The 'you look sick' comment comes from someone who hasn't tracked the shift and registers the change as sudden. 180 to 155 at your height is well within a healthy range - the gasping is about perception, not health.
The plateau-then-drop pattern is consistent - composition keeps shifting between visible drops. Chocolate persisting is normal; the med suppresses volume more than specific cravings.
That pain sounds way beyond the usual nausea stuff. Rapid weight loss plus a dose bump can trigger gallbladder problems. That kind of severe upper belly pain needs follow-up even if labs were normal. I'd push for imaging with your doc, especially if it happens again.
I track everything in a spreadsheet—shot dates, pin amounts, weight, body fat %, vendor, vial mg, BAC mix, reconstitution date, the conversion math, all of it. Got a smart scale that syncs to an app, then I move that to Excel. It's worth the effort.
bumped from 1 to 1.5 on ozempic and finally get it. was stuck a year on the lower dose—nothing. blood sugar was fine but scared of crashing. but then i upped it and wow. no sugar cravings now, salad every day feels natural. this is what people talk about.
My friend ditched the weight she needed to and now only does a maintenance shot once a month. This stuff isn't a short-term thing—it's meant for the long haul. When I hit my goal, that's my plan too. She looks perfect and does fine on just that monthly dose.