Healthcount Blog
Guides for tracking weight, food and GLP-1 medication
Practical, evidence-based articles on dose tracking, conversions, and staying consistent through your weight-loss journey and maintenance.
The Case for Big Salads: Volume Eating for Losing and Maintaining Weight
Built well, a big salad is huge, filling and barely dents your calories for the day. The satiety research on energy density, protein and fibre, plus how I actually build mine.
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A Kilo Up After Two Holidays: How Much of It Is Actually Fat?
The scale jumped a kilo after a week away and your brain says a month of work is gone. The maths disagrees: glycogen, water and salt explain most of it. What the scale is really weighing, and what to do next.
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Two Magnums and a Wave of Guilt: How the All-or-Nothing Cycle Works, and How to Break It
One 'bad' food, a wave of shame, then either punishing restriction or the rest of the tub. The cycle has a name in behavioural science, decades of research, and a way out.
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Quitting GLP-1s: What Actually Happens, and How to Do It on Purpose
The withdrawal trials tell us what returns and how fast. Quitting is a phase to plan, not a cliff to fall off: the data, the biology, and the structure that helps.
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I Used to Think Potatoes Were Bad for Me. Then I Read the Satiety Research
Boiled potatoes top the satiety index at three times white bread, yet potato products top the weight-gain charts. Both are true, and the kitchen maths explains everything.
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Bodyweight Training on a GLP-1: Protecting the Weight You Want to Keep
A quarter to two-fifths of GLP-1 weight loss can be lean mass. Resistance training largely prevents it, and your own bodyweight is enough kit. The evidence plus a no-kit routine.
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CagriSema vs Mounjaro: What the Trial Data Actually Shows
Novo's next act pairs semaglutide with an amylin analogue and posted about 23% in REDEFINE-1. The honest comparison with Mounjaro's 21%, and when the UK might see it.
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How Are People Finding Orforglipron? Three Months of Real-World Reports
Foundayo launched in April 2026. What early users consistently praise, what they struggle with, and how the anecdotes square with the ATTAIN trial data.
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The Wegovy Pill Is Now Available in the UK: Prices, Where to Buy, and What to Check
The Wegovy pill (oral semaglutide 25 mg) is now on sale in the UK, private-only for now. Launch prices from £107.99 a month, the pharmacies stocking it, and five safety checks before you order.
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The 25mg Pill vs 0.5mg Injection Confusion: Why They're NOT the Same Dose
Why a 25mg oral GLP-1 pill and a 0.5mg injection aren't the mismatch they look like. Bioavailability explained, why there is no mg-to-mg conversion, and what the numbers really mean.
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Why Some People Choose the GLP-1 Pill Over the Needle (And What It Means)
Needle fear is common and keeps some people off GLP-1 injections. With the Wegovy pill now approved in the UK, here is what the pill option really means, and how well it works.
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Foundayo (Orforglipron): The First GLP-1 Weight-Loss Pill, and Where the UK Stands
The FDA approved Foundayo (orforglipron), a once-daily oral GLP-1 pill, on 1 April 2026. What it is, how well it works, why it is not retatrutide, and when it might reach the UK.
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How Healthcount Works: A Complete Walkthrough (Start Here)
A step-by-step tour of Healthcount, from sign up to your daily diary, dose schedule and trends. Everything you can track, what the icons mean, and how to get the most from it.
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What's Worth Buying on Your GLP-1 Weight-Loss Journey (and What to Skip)
What genuinely helps on Wegovy or Mounjaro, what to skip, and the order to spend in. Contains clearly marked paid links.
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Protein Powder and GLP-1s: The Good, the Bad, and What to Look For
Why protein matters so much on a GLP-1, how much you actually need, whey versus plant, what to look for on the label, and the marketing claims to ignore.
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Wegovy Tracker for the UK and Europe: A Simple GLP-1 Progress Dashboard
Track your Wegovy doses, weight and food in one simple dashboard. Built for people on Wegovy in the UK and Europe. Start free in under 30 seconds.
Read more →Wegovy Pill Tracker (Oral Semaglutide): A UK Progress Dashboard
Track your daily Wegovy pill, weight and food in one simple dashboard. Built for people on oral semaglutide in the UK. Start free in under 30 seconds.
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The Wegovy Pill: What Oral Semaglutide Means and Where the UK Stands
Oral semaglutide, the Wegovy pill, is now approved in the UK. What it is, how well it works versus the injection, the strict daily routine, and where NHS and private access stand as of June 2026.
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Metabolic Syndrome and Your Desk Job: What Modern Work Does to Your Health
What metabolic syndrome is, how sitting all day, shift work and office snacking raise your risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, and what you and your employer can do about it.
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Your Period, Your Weight and Your Mood: What Really Happens Across the Month
Why the scale rises before your period (it's water, not fat), why you're hungrier in the second half of your cycle, and how to track your weight as a woman without the monthly panic.
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Does Your Environment Affect Your Weight? The Obesogenic Environment, Explained
Why your surroundings, not just willpower, shape your weight. The obesogenic environment explained, plus simple ways to design your home and workday for weight loss.
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Creatine: The Benefits for Body and Brain (and Why Women Needn't Fear It)
An evidence-based guide to creatine for body and brain: strength, muscle preservation, mood, safety and dosing. Plus why it's especially useful, and safe, for women and anyone on a GLP-1.
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Ultra-Processed Food and Weight: What the Science Actually Says
What ultra-processed food really is, what the strongest studies show about UPF and weight gain, and realistic swaps for busy people, without the food guilt.
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The Best Vegetables for Weight Loss: A Simple Tier List
A simple S-to-C tier list ranking vegetables by calories, fibre and protein. The best low-calorie and high-protein veg for weight loss, and where potatoes really fit.
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Low Calorie Snacks: The Best Picks and a Simple Swap Ladder
The best low calorie snacks ranked by how full they keep you, plus a swap ladder to gently step down from crisps, chocolate and biscuits. No banned foods.
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The Best Fruits for Weight Loss: A Simple Tier List
Not all fruit is equal for the calories. An S-to-C tier list ranking fruit by fibre, water and sugar, so you know which give the biggest nutrition for the fewest calories.
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Do You Weigh Food Raw or Cooked? How Cooking Changes the Calories
The same food has different calories per 100g depending on how it's cooked. Why raw vs cooked weight matters, the biggest offenders, and the simplest way to log accurately.
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How to Install the Healthcount App on iPhone & Android
No app store needed — add Healthcount to your home screen in a few taps. Step-by-step for iPhone (Safari) and Android (Chrome), plus troubleshooting.
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Can Obese Children Take GLP-1s? A UK Parent's Guide
Which weight-loss injections are licensed for children in the UK, what the trials actually show, the risks and unknowns, and how NHS access really works for under-18s.
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Can GLP-1s Help With Addiction and Alcohol? What the Science Says
Could Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro help a family member drink less? An honest, sourced look at the evidence on GLP-1s and alcohol, and where to get real help in the UK.
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Free Alternative to Cronometer (2026): Why UK Users Are Switching
Looking for a free Cronometer alternative without intrusive ads? Compare features, pricing, and see why Healthcount is the better choice for UK GLP-1 users.
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Free Alternative to MyFitnessPal (2026): No Ads, No Paywall, GLP-1 Ready
A free, ad-free, UK-built MyFitnessPal alternative with clean macro tracking, AI meal photos and GLP-1 dose & symptom logging — no Premium paywall.
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Free Alternative to Nutracheck (2026): UK Tracking Without a Subscription
Nutracheck has great UK food data but it's a paid subscription with no GLP-1 support. Healthcount is free, UK-built, and tracks doses and symptoms too.
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Free Alternative to Lose It! (2026): UK-Built With GLP-1 Support
A free, UK-built Lose It! alternative with macro tracking, AI meal photos and GLP-1 dose & symptom logging — no ads and no Premium paywall.
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Free Alternative to Shotsy (2026): GLP-1 Tracking Plus Food, Any Device
Shotsy is iOS-only and charges for full features. Healthcount tracks GLP-1 doses, symptoms, weight and macros together — free, on web, iPhone and Android.
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Mounjaro UK units ↔ mL ↔ mg calculator (U-100)
UK-first calculator to convert between pen strength (mg), U-100 syringe units, and mL in seconds. Includes conversion tables for every UK pen strength.
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Mounjaro Tracker for UK & Europe — Simple GLP-1 Progress Dashboard
Track your Mounjaro doses, weight and food in one simple dashboard. Built for people on Mounjaro in the UK & Europe.
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Should you cover Wegovy or Mounjaro at work?
A guide for UK employers on GLP-1 policy: options, eligibility, cost modelling, and how to measure impact without prying on members.
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GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Explained (Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro)
A simple guide to GLP-1 weight loss injections in the UK: what Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro are, how they work, who they're for, and what to track in Healthcount.
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Retatrutide vs Mounjaro (UK): the simple, evidence-based guide
Compare retatrutide and Mounjaro (tirzepatide): trial results, side effects, grey market risks, and what to track in Healthcount.
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How Much Mounjaro Is Left in My Body After 1–7 Days?
Understand Mounjaro's 5-day half-life: how much tirzepatide remains after 1–7 days, worked examples of re-dosing, and how long it takes to fully clear.
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Mounjaro UK conversion to mL and units
UK tables that convert syringe units to mL and mg, showing how pen strength changes the units you draw.
Read more →Mounjaro UK Dose Tracking App — Simple Weekly Dosing, Done Right
UK-specific guide to the dose ladder, missed-dose rules, storage, and the easiest way to track weekly injections.
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