- biscuits, cakes and chocolates
- Any fried food
- Excessive amounts of alcohol
- Any food high in saturated fats
- Fizzy type drinks that are high in sugar
- Avoid energy drinks or sweetened caffeinated drinks
- Large portions of food especially takeaway food where you don't know the calorie or nutrition content.
As there isn’t a specific diet plan designed for Saxenda, you should look to reducing your calorie intake and just as importantly, get some exercise like walking.
By reducing your appetite and making your food craving more manageable, Saxenda is designed to help you to eat fewer high-calorie foods and sustain your weight loss over time.
If you find it difficult to determine what to eat, you could go to the NHS web site and follow the NHS’s weight loss plan by downloading their free NHS Weight Loss Plan app https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/lose-weight/
There are many organisations you could join to give you support like Slimming World, Get Slim, weight watchers and healthier for life plant based diet program.
Before starting a weight loss plan or exercise plan, you should speak to your GP or health care provider first, to check the suitability in relation to your medical history or conditions.
How long does the Saxenda weight Loss pen last?
Saxenda weight loss pen is administered once daily.
How much Saxenda do I need and how long does it last?
You should follow a 5-week dose escalation to reach the fully effective 3-mg dose. The 5-week dose-escalation period can reduce the likelihood of gastrointestinal symptoms.
Saxenda UK Dose
The Saxenda UK starting dose is 0.6 mg subcutaneously, SC, per day for 1 week. You should increase the dose by 0.6 mg each week until the full maintenance dose of 3 mg is reached. By the start of the fifth week you should be on the maximum maintenance dose.
Week 1 - 0.6 mg SC once daily x 7 days.
Week 2 - 1.2 mg SC once daily x 7 days.
Week 3 - 1.8 mg SC once daily x 7 days.
Week 4 - 2.4 mg SC once daily x 7 days.
Week 5 onwards ı 3.0 mg SC once daily.
You should have lost at least 5% of your starting body weight by week 12 if you want to continue with Saxenda dose.
How To Purchase Saxenda Weight Loss Pens?
We all know that to lose weight we have to eat less and exercise more but we can all benefit from a little help on our weight loss journey.
Saxenda is very effective tool to help lose weight and keep it off when used alongside healthy diet exercise.
Saxenda UK weight loss products are available by precription, to purchase Saxenda you must complete an online consultation, to make sure it is safe and suitable for you.