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WinterPainter373
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Joined Mar 25, 2025 10 posts Baltimore, MD Saxenda
Progress
Down 5.0 lbs (2%)
Start: 245.0 lbs Current: 240.0 lbs Goal: 196.0 lbs Dose: Saxenda 3.0mg
About
Started at 245 and I'm at 240 now. Goal is 196. Slow and steady wins. Cheering everyone on.
Recent posts
Microdosing for maintenance - your schedule?
I stalled out mentally at the same spot - kept feeling like I should climb just because I could. What settled it for me was realizing my appetite stayed quiet for six straight weeks at a dose I though…
8 hours ago
Constipation flared up again today, need ideas
Same wave pattern here on Saxenda, and the biggest change for me was not letting long gaps happen between meals -- plus coffee in the morning instead of tea did the trick on the rough days. Magnesium …
3 days ago
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That 75 lb drop is serious motivation for someone like me only 5 lbs in on Saxenda. I'm curious how you handled sourcing once you hit maintenance too, since that's the part I haven't figured out yet e…
3 days ago
[Canada] Canada access check-in today
Watching this from south of the border in Baltimore and it sounds like our 2.5 situation mirrors yours -- easy to get, higher doses scarce. I'm on Saxenda so no personal stake in the shortages, but fo…
Sep 16, 2026
Weekly Mounjaro thread - drop your dose and progress
On liraglutide here so my timeline is different, but I was still queasy at the daily max until around week 10, and now it's mostly gone. Down 5 lbs, slower going than you tirz folks, but posts like th…
Aug 25, 2026
Restarting titration today after a break
My restart on Saxenda after a break went easier than my first stretch too, though I took the low end slow for a week just in case. Sounds like your stomach got the reset it needed, and that 24 lbs sta…
Aug 07, 2026
Hello everyone, I'm new here.
Welcome! I'm on Saxenda too, slowly working my way up, and threads like this kept me going early on. Down 5 lbs here as well, so we're in a similar spot.
Jul 31, 2026
Rough nausea today - what's helping you right now?
Only 5 lbs in on Saxenda so I'm still mapping my own patterns, but the early queasy days hit hardest before my 3.0 step-up too. Small bites through the whole shot day plus cold ginger tea got me throu…
Jul 30, 2026
[Canada] Canada - coverage and access thread
Watching from the US side so no help on Canadian coverage, but the prior auth trick from reply 3 matches what friends down here deal with too. On Saxenda myself, down about 5 lbs, and paying through t…
Jun 26, 2026
Plateau at current dose, bump or hold?
I'm on Saxenda so my scale moves slower to begin with, but every stall I've had broke on its own while I just held my dose steady. Give it another week or two before changing anything, in my experienc…
Jun 25, 2026
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