you're finding your own maintenence. Which is far more accurate. And I think the assumption is for someone who hasn't been calorie counting. If you've been calorie counting, you've already done this.0 -
I figured you must have that wrong, because the starting formula makes no sense. For myself, that would give a starting maintenance at below every TDEE calculator gives for just my BMR.sollyn23l2 wrote: »The best explanation I ever heard as far as maintenence (assuming we're referring to calories) was by Mike Israetel, who's a PHD in exercise science. His explanation was to take 1500 calories and add your body weight to it (i.e. foe me... 1500+110). This is your starting point for calories. Wait a week, see if you go up, down, or stay the same. If you go up, decrease calories by 250. If you go down, increase your calories by 250. Wait another week. Repeat. Once you have stayed the same weight for a few weeks, you've found your maintenence calories.
One quick Google, found it. He said to start with bodyweight * 15 calories, if your weight trends up over 3 days, cut by 250-500, or if it's trending down, increase by 250-500. If you're 100-150 pounds change that to 100-150 calories change. Repeat until your bodyweight is steady on average for over a week, and that's an estimate of your maintenance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb5xgU9zAFY 2 -
Retroguy2000 wrote: »
I figured you must have that wrong, because the starting formula makes no sense. For myself, that would give a starting maintenance at below every TDEE calculator gives for just my BMR.sollyn23l2 wrote: »The best explanation I ever heard as far as maintenence (assuming we're referring to calories) was by Mike Israetel, who's a PHD in exercise science. His explanation was to take 1500 calories and add your body weight to it (i.e. foe me... 1500+110). This is your starting point for calories. Wait a week, see if you go up, down, or stay the same. If you go up, decrease calories by 250. If you go down, increase your calories by 250. Wait another week. Repeat. Once you have stayed the same weight for a few weeks, you've found your maintenence calories.
One quick Google, found it. He said to start with bodyweight * 15 calories, if your weight trends up over 3 days, cut by 250-500, or if it's trending down, increase by 250-500. If you're 100-150 pounds change that to 100-150 calories change. Repeat until your bodyweight is steady on average for over a week, and that's an estimate of your maintenance.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb5xgU9zAFY
Aha, I did misremember. Thanks. Makes more sense. True. Not sure how I remembered it so far off🤣😂. This is why it pays to look stuff up.0 -
IMO, 3 days or a week still sounds like an unreasonably short time span for women who have cycles.
ETA: The discussion of how to estimate maintenence is probably a digression, anyway. I think this started it:Nycgirl1979 wrote: »Hi,
Do people still track their food on Ozempic? What’s the maintenance on it? Thank you
I'm not sure whether that's referring to maintenance calories, or maintenance dosage/schedule/plan for the drug.3 -
Nycgirl1979 wrote: »Hi,
Do people still track their food on Ozempic? What’s the maintenance on it? Thank you
I track my food...I find it really helpful to see where I am with nutrients etc. I am with a medical programme so I meet with a dietician monthly so we always go over food and various options. I know that a lot of people will say that they do not track, and I think its a personal thing. I have always tracked because it helps to keep me accountable. I will only be lying to myself and the scale otherwise.
And as for maintenance, I for one know that my programme will be working through that. I know that we will be learning how to live at the weight that we set as a goal. But, technically, this medication is something that should be continued long term, since it is being used to handle a real medical condition (obesity and weight management is a real thing), but most people want to be able to come off of it, so they teach how to decrease dosages and maintain weight at each level.
There are so many questions and like most things, its a learning curve.
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I started taking Ozempic in December 2022 for T2. Unfortunately, my symptoms (nausea, vomiting and diarrhea) got worse over time, and I ultimately ended up having my gallbladder removed in February and stopped taking it. While I was on Ozempic I lost 17 pounds, unknown if it was because I was always sick, or the drug was doing its thing. It did reduce my appetite, because I was never hungry. My Dr. wanted me to go back on Ozempic after my surgery, but I was concerned about the symptoms, so decided I would do it on my own. Since my surgery in February, I committed to MFP to get my blood sugar in control and lose weight. I have lost 27 pounds on a low carb diet (100 carbs or less per day), and my A1C went from 8.2 in Feb. to 6.1 as of yesterday. (I also started using a Continuous Glucose Monitoring device, so I monitor my sugars throughout the day and evening, which made a huge difference in controlling what I ate). I know I can control my sugar and my weight without medication, and it is a lot of work, but it is a better choice for me. I won't judge anyone who takes Ozempic to lose weight, it's another expensive medication with side effects and everyone is different, if it works for you that's what matters. I know MFP helps me and in a way is just another "medication" that I do because it's good for me. I still have a long way to go but I'm trying to do it the healthy way.5
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Started Oz yesterday. I have struggled with my weight for 15 years. I have an addiction to food and sugar, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and autoimmune issues. Losing weight would help all of these things. I made changes but it never amounted to anything, so I needed some training wheels to get me where I need to be while I continue to make lifestyle changes. I see a counselor twice a month, meeting a nutritionist next week and went through the Noom education. I really hope using this medicine will help with the weight loss and motivation to continue. I need to lose about 45lbs.
If anyone wants to add me as a friend, please do so. Could always use some community support and would love to give it as well.
Starting weight - 199
Goal weight - 1550 -
I had a really depressing conversation with real-life friends yesterday. We were talking about food, and I mentioned how I missed pasta and rice, but that Ozempic was really helping me stick to a low(er) carb diet. And they absolutely went off on me! Things like how I was "unfairly privileged" to have access to it; I was "embracing fat-phobic diet culture"; and how "you're just signing up for a lifetime drug habit". To be fair, they did walk back a lot of that when I reminded them that I'd recently been diagnosed with t2 diabetes and really wanted to keep all my toes for the rest of my life.
But wow, the judgement and negativity from avowedly liberal people who actively support drug therapy for mental illness and drug addiction was EYE OPENING. I almost think I would have gotten less judgment if I casually admitted to using recreational ketamine on a regular basis.
That is terrible! I am so sorry you went through that. I actually am only telling one person (outside you guys of course) that I am taking Oz because of this. People are so judgy about it. If you go into it knowing its not a miracle drug and to use it to get where you want to be while learning how to have a lifestyle that supports the weight loss and maintaining it, then you shouldn't need to be on it forever.0 -
I've been keeping my spent injectors, and I realized that today marked six months of Oz. And I absolutely believe it has been a wonder drug for me
In six months, I've:- lost 80 lbs
- dropped my body fat percentage from 58% to 35%
- brought my A1C into the normal range
- started seeing a reduction in dark skin folds (acanthosis nigricans)
- improved PCOS symptoms
- virtually eliminated the sebhorreic dermatitis I've struggle with since childhood
- largely eliminated the binge-eating issues I've also struggled with since childhood.
I've also learned that if I eat more than two servings of bread, pasta, or rice, I'm going to feel a bit icky in a few hours. If I eat a large large volume of meat, I'm going to feel a bit icky. And if I stubbornly do both, I'm going to spend at least 8 hours feeling like a volatile chemical factory, and burping up the sulfurous winds of Hell.
I won't credit the drug for most of the weight loss - that was my conscious decision to control what and how much I was eating. And that isn't always easy, particularly when eating out. But if I generally eat a diet that is filling and nutritious, Ozempic definitely helps me generally stick with the plan, because I don't feel as compelled to eat everything else.
The more insulin and metabolic-related stuff, though - that has to be the semaglutide. None of that happened the previous time I lost a bunch of weight. In fact, the binge eating got totally out of hand last time. Even though some of my friends acted like wankers, six months of benefits have far outweighed the tradeoffs.5 -
Hi! I'm so happy to finally find a conversation regarding Ozempic that I can join! I started Ozempic on July 14 and have lost 16lbs. Because it has been working as well as it has, my doctor has chosen to keep me at the 0.5 dose for another 3 months.3
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Hi everyone, just took my first dose of Ozempic about.,.. 15 minutes ago. I wanted to chime in on food prep and something that a lot of people aren't aware of - if you get a sous vide (I use the Breville Joule, but the Anova or other brand is great too) and you sous vide a chicken breast til pastureized in separate bags or 2 per bag - it increases the time you can keep it in the fridge by over a week because you've literally pasteurized it and and until you open it and as long as you keep it refrigerated, it will stay good an extra 3-5 days.1
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