Rybelsus and appetite fully returning mid-week

Holding at 1.7mg and debating whether to climb. Appetite is creeping back mid-week but side effects were rough last time I bumped. What would you do?

Appetite sneaking back on days 4-6 was my sign to go up too, and yeah the nausea hit for about a week when I did. Smaller meals and ginger helped me push through it, and the suppression evened out after. No regrets here, though only you know how rough your last bump really was.

I take the pill version at the top dose and went through the same thing mid-week before my appetite quieted down again. When I bumped, the nausea was manageable if I ate something small and bland before it kicked in. Worth asking yourself whether the hunger is real appetite or more of a habit-noise thing, since mine turned out to be mostly the latter.

Lost 22 lbs stalling the same way at my hold dose before I finally moved up. The mid-week hunger faded again after the bump, and eating small bland snacks the first few days kept the nausea from wrecking me like it did last time.

Only down 7 lbs myself so I hedged and stayed put an extra month when the day 5 hunger hit, and it kept creeping back sooner each week. When I finally bumped, the nausea was way more tolerable eating tiny bland snacks before it built up. For me the appetite noise came back strong enough that waiting just delayed the inevitable.

I had the same creeping hunger at my hold and kept putting off the bump for weeks, which just meant more snack grazing and a stall. When I finally went up, the appetite noise quieted right back down and the nausea was nowhere near as bad as I'd built it up to be, since I was already eating slow and small by then. Sixty-one pounds in, I've learned the rough few days beat months of fighting the hunger.

Down about 18 lbs and I put off climbing over the nausea fear for way too long. Bumping ended up being easier than I built it up in my head once I kept crackers by the bed for the first few days. The hunger crept back for me too, and once it did it never really settled until I moved up.

Appetite creeping back mid-week was my sign too. I dragged out my bump for a month and just white-knuckled it, and the rough few days after moving up were way milder than the side effects I remembered from the first climb.

Ten pounds in myself and I notice the hunger coming back around day five or six too. I went up once despite dreading it and the nausea was way milder than I expected, so for me the climb was worth it. Still, no rush if the grazing is manageable, like that third poster said.

Same boat here at 14 lbs down, and the mid-week hunger was my sign too. I stalled out grazing until I stopped negotiating with it, and the bump days were honestly better than the fear of them. Adding a small bland bite before the nausea window kicked in made a big difference for me.

I stretched my 1.7 out way longer than planned and the day five hunger just got louder until I finally moved up. The bump itself was a non-event for me, especially compared to how brutal my first climb felt at a lower weight. Forty pounds in, my biggest regret is all the weeks I spent white-knuckling instead of just doing it.

I'm down 45 lbs and had the same pattern -- hunger showing up right on schedule by day five. Once I finally stopped stalling and moved up, the bump was nothing like my early ones. Worth it for me to stop negotiating with the fridge every afternoon.

Interesting reading this as a Saxenda person -- my hunger creeps back faster since it's a daily shot, so I titrated up in smaller steps instead of big jumps and that kept the nausea manageable. Down 23 lbs so far and my take is if you're negotiating with the fridge by day five, waiting probably won't make the next bump easier. The rougher side effects for me were always on an empty stomach, for whatever that's worth.

I had the same mid-week creep at 1.7 and stayed put for a couple months. Losing another 15 lbs while "underdosed" beat chasing the appetite suppression and paying for it with nausea again. When I did finally bump, spacing protein through the day made the transition way easier on my stomach.

Keep showing up for yourself.

Fiber and more water together fixed my constipation for good. I stopped drinking anything carbonated and the burping calmed down.

Down 38 lbs myself and I stretched 1.7 way longer than the schedule suggested for exactly this reason. The mid-week hunger got manageable once I made breakfast protein non-negotiable. I only bumped when the creep turned into real hunger most days, not just day 5 or 6.

How are you finding the higher dose so far? How long did the food noise take to quiet down?

I sat at 1.7 for months with the same mid-week creep and only moved up once hunger showed up way earlier in the week, like day 3. Down 23 lbs on that timeline and honestly the extra time at the lower dose cost me nothing. Rough side effects last bump is reason enough to wait it out a bit longer.

Lost almost 40 lbs hanging out at 1.7 longer than planned too, and the late-week hunger for me was mostly habit knocking, not the med wearing off. Since your last bump hit hard, I'd ride this dose until that creep shows up earlier in the week like others said. No shame in staying put if it's still doing the job six days out.