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Weight loss jabs

Whitburnmakem said:
the new pens 10 mg / 3ml my current dose on the pen is 0.5. The new pens instructions are as follows
** Instructions **

  1. Each pen contains 3ml of product
  2. 60 clicks (full rotation) = .75ml (1/4 of full liquid)
  3. 60 click / .75ml or 1/4 = 2.5mg of product
  4. 1 click = 0.042mg
  5. 6 clicks = 0.25mg
  6. 12 clicks = 0.5mg etc
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That’s how I’m reading it. 20 weeks, yeah. I’d look into the shelf-life of it because 5 months seems quite a long time for a peptide.
 

EiffelTower said:
My wife is keen to give these a go but I'm a bit concerned. We life a typical lifestyle of people with young kids under the age of 7 but I've managed to keep exercise up. She eats quite well but life gets in the way with the gym etc and she feels like she wants that initial boost to give her a 12 week kick start and a couple of stone off. I'm against it personally but it's her decision and I don't think it'd be one of them where she puts it all back on but doesn't feel right to me, but her decision obviously. Worried about lack of nutrients etc in what she's eating, long term side effects. Wish we could afford PT instead as that has kept her on the right path in the past but just too expensive in this day and age, a lot more expensive than the jabs
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That’s pretty much why I used them, weight was 18st 4 in Jan. It was creeping up and up for a couple of year before that and I couldn’t get motivated.

Started on 2.5mg then 5mg, 5mg, 3 pens in total. Having no cravings meant it was easy to eat much better, also cut the alcohol right down. Running 3x week and out walking everyday. I’ve gone from struggling to do a 3 mile run in Jan to a 13.5 miler yesterday.

Been off them for 4 weeks and now at 15st 12. Still got a way to go, I’m 6ft 4 so another stone off is what I’m aiming for now without the jabs.

I’d say to take as low a dose as you (she) can get away with. Hopefully that makes it easier keeping the weight off after. Some online pharmacy’s seem too keen to push people up the doses.
 
safcsafc said:
That’s pretty much why I used them, weight was 18st 4 in Jan. It was creeping up and up for a couple of year before that and I couldn’t get motivated.

Started on 2.5mg then 5mg, 5mg, 3 pens in total. Having no cravings meant it was easy to eat much better, also cut the alcohol right down. Running 3x week and out walking everyday. I’ve gone from struggling to do a 3 mile run in Jan to a 13.5 miler yesterday.

Been off them for 4 weeks and now at 15st 12. Still got a way to go, I’m 6ft 4 so another stone off is what I’m aiming for now without the jabs.

I’d say to take as low a dose as you (she) can get away with. Hopefully that makes it easier keeping the weight off after. Some online pharmacy’s seem too keen to push people up the doses.
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I’ve only ever been one dose up from starting dose on wegovy so 0.5 and I’ve lost over 2 stone and still coming off pound or so a week I think people tho k more they take more they lose it’s unnecessary and also expensive
 
safcsafc said:
That’s pretty much why I used them, weight was 18st 4 in Jan. It was creeping up and up for a couple of year before that and I couldn’t get motivated.

Started on 2.5mg then 5mg, 5mg, 3 pens in total. Having no cravings meant it was easy to eat much better, also cut the alcohol right down. Running 3x week and out walking everyday. I’ve gone from struggling to do a 3 mile run in Jan to a 13.5 miler yesterday.

Been off them for 4 weeks and now at 15st 12. Still got a way to go, I’m 6ft 4 so another stone off is what I’m aiming for now without the jabs.

I’d say to take as low a dose as you (she) can get away with. Hopefully that makes it easier keeping the weight off after. Some online pharmacy’s seem too keen to push people up the doses.
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Thanks mate, sounds a good experience and the more I read into them yesterday the more I realised they have their place. I always thought it was a short term fad with short term research but it looks like they've been around a fair while. I think having someone to keep you in reality using them is key as you can spot people a mile off on social media that have clearly gone too far with them.
 
EiffelTower said:
Thanks mate, sounds a good experience and the more I read into them yesterday the more I realised they have their place. I always thought it was a short term fad with short term research but it looks like they've been around a fair while. I think having someone to keep you in reality using them is key as you can spot people a mile off on social media that have clearly gone too far with them.
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I think as @Whitburnmakem says, some people see the weight come off and think the answer is to keep upping the dose unnecessarily.

The result is they lose a lot of weight rapidly which can’t be good long term. Effectively starving themselves. Surely as soon as that stops they have to put weight back on.
 
Also smart scales are ideal weight yourself once a week you put on a few lbs that week you know you have to do a bit better or exercise more that week to get it back off biggest mistake is just never weighing yourself and guessing it slowly creeps up and up and you don’t even notice
 
EiffelTower said:
My wife is keen to give these a go but I'm a bit concerned. We life a typical lifestyle of people with young kids under the age of 7 but I've managed to keep exercise up. She eats quite well but life gets in the way with the gym etc and she feels like she wants that initial boost to give her a 12 week kick start and a couple of stone off. I'm against it personally but it's her decision and I don't think it'd be one of them where she puts it all back on but doesn't feel right to me, but her decision obviously. Worried about lack of nutrients etc in what she's eating, long term side effects. Wish we could afford PT instead as that has kept her on the right path in the past but just too expensive in this day and age, a lot more expensive than the jabs
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I don't see why nutrition should be a problem. My diet is far better than before I started the injections. I may be eating less but I'm more conscious about what I eat rather than stuffing my face with empty carbs to keep the hunger under control.

I'd just just be wary about treating them as a "short term fix" and 2 stone in 12 weeks may not be realistic. 1 to 1.5 pounds per week is good going.
 
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