January 24th, 2026
I have been considering it for a while, but I finally went ahead and ordered some weight loss drugs. I don’t know if they’ll work for me, but I have to do something and my main downfall with exercise is that I ruin any work I do by eating. And I can’t stop eating. Both in terms of an obvious need to stay alive, but in terms of unhealthy relationships with food. Bored? Eat. Sad? Eat. And I’m both those things quite a lot, it turns out.
I’m hoping that with the drug (Wegovy) it’ll do it’s reported thing of turning off the food noise and make me think about eating less.
The parcel arrived on Tuesday, but I decided I was going to wait until the weekend to take the first dose, in case there were any major side effects that hit me. Friday came and went and I didn’t take it, but today, Saturday, I decided to bite the bullet.
I’ve never been someone who is scared of needles. Donating blood, I’d actively watch them slide the needle in, and promptly cover it with a piece of gauze
“What’s the gauze for?” I asked, once.
“It’s so you don’t see the needle” came the reply
“The needle I just watched you insert?”
“Yes.”
All that to say, when it came to injecting myself with the Wegovy… I actually had to psych myself up for it, despite the fact that the needle on the pen is fucking miniscule. I did it though. The dose has been dosed. My *journey* has begun…
I’m planning on making a video documenting what will hopefully be some not insignificant weight loss and, I guess, also documenting it here.
My current weight stats are as follows:
Weight: 115.7kg (18.21st, 255lbs)
BMI: 35.7
Ideally, I’d like to get down to around 90kg (14st, 198lbs -ish) — It feels doable. I am obviously going try and exercise more than I currently do, my plans is mostly walking more. I have seen good results on the treadmill before, but again, that was ruined by pauses in the routine and consumption of food.
January 25th, 2026
It’s currently 2am, I went to sleep shortly after taking the dose, which may have resulted in my skipping any immediate side effects, or maybe I just didn’t get any yet, I don’t know. But I feel fine. A little gassier than usual, perhaps, but that could just be me. Certainly no nausea, which is the thing I was least looking forward to.
Also, at the moment, the “food noise” does appear to have gone? It could just be a placebo effect, of knowing it can go, so I’m willing it into existence, but normally about now, I’d be figuring out what snacks I had for the night and I’m not feeling that need at the moment, so that’s pretty cool, here’s hoping it continues.