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Old May 27, 2025, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy Hitch View Post
I have an in person appointment with my gp for a repeat script of Wegovy. Pretty sure I go up in dosage and then it will mean I'm on the maximum dose of that medication, Might speak to her about the difference in Wegovy and Manjoura (don't quite know how you spell it). I lost a lot of weight initially and now it feels like my weight loss is stalling.
Why not try adding exercise? You don't have a large amount of weight to lose from what I recall and with the stress you are under with your teaching, that could be hampering your weight loss too? The other thing...are you eating enough calories daily? Because if you undereat too much your body does try to hold onto fat (unless it can't as in the case of anorexia, you are beyond mere undereating, you're starving). There is going to come a point off meds you need to maintain your weight, and to do that you have to rely on good eating habits and exercise instead of adding more Wegovy. I do wonder if you'd do better eating healthfully - breakfast, lunch and dinner, a healthy snack, bring your lunch instead of buying from the canteen and use the treadmill you have accessed to or walk, buy some light dumbbells, do a pilates video (I have a series for beinnger pilates that is free & that I adore.) There is no magic answer to weight loss. My sister had some sort of gastric reduction surgery. She lost weight the first year or so, didn't stick to the good habits, the weight came right back on. You may as well build the good habits now. I also think if you have a way you can reduce any of your job stress, that may work to your benefit too in terms of weight loss.
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