On Ozempic I just alternate sides of my belly and only use my thigh if a spot still feels tender, down 37 lbs with no lumpiness doing that. A sticky note on the fridge worked for me until it became automatic. Congrats on the 17, that's solid progress.
Mounjaro injection site rotation tips?
I never bothered writing it down either, just go right belly, left belly, right thigh, left thigh in that order every week, and 38 lbs later everything still feels smooth. Since you already think in spots within an area, a fixed order like that might stick for you faster than tracking.
I basically do the same fixed order as above but skip the thigh entirely unless my belly feels irritated, and about 15 lbs in nothing's gotten lumpy yet. Figured if the belly rotation keeps working I'll add thighs only when needed. The clockwise order idea is smart, might borrow that.
I've kept the same four belly spots going around like clockwork for most of the 82 lbs I'm down, and only falling back to thighs if one spot felt tender that week. The fixed pattern really is the whole thing -- once the order was automatic, lumpiness stopped being something I even think about.
This is exactly the motivation I needed today. We're all in this together.
I do a clock pattern on my belly -- 12, 3, 6, 9 o'clock -- which got me through most of my 43 lb loss without any lumpy spots. A note on my phone's calendar reminder keeps track of which quadrant is next so I never have to think about it.
Clock pattern sounds smart, I might steal that. I've been alternating belly and thigh each week since my first few doses and just snap a photo of the spot so I can see where I went last time. Congrats on the 17 down, that's real progress.
I mapped out a 2x2 grid on each thigh and just work left to right, which has kept things smooth through my 26 lb loss. A sticky note on the fridge with the date and spot does the tracking for me since I'd never remember otherwise.