Hi all — starting week 1!

How's your energy been so far? Mine tanked the first few days and I had to actually plan meals instead of just skipping them when food sounded gross

Curious whether you're planning normal meals or going lighter that first week. I kept my portions pretty much the same and just ate slower, which turned out to be the useful part.

The food noise thing hit me too, it went so quiet by day three that I kept forgetting to eat at all. I ended up setting phone alarms for meals those first weeks which felt silly but I'm down about 65 lbs now so I guess it worked

I spent way too long reading every possible side effect before my first shot, and honestly the actual first week was quieter than my imagination. The one thing i'd do differently is not overthinking every little twinge on day one

Day one for me was mostly about figuring out where to actually stick the pen, I watched the little instruction leaflet about five times before I did it

Day one for me was mostly about figuring out the pen itself, the injection nerves faded way quicker than the appetite noise did. Did you end up picking a specific day of the week to dose or just winging it?

The dry mouth thing caught me off guard too, I was refilling my bottle way more than usual that first week. Richmond summer didn't help.

How did the first injection go? Mine was weirdly anticlimactic after all the buildup.

How did day one actually go? I built the first week up in my head for ages and then it was just a normal Tuesday

What surprised me was how much of week one was just logistics, figuring out timing and what foods sat okay. What does your day one look like, are you planning to start it on a work day or a quieter one?

What helped me most in week one was setting out protein and water before the shot day so I wasn't scrambling when appetite went quiet. Curious whether you're planning to track anything that first week or just wing it?

the nerves were the worst part of my week one too. I remember staring at the pen for a good ten minutes before I actually did it.

The pen was the easy part for me too. What I didn't expect on Saxenda was how much the appetite drop would mess with my routine by the second week, so having yogurt and cheese around saved me.