I wanted to post this in here because I think it is something that comes up a lot. Does a higher Mounjaro dose mean more weight loss? In my opinion, no. Not automatically. Mounjaro does not directly make you lose weight. What it does is reduce hunger, quieten the food noise and make it easier to stay in control. The weight loss still comes from what you do while that is happening. Your food choices, your habits, your protein, your calories, your movement and the lifestyle changes you are building along the way. I think this is where people can get caught out. More suppression is not always better. If your current dose has your appetite under control, the food noise is quiet and you are still able to eat enough to have energy, then moving up is not always necessary. Being on a dose where you can barely eat is not the goal. Having no energy is not the goal. Under eating might make the scales move quickly for a while, but it is not a healthy or sustainable way to do this. I did move up every month myself. At the time the cost was the same no matter what dose I was on and I also felt it wearing off towards the end of each month. But looking back now, I probably could have stayed longer on some of the lower doses. That is not me saying everyone should stay low forever. It is different for everyone. Some people do really well on 2.5mg for a long time. Some people genuinely do need to move up quicker. But I do think the aim should be to stay on the lowest dose that is still working for you, for as long as possible. The max dose is 15mg. Once you get there, there is no higher dose to chase. So it makes sense to use the lower doses properly if they are still helping. I have lost weight in extreme ways before. The weight came off fast, but I had no energy, I could not train properly and the second I stopped, it came back on. Doing the same thing on Mounjaro by chasing total suppression and barely eating is not the answer either. The best dose is not always the highest dose. It is the dose that helps you stay in control while still eating enough, moving your body and building something you can actually keep going.

I can speak relatively freely with my prescriber who has lived experience of being on MJ. He’s lost his weight, doing strength training and eating well. He’s know I do my own incremental dosing outside of the usual dosage increments. I asked about splitting the dose over the week to keep steady levels throughout the week but he didn’t really entertain this idea much 🤪 It’s interesting but it feels like the dose gives me more side effects but actually after day 4/5 it’s like it’s not in the system at all. This is a new experience for me. I don’t want to increase my dose but thinking of splitting it and see what happens. So half the dose tonight as usual and the top up on Sunday morning. That’s for practical reasons as I’m away for a few days. Well I could top up Wednesday night instead. Friday night and the rest on Sunday morning or Friday night and the rest on Wednesday night. Any thoughts?

Who’s with me? The scales, MJ, food, thinking, doing, goals, weight fluctuations etc. Also, is it just me that a lot of people lost lots of weight in a short amount of time and looks great? In comparison, I’ve lost not as much, in the longest time and cosmetically my body looks worse.

Good afternoon all I'm exhausted today. I've slept most of the day. I inject on Friday nights (0.5mg dose), and I've had a v busy week....but this has to be a side effect kind of tiredness! Hopefully it doesn't leave me awake all night now as I'm still very much enjoying the "side effect" of no more restless insomnia! I am down a whopping 1.4kg this week! No idea why it's so large again, but I'll take it! Especially as I'm heading towards my period where I stalled last month. So I'm 6 weeks down and have lost 6.6kg. I can't believe this is working so well for me at such an early dose. Nothing other to report out of the ordinary, except that I have hit my first mini goal/target of losing 5% of my bodyweight. I'm seeing an ortho surgeon on Monday about my knees, so having a 6.6kg loss to report to him will be nice!! Have a great week!

One of the biggest changes for me on Mounjaro has not just been the weight loss. It has been the quietening down of the constant bargaining around food. Before, I was always making deals with myself. I’ll start again Monday. I’ll eat this now and be good tomorrow. I’ll skip breakfast because I had too much last night. I trained today so I deserve this. I’ve already ruined the day so I may as well keep going. That way of thinking is exhausting. Food stops being just food and starts becoming a reward, a punishment, a rule, a restart date, or something you feel you need to “fix” afterwards. Since starting Mounjaro, I still enjoy food. I still have meals out. I still have treats. But I don’t feel like every choice needs to turn into a negotiation with myself anymore. That has been a huge change for me. Because for a lot of us, weight loss is not just about what is on the plate. It is the mental noise around food. The guilt. The planning. The restarting. The panic when the scales stall. The feeling that one imperfect day means the whole week is gone. This is one of the areas where support really matters too. The medication can help quieten things down, but learning how to build a healthier relationship with food is the bit that helps long term. Anyone else relate to the “food deals” thing? What was the biggest one you used to make with yourself?