PenPal guides
Practical guides for a clearer GLP-1 record.
What to write down, what to ask at your next appointment, and where to find reliable medicine information. Educational reading, not individual medical advice.
Dose logging
What to write down for every dose, whatever your medicine. PenPal’s GLP-1 shot tracker keeps the same record in a couple of taps.
What to record for each GLP-1 dose: a medication tracker guide
The fields worth recording, and how a clear log helps your next appointment.
Read the guideHow to keep a semaglutide injection log
A simple checklist for each shot, site and question: a record for your visits, not dosing advice.
Read the guideHow to keep a tirzepatide injection log
A checklist for Mounjaro, Zepbound and compounded tirzepatide records, without dosing advice.
Read the guideOzempic and Wegovy tracker: what to log
The fields worth keeping for every weekly Ozempic or Wegovy pen dose, and how to share them.
Read the guideHow to keep an oral GLP-1 pill log
A simple daily record for Rybelsus and Wegovy tablets, without dosing or intake advice.
Read the guideSites, symptoms and reports for your doctor
Where each shot went, how you felt and what your logged doses look like as an estimate, pulled together for a visit. See the progress report and the side effect tracker.
How to make a GLP-1 progress report for your doctor
What to put on one page so your clinician sees the whole picture in minutes.
Read the guideHow to track GLP-1 side effects in a diary
What to note, what to bring to an appointment, and when to reach out for help.
Read the guideHow to keep an injection site rotation log
Record where each shot went, so following your rotation instructions takes no memory.
Read the guideThe estimated medication level, explained
How the level curve is drawn from your logged doses and published half-lives, and what it can’t know.
Read the guideFood and body progress
Protein, fiber, meals and weight, logged without a food scale or a lecture. Meet the protein and fiber tracker.
How to track protein and fiber on a GLP-1
A low-effort way to see what your meals actually carry when portions get smaller.
Read the guideHow to log meals without a food scale
Photos, hand comparisons, labels and repeat meals: a low-effort way to log food and protein without weighing anything.
Read the guideTrack your weight on a GLP-1 without obsessing
Weekly averages, why the scale bounces, and how to bring a calm weight trend to your appointments.
Read the guideChoosing a tracker
Paper, spreadsheet or app, and how to compare the apps honestly.
The best GLP-1 tracker apps for iPhone, compared
Six apps side by side on shot logs, site rotation, side effects, protein, reports and privacy, with sources.
Read the guideHow GLP-1 tracker apps work, and what they can’t do
The timeline, reminders, imports and estimates inside a tracker app, and the jobs it should never take on.
Read the guideThe best Shotsy alternatives for iPhone in 2026
Five apps like Shotsy for GLP-1 tracking, compared on shots, protein, side effects, reports and Android.
Read the guidePaper, spreadsheet or app: which GLP-1 log fits you?
An honest side-by-side on setup, reminders, site rotation, charts, reports and privacy, with a spreadsheet template.
Read the guideHow a GLP-1 tracker works with Apple Health
Which data PenPal reads from and writes to Apple Health, how the permission sheet works, and how to change access later.
Read the guidePrintable GLP-1 shot and side effect log
Free PDF sheets for shots, injection sites, side effects and protein, ready to print and bring to appointments.
Read the guideHow we choose sources
We lean on public-health agencies, medicine information and official product guidance. PenPal can help you organize your own observations; it can’t verify a diagnosis, a medication level or a treatment decision. Read our editorial and safety standard.
- NIDDK
- MedlinePlus
- FDA