Here I am part way through the third week of taking Mounjaro.

The injections themselves are painless and straight forward.  I’m presently on a 2.5mg a month dosage, which titrates up every month to enable your body to get used to it.  So 2.5mg, 5mg, 7.5mg, 10mg – then the option to go up to 12.5mg and finally 15mg.  Most individuals will remain on the 10mg dose.  If I find that the lower dose is suiting me and the weight is coming off, I have the option to remain on the lower dose as long as I want to.

Given that I have 15kg (about 2 stone) to lose, I’m very happy with 1-2lb (500g-1kg) a week.

Weight loss after 2 weeks (started on 2nd June) is 1.5kg (3lbs) which I’m very happy with. I’d be more than happy with 1lb a week. I have read other reports of HUGE losses initially, but my food intake has remained much the same as it was prior to commencing Mounjaro and I haven’t needed to make significant changes to what or the quantities I eat.

I discovered that the tiredness / exhaustion I have been experiencing for the past two weeks is probably a side effect of the Mounjaro (one of the lesser reported side effects). I’d been blaming the virus I have had for about a month which is still lingering (cough). Tiredness and exhaustion can also be caused by the lower calorie intake or disrupted sleep.  Over the past two days I’ve felt far less fatigued so let’s hope that’s the end of it!

I’m very happy that hunger levels are much reduced, as is my urge to eat in between meals. I’m just not snacking. I have my two meals a day, drinks, and often yogurt (full-fat Greek) with berries or fruit after my evening meal.

Over the past two weeks, by recording my food intake and studying my calorie history, I can observe that over the first week I ate under by 800 cals, the second week I was under by 1,300.

I am continuing to closely monitor my protein levels. The Voy app allows one to photograph and log the content of ones meals and provides an estimate of the protein one is consuming. 70g was my target today (I managed 91!)

Individuals using Mounjaro for weight loss report that the “food noise” vanishes.  I had wondered exactly what this meant.

I’ve never been an emotional eater. But I am finding it really weird that previous “triggers” for me to eat between meals have just vanished. For example, there are some savoury crackers on the worktop in the kitchen in a clear storage container, and I might take 3 of those (around 100 cals) whilst preparing the evening meal. I didn’t “need” them, but the sight of them triggered me. If they’d been difficult to access and inside a cupboard, I may not have been triggered.  I am certain that most of us have had the experience of sweet treats “calling” to us from inside a cupboard!

I attended a wedding at the weekend, where tea and home made cake were on offer after the service (in the church!). I had taken a packed lunch to eat ahead of the wedding to avoid feeling hungry by tea and cake time (3pm).  I took a piece of ginger cake, and enjoyed a couple of bites. But then I just stopped eating it and gave it to my OH. The cake was lovely, but I realised that my enjoyment wasn’t what it might once have been and I was eating calories that I didn’t need to eat.

I am LOVING the experience of not feeling hungry or peckish.  I eat two meals a day which I usually eat at regular times.  Whilst serving my meal, I’m giving myself a smaller portion and feeling satiated before the end of that meal.  I can easily go from one meal to the next without in between snacking (and I only eat 2 meals a day).

My lunch is always prepared and ready to go by midday, but I have to make an effort to keep an eye on the time, as my usual stomach rumbles and hunger pangs that signify that meal time is approaching are no more!  Today, I’ve just eaten lunch (1.30pm) but I could have gone another hour or so. I don’t want to test this theory, but stick to my regular meal times (12-1pm for lunch, 5pm-6pm dinner).  My body needs sustenance.

Over the past 13 years I have been logging all of my food (yes, each and every item of food and drink consumed!) in order to work out how many calories I am consuming – eating to a calorie deficit.  But in order to lose weight, as a very short sedentary person, my calorie “allowance” is just 1100 calories per day.  Believe me, that is very low.

Using a weight loss website Weight Loss Resources I have worked on healthier eating habits and making lots of small changes to how, when and what I eat.  All of these small changes have become my new “normal”.  I will forever be indebted to WLR for enabling me to lose 4.5 stone (28.5kg) in 18 months.

It’s been nice to have a change of emphasis – giving less attention to sticking rigidly within my calorie allowance, which has – with the aid of Mounjaro, become simple rather than a daily balancing act!  I’m just not hungry or thinking about food but still very much enjoying my food when I do eat.

The image in this post are my lunches and dinners over the past 3 weeks – testament to the fact I am eating decent portions of healthy and colourful  meals that provide balanced nutrition and reduce the risk of cravings.  Increasing my protein consumption has been a really useful exercise for me.

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