Jenny · @barrettplasticsurgery
1 month on semaglutide — week by week
Published
“Energy came back before the scale made it obvious.”
Chapters
Jenny’s first month on weekly semaglutide — filmed as a patient story on a clinic channel — covers injection nerves, quieter food noise, energy for walks, and an early stall under 300. If you’re in month one, her week-by-week feelings may mirror yours more closely than a year-long recap would.
- Journey start
- ~310–311 lb (context high ~320)
- ~2 weeks
- ~−7 lb · waist ~54 → ~49 in
- ~1 month
- 298 lb · waist ~46 in
- Routine
- Weekly home injections (“Semaglutide Sundays”)
- Focus
- Food noise · energy · measurements
Food noise was the real fight
Lifelong cravings and prediabetes fear shaped why she wanted help with appetite — not only the scale.
The first shot wasn’t that bad
Home injection nerves outran the moment; after one dose, anxiety dropped.
Seven pounds in two weeks
Two weeks in, about 7 lb down — and she finally felt closer to the 200s.
I don’t feel like I’m fighting anymore
Hunger returned in a more normal way; food noise got quieter on the lowest dose.
Month one: under 300
About 12 lb and nearly 10 inches off the waist — after a short stall near 299.
Considering
She describes a lifelong struggle, craving noise, and worry about blood sugar. Food noise and health fear can be as big as the number on the scale. Medication arrived with clinician support for home injections.
First injections
Four weekly pre-dosed syringes and instructions lowered the “I might mess this up” fear. First injection: mild sting, anxiety dropping after it was done. “Semaglutide Sundays” became the rhythm — a same-day-each-week ritual that made the routine feel doable.
Weeks 2–4
Around two weeks she was down about 7 lb; hunger returned in a more normal way and food noise got quieter. Energy for chores and walks was a surprise win. Crossing under 300 then sticking near 299 stung emotionally — she zoomed out to measurements. Month one: about 298 lb, roughly 12 lb down, waist near 46 in.
Questions for a clinician
More on how the first weeks tend to go: First weeks on a GLP-1.
- Is this medicine appropriate for my history and labs?
- How should I inject, rotate sites, and report problems?
- How do we interpret early stalls and nutrition while appetite is low?
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This story belongs to Jenny. Watch the full video on YouTube