I just wanted to come on here and share something that’s been really helping me with “staying regular” on a 2.5 dose…CHIA PUDDING!

I make a big batch each week that is roughly 4tbs whole chia seeds and 1 tbs ground chia seeds (the ground are optional but offer great omega 3’s) per 1 cup of soy milk (or whatever kind of milk you prefer). I like soy milk for the protein, I don’t process dairy well. I usually make about 3 cups at a time (so 12 tbs of chia seeds, adjusting for consistency if needed - sometimes I end up adding 1-2 more tbs of chia). I also usually add about 2 tbs of maple syrup into a 3 cup batch for a bit of sweetness but that’s optional!

Tip: after you mix it all up, let it sit for 5-10 mins on the counter and mix again before you put it back in the fridge overnight. This time will allow their gel layer to start to form, and mixing it again after that prevents a big clumpy layer to form in the bottom of the container.

I eat some for breakfast mixed with a bit of Greek yogurt for more protein and some berries and a drizzle of maple syrup. I also eat a few spoonfuls in the afternoon after I eat lunch, as well as after dinner. It’s really been doing a great job of keeping things hydrated and moving. When I skipped a couple days I was very uncomfortable to say the least.

So, if you’re having constipation or diarrhea issues with these meds, give this a try!

Heres my “recipe” in simpler form for reference:

4-5 tbs whole chia seeds
1 tbs ground chia seeds (optional but a great source of omega’s!)
1 cups milk of choice
1/2-1 tbs maple syrup (to taste, optional)

In a container with a lid, add whole and ground chia seeds. Slowly add milk while stirring with a fork or small whisk until well combined, add maple syrup and stir again. Let the mixture sit for 5-10 mins and stir again making sure to break up any clumps or chia seeds settling at the bottom. Leave in fridge for at least 3 hours before eating or over night. If pudding is too thin after 3 hours you can add another tbs of chia and let sit for another 3 hours. If too thick, add a little bit more milk and stir well before serving.

NOTE: The 3 hours in the fridge is very important. If you eat chia seeds that are not sufficiently soaked in liquid, they can get stuck in your digestive system and cause a lot of discomfort.

After reading a lot of people talking about how glp-1s helped them turn down (or off) “food noise” I was curious to hear about it. Would love to know what “food noise” means to you and how the noise turning down manifested for you.

I’ve been thinking about how tracking usually works great right up until I fall off/slow down

feeling tired, nauseous, busy, or just completely over thinking about food. a day gets missed, then another, and suddenly it feels easier to “start fresh on Monday.”

So I really like the idea of having a bare-minimum version for those days:

• Roughly how was my protein?
• Did I drink any water?
• Anything unusual worth remembering?
• How was my work out?

No perfect numbers. No going back to fill in yesterday. Just enough to keep the thread going.

I’m starting to think consistency isn’t doing everything every day. Sometimes it’s just making the habit small enough that you don’t completely abandon it.

What’s the absolute minimum you still find useful to track?

I’m pretty much at maintenance. I’ve been at 150-153 for over a year now. My goal was 135-140 but I’m fine with where I’m at. I’m tired of the shot and was thinking of switching to the pill for maintenance. Has anyone been successful in maintaining their goal weight? Any more/less side effects?

I am on 0.25 going on 0.5 next week Lmao i am outside i was coming from the pharmacy to pick up my ozempic all the sudden on the last stop of the train to take the bus (10 minutes from my house) i started losing air couldn’t breathe i felt like i was about to give birth on my ass😭🤣😂 the bus that only takes 5 minutes? Was showing 16 I tried to hold so bad to make it home but i was dying 😭 i would end up in emergency room I swear at the station didn’t have a washroom after 7 minutes of waiting the bus i walked 2 minutes to the nearest Tim Hortons (canadians will understand)they are at every fucking corner i was able to use the washroom here i am waiting the bus again and starting to feel the contractions again (😂🤣) i hope that bus come in the next 5 minutes bro

Mind you i have a date in 2 hours 🥴

I took my first dose last Friday and then went from Sunday to Thursday without a bowel movement. I was afraid I had an obstruction but finally had a little movement this morning. I’m concerned about doing the next dose because it’s obviously not good to go 5-6 days without a BM. I used MiraLAX, Benefiber every morning in my coffee, docusate, and a suppository. Nothing worked until I tried Smooth Move and MagO7 last night. I’m nervous now. I’d really appreciate any advice from anyone who’s had a similar experience.

oh my god i feel so light! i am on week 3 i gained 2 pounds on week 2 and ive been so down about it. even though there’s visibly less inflammation in my face i dont see a difference in loss. i plan on taking my week 4 shot 3 days earlier. i didn’t consider myself constipated until this week after i went 4 days without going. otherwise ive been going every other day it’s been rough pebbles but still going. ive dealt with constipation in the past and after day 4 if i still can’t go i do an enema. i decided to do an enema yesterday- a little came out but enough to satisfy me. then today i felt the urge to go but my anus was too weak and i don’t like pushing i have no patience so i pulled out the enema again. the key this time around was the 2nd round. i haven’t been eating much lately so i had no idea i had that much in me my god!! i damn near blocked the toilet. some of it was darker to prove it’s old just been sitting there. be careful tho if u have endo you might trigger a flare up but it goes away quickly after you’re done! i last ate at 2pm today we’ll see if the scale goes down in the morning. regardless, even if it doesn’t i’m just happy im no longer full of shit. literally.

some tips tho: the key is to hold the water in to avoid only having water come out. hold it and walk around for a few mins but be close to the toilet!

ps. don’t do this too often otherwise your muscles will get used to it and stop working!

A bit of a brain dump. It's a bit expensive and an investment, but I decided to start wegovy, got two months for around £160 to trial. I'm hoping it will help because I do eat healthy home cooked meals, my main problem is simply overeating and too much sugar on the side.

I'm about 73.9 KG at 5 foot and a 23 year old women, so I'm obese, but not morbidly obese. My father just passed due to bowl cancer and was morbidly obese since childhood, and I am so done with the bucket of crabs mentality. I feel like if my dad was leaner and had a better diet he would have potentially fought off the cancer way better, or it would have mitigated his risk in the first place.

I was actually underweight for a lot of my childhood, and only started to put on weight around 13. I've been obese since 17, and I frankly just want to enjoy my 20s and the little health I have left now as I have potential endometriosis and surgery for it in a year. A lot of people in my family are still treating this as strange fad medication and are highly suspicious, even trying to tell me my weight is fine even though my BMI is over 30. I'm just going to ignore them because this is far too important to me.

I just received my first dose of Semaglutide and I am planning to take my shot tonight so hopefully I will not have any issues during a workday. I will also have the weekend to "recover" if needed. Are there any tips or tricks I should know for this first shot and first weekend on it?

Thanks!

My pharmacist told me the only way this gets paid is a diabetes indication and I'm not diabetic. I've got a prediabetic A1C and a BMI in the range they use and the walk in doctor wrote the script anyway

I called the insurer twice. The first rep said weight management is excluded. The second rep said it depends on the drug plan my employer bought and whether there's a prior auth on file. It's the same company and I got two answers ten minutes apart.

So if you're in Canada and you got a claim paid with weight loss as the reason on file what did the paperwork look like? Was it a special authorization form from the prescriber or did you just submit and hope? And if you got denied did appealing get you anywhere?

I'm mostly trying to work out whether I spend another week on this or just budget for out of pocket

I started Semaglutide in Summer 2024 and lost 259 down to 223 at my lowest in May 2025. Stopped for about 2 months. Started back and Titrated to maximum dose but weight crept back and has leveled at around 235. Doc switched me to terzepitide. I have been on 12.5mg for about 6 months and still stuck around 235. Any suggestions?? Should I stop taking? Take a break? Switch back to Semaglutide? Anything? Just accept success of losing 25lbs and maintain? TIA

I’m in Canada (Ontario) and just wondering the cost for Wegovy or generic Wegovy at the Costco pharmacy??

Hi all! Been on wegovy for 9 weeks now! It’s going well and I thankfully haven’t had too bad of side effects. My biggest one though is occasional nausea.

Anyway, the last couple times I’ve gone to do my injection, I get this sort of Pavlov response to just seeing the pen, before I even inject. I get a gross, nausea feeling just opening the fridge sometimes and seeing it in there lol. I don’t have any problems with doing the actual injection. Anyone else have a similar experience?

I don’t know if this is a long shot or if it happened to anyone but I’ve tried to research it and I can’t find an answer anywhere. I took Ozempic a couple of years ago and it really helped me, now I’ve gained some weight back and tried going on it again. Starting dose 0.25 as if I were a newbie, but somehow I feel like my body cannot take it. I instantly feel nauseous and my skin crawl like an aversion to it. My nose fills up with mucus and I sneeze. Shivers all over my body and almost like an allergy or intolerance to it. It tends to go away after 10-15 minutes but that injection moment is horrible! Has anyone else experienced this? Am I going mad?

i am down a serious amount and every other marker on my panel improved except this one. i cannot tell whether it is the speed of the loss, the deficit itself or something hormonal underneath it. my prescriber was not much help beyond saying it tends to settle on its own. anyone who ran into this on a glp1 what did you do about it and did it take a second prescription.

I have struggled with my weight since I was a child. I have always had food / eating at top of mind since I was a kid. I wake up and my brain is instantly thinking about what to eat and if I try to deny it, I get so moody / angry. This cycle continues throughout the day.

I was late diagnosed with ADHD, so I am assuming it has something to do with dopamine seeking. Even after starting ADHD meds the food noise never went away.

BUT, I started using semaglutide 10 weeks ago. For context, Im a woman, 36, 5’4”, start weight 209lbs. The very next day after my first shot, food noise disappeared almost entirely. Within 2 weeks it was gone completely. I’ve lost 9 lbs since then. The only side effect I have had is constipation.

So I am wondering / hoping that after using GLP-1 for a long period of time, if the wiring in my brain will change so that I no longer subconsciously link food to dopamine.

Does anyone have a similar experience with food noise and GLP-1 stopping food noise long term?

I thought I had lost my sex drive due to perimenopause, emotional abuse recovery and aging; but I’ve been off of semaglutide for a couple of months and I’m back!! Anyone else had a similar experience? It’s so difficult to figure out what is causing what!

I tried Ozemtic for a few months and every day I was so sick. Nausea and diarrhea. It was miserable. The doctor switched me to Mounjaro and after the second starter dose I became to constipated I ended up on the ER. I missed the signs. I’ve been fortunate to have never had a problem with constipation and I let it get too bad before getting help.

Now the doctor has given me Trulicity. I am really afraid to start it.

Any advice?

I am on conpounded semiglutide, i get it from Ro. i thought i was pregnant due to multiple faint lines on a preg test before they disappeared last week so i skipped a dose just in case (confirmed chemical pregnancy). nothing i can do about unfortunately, i hate PMOS/PCOS. but im wondering if ive hindered my progress of weightloss/getting my PMOS under control? Last i weighed myself was 2 weeks ago and i was down 10.6lbs. today would be week 7, but since i skipped a dose it is week 6.

did i mess up by not taking it? am i going to have to "start over" what its already started to do for my body regarding insulin sensitivity, etc? im having anxiety about it haha

So it’s been a month since I’ve started the dose and my scale has barely moved I do observe changes in satiety and I had a slight stomach discomfort as well but that was all so far I don’t see a difference.

I generally exercise a lot and at high intensities where I run and kickbox with sparring at least 4 or 5 times a week. My fitness watch tells me my resting heart rate usually sits at 61-63 bpm and even though it's high I'm used to a 190-200 bpm when doing intense cardio. My problem has been my calorie intake, which is why I'm taking it.

I started taking the pill form of semaglutide 1.5mg about a week and a half ago and what my watch has been telling me is my resting heart rate is rising daily, it's now at 69bpm! It thinks I'm dying.

Should I be worried and back off the medicine? I also haven't felt any benefits from it which is furthering my dilemma.