Why Am I Not Losing Weight on Foundayo?
Foundayo (orforglipron) is a once-daily weight-loss tablet, authorised in the UK by the MHRA in August 2026, and the forums that have grown up around it are full of one particular question. People take the tablet, step on the scales and find that the number has not moved, sometimes for weeks, sometimes for months.
The accounts below come from public posts and cannot show how common a slow start is, or what lies behind it in any one person. What they do show is how varied the experience of waiting can be: the silence of a first dose, the disappointment of a plateau, the comparison with an older medicine, and the many explanations people reach for.
When the Starter Dose Seems to Do Nothing
For some, the first weeks pass with no change at all, neither on the scale nor in the body. One person, a month into the lowest dose, put it in a few flat sentences.
"One month on 0.8 absolutely nothing happened. No weight loss but no side effects. Started 2.5 one week ago; same."
– loveshoes1
A flat scale does not always mean a flat experience. Another person, three weeks in on the same dose, reported almost no side effects and no weight lost, yet pointed to smaller changes elsewhere.
"I'm about 3 weeks in on 0.8 and have had almost zero side effects (everything very manageable), but haven't lost any weight really. I am less bloated and I sleep better, though!"
– WatchOut4Sharks
Appetite is the other thing people watch, and it does not always travel with the scale. At 2.5mg, one poster noticed the change in hunger first and was already looking ahead to the dose after that.
"I’ve noticed a decrease in appetite with the 2.5mg but haven’t lost any weight. Going to start the 5.5mg in a couple of days - I hope it works for us!"
– Penny-Trader89
That habit of looking ahead runs through almost every account of a slow start, and the later months bring a different kind of waiting.
Months In, Still Waiting
By the second and third month the tone of the posts changes. The question is no longer whether anything is happening but whether it ever will, and curiosity can give way to discouragement.
"I started taking .8mg, gained 5lbs. Then went to 2.5mg month 2, no weight loss. Just started 5.5mg today and am feeling super discouraged."
– GratitudeInChi
Yet the same threads contain people for whom the scale did eventually move, and who describe the delay as a stage rather than a verdict. One man, writing in September, set out his months in a plain run of dates and doses, starting with a month in which he lost nothing.
"Male 62 yrs old. Started 6/1 at 214 lbs. Lost nothing the first month. Increased to 2.5 mg the second month and lost a couple lbs. Aug 1 started 5.5 mg and now on Sept 12 I'm at 198 lbs."
– Ned-Racine80
Not everyone is inclined to wait, and for some the cost of waiting is part of the calculation. Two months in, one person weighed how they felt against what the tablets cost.
"Two months in, feeling awful with no weight loss. Kind of a lot of money to feel this bad with no real results."
– Fabulous-Opposite-37
For many people, the sharpest comparison is with whatever they took before, and the next group of accounts are shaped by it.
When Another Medicine Came First
A good number of people reach Foundayo from an injection, and they arrive with a benchmark. One person remembered a very different first month on Zepbound.
"I did 0.8 for a month and lost nothing. Sad about it because when I was on zepbound, I lost a lot that first month. Just starting 2.5 today but my expectations are very low. I have 0 side effects and my hunger is still there"
– Sarahhh030
Someone who had stalled on an injectable for a year and switched partly to stop injecting gave a more cautious early reading, and was careful about what could be drawn from it so soon.
"I was stalled on tirzepatide for a year at the highest dosage and so far on Foundayo, I've lost 1-2lbs. It might be too soon for me to have gained weight back because some of those weeks I would've still had a good amount of tirzepatide in my system."
– Ok-Particular-8683
Others describe the change in terms of appetite rather than weight. After a break from another weight-loss medicine, one person saw old habits return, then a stretch with no movement in either direction.
"I did start noticing the food noise returning within a week or so of stopping, and the weight loss stalled. I’ve been on Foundayo for the last 6 weeks and am currently on 2.5mg. I have had zero side effects. However the food noise has come back with a vengeance and it’s taken everything in me to not regain. I have not lost or gained any weight in this time."
– HairballProphet
The most downbeat account in this group describes the opposite of loss, a gain across the first two doses.
"I ended up gaining 12 pounds in 2 months on .8 and 2.5. I’m on 5.5 now and there’s no change in the overwhelming food noise."
– AMDCle
Whatever their starting point, people on the tablet keep returning to the same picture of progress, which is rarely a straight line.
Waves, Plateaus and Knowing When to Stop
Those who do see the scale move often describe the path as uneven. One poster, replying to a question about what counts as normal, laid out a pattern of progress that comes and goes.
"I think it’s normal in the beginning. For me it comes in waves. Lose a few, plateau, maybe gain a pound or two, then another drop , rinse, repeat. But overall the trend is downward."
– Mathamagician77
A loop of a different kind appeared in a four-month update from someone who had gone up through the doses. Their account is as much about hunger and dosing as about the number on the scale.
"After 4 months, I am stuck at ~168-169lbs. One thing I noticed was that when I was nearing the end of the month, I end up feeling hungrier so I end up increasing the dosage. My goal was to lose 10lbs but I ended up only losing 7-ish pounds."
– Kekandlols
Then there are people who reach a point and are content with it. One poster, down about fifteen pounds, described a plateau without regret.
"I've plateau'd in terms of how useful it is for me, and I'm not losing more weight, but hey! No side effects and down 15 pounds is pretty nice"
– NormalGuyPosts
What separates these three accounts is less the weight than what each person decided it meant, and that is where the theories begin.
What People Blame, and What Others Question
When the scale stalls, people look for a reason, and the reasons are mostly everyday ones. One person tied a plateau to broken sleep and described the scale moving again once the nights improved.
"I hit a weight plateau for a couple of weeks when I wasn’t sleeping enough (less than 7–8 hours straight). I even regained about 4 pounds, but once I got back to normal sleep, the scale started moving again."
– West-Shoulder1521
Circumstance can be just as blunt. Dental surgery three weeks into the tablet left one person unable to chew, and their own explanation was simple.
"I had the poor timing of having to have major dental surgery about 3 weeks into starting foundayo. I couldn't chew, still can't eat much. I did find I haven't lost much since my protein intake is so low."
– JGonzoX3
For another, the change was gradual and domestic, a good first month followed by a slower one as the food in the house shifted.
"The first month I stuck to oatmeal with nuts and berries and yogurt or kefir for breakfast, bean soup or burritos for lunch, and something lean like seafood for dinner and I lost 12 lbs! Since then my wife has been baking more sweets and weight loss has slowed down."
– StudsMcLovin
These are personal readings of personal situations, and other commenters are not always sympathetic to them. A reply to someone wondering whether they were a non-responder shows the questioning that can greet a stall.
"How sure are you that you're only eating 1100-1300 calories? That's always my biggest issue. Are you utilizing a food scale and weighing/measuring everything? Are you including all intake - including "free" foods? That's where I always start if I think I'm eating at a reduced amount but not losing."
– JustInCase99
The same threads can be more direct still. In a conversation about someone being discouraged after a gap in taking the tablet, another commenter put the objection bluntly.
"You’ve been on it less than three months, still on starter doses, and literally skipped it for a few weeks(!!) and you’re genuinely blaming the medication for not working?"
– Better_Ambassador459
What Does Medino's Pharmacist Think?
"What stands out in these accounts is how much weight people put on a single number. Some are comparing themselves with a previous medicine, some are watching appetite instead of the scales, and some are simply counting weeks. The experiences are very individual, and a quiet scale clearly feels different depending on where each person has come from."
– Alessandro Grenci, Pharmacist at Medino
A Question With Many Answers
Read together, these accounts describe a question that has no single answer in the forums. For some people the scale is silent for weeks and then moves; for others it stalls after a good start; for a few it never moves the way they hoped. What recurs is the way people measure the wait, in doses, months, pounds, appetite and cost, and the way they compare notes with strangers who are doing exactly the same.
