3 months on Ozempic finished - What have we lost, what have we learned?

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Three Months In: What Did We Learn? 🎯

In the final episode of Season 1, Jon and Charlene reflect on their 12-week journey with Ozempic — the wins, the challenges, the surprises, and the lessons learned. 💬

In this episode:
• Jon celebrates a major milestone: 13kg down and surfing with his son for the first time! 🏄‍♂️
• Charlene hits her 10kg goal and shares how movement, mindset, and community support boosted her journey. 🏋️‍♀️✨
• Honest talk about body image, self-acceptance, and the reality behind social media perceptions of weight loss. 📸
• Managing plateaus, cravings, tapering off Ozempic, and celebrating non-scale victories. 🎯
• Reflections on what surprised them most, how expectations matched (or didn’t match) reality, and new insights about themselves.
• Listener shoutouts! 🌟 How the WhatsApp community shaped their experience and the power of sharing openly.
• Charlene’s micro-dose adjustment experiment — and a handy hack for getting every last drop out of an Ozempic pen. 💉

Big Themes:
• Trusting the process
• Letting go of guilt around food and body image
• Building sustainable habits beyond medication
• Gratitude for mobility, energy, and quality family time

Looking ahead:
Season 2 launches soon with bi-monthly updates as Jon tapers off completely and Charlene continues her journey on a lower dose. New challenges, new wins, same honest diaries.



Links and Mentions:
• Join the Ozempic Diaries WhatsApp Community!
• Listen to The Great Equalizer podcast with Charlene and Sam Herbst.
• Check out the new travel series "How Far Will You Travel: Australia", which Jon wrote.

Thanks for journeying with us so far!
Subscribe and follow to catch our next updates. And remember: trust the process. 🌟
4 May English South Africa Health & Fitness · Personal Journals

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