My personal experience of taking weight loss injections
Woohoo, 2 weeks in and I have hit my first big milestone, 1 stone lost.
On Saturday I went out to a café with my friend and ordered an avocado and hummus sandwich, on thick brown bread. I ate half of it and stopped. Then I wrapped it in my napkin and popped it in my bag to take home. She asked me if it was because I was full, or if I was just choosing to only eat half. My honest answer was, I don’t know.
I’m calorie counting again, it’s weird. It’s easy because I’m not eating much. And I’m counting for 2 reasons. Firstly, it is because I feel that I have to re-learn what a ‘normal’ amount to eat is. But also, to make sure I am eating enough.
I have joined a couple of Facebook pages and have been reading everyone’s posts. It is a bit scary how people are finding their workarounds for using the medication. I have been particularly fascinated by the discovery of the free 5th dose.
Today is day six and I have no negative symptoms to report. I’m having normal, regular bowel movements, I haven’t noticed any feelings of sickness, no headaches, not a single side effect that I can identify. Well, just one. The food noise is gone.
If you’re reading this blog, chances are you’ve been or are overweight and I’m hoping that this will resonate with you. I need to talk to you about the scales. Yesterday I kept my promise. I did not get on the scales, that sounds like it really ought to be easy, and it was so hard.
It’s here! My prescription arrived on Saturday 10 May while I was away at the NLP International Conference, so I had to wait until I got home at 9.45pm on Sunday to have my first injection.
The journey begins. Well nearly. I placed my order on Asda Doctor Online a week ago, and following their approval process, my order has finally been released. Now I just have to wait for it to be delivered and the delivery window is 4 days long. I have already shown extreme patience. It’s been 3 whole weeks since I made the decision to ask for weight loss medication.
I plan to post whenever I have something to share. I want to capture my thoughts in the moment, so please expect the odd typo or grammatical error. I’m not trying to be polished, just honest. I’m learning as I go.
If you want to read my story from the beginning go back to my first blog Friday 10 May 2024 -The journey begins
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