Top 5 Ways to Increase Weight Loss on Wegovy

Wegovy—the brand name for semaglutide injections for weight loss—is a revolutionary medication that can help make medical weight loss easier and more viable for a larger population of people. The weekly injection is FDA-approved to help people struggling with their weight and/or weight-related health conditions to lose weight and improve their overall health.

However, semaglutide is not a miracle drug. Patients still need to work toward curating a healthier lifestyle to see the best possible results. Wegovy is simply a tool that makes this process easier and sometimes faster.

Allure Esthetic Plastic Surgery provides prescription weight loss medications including Wegovy to qualifying patients. With an at-home delivery option and virtual appointments available, patients can begin their journey with few interruptions to their normal routine. Medical providers check in with patients monthly to evaluate their results and provide guidance on ways to increase weight loss on Wegovy. The most common ways are listed below.

#1: Make Healthy Diet Changes

Semaglutide—as a glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1)—naturally helps reduce the amount of food eaten. It may also help discourage eating certain foods by causing an upset stomach or worsening side effects when certain foods are eaten. However, this may only happen after starting the medication or increasing the dose. Still, it is highly recommended that patients work to make healthy diet changes while taking Wegovy in Seattle.

Like with traditional diet and exercise, it is best not to force too much change at any given point. Gradual changes and improvements tend to lead to better and longer-lasting results. Suggested changes will depend on a patient’s current diet, food allergies, and any restrictions they may have.

Commonly recommended diet changes may include:

• Reduce intake of processed foods
• Increase fruit and vegetable consumption
• Focus on healthy fats such as those found in nuts, olive oil, and other natural oils, avocadoes, and seeds
• Reduce foods with unhealthy fats like those in butter, red meat, and full-fat dairy products
• Limit meat intake, especially red meat
• Drink more water
• Do not severely reduce carbs, but focus on getting them from better sources such as fruit, vegetables, and whole grains

#2: Get More Exercise

Exercise is another component that can truly make a difference when it comes to weight loss on Wegovy. Like with diet, it can be difficult to integrate regular exercise into your routine if you try too much too fast. Depending on a person’s situation, strenuous exercise may not be possible or feasible. 

Our medical professionals often recommend starting by slowly including more exercise in your normal routine. This could include taking the stairs one or two floors instead of the elevator, walking to do errands instead of driving, or stretching before bed. Strength exercises are often more effective at fat loss than cardio alone. Therefore, lifting weights, yoga, and pilates can all be great options.

Your provider can help patients brainstorm ways to get more exercise in while considering mobility problems and lifestyle. Small, mindful changes are often best.

#3 Get More Sleep

Whether taking Wegovy for weight loss or not, getting enough good quality sleep is important for weight loss. Beyond simply being good for overall health, getting enough sleep can influence hunger cues, increase motivation to exercise, help a patient feel more energized, and generally promote better-regulated hormones.

Understandably, we all have busy lives with obligations that often cut into getting enough sleep. While some of these cannot be addressed, patients may consider if any other health or mental health conditions could be influencing their sleep and take steps to rectify their effects on sleep. If getting enough sleep regularly is a challenge, discuss this with your provider during your consultation.

#4: Explore Stress Management

Stress—like sleep—has a humongous impact on the full body. High stress can influence hunger (including making a person feel either more or less hungry) and cause cravings for unhealthy foods high in sugar, calories, and saturated fats. Mindful practices such as meditation, yoga, and breathing exercises may help lower stress. Other times, lifestyle changes may be necessary such as reevaluating your work-life balance. Finally, sometimes therapy and medication can help manage stress and mental health conditions that may increase stress.

High-stress levels often make people who do not exercise regularly less likely to. Though, exercise can be a great way to lower stress levels and manage health conditions that can impact it. If stress is a major consideration for your medical weight loss journey, mention it to your provider who can help curate your plan to account for these challenges.

#5: Continue To Make Lifestyle Changes

Weight loss—with Wegovy or without—is reliant on making purposeful, strategic, and long term changes in lifestyle. While the exact changes will look different for everyone, patients must always seek to improve their lifestyle when possible. Also, making sure that you do not revert to bad habits once reaching your weight loss goal is important for maintaining long term weight loss.

This is why gradual changes are generally recommended. They help patients better integrate these habits into their lifestyle for lifelong health improvements. Additionally, Wegovy can help make these lifestyle changes easier by allowing for more experimentation without fearing major setbacks in progress.

However, making absolutely no effort to update your lifestyle may lead to little to no weight loss on Wegovy. Small changes are better than none, and your provider can guide you through your medical weight loss journey.

Conclusion

Allure Esthetic Plastic Surgery is a premier plastic surgery practice and medical spa in Seattle, WA. Alongside traditional plastic surgery and medical spa procedures, Allure Esthetic’s providers help patients from around the state become healthier with medical weight loss. Our medical weight loss program is customized to fit each patient to help them see the optimal results. Allure Esthetic Plastic Surgery offers the best semaglutide weight loss program in Seattle, WA. 

To learn more and schedule a consultation, call us at 206-209-0988. Patients can also reach out online via chat, contact form, or Price Simulator.