Any experience with Wegovy?

[+ sniper]

2 hours ago, mike carey said:

I did a double take when I read that, and had to google to find a different meaning of 'bonking' from the usual one in Australian and British English.

We use "boinking" for THAT in the US...

[+ sniper]

3 month update...lost about 30 lbs so far still got 60-80 to go, and my bloodwork is ALL normal to fantastic for the first time in decades. Cholesterol 150, A1c 4.9, etc. Even my liver enzymes are in normal range.

[+ Gar1eth]

On 6/19/2025 at 9:20 PM, sniper said:

Just started Zepbound and holy shit, this is a gamechanger. I feel like I could go 48 hours without eating and not care. I also am not "bonking" during long workouts. Is this what skinny-without trying people feel like all the time? Week 1 I am losing weight much faster than simple caloric deficit would suggest...I'm definitely shedding a lot of water. 

 

On 6/19/2025 at 9:26 PM, mike carey said:

I did a double take when I read that, and had to google to find a different meaning of 'bonking' from the usual one in Australian and British English.

 

On 6/20/2025 at 12:25 AM, sniper said:

We use "boinking" for THAT in the US...

Actually I'm an American, and I had the same idea as @mike carey did about 'bonking'. I have no idea what it means in an athletic sense. 
 

@sniper is this what you meant?

 

 

"In sports

In endurance sports like cycling and running, "bonk" is a term for the sudden, severe fatigue that occurs when the body's glycogen stores are depleted. "

Edited September 19 by Gar1eth

[+ sniper]

Yes. Like when you get on the treadmill or bike and start to exert yourself and your body just goes "Nope, not today."

[samhexum]

28 minutes ago, sniper said:

Yes. Like when you get on the treadmill or bike and start to exert yourself and your body just goes "Nope, not today."

Sorry to pick nits, but there's a minor mistake in your post.  It should read, "Like when you look at the treadmill or bike and your body just goes "Nope, not today."

[samhexum]

https://www.aol.com/articles/costco-sell-ozempic-wegovy-large-174241229.html

Costco to sell Ozempic and Wegovy at a large discount for people without insurance

[+ FreshFluff]

On 2/28/2025 at 3:19 PM, Archangel said:

I had my new patient intake for Wegovy on Monday. It was a good appointment. The NP was thorough and I left with a script for Wegovy. I knew I needed a pre auth for my insurance but other colleagues with identical plans and fewer comorbidities had no issue, so I was guardedly optimistic it would be approved.

I receive a message from the weight clinic yesterday afternoon.

I was livid. I check out the app and see the
 

On closer examination of the visit notes, it’s clear my NP had spent an inordinate amount of time documenting this behavioral information that I shared for transparency’s sake but only included a subordinate clause about my lifetime of obesity and the myriad attempts and programs I have tried. Having read that, if that’s what submitted for the pre auth, no wonder it was denied. I could’ve predicted that based off the notes. The notes were not representative of most of the office visit. I was livid, as I said.

I call my insurance. I filed an appeal. I’m not hopeful because the NP’s as is are damning. I can’t believe she would submit that in that form if the hope was to get the pre auth approved.

I spent last night very demotivated, demoralized, and defeated. I initially had a sense of true hopelessness that made me think, “Why bother keeping on?” I got out of that…But it is yet another hurdle. And an unnecessary one. It’s the typical “did you try dieting and exercising?” trope.

I read this thing once about how the people most knowledgeable about nutrition are overweight people because we’ve been trying all our lives to make those rules work for us. But hey – we need to be enlightened so we realize we can restrict our calories and modify our lifestyle and that will solve everything right there. Simple as that! Eat less. Do more. What’s the issue?!

🙄

This would make me really angry.  No one is asking providiers to fabricate, but why did she go out of her way to note this stiff?

i hope you found a better clinic. I'm rooting for you. 

[marylander1940]

I hope "fat soldiers" are given the chance to take for free any of these drugs against obesity!

[samhexum]

19 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

I hope "fat soldiers" are given the chance to take for free any of these drugs against obesity!

Fat soldiers never die, they just fade away.