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Far as I can figure out, semaglutide mimics the hormone that tells you you're full. That's about it. The mechanism is a slowing down of digestion.
As I eat a home made blueberry muffin which is, btw, actually blue as I let the frozen berries thaw a bit. But the muffins are amazing and it is kind of like having a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
I started out mid August at 214 pounds or 15.3 stone. I'm now 206.4, a few pebbles smaller. Not a huge amount of change but a perfect slope if it continues.
This was accomplished by eating less than I burn. That's the entire plan. Calorie deficit. And all the protein I can find.
I can actually feel that the semaglutide is effective. I get hungry but not overly so. I eat and I can tell it is digesting really slowly. I'm at the lowest dose you can get and today was the day I was supposed to increase it. But I asked and was told to manage it as I saw fit so I did not change the dose for week number five. If by next week I either am finding it increasingly difficult to maintain my deficit or I've not lost any more I'll look at increasing the dose. I'd rather not. I'd be thrilled to just track what I'm eating (on the excellent Cronometer app) and not increase the dose.
The long range plan is to hit my goal or a bit below it and then wean myself off the semaglutide. Or, if I never increase the dose, just stop using it all together.
Last week I was having tea and digestives having read and listened to British mysteries continuously for months and I realized that I'd had enough and was eating when I was no longer hungry. That has happened to me several times recently.
The great experiment will be once I stop shooting up what happens. Will my body remember that I don't really need as much? The current studies say not. Current studies say I'll regain the weight. But that is them and this is me and the arc of tracking this drug is pretty short.
So, we'll see. In the fairly near future. I'm only needing to lose another 15 pounds or so to be where I want to be. So a pound a week. End of the year?
As I eat a home made blueberry muffin which is, btw, actually blue as I let the frozen berries thaw a bit. But the muffins are amazing and it is kind of like having a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
I started out mid August at 214 pounds or 15.3 stone. I'm now 206.4, a few pebbles smaller. Not a huge amount of change but a perfect slope if it continues.
This was accomplished by eating less than I burn. That's the entire plan. Calorie deficit. And all the protein I can find.
I can actually feel that the semaglutide is effective. I get hungry but not overly so. I eat and I can tell it is digesting really slowly. I'm at the lowest dose you can get and today was the day I was supposed to increase it. But I asked and was told to manage it as I saw fit so I did not change the dose for week number five. If by next week I either am finding it increasingly difficult to maintain my deficit or I've not lost any more I'll look at increasing the dose. I'd rather not. I'd be thrilled to just track what I'm eating (on the excellent Cronometer app) and not increase the dose.
The long range plan is to hit my goal or a bit below it and then wean myself off the semaglutide. Or, if I never increase the dose, just stop using it all together.
Last week I was having tea and digestives having read and listened to British mysteries continuously for months and I realized that I'd had enough and was eating when I was no longer hungry. That has happened to me several times recently.
The great experiment will be once I stop shooting up what happens. Will my body remember that I don't really need as much? The current studies say not. Current studies say I'll regain the weight. But that is them and this is me and the arc of tracking this drug is pretty short.
So, we'll see. In the fairly near future. I'm only needing to lose another 15 pounds or so to be where I want to be. So a pound a week. End of the year?