This week is the end of four weeks of taking Mounjaro and time to move my dosage up to 5mg. I am hopeful that I’ll transition to the new dose without side effects.
The past few days here in SE England have been very warm (29/30 degrees) and this is set to continue for another day or two. Heat diminishes my appetite, but I have been eating smaller portions. The Voy App encourages me to take pictures of my meals, and I’ve found this a useful method to reflect back on how my portion sizes are reducing.
Weight loss is now:
START WEIGHT: 71.4KG (11 stone 1lb)
TODAYS WEIGHT: 68.9KG (10 stone 9lb)
TOTAL LOSS: 2.5KG (approx 5½lb)
I’m happy with that. Moving away from the “loading” dosage of 2.5mg should result in a further reduction in appetite – but I have read accounts from individuals who haven’t felt like eating at all and have had to push themselves to do so. I do hope this isn’t my experience, as I am half-French! Whilst of course I enjoy EATING food, what I love more is the preparation of food and the experience of sitting down at a table with my OH and enjoying the results. A chance to chat, enjoy the garden…
Looking at the image of my meals during the week, you may spot cake! The gooseberries were harvested this week – so I made a gooseberry and orange drizzle cake (without the drizzle), gooseberry fool and gooseberry no-churn ice cream. I have enjoyed one piece of the cake (the remainder is now frozen), one of the gooseberry fools – and a small amount of the ice-cream (probably a table spoon).
Next to be harvested have been the blackcurrants and I’ve made a batch of no-churn blackcurrant ice-cream which was popped into the freezer… I had to slightly adapt the recipe as I didn’t have very much double cream, so I substituted with cream cheese! This appears to have been a success. Woe betide dropping any of this on a white shirt though – best enjoyed protecting clothing with an apron!!
Whilst the ice-cream recipes are full of cream and sugar, they’re definitely nutritionally better than the shop-bought ice-creams, which are full of all sorts of additives.