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Ozempic One Month Update
Our summary
In this one month update, Ashley says she started Ozempic after being diagnosed with diabetes two or three months earlier, and she was unsure how her body would react. She walks through the month week by week. According to her, week one brought only mild nausea, and the end of week one into week two brought a strong sense that her brain was telling her body to stop eating. Week three was harder: she says she mixed up the dose selection on the pen, had to wind it back to zero, and is not sure what dose she received. She felt little of that effect in weeks three and four. She also says cravings continued, so she cannot say the shot has helped with them.
One person's experience, in their words. Not medical advice.
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What else the video covers
By the end of week four she noticed she could go long stretches without feeling hungry. She describes a Saturday when she did not eat until about 1:30 p.m., which is unusual for her. She then films her fifth dose, the first at the higher 0.5 dose. She shows checking the medication for clarity, attaching the needle, choosing the injection site on her left arm, watching the dose counter drop to zero, and putting the needle in a sharps container. She says the spot she used last week was sore, but this one was not.
She says she is trying to be patient when she sees others online reporting losses of 50 lbs or 80 lbs. Her goals are to walk more using the Walkfit app, follow a diabetic diet with fewer carbs and sugars and more protein and fiber, and keep up her water intake and family meal planning. She does not show the scale. She reports being down 8.7 lbs, from a starting weight of 306 lbs to 297.8 lbs.
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Takeaways
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- 1:00 Ashley describes only mild nausea in week one and a strong appetite-quieting effect around the start of week two.
- 1:33 She says week three was difficult after she selected the wrong dose on the pen and is unsure what dose she got.
- 2:05 By the end of week four she says she could go long periods without hunger, though she still reports cravings.
- 3:30 She demonstrates her fifth injection, the first at the higher 0.5 dose, including checking the pen, attaching the needle and disposing of it.
- 6:26 She shares goals of walking more with the Walkfit app, following a diabetic diet and continuing meal planning.
- 9:46 She reports losing 8.7 lbs in the first month, going from 306 lbs to 297.8 lbs.
Key moments
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What the video says
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- Medication
- Ozempic
- Point in the journey
- Month 1
- Who is speaking
- Patient
Questions this video answers
How much weight did she lose in one month on Ozempic?
Ashley says she lost 8.7 lbs in her first month, going from a starting weight of 306 lbs to 297.8 lbs. She says this put her back under 300 lbs.
What side effects did she have in the first month of Ozempic?
She says she had a little nausea in week one, nothing severe. She also reports still having cravings during the month, and soreness at one arm injection site that was not present at the other.
How does she take her Ozempic dose in the video?
She cleans her hands, checks that the medication is clear and free of particles, and attaches the needle. She selects the dose, injects in her arm while watching the counter go down to zero, then puts the needle in a sharps container.
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