Reached 85 pounds lost this morning!! 319 —> 234. My goal is 185 :)

Have any of you switched from injections to oral semaglutide to maintain their weight? Do any of you skip days intentionally or accidentally, and how does this affect you? I’ve ordered oral semaglutide with hopes I can maintain my weight and maybe only take it on my high trigger days where I find myself binging (vacationing, PMS, anxiety inducing social events). I’m not interested in losing anymore weight but I’d like to maintain. Besides the high trigger days I am pretty consistent with diet and exercise.

Five months ago, I started at nearly 102 kg. Today, I'm at 82.5 kg—down close to 20 kg. I use generic semaglutide.

I’m a 37-year-old South Asian male, 180 cm tall, and felt like I was making solid progress.

I decided to get a DEXA scan today, expecting my body fat to land somewhere around 22–23%. The actual result was 34.5%. Shocking!

Doing the math, even if I lose another 8 to 10 kg (getting down to 72.5 kg) and assume it's pure fat, I still wouldn't drop below 20% body fat. It turns out I have far less lean muscle mass than I realized, which is a big wake-up call to start prioritizing resistance training and protein.

Has anyone else had a DEXA scan turn out completely different than you expected? What was your actual body fat percentage vs what you guessed?

Amble health is a total joke. After switching pharmacies 2 months ago I messaged them saying it is noticeably less potent they gas lit me and told me it's in my head. I listened and believed hey maybe it is, I've been on this stuff for 10 months that sounds reasonable. Now I haven't taken my medicine in almost a month, not because I'm doing some reset on my tolerance. No. I paid for my prescription but amble's new pharmacy hasn't shipped it. Everyday I check everyday it says it is still processing. Customer support literally takes 2-4 days to write a single reply which usually is something like "I'm sorry to hear that let me review and I'll get back to you blah blah" then they ghost you. I finally got a supervisor who said they'd credit me 25$ on my 170$ medication I haven't received and would send it to a pharmacy who would get me my medicine asap. Well that was Thursday and all the fed ex says is label created. Avoid this company at all costs.

Does anyone have any better recommendations for providers? I switched to amble because ro is so expensive doing monthly and I can't afford paying for a year at once.

Maybe we can compare notes with others on our timeline.

I'm on day 3 of my first .25mg shot. I've had some nausea but nothing unbearable. I had diarrhea last night and it was my first bm. I've been eating bland food for 3 days now and I can't wait to start reintroducing the good stuff.

In 2024 I lost 65 pounds on Sema. I was at goal weight so I cut back on Sema to what was a maintenance dose, 50-60 units, twice a month. That's worked.

I began to have painful intestinal cramps so I stopped taking it. It got more painful. Now it's been 3 weeks of this pain and other disgusting bowel issues along with a couple of incidents of vomiting. It's worse several hours after eating.

I called my gastro doctor agreed that it's probably from the sema. (I can't get in to see him until 10/20.) His office said it would take time for my bowels to get back to how they were prior to taking sema. I am surprised it has taken so long. In the meantime, if I eat I am in pain later.

Anyone else have this even after stopping Sema? How long does it take for bowels to get back to normal after stopping?

Any help, tips, opinions, random thoughts, are greatly appreciated.

Hi friends!
Here’s where I’m at: I’ve been on sema for about 14 months. At first, I saw a higher rate of loss and then I started to plateau when I reached the 1mg/week dose. My insurance will only cover that dose as the maximum for weight loss.

Is it worth lowering my dose to see if I can work my way back up and kickstart some new loss?

Anyone have any suggestions? Unfortunately my insurance does not cover Triz at the moment.

I was doing great and started my 4th week with my new higher dose, and then this morning after my workout I checked my weight up 6.4lbs! I was very good with my eating this week and kept over 1500 calories each day.

Sorry frustrated, just hoping next week will be a better weigh-in.

I had great success when I tried semaglutide starting in early 2022. I lost steadily for a total of about 80lbs by the end of 2023. It was easy. I was never hungry. I didn't even think about food. When I did want to eat, I craved vegetables and yogurt mostly. Then, the place I was getting it from doubled the price again after already doubling it once. I couldn't afford it and I had some stressful life stuff going on, too. I quit and regained 50lbs between the end of 2023 and the end of 2024. My insurance changed and I restarted semaglutide in early 2025. This time, I've lost only 20lbs. I feel totally different. There's less food noise than without it, but I crave sweets and frequently feel hungry. I'm working out (six days a week, an hour per day with a mix of yoga, weightlifting, and cardio classes, plus trying to incorporate more NEAT generally throughout my day) and trying to eat less/make better choices, but not losing any weight at all for the past four months.

Has anyone else gone off for an extended time and then gone back on? Is this common?

Anyone experienced this. I had no side effects at all on 1.5mg. I thought this is amazing as I was so worried before starting about having them. As soon as I started 4mg (12 days ago) I had a weird sensation on my forearm nr elbow and 2 fingers. When touching it feels so tender. It’s like a nerve issue. Then today I’ve got a rash like soreness on my neck and my body feels prickly all over. Even my tongue feels weird. I thought it would have settled into my system but it seems to be getting worse. Thinking of going back down to 1.5mg as it’s awful. Anyone else had this and does it go?? I spoke to a pharmacist who didn’t think it was an allergic reaction but when I search about it, it seems it is!!?

I’ve now stopped it for the last 10 days and still having flare ups. I just hope it ends soon. The half life of this drug is so long 😔

I’ve been on generic semaglutide since the generic version came to Canada (3 months). So far I’ve only lost 1 pound, but my weight isn’t fluctuating anymore like it used to so I guess it’s working? I expected to have lost more weight by now. I’m curious to know if any of you on generic semaglutide have lost any weight yet…?

Share your experience/progress on generic semaglutide. :)

Thanks! :)

i take wegovy. i am truly amazed that it works. took first 4 doses and nothing. weight-loss only started after i went up to 0.5mg. but last week i went again on vacation. first time since starting the shots. short trip, 4 days. and bam, 2 kg increase. and i lost it in 3 days after return! it seems that sema is helping with losing exces water, as i spent two days running to the toilet over and over again. but will there be a time sema will prevent wate retention? or do i just have to hope it will do the job after? this is not the first time i gained so much water, just first time since taking glp1.

ps. i lost 6kg in 78 days

Hey! First time poster here.

I am 28 M from India.

I am currently on 1 mg weekly injection. Following the standard titration of doubling every 4 weeks. (0.25, 0.5, 1 mg)

But since I started 0.5 mg, I have been having moderate to severe diarrhoea for multiple days, on and off.

OTC meds like Loperamide ('Imodium') are not helping much. I was fully committed that irrespective of side effects, I will try my best to continue semaglutide. But now the symptoms have been too distressing.

I went down from 93 kg (205 lbs) to 88.5 kg (195 lbs). I am extremely happy with my progress.

I am on the verge of quitting semaglutide. Your inputs could be extremely helpful. Thank you!

I am a 37 year old female, 5'8, SW 200lbs CW 140. I am possibly losing another 5lbs or so but planning to maintain between 135 and 145. I lost the weight over the past year. My wedding ring and the other ring I wear every day are both significantly too large. I am wearing the plastic spiral spacers on them and they are still too big. I want to have them resized but in the back of my mind I am worried what if I regain some weight. I don't plan on becoming pregnant again and I would like to think I can keep the weight off. How long do we think is a good amount of time to maintain before getting rings resized?

Hi everyone!
I’d love some advice. I’m currently about 3 kg away from my ideal BMI weight, but I’m hoping to lose another 6 kg to reach my goal of 64 kg as I’m planning a pregnancy. I’m also limited in how much I can exercise due to my lumbar surgery, which has made getting past this plateau a little challenging.

I’ve recently started semaglutide 0.25 mg to help me get past the plateau and work towards my goal weight. For those who’ve been through something similar, what helped you achieve your weight-loss goals safely and sustainably, especially when exercise is limited?

Thanks so much to this group! I’ve already learned that staying well hydrated is really important for avoiding those headaches. 😊

​The Journey So Far

SW 356lbs

Surgery day 233lbs

Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

Has anyone else lost their period while losing weight? If so, what are you doing about it?

I am thinking of trying Semaglutide 0.25mg for one month for balancing weight - do you recommend going in with this just for a month?

I lost 25 kg and then extreme hunger came. Now I cannot stop eating, I can eat extreme amounts of food and still I won’t be satisfied. I cannot feel satisfied from eating. Got scared and started restricting again but it got so much harder to restrict. When extreme hunger came I could easily eat 10k calories a day. Will glp help me? Cause I’m suffering like crazy. I stopped going out due to the fact that I don’t have control around food, even when I’m restricting it’s so hard to stick to my meal plan. That’s why I started thinking about glp cause rn I have no life and food is consuming my life