Finding the chase and cutting to it

Weight-watchers has been a trope in many middle aged romcom books over its 62 year history – but it has recently been facing stiff competition from app led regimes such as Noom, and finally from a simple medication that achieves weight loss by curbing appetite.

There is a hitch though…

You’re kidding me, I would inject if I were type 1 diabetic, but I certainly am not doing it for weight loss…

I suspect it depends on your situation. Injecting to prevent an agonising death has always seemed worthwhile for me.

I’ve had the priviledge of teaching a friend how to do an intramuscular injection, but my skills could soon be in high demand.

Apparently, there is a 17 step guide on how to deliver the perfect dose. That’s a step a minute, which seems appropriate.

While rumours of a tablet form are rife, the easiest way to effectively deliver semaglutide is currently through an intramuscular injection delivered once a week. Not too much effort, but this is a skill we don’t teach most people.

My parents were given 15 minutes one on one tuition to learn how to treat my diabetes. And that was for a glass syringe. Semaglutides are not delivered with a glass syringe.

There are risks to taking these drugs, including hypoglycemia, but they do seem to do what they say on the tin, all for a tailored dose, once a week.

So, are you doing this?

I would very much like to keep my weight at 69.5kg and, I am currently 72.7kg, so 3.2kg to go.

It is hard work, and getting my cholesterol down did not dramatically decrease my mass, in fact, temporarily I gained a few more pounds. But I am not keen on hijacking these hormones.

I know that if I can keep my blood sugar at normal levels, my appetite is not insatiable and I don’t need extra calories to realign my blood glucose levels. I find I eat less, and of course, it helps reduce my appetite too.

So, no, I am not keen. But you never know…