Lifestyle Changes: Four Focuses for Elevating Weight Loss on Wegovy

Healthy diet plans

Fad diets are no longer a recommendation if you are looking for sustainable weight loss, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be implementing a healthy and balanced diet plan to optimise your progress. Weight loss injections such as Wegovy help to slow the movement of food through your stomach, making you feel fuller for longer. However, it is important you still put the right foods into your system to make progress. 

The NHS recommends a diet that is high in fiber and includes at least 5 portions of fruit and veg a day. It's important not to cut out important food groups like fat and carbohydrates, however, to get the best weight loss you should take care to cut down the size of these portions. Eating less fat and carbohydrates and opting for wholefood options and unsaturated natural fats is the best way to do this.

Exercise routines

NHS guidance recommends that adults should look to conduct ‘at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity a week’, and this could be increased to accelerate weight loss results. Trying a variety of different exercises could help you to find a regime that works best for you based on your schedule and your capabilities. As you get fitter and lose weight, your exercise plan should evolve to ensure you are always maximising the calories you burn and exercising all muscle groups correctly. 

Exercising regularly isn’t just important for losing weight and by implementing an evolving exercise regime you can help to build habits that will help you to keep off the weight you lose going forward.

Sleep health and hygiene

It cannot be understated how important sleep is to ensure your body functions to its highest potential, especially when you are trying to lose weight. When we sleep, our bodies repair damage, recharge and prepare for the following day. 

Poor sleep leaves us tired, unenergised and more likely to overeat fatty and sugar foods to try to offset this dip in drive. In one study, participants who underslept ate on average 300 more calories a day than those who were well rested, and didn’t produce enough energy to eliminate this extra calorific energy. This pattern of behaviour can limit weight loss and increase weight gain, regardless of whether your weight loss is supported by a prescription medication like Wegovy.

Routine

Implementing a routine is an essential tool when building a weight loss plan that works, especially when using Wegovy. It might be easy to rely too heavily on your Wegovy prescription to do the ‘heavy lifting’ in your weight loss plan, but getting into a routine with your diet, exercise and sleep regime will help you to stick to it. 

Losing weight is not a fast process, especially if you want results that will last. Building a routine that works for you and your day-to-day lifestyle helps you to build a weight loss plan that turns into a way of living; the result being weight loss results that you can actually maintain.

How to take Wegovy

Wegovy contains the active ingredient semaglutide to imitate hormones in the body that encourage the production of insulin and lower blood sugar, the effect of which is a slowing of the movement of food through the stomach. It is administered once weekly via injection pen in dosages that increase over the course of the medication, at your physician's recommendation. 

You should administer your wegovy injection subcutaneously, meaning into the skin, via the upper arm, abdomen, or thigh. You should be careful to avoid administering your Wegovy injection in the exact same place each time. Take care to clean the injection site properly to avoid infection. 

You can expect to see weight loss after the first few weeks of use, with most semaglutide users seeing around a 5% decrease in body weight in the first month.

Online weight loss consultations from Pharmacy2U

Wegovy is only available in the UK via a prescription. If you meet the eligibility criteria, you might be able to integrate Wegovy or another weight loss medication into your weight loss plan. Start by undertaking an online consultation. After we receive your form, a licensed medical professional will assess your case and offer you advice about an appropriate course of action, which might include prescription of a medicated weight loss aid such as Wegovy, Saxenda, or Orlistat.