"after many years of steadily gaining i topped out at 330 lbs. i wanted the bypass surgery but family was not on board. after changing doctors and seeing a new endo,  she suggested victoza and i am very grateful. i just came back from my 3 week follow-up and so far i&#039;ve lost 14 pounds.  my appetite has subsided and there are many times where i know i&#039;m hungry but i just can&#039;t eat. terrible gas and diarrhea so i need to be careful from eating fruit and too much cereal. portion control is easy because i cannot finish the plate anyway.  i went up to the full dose mistakenly the end of the first week and that was not good. i went back to the middle dose and i will challenge the higher dose in a couple of weeks. good stuff. happy."