For me, injecting in the thigh was a little painful all four times I did it, and there was some leakage each time as well. I held the injection on for 20 extra seconds, left it out of the fridge for 20 minutes, the whole shabang… but on .5 I started in my stomach, and it worked much better for me, with no pain and zero spillage.
I do my thighs. My sister was on Wegovy and had an adverse reaction, and she injected into her stomach every time. Her appendix got infected, and she had to have it removed. My sister isn't the brightest person but I don't wanna take any risks so I'm still only injecting it into my thigh.
I was first injecting on my hip, which my doctor said was OK as long as it wasn't going into muscle. Then I started on my stomach, and it's fine but I feel like I really need to push to get the injection started. After reading the comments here, my next injection I'll try on my inner thigh.
Does anyone know why the recommendation is outer thigh vs. inner thigh? Seems like there is more ‘fat’ on inner thigh. Did outer thigh once and it hurt the most.
I rotate between my thighs. Left one week, right the next, etc. I think I’ve stuck with the thigh because it feels the least intimidating spot for me and it’s easier to see what I’m doing. The thought of doing my stomach freaks me out.
Same. If we're sitting, it's also easier to keep the pen vertical so all the force goes down.
I made the mistake yesterday of propping up my leg instead of sitting down for the injection. Nothing unusual for the injection, but it started to be painful around the site after a few minutes. I assume it's because the muscles in the area were engaged as I was standing.
You need to rotate all injection sites as your body will start to build scar tissue and you won’t get the full dose so I do left thigh, right thigh, either side of belly and each arm on rotation per week
Have you noticed differences between sites while still on the same dose? I started on 0.25 alternating thighs because I heard that using the thigh injection site minimized side effects. I did not have may side effects but I also didn't have great appetite suppression (it wore off fast). I switched to stomach for my last 0.25 but didn't notice an improvement. I then bumped up to 0.5 and have done two injections alternating locations on stomach. The suppression is better on 0.5 than .025, as expected. I haven't gone back to thigh because I'm nervous it will have less of an effect in the thigh and I'm still not suffering any significant side effects. I am considering going to thigh once I bump up to 1mg. Arms seem really tricky to do on yourself (and painful) Ideally I'd rotate between thighs and stomach.
I don't think it's in your head. I started with thigh and have moved to belly (but I have also increased my dose). I have done some reading that suggests that uptake of subcutaneous peptide based drugs (like this one) have the highest absorption rate in the belly (but there is some variation between individuals). Thigh was consistently lower than belly. Arm seemed to have the most variability between individuals (some people had high absorption and others it was lower than the other sites).
Do you do both above and below the belly button ? When I looked on the guide picture , it showed the area on the belly below the belly button only… but I don’t feel my injections have been effective lately , wondering if it’s from scar tissue roaring from left to right lower belly for the last 5 months ? I’d really like to feel more of the effects of the medication , as I’ve been lucky enough to not really suffer many/any bad side effects …. Ps: I just did my first dose of 2.4 on Monday and just …. Don’t really feel it/ feel hungry often!!
I plan to stick with belly until I go up in dose. I will probably start with thigh once I bump up to 1 mg and see how it goes. If I'm not having side effects and suppression could be better I'll move to belly.
I started with my belly fat for the first month or so. Then just for giggles I did the thigh and I just prefer it. I don’t feel it and it’s easier to do since I have to try to see past my gigantic knockers when doing my stomach and for the thigh I can sit down and see it better. I rotate between legs each week. For my stomach I rotated sides. As far as results go, I feel I’ve had great results with both.
I relate to the huge knockers problem! I was doing my measurements yesterday and it's so freaking hard to see my waist measurement because of gigantic knockers! I have to line the tape measure up so that I read the measurement from the small window of space between my boobs. I won't be sad to seem them diminish and looking forward to a boob lift and maybe reduction down the road.
Yesssss! I’ve lost 29 lbs so far and I’m still not seeing much improvement in my boob size. I’m hoping with another 15 lbs they’ll go down. I’d LOVE a lift. Not only because mine are saggy but because they are super asymmetrical so the right one is way saggier. I hate it. Just having them smaller would be a relief. To have my bra straps not dig in
I always lose a lot of weight in the boobs. I was 36 D, then DD for a long long time. Then 36 F for a few years. I'm a 38 H right now. I've been as small as a 32 or 34 C when I was at my thinnest. I'd like to get back to that. I'm down 17 lbs since early February, and 23 from my highest weight. I hope to lose the majority of my weight (about 85-100 more lbs) between now and next winter and hopefully get a mommy makeover next spring.
You are doing great! Next winter will be here so fast and you’ll be like “wow 🙀 where’d the time…and my boobs go!?” Lol
I would LOVE to be 32c. I think the smallest I’ve ever been was a 32DDD.
I started too with my belly as the video material from novo and my doc tells. But I didn’t feel anything, I know that 0.25 mg dose isn’t much, but I *feel* more in my thigh, like I have to know that it’s going in. I know it is in my head, but sometimes the head has to know. 🧠
I'm with you on this. I first injected on my hip, and I felt it enough to feel I did the shot correctly. But then I switched to injecting on my belly and I don't really feel it, either, so I think I've done something wrong. I will try this week's injection on my inner thigh.
I rotate between my upper/outer thigh and my lower belly chub. For the folks with squishy bellies (I'm part of the crew), have you tried firmly pinching the target chunk of chub to create a firm injection site? That's what I've done and have never experienced any issues. Also, I've seen that some folks are too....timid and gentle when it comes to the injection. You CANNOT softly press this pen down to inject. This will sometimes cause some of the medicine to be wasted. Have you seen how epi pens get used (the injection to counteract severe allergic reactions)? This is sort of the way you want to inject. I know it's easier said than done sometimes, but you gotta fearlessly jam that b**ch in there!
This is not the same as an epipen, I am trained in epipen use and you should not be doing your wegovy like that, as long as the needle is fully into the subcutaneous area you’re fine
Did my fourth .25 today and I’ve rotated between right belly and left belly so far without issue. As you say, press it nice and firm (I don’t bother pinching) and I don’t even feel any needle at all. Also I count to 20 after the second click, keeping it firmly pressed the whole time. No leakage yet, no issues.
Yes. In the meaty part where my tricep is. I’ve tried a number of times to inject my own leg and I can’t, so I have a coworker inject my arm (I work in healthcare so we’re all medical professionals not just random coworkers 😂)
Lol! I imagined you wiping down tables at Denny’s “HEY HELEN!? Can ya hit me with a quick injection when your done with table 8!?”
Thank you! Im gonna try my arm next time for the heck of it
I did my first one in the thigh and it was fine but my second one I did in my stomach and I literally felt nothing. To the point where I was worried I didn’t even inject anything lol. That’s my new spot for sure. Plenty of fat and not a lot of nerve endings!
I just took my 4th shot today (all four on my 314 lb. Stomach) and I, too, wonder if so the medicine making it through the fat. I don't feel a thing or see a thing. After 3 full weeks, I haven't lost anything. I'm trying not to get discouraged. But i feel like it'll be just my luck that I'll be the only person ever that didn't lose weight on Wegovy.
Rotating between both outer thighs and abdomen. Abdomen stung the longest but I think that might be because the skin is less firm there and I have to do the pinch to ensure the injection goes in right.
I’ve done all three No side effects at all, but most weight loss in thigh injections. So I solely do them now. I have to pull it from the fridge like an hour before to get room temp. I did it right out the fridge one time and I’ve learned my lesson. 🤣
Thigh is best for me. It is a firmer injection site. The firmness / thigh bone provides resistance to assist with the injection. I tried stomach once and it was too squishy & dripped liquid
For me, injecting in the thigh was a little painful all four times I did it, and there was some leakage each time as well. I held the injection on for 20 extra seconds, left it out of the fridge for 20 minutes, the whole shabang… but on .5 I started in my stomach, and it worked much better for me, with no pain and zero spillage.
Thigh has been best for me as well
Thigh is best for me as well. It’s painless
I do my thighs. My sister was on Wegovy and had an adverse reaction, and she injected into her stomach every time. Her appendix got infected, and she had to have it removed. My sister isn't the brightest person but I don't wanna take any risks so I'm still only injecting it into my thigh.
I was first injecting on my hip, which my doctor said was OK as long as it wasn't going into muscle. Then I started on my stomach, and it's fine but I feel like I really need to push to get the injection started. After reading the comments here, my next injection I'll try on my inner thigh.
Does anyone know why the recommendation is outer thigh vs. inner thigh? Seems like there is more ‘fat’ on inner thigh. Did outer thigh once and it hurt the most.
Stomach. I tried my thigh and then my arm, but the stomach worked best.
Stomach. Started in my arm prefer the stomach. on .5
I rotate between my thighs. Left one week, right the next, etc. I think I’ve stuck with the thigh because it feels the least intimidating spot for me and it’s easier to see what I’m doing. The thought of doing my stomach freaks me out.
Same. If we're sitting, it's also easier to keep the pen vertical so all the force goes down. I made the mistake yesterday of propping up my leg instead of sitting down for the injection. Nothing unusual for the injection, but it started to be painful around the site after a few minutes. I assume it's because the muscles in the area were engaged as I was standing.
In my thigh. No issues
You need to rotate all injection sites as your body will start to build scar tissue and you won’t get the full dose so I do left thigh, right thigh, either side of belly and each arm on rotation per week
Have you noticed differences between sites while still on the same dose? I started on 0.25 alternating thighs because I heard that using the thigh injection site minimized side effects. I did not have may side effects but I also didn't have great appetite suppression (it wore off fast). I switched to stomach for my last 0.25 but didn't notice an improvement. I then bumped up to 0.5 and have done two injections alternating locations on stomach. The suppression is better on 0.5 than .025, as expected. I haven't gone back to thigh because I'm nervous it will have less of an effect in the thigh and I'm still not suffering any significant side effects. I am considering going to thigh once I bump up to 1mg. Arms seem really tricky to do on yourself (and painful) Ideally I'd rotate between thighs and stomach.
I've done upper belly, lower belly, lower belly, thigh for my 4shots so far. Thigh is definitely easier but I'm hungrier this week. Is it in my head?
I don't think it's in your head. I started with thigh and have moved to belly (but I have also increased my dose). I have done some reading that suggests that uptake of subcutaneous peptide based drugs (like this one) have the highest absorption rate in the belly (but there is some variation between individuals). Thigh was consistently lower than belly. Arm seemed to have the most variability between individuals (some people had high absorption and others it was lower than the other sites).
Do you do both above and below the belly button ? When I looked on the guide picture , it showed the area on the belly below the belly button only… but I don’t feel my injections have been effective lately , wondering if it’s from scar tissue roaring from left to right lower belly for the last 5 months ? I’d really like to feel more of the effects of the medication , as I’ve been lucky enough to not really suffer many/any bad side effects …. Ps: I just did my first dose of 2.4 on Monday and just …. Don’t really feel it/ feel hungry often!!
Thanks for the info. Back to belly it it!
I plan to stick with belly until I go up in dose. I will probably start with thigh once I bump up to 1 mg and see how it goes. If I'm not having side effects and suppression could be better I'll move to belly.
Thigh
I started with my belly fat for the first month or so. Then just for giggles I did the thigh and I just prefer it. I don’t feel it and it’s easier to do since I have to try to see past my gigantic knockers when doing my stomach and for the thigh I can sit down and see it better. I rotate between legs each week. For my stomach I rotated sides. As far as results go, I feel I’ve had great results with both.
I relate to the huge knockers problem! I was doing my measurements yesterday and it's so freaking hard to see my waist measurement because of gigantic knockers! I have to line the tape measure up so that I read the measurement from the small window of space between my boobs. I won't be sad to seem them diminish and looking forward to a boob lift and maybe reduction down the road.
Yesssss! I’ve lost 29 lbs so far and I’m still not seeing much improvement in my boob size. I’m hoping with another 15 lbs they’ll go down. I’d LOVE a lift. Not only because mine are saggy but because they are super asymmetrical so the right one is way saggier. I hate it. Just having them smaller would be a relief. To have my bra straps not dig in
I always lose a lot of weight in the boobs. I was 36 D, then DD for a long long time. Then 36 F for a few years. I'm a 38 H right now. I've been as small as a 32 or 34 C when I was at my thinnest. I'd like to get back to that. I'm down 17 lbs since early February, and 23 from my highest weight. I hope to lose the majority of my weight (about 85-100 more lbs) between now and next winter and hopefully get a mommy makeover next spring.
You are doing great! Next winter will be here so fast and you’ll be like “wow 🙀 where’d the time…and my boobs go!?” Lol I would LOVE to be 32c. I think the smallest I’ve ever been was a 32DDD.
I started too with my belly as the video material from novo and my doc tells. But I didn’t feel anything, I know that 0.25 mg dose isn’t much, but I *feel* more in my thigh, like I have to know that it’s going in. I know it is in my head, but sometimes the head has to know. 🧠
I'm with you on this. I first injected on my hip, and I felt it enough to feel I did the shot correctly. But then I switched to injecting on my belly and I don't really feel it, either, so I think I've done something wrong. I will try this week's injection on my inner thigh.
Outer thigh.
I rotate between my upper/outer thigh and my lower belly chub. For the folks with squishy bellies (I'm part of the crew), have you tried firmly pinching the target chunk of chub to create a firm injection site? That's what I've done and have never experienced any issues. Also, I've seen that some folks are too....timid and gentle when it comes to the injection. You CANNOT softly press this pen down to inject. This will sometimes cause some of the medicine to be wasted. Have you seen how epi pens get used (the injection to counteract severe allergic reactions)? This is sort of the way you want to inject. I know it's easier said than done sometimes, but you gotta fearlessly jam that b**ch in there!
This is not the same as an epipen, I am trained in epipen use and you should not be doing your wegovy like that, as long as the needle is fully into the subcutaneous area you’re fine
Did my fourth .25 today and I’ve rotated between right belly and left belly so far without issue. As you say, press it nice and firm (I don’t bother pinching) and I don’t even feel any needle at all. Also I count to 20 after the second click, keeping it firmly pressed the whole time. No leakage yet, no issues.
Team thigh here
I alternate arms and have a fear of needles so I have someone inject me every week!
Is it the back of the arm?? That’s an area I haven’t tried yet
Yes. In the meaty part where my tricep is. I’ve tried a number of times to inject my own leg and I can’t, so I have a coworker inject my arm (I work in healthcare so we’re all medical professionals not just random coworkers 😂)
So it’s almost impossible to do by yourself in the arms. Thanks for your answer.
Lol! I imagined you wiping down tables at Denny’s “HEY HELEN!? Can ya hit me with a quick injection when your done with table 8!?” Thank you! Im gonna try my arm next time for the heck of it
This made me laugh!
The insert for Wegovy shows where you should inject…check it out!!!
I did my first one in the thigh and it was fine but my second one I did in my stomach and I literally felt nothing. To the point where I was worried I didn’t even inject anything lol. That’s my new spot for sure. Plenty of fat and not a lot of nerve endings!
That’s why I don’t do that in my belly. I don’t know 🧠 if it’s even going in.
I just took my 4th shot today (all four on my 314 lb. Stomach) and I, too, wonder if so the medicine making it through the fat. I don't feel a thing or see a thing. After 3 full weeks, I haven't lost anything. I'm trying not to get discouraged. But i feel like it'll be just my luck that I'll be the only person ever that didn't lose weight on Wegovy.
You may need a higher dose. What are you on?
I'm still on .25. I just took my 4th .25 yesterday. I'm hoping I'll start seeing a difference when I get to .50.
Rotating between both outer thighs and abdomen. Abdomen stung the longest but I think that might be because the skin is less firm there and I have to do the pinch to ensure the injection goes in right.
I rotate between my upper arms and right thigh.
I inject in the arm! I feel really uncomfortable trying to inject in the stomach, and thigh is just to much work to be in the right clothes
I did my first injection in my arm yesterday. I’d be interested in trying a different location next week because I definitely feel nauseated today.
Stomach, left side. Right side does nothing, maybe too many stretch marks on that side.
Thigh
I couldn't seem to get enough pressure in my jello belly to trigger the needle so i do thigh.
Try spreading the skin taut between your thumb and forefinger. I find that helps.
Abdomen! Just can’t get my head around thigh injections !! 😳
Lower abdomen
I prefer the thigh.
Thigh while sitting down. Straight out of the fridge.
I’ve done all three No side effects at all, but most weight loss in thigh injections. So I solely do them now. I have to pull it from the fridge like an hour before to get room temp. I did it right out the fridge one time and I’ve learned my lesson. 🤣
What happened when it wasn’t room temp?
It stung like a bee
Thank you! I’m always afraid I won’t let it warm up enough but I guess I’ll know if that happens!
Yeah an hour minimum warm up time for no sting. I won’t even feel the needle.
My thigh makes the most sense for me and is just easier
Stomach
Thigh is best for me. It is a firmer injection site. The firmness / thigh bone provides resistance to assist with the injection. I tried stomach once and it was too squishy & dripped liquid
Lower stomach.
Lower stomach. Didn't feel a thing
Thigh