1 Week Down on the Injections!

First week clean is a good sign. The starter dose is calibrated to ease in - if tolerance holds here, the escalation window is usually smooth.
 
Day 2 is usually when the GI effects are most noticeable for most people, which makes it the most useful observation window - by day 3 or 4 the stomach settles back down and you get a clearer baseline.
 
9 lbs down in week one is a strong start - keeping expectations calibrated for the slower weeks that follow is what makes the long run work.
 
First week numbers include a lot of water and glycogen shift - the sustained pace shows up better around week 4.
 
Thigh injections reducing GI side effects is one of those things that works for enough people to be worth trying - the landing site seems to affect absorption rate in some cases. If abdomen is giving you trouble, alternating or switching fully to thigh for a few weeks is a low-risk experiment.
 
Week 3 and already in the 16x range after starting somewhere higher - that's an early response that shows it's working. One week in with nothing bad to report is the best possible start. The weeks ahead tend to tell you more. How's the appetite side been?
 
0.2kg in week 2 is actually not unusual - the scale often doesn't move for several weeks while the medication is still adjusting appetite and fluid levels. kinda freaked out too the first week when nothing happened right away. the full effect typically builds over the first 4-6 weeks rather than appearing on dose 1. keep consistent and give it time.
 
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