My Saxenda Weight Loss Journey

 Ok everyone, it's hard to believe that I've been on this for 5 weeks already! First the not so great news. No weight loss this past week, however when I look into my Facebook support group and it's fairly common. Some people there describe it as our bodies are gradually learning to adjust to new weight each time we lose so that it will stay off. Some of them hit plateaus for a few weeks and then it starts to come off again so I'm not going to let it get me down. This is a marathon not a sprint. Also I've promised myself I would be 100% open on this blog so here it goes. Another reason I think I didn't lose anything this past week is I didn't eat very well. On days I was super busy I had to eat some fast food. Another day my husband had friends over and I couldn't' avoid the chili hot dogs lol but trust me I won't make that mistake again. I was up all night sick! To be honest this is normally the time on any diet I start to stray. Thankfully ...

Well today marks exactly one month on Saxenda!! I lost 3.4 on week 4 for a total of 16.8!!! I'm super excited!!! I can tell a little bit myself that my body is changing but I don't think it's visible to anyone else yet. Here's a side by side of may pic on left and today's pic on right. I'm still at 1.8 and I do now get hungry but I'm still full after eating a small portion. I'm staying within 1200-1300 calories a day. For those who prefer to watch rather than read or for those who like both. Here's my video blog link. Don't forget to subscribe and I will update again next week!

Well I'm starting week 4 today! I weighed in this morning and I'm down another 4lbs for a total of 13.4 so far!! I decided to stay at 1.8 this week and not up the dosage. Thankfully my body seems to be adjusting to each new dose but after reading a lot of different peoples stories in a Facebook saxenda support group, I've decided to take my time on going up. As long as 1.8 is working I'll probably stay here for a while. For those of you who don't know Saxenda is the same medicine as Victoza (for diabetes) and the maximum dosage on Victoza was 1.8. So as long as I feel full, not hungry and am losing I'll probably hang out at 1.8 for a while. Side effects this past week were the most I've had since I started. I had one day with sulfur burps (disgusting!) but I quickly realized it was the fried chicken leg I had that did it to me, because I never had them again. I must remember to stay away from fried foods!!! I've had some fatigue but nothing horrible ...

 Today was weigh in today and I lost 2.5 for a total of 9.4!  I was hoping for more but I also slacked on the eating this past week. We had Vacation Bible School at my church and I ate their free meals which was awesome but they weren't always the healthiest and they were kinda carb heavy so I'm optimistic about this next weigh in. I went up to 1.8 today and so I'm curious to see how this dose will affect me. I've been pretty lucky so far and haven't had many side effects. I have noticed some tiredness this week but I've read that is pretty common. One huge positive to this new healthier eating is my skin is clearing up. I've struggled with acne since I was 12 years old. If i had known I just needed to give up soda, milk, sweets and drink lots of water to get clear skin I would have done it ages ago. Of course I don't think there is a time in my life up until now that I would have been willing to part with all of those things either. lol I'm ba...

What a week!! I am very pleased with how things are going so far. I lost 6.9 pounds this week!!!!! So excited! I will up my dosage today and will continue until I am at 3. I wasn't as hungry but not as much as I was hoping. I do know a normal size meal wouldn't fill me up before I started Saxenda and now I feel full and not hungry. The changes I did make to my diet are: Eating slowly No fast food (unless unavoidable) No soda No sweets LOTS OF WATER Limit carbs when able 1200-1300 calories a day I'm hoping as I up my dosage I will feel full even more so I don't feel as hungry. I definitely had to use some willpower this week to not eat sometimes. As far as side effects I was blessed and I hope I continue to be so. I was only a little nauseous the first 2 days and then it subsided. The only time it came back was when I overate or ate too fast. I've been eating an Activia yogurt daily to help with digestive issues and so far no complaints on that end. I a...

So today was Day 1 of my Saxenda treatment. I made a video blog about the visit What I forgot to mention was make sure you refrigerate your pens!!! Once you prime your pin (nurse or doc will show you how) then you don't have to refrigerate that one and you only need to prime a NEW pen and only once, before the first use. Also all you do is grab your belly and put the needle in (PAINLESS!) and then push the bottom of the pen and you will hear a click and then you wait about 5-6 seconds and then remove the pen!! Super easy! I'm really worried about side effects so not eating much today. Just had an atkins shake and drinking water and then I'm going to eat some small snacks throughout the day. I'll keep you all updated! Please subscribe to my video blog on Youtube or on here and feel free to ask questions! Here is my Day 1 Before Picture! I plan on taking a photo once a month! Starting weight 257.6 Goal weight 150 I'll try to blog once a week u...

Well tomorrow is the big day.  The day I start the shots. I have an appt at the doctors office at 10am to have them show me how to do the shots and I'm so nervous. I'm not nervous about the actual shot at all, which is weird because I hate needles. I'm nervous because I have so many What if questions running through my head.. What if it doesn't work? What if I have horrible side effects and can't continue it? What if I fail yet again in trying to lose weight?? I'm so ready to do this. I want this weight off once and for all. I'm sick of being tired and sore and unable to play with my kids outside for very long because I am so tired and then wake up the next day in terrible pain. I'm sick of dreading the summer because when you are overweight it's really hard to stay cool outside especially when you have to wear longer pants to hide all the fat. Being overweight is miserable. There are some people out there who wont' agree with my decisi...