How to keep a GLP-1 injection and weight log to bring to your appointments

A useful GLP-1 log has one line per injection with the date, the dose as prescribed, the injection site and any symptoms, plus a weight entry on a regular day each week and a short list of questions. Keep it in one place, fill it in right after each injection, and bring the last few weeks to your appointment as a printout or a file. That is all a clinician usually needs to see what happened since the last visit.

This is about keeping records. It is not medical advice. Your prescriber decides the medication, the dose and any changes; follow the instructions that came with your medicine.

What to record after each injection

Field	Example	Why it helps
Date and time	Sun 2 Nov, 09:00	Shows whether weekly timing stayed regular
Medication and dose	As written on your prescription	Confirms what you actually took
Injection site	Left abdomen	Helps you follow the site rotation you were taught
Symptoms	Mild nausea day 1 to 2	Patterns are easier to discuss than memories
Notes	Missed breakfast, travelled	Context for anything unusual

Write the dose exactly as prescribed. If you are ever unsure what dose you took, write that down too and ask; do not guess.

What to record weekly

• Weight, on the same day and at roughly the same time each week. Single weigh-ins jump around; a weekly line shows the trend.
• Anything your care team asked you to track, for example meals that were hard to finish or how much you drank.

Keep a running question list

Questions come up between visits and are forgotten in the room. Add them to the bottom of your log as they occur: "Is it OK to move my injection day?", "What should I do if I miss a dose?" Your prescriber or pharmacist answers those, not an app.

Option 1: Paper or a calendar

A small notebook or a printed table works. Some people mark injection day on a wall calendar and write the site and symptoms in the box. It needs no phone and is easy to hand over. The downside is that weight trends are hard to see, and the notebook has to come with you.

Option 2: A spreadsheet

Make columns for the fields above, one row per injection, and a second sheet for weekly weight. A spreadsheet can chart weight over time and is easy to send. Typing on a phone is slower, and nothing reminds you on injection day.

Option 3: A GLP-1 tracker app

Several iPhone apps are built for this. They differ in focus: some add food and protein tracking, some estimate medication levels, some only log. Our GLP-1 tracker roundup compares them, and the Shotsy alternatives page covers free and simpler options such as Glippy and Drop.

Ozempre is a plain log for this exact job:

1. Record each injection with its date, dose details as prescribed to you, injection site, symptoms and notes.
2. Turn on reminders so injection day does not slip, and use the calendar view to see past injections at a glance.
3. Log your weight; Ozempre shows the trend over time. You can also note nutrition and hydration if your care team asked.
4. Before the appointment, pick the period since your last visit and share it as a CSV file. Weight values are labeled with their stored unit. Open it on your phone in the room, print it, or send it the way your clinic prefers.

Ozempre works with whichever GLP-1 medication your clinician chose; it does not recommend or change a dose. Home Screen shortcuts open progress and calendar views without showing health values in their labels. It is iPhone only, free to download, and Ozempre Premium is a subscription. It does not count calories; if that is your main goal, a food tracker such as MyFitnessPal is built for it.

Before the appointment: a 5-minute check

1. Are all injections since the last visit logged, with sites?
2. Is the weekly weight there for each week?
3. Are symptoms written down with the days they happened?
4. Is the question list up to date?
5. Is the report or printout ready for the right period?

Bring it, go through it with your clinician, and add their answers to your notes so the next log starts from there.