Has anyone else had a bad experience on weight loss medication?

Apologies if this isn’t the right subreddit but seems like the Saxenda one is inactive.

HW: 100kg. LW: 84kg. CW: 88kg

I started taking Saxenda for weight loss around a month ago and I’ll admit it was a HUGE mistake. I never had vomit side effects but I was constantly nauseous and it absolutely wrecked my digestive system. I’m talking bloating so bad I looked pregnant and could barely move. Trapped wind so painful I was crying in the bathroom at work. Constant constipation which warranted me taking OTC laxatives regularly, coupled with occasional violent diarrhoea.

And the bitch of the bloody thing is that I last no weight! Absolutely nothing, zero.

I quit 5 days ago, after I was so unwell I couldn’t stand the thought of continuing any longer. I’m still not feeling great internally but things at least seem to be moving again (albeit much slower than usual). I’m just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience on those types of injectable medications? How long did it take for your insides to recover? Or is my digestive track just fucked?

Two days ago I rejoined a gym and have started a meal plan. Going to go back to CICO since that worked before and there really is no quick fix to weight loss, at least from what my experience has been.

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if i overeat for a week, i’d have to be in a calorie deficit for a month?

i hope i don’t sound stupid but i just gained 2 kilos from a week of eating 2000cals over maintenance every day.

(it’s unfair how weight gain is so easy in comparison to weight loss, a month of hard work gone out of the window in just a week!)

now i’m not the best at maths but i think i calculated eating at a deficit it’d take a month at least to lose all of that 🫠

it got me thinking how normal people go on a vacation, eat absolutely trash for a week and still maintain their weight soon after returning home. how do people do that?

is it even possible to return to my previous weight eating normally / maintenance? 😢 i’m so sick of eating in a calorie deficit

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Weight loss problem. Jittery

Food addiction is starting to become an issue for me and it's showing.

My problem is when I'm hungry for awhile I start shaking, trembling, feeling jittery and it's very uncomfortable. It's hard to eat less because of that. So in my mind I eat more to avoid that feeling. Has anyone else gone through this? Did you find a solution? Or do I need to just tough it out.

If I lose 20lbs then I'll be at my ideal weight goal.

The next part of this is filler so this post hopefully gets approved. I've already typed out the main stuff if you want to stop reading. So I'm 5'0 and getting close to 150lbs. I'm also on the DEPO but I've been on it for 10 years and I haven't gained weight like this until the last couple of years. I've never been a healthy eater. I've just eaten low quantities of garbage food.

I'm currently wearing two waist trainers because I tried to put one of them on earlier and holy crap it took about 10 minutes just to get the last row of loops hooked. I used to be able to hook them in the middle. I know it's not very effective because you have to dedicate yourself to being uncomfortable for awhile but I'm kinda desperate.

If anyone has words of wisdom I'm all ears.

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Market Research; Your experience with weight loss

Hi I am a Registered Dietitian and seeking insight with your personal weight loss experience. This research would help my colleague and I create a program tailored to the challenges surrounding weight loss. I appreciate any help you can provide to us!

Questions:

What are the main struggles you deal with with being overweight?
How long have you been attempting to lose weight?
What would you say has been the most frustrating part about losing weight for you in particular?
How has not being able to lose weight impacted your life over the past 6 to 12 months?
What have you tried in the past to lose weight? What are the biggest barriers?
What do you feel like you need in order to overcome these barriers with weight loss?
Let's say you were able to finally figure out sustainable and healthy weight loss..what would that do for you? How would your life look different than it is right now?
Do you feel like there's anything holding you back at this point from solving the problem on your own?
If you feel comfortable to do so, please share your current height and weight?

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Thanks again!!

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Dealing with being cold all the time from weight loss.

A little background I am 29m 5'9 192 pounds. I am down from my starting weight of 230 11 months ago (yay!) and my high blood pressure and fatty liver are gone. My constant back pain is rare now and my knee pain is gone. I can also see my toes.

All great things! However I am starting to get really cold a lot of the time. I work outside and it's been getting in the upper 20's - low 40's. I wear a fleece sweater under a raincoat, fleece lined pants, latex gloves under regular gloves and I am still freezing.

My core is the warmest part of my body, but my legs, toes face and hands are super cold.

We are going to get rain in the mid to upper 30's soon.

What should I wear that will keep me warm?

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NSV: 50 lbs later, running is FREAKISHLY easy!

I lost 50 lbs in 4.5 months (230 to 180 lbs - I am female, 5'8") - my GW is 140 but at least I'm more than halfway there!

Wanted to share this NSV: I started off my WL journey by jogging a half mile every night. I could do it, but it was brutal. I felt like I was dying and I stopped after about 2 weeks because I hated it so much. I focused on other, more palatable forms of exercise, like swimming, instead (but mostly lost the weight through my diet).

Well, last tonight I decided to try running again - I planned to do the half mile again... Only to find I was absolutely FLYING through it with no effort and I was enjoying it so I kept going until I was tired. I ended up running 3 miles (5km!) with zero training - and I'm barely sore today!

I was worried that my weight loss isn't noticeable yet/it's all in my head, but this was such a profoundly obvious change. It's NOT just the number on the scale - I really have gotten fitter and healthier in a big way! 🥰

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Feeling imposter syndrome after weight loss

I’m using imposter syndrome loosely, idk if this is the right context so I apologize if it’s not.

I’ve always been a thicker girl and very curvy with full features (hips, legs, butt, and bust) so I didn’t realize I was overweight. I thought it was just my genetics, which I understand fat distribution is, but I stupidly thought I’d keep my curves at any weight.

I’ve lost a good 15% of my body weight in the last few months and have lost a lot of my butt and bust. I definitely look more proportional for my size but idk how to get over knowing my biggest assets and best features. What are they now?

No disrespect to anyone who is thin but I’ve never had this type of body and idk what to do really. It doesn’t feel normal or like it’s mine. Pants can flatten my butt, I have to wear super push up bras to have cleavage, and everyone keeps fucking picking me up like I’m a kid.

I do like the weight loss and my body type now but I also don’t feel as comfortable. Idk how to act in this new body or how others perceive me. How can I quicken the process of feeling like this body is mine? Has anyone ever felt this or am I just weird?

TLDR: new body after weight loss and feeling like I don’t physically know myself anymore.

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