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Keeping an honest GLP-1 dose log without another phone app

August 22, 2026

Three months into a GLP-1 prescription, the medication is the easy part; the record-keeping is what actually takes discipline. Injection day, dose adjustments, appetite changes, and my prescriber questions used to be scattered across notes and memory.

Now I keep everything in one plain timeline. I tried a couple of phone apps first but they all wanted subscriptions and sign-ups, so I settled on a simple web tool, GLP1 App, which just holds the dose history and lets me export it before appointments.

What changed in practice: I log every injection the morning it happens, add a one-line note on how the week felt, and screenshot the summary before each review. At my last appointment the prescriber read two months of entries in a minute instead of asking me to reconstruct them from memory.

Whatever you use – paper, notes app, or a dedicated tracker – the habit matters more than the tool. Record the dose honestly, note the side effects next to it, and bring the log with you.

Working out units per click after reconstitution

July 27, 2026

from Peptide Dose Notes

Most of the confusion with reconstituted peptides comes from mixing up three numbers: the vial strength in milligrams, the volume of bacteriostatic water added, and the dose you actually want.

A 5 mg vial with 2 mL of water gives 2.5 mg/mL. On a U-100 insulin syringe each unit is 0.01 mL, so one unit holds 0.025 mg, or 25 mcg. A 250 mcg dose is therefore 10 units.

The part people get wrong is changing the water volume later. The vial strength is fixed; only the concentration moves. If you had used 1 mL instead, the same 10 units would have been 500 mcg.

I keep the arithmetic and my dose log in one place with the Peptide Tracker & Calculator, which also handles titration schedules.

What a peptide dose log should capture

July 26, 2026

from Peptide Tracker & Calculator

A dose log stays useful over months when it records four things rather than one.

Reconstitution. A vial's labeled strength is not a dose. Add the diluent, divide the total mass by the volume of water, and you have mg per mL. From there a dose in mL, and in insulin units, follows. Writing that ratio down at the moment you mix prevents most errors.

Titration as a history. Most protocols step up on a schedule. The useful record is the step history – what dose, for how long, and what happened – not just today's number.

Site rotation. Rotating injection sites is easy to lose track of after several weeks.

Expiry after puncture. Worth recording next to the reconstitution ratio, since both start on the same day.

Nothing here is medical advice; dosing decisions belong with your prescriber.