Year: 2025

Mounjaro Journey – 10 weeks in

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Wow, this was a social week!  I’m not used to eating out very often, but the next couple of weeks are quite full-on in terms of being away from home and eating meals out.

On Friday evening, I was invited to join a friend and his wife, who were visiting from Germany and were passing through Reading on their way from London to Exeter.

As a wheelchair user, I prefer to use venues that I know work well for me, in terms of travelling into the centre of town (by wheelchair, a 20-minute “run”) and which have plenty of space around tables and a decent accessible loo.

I settled on Cote Brasserie, which also offers great value for money.  I’ve never had a bad dining experience, and the food is “good enough”.  I settled on the “Prix Fixe” menu (two courses for £21.50).  My choices were the “Poulet au Bacon”, a marinated chicken breast in garlic, thyme & smoked paprika, with a smoked bacon velouté and salad vierge served with frites.  Not bad for 625 calories.  Then I chose two scoops of ice cream for around 200 calories.  Other desserts sounded more appealing, but in my view, just not worth 400-600 calories!  I drank two Blood Orange & Grapefruit sodas (around 100 calories each).

Saturday to Monday, I travelled to Bedford, two nights away with a group of amazing women.  These are disabled women whom I got to know when all of our children were just a few years old – they are now all approaching or already in their 30s (the children that is….!). Bedford was lovely (a market town on the banks of the River Ouse).  The weather was fab.

Together with others, we established a national organisation (charity) to support disabled people who were or who were planning to be parents.  That’s not “parents of disabled children” but where the parents themselves face challenges and barriers because of their impairments. Being a new parent is challenging enough without the added complication of an impairment.

Now I could devote a whole blog post to just how invaluable this organisation was to disabled parents who might otherwise have been isolated and alone in working out how to overcome the many barriers they faced – not just the physical, but almost more importantly, the attitudinal attitudes towards anyone who may need support to be the parent(s) they want to be.  BUT…. that’s not what this Blog is all about…  these women I count amongst the strongest, most capable and supportive bunch of people you will ever meet, and I love catching up with them all.

So…. food was enjoyed, alcohol was consumed.  The sun shone brightly and we talked (a lot!)  I travelled home to my next Mounjaro injection.

Scores on the doors……. weight is 65.9kg today, so up from 65.4kg (500g) last Monday.  I’d have been surprised to see a loss, to be honest.  This will likely be mostly food in transit.  Usually, following a weekend of eating more calories and moving less, the damage is worse!

Mounjaro Journey – 9 weeks in

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After my Blog post last week, where I expressed my slight disappointment about the lack of movement on the scales, I thought it would be prudent to take body measurements.  I’m so pleased that I did!  Whilst the scales haven’t moved much in the past month, the inches (or centimetres) are disappearing.

I have to say I was quite astonished – especially at the 8cm from my waist!  It’s given me faith in the process that my excess pounds are slowly disappearing!

I’ve lost 0.9kg this week (just under 2lbs), which brings my total loss in 9 weeks to 6.1kg (13½lbs).  I’m fairly confident that I’ll be hitting that 1 stone barrier over the coming week.

This week, I’ve discovered some great recipes to help increase my daily protein intake – simple and quick.

I came across a recipe for “sheet kebabs”.  Now I love a kebab, but threading chunks of meat onto a skewer and then getting them back off the skewer once they’re on my plate provides somewhat of a challenge with just three fingers, no thumbs, and shortened arms.  I usually end up wearing the marinade or losing half of my chunks of meat across the table top.  The “sheet kebab” method involves mixing all of the ingredients in a bowl and then pressing the meat mixture into a lined baking tray or dish, scoring it into (kebab-sized) lengths and cooking.  No skewers involved at all!

This preparation method meant I could dispense with all of those challenges (and mess).  I used pork mince, but chicken, lamb or beef would also work well.

Indian Spiced Sheet Pan Kebab – 99 calories each

Pork, Mince, 5% Fat – 454g

Red Pepper, Raw – ½ Med / 70g

Red Onions, Raw – ½ Med / 75g

Garlic, Raw – 3 Cloves/9g

Ground Cumin – 1½ Tsps / 7.5g

Ground Coriander, Ground -, 1½ Tsps / 7.5g

Cornflour – 1½ Tsps / 7.5g

Ground Garam Masala – 2 Tsps / 10g

Olive Oil, Extra Virgin – 7ml

Fresh coriander – 1 bunch / 20g

Method

Preparation:  Peel and finely dice the red onion.  Peel and mince the garlic.  De-seed and finely chop the red pepper.  Chop the fresh coriander.

In a large mixing bowl, using your hands (or someone else’s hands in my case…), mix together the spices, cornflour, red onion, garlic, red pepper and fresh coriander.  Ensure that they are well combined.

Line a baking dish (approx. 20cm x 20cm) with baking parchment.  Transfer the mince mixture to the dish and press it out evenly to fill the tray.

Use a knife to score the meat into 8 thin strips, about 2-3cm wide.  Adjust according to the shape of the pan you are using.

Then score each strip diagonally to create a decorative pattern.  This helps the meat to cook evenly and crisp up a little.  Use a brush to brush over the oil.  The oil will ensure better browning.

Preheat the grill to medium.

Place the tray under the hot grill and cook for 6–8 minutes, or until the top is browned, caramelised, and cooked through.  No need to flip.

 

Nutrition Data Per Serving (one kebab strip)

Calories (kcal) 98.6

Protein (g) 0.9

Carbohydrate (g) 3.6

Fat (g) 3.6

Fibre (g) 12.9

Fruit & Veg 0.3

Serve:
Slice or lift out the kebab strips and serve inside pitta breads or wraps with salad and a mint yoghurt dip or tzatziki. Perfect for a quick weeknight meal.

Tips
Try it with a spicy sweet chilli sauce or mango chutney for extra punch.  I had a few kebabs left over, so I chopped them into cubes and served them as meatballs (meatcubes!) with a Moroccan spiced sauce the following day.  Delicious!

Next weekend I have the challenge of a weekend away with some girlfriends – we are staying in a hotel and eating out 2 nights in a row.  My exercise will be limited as I don’t really fancy transporting my gym ball away to a hotel!  But I am determined to remain in control of my eating… I will make sensible choices.  I love a challenge.

Life is for living and weekends away are part of that.

Mounjaro Journey – 8 weeks in, 7.5mg

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Another of those weeks where I was up and down the same 100g…. although whilst noting the appetite suppression and eating well below my daily calories.  Hey ho, we know that’s the way it goes!  At the end of this week, I’ve lost 300g (my total loss is 5.3kg, just over 11½lbs).

Trust the process, I keep reminding myself.  I reflect on my journey by looking at my weight loss graph.  Quite an impressive downwards slope since I started on Mounjaro…

My weight loss charts from the start of my weight loss journey, back in 2012, when I weighed in at just under 90kg (14 stone).  It’s another useful reminder of why I am doing what I am doing and just how compromised many aspects of my life had become back then.

The peaks and troughs serve as memories of events that impacted my ability to lose (or put it on!) weight – caring for a terminally ill family member who came to live out their final months of life with us, the Coronavirus pandemic, which surprisingly led to one of my most successful periods of weight loss.  I was able to concentrate entirely on my exercise and food habits.   Friends shared that Covid had led them to eating more and moving less (because of the inability to get out and about and baking home made bread), whilst others (including myself), found the lack of social activities and holidays was a blessing in disguise when it came to weight loss, enabling us to prioritise this above all else.

Various factors will inevitably affect our lives and well-being.  I believe that over the course of my thirteen-year journey, I have managed to transform my attitude towards food and consuming it.  Food should be a pleasure, but not a reward or something that we “deserve”.  Food should be nutritious and healthy – it fuels our bodies.  We are what we put into our bodies, and that can make a huge difference to our emotional and physical well-being.

I no longer enjoy takeaway food. I just don’t! Who knows what it contains and under what conditions it has been prepared? When I eat out at a pub or restaurant, I often find myself questioning the value for money of my meal. The flavours and cooking processes often do not appeal to me. Additionally, the cost is a concern. How can the exorbitant prices be justified?

Perhaps I am just getting old…. less willing to compromise.  More fussy….

I can remember putting together this blog post back in 2020, in which I reflected how far I had come in that regard, and then this post back in 2014, in which I tried to outline how, by continually finding reasons (excuses) for why we can’t lose weight, we are already setting ourselves up for failure.  Once we accept that there are no plausible excuses – that we can, with perseverance, overcome those barriers (that in reality only exist inside of our heads), then this journey takes a whole new direction.

Today, my dosage increases from 5ml to 7.5ml for the coming 4 weeks.  Hoping for more of the same – appetite suppression, a steady drop in weight.  My wobbly bits are wobbling a lot less….

Mounjaro Journey – 7 weeks in

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Since my journey with Mounjaro started on 2nd June 2025, I have lost a total of 5kg, just over 11lb (for those of you who are still imperial!)  I’m more than happy with that.

As per my Blog post last Monday, I was getting a little disheartened by the fact that I had hit a bit of a plateau, bobbing up and down 100g each way.  But I trusted in the process and I was rewarded with the loss I’d been working hard to achieve, just over a kilogram in a week (2lbs).  I continue to weigh and log everything that I eat and drink,  maintaining a calorie deficit.  A 3,000-calorie deficit should result in a 1lb weight loss.

This week, for the first time since I started on my Mounjaro journey, I experienced being properly hungry.  I don’t eat breakfast, and usually eat my lunch around 1-2 pm.  On this particular occasion, we’d left the house early to visit a garden centre.  1 pm came and went, I had a cappuccino in the cafe – but half an hour later, I was hit by a proper feeling of hunger.  I needed to get home and eat!  Thankfully, once home, lunch was swiftly in front of me (a salad), which I had prepped in the morning before we’d set off.

Slice of ham, mixed salad with lettuce, cucumber, celery, red pepper, radish, tomatoes, and apple. Moroccan Spiced Lentil Salad with Grated Carrot and Orange Dressing. 50g of full-fat pineapple cottage cheese. Honey and mustard salad dressing. All of this was 173 calories!

The feeling of proper hunger wasn’t one I’ve experienced in many weeks!  It demonstrated how beneficial the appetite suppression provided by Mounjaro is to my success or failure.  Lesson learned, if there is any chance my lunchtime may be delayed, I’ll take a quick protein snack out with me.

This is my final week on the 5ml dosage.  I am expecting my delivery of a 7.5ml which I’ll be using for the next four weeks.  It’ll be interesting to see how my body tolerates it.  So far, I’ve been free of any side effects, and the appetite suppression and reduction in “food noise” have been working well for me.  Some people on Mounjaro claim to feel no hunger at all – others even say they feel sick at the thought of food.  This hasn’t been my experience, thankfully.  I’m still enjoying a healthy relationship with my food, just reducing the size of my portions and ensuring I include plenty of protein.

Mounjaro Journey – 6 weeks in

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This week has been quite strange in that my weight has plateaued. It didn’t go up or down; it stayed within 100 grams. 100 grams up, 100 grams down, stayed the same.  Repeat.  I lie, it did go down from 67.9kg to 67.6kg (300g) – just under a pound.

Since I weigh and log everything meticulously, I know I have been eating at a calorie deficit. I’m under my calorie limit by around 3,000 calories, which should typically result in a loss of about 1 pound (0.5 kg).

I’m not disheartened—having read several posts about others experiencing plateaus on 5mg, I’ve learned that this is a common occurrence. The main takeaway for me was to “trust the process.” I haven’t changed anything about my routine.  And 300grams is over the weight of a pack of butter.

In the early weeks, the body is adjusting, and I’m committed to persevering, just as I have for the past 13 years. I have to believe that things will start to move again soon.

In the meantime, I’ve been making courgette and cheese waffles, which consist of grated courgette, chopped onion, grated cheese, oats, and eggs. I can only manage half a waffle at a time, but they are both tasty and filling, just 157 calories for a whole waffle. I also had success with a courgette, lime, and pistachio cake. I cut and freeze it as soon as it cools, allowing me to enjoy a piece whenever I want. I’ve logged all my recipes, so I’m aware of the calories in each serving (214 calories for a slice of the cake).

Looking ahead, I have a fish and seafood week planned, featuring octopus, scallops, sea bass, and salmon—though not all at once!  Seafood and fish are great choices because they are high in protein and lower in calories.  And what’s more, I love them!

Hopefully we’ll see some movement on the scales by the time I check in next Monday….  In the meantime, my third weekly shot of 5mg of Mounjaro is due at lunchtime.

Mounjaro Journey – 5 weeks in, 5mg

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A bumpy ride. I weigh every day and there are some small gains amongst the losses. This is how our bodies work. We are not machines! The downward trajectory is all I need.

We all see and read in the media the stories of those individuals who have lost many stones/kilos whilst on their Mounjaro journey.  For me, Mounjaro is just another chapter in my weight loss journey which has been taken place over the past 13 years.

My aim is to lose 28lb (2 stone, or 15kg) to get back to my goal.  I’m more than happy with losing my weight at a slower pace, which appears to be an average of 1lb (500g) a week.  That suits me.  I’m already a quarter of the way there!

I’ve not needed to change what I eat or the quantities completely.  I don’t need to work on my relationship with food.  But for once, eating within my low-calorie allowance doesn’t leave me hungry and constantly thinking about food.  This will only resonate with you if, like me, you have a long-term weight issue.

The move up to the 5mg weekly dosage of Mounjaro has most definitely made a difference — most noticeably, in my appetite. It’s as if someone hit the “mute” button on my hunger cues. Subtle, but powerful.

This is a record of my weight loss from the start, 12th February 2012. It’s been a bumpy ride, but the general trend from the start of 2024 was up, up, up!

It took a day or two to recalibrate. My first meal post-dose was smaller than usual, but even that left me feeling stuffed. Not just full… overly so. So, for my next meal, I reduced my portion size again. The plate looked tiny — positively bijou — but once I cleared it, I felt pleasantly full. Not bloated, not craving more.

Still, no snacking between meals, save for a slice of homemade gooseberry and orange cake (which I logged, of course, and was included within my daily calorie allowance).

Social Eating—The Curveball

This week also threw me my first social eating challenge: a neighbour’s 70th birthday celebration. My other half had been the one to get the (verbal) invitation. He remembered the time, date, and location — the garden just behind ours — but had missed one crucial detail: it was a lunch invitation.

So, as usual, we had lunch at 12:30. When we arrived at 2 pm, we were greeted by… a buffet. Surprise, second lunch! Luckily, it was a buffet, so I could choose wisely: poached salmon, some kidney bean salad, and a generous portion of rocket. Plenty of tempting options, but my small plate suited me perfectly.

Alcohol was flowing — freely and constantly. The host and hostess were clearly on a mission to keep everyone’s glass full. I managed to nurse a single flute of prosecco over five hours… It was flat and warm by the end, but mission accomplished. I also made sure I had a steady supply of tap water throughout.

Then came the desserts.

I couldn’t resist a portion of homemade trifle—though this wasn’t your standard jelly-and-custard affair. Think Amaretti chocolate chip biscuits soaked in Cointreau, strawberries, gooseberries, custard, and cream. Decadent and delicious. As for the chocolate birthday cake? Not usually my thing, but I did sneak a bite from my OH’s plate. One bite was plenty — rich and very chocolatey. He instantly regretted his massive slice but soldiered through like a champ.

Looking Ahead: Dining Out

Next week brings another social test — a pub lunch with friends. It’s a familiar spot with a varied menu, but I’m unsure how I’ll manage portion-wise. I’m considering ordering from the children’s menu. Maybe a beefburger, ask them to leave off the chips and give me extra salad. I do struggle with paying over £10 for a meal I know I’ll only eat a fraction of.  Getting together with friends is more important than the food element of the get-together.

I’m also on the fence about whether to share that I’m on Mounjaro with the friends I’m meeting. For now, I’m leaning toward keeping it to myself.  Except that I am posting about it here on my Blog – a very public space!  I don’t think they’ve found me here yet…..

Butterbean and Kale Stew – 150 calories per portion

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I’m always on the lookout for recipes that are low in calories, offer a healthy balance of ingredients and – most importantly- taste delicious!  Anything that only requires one pot also wins my vote.

I’ve recently discovered Bold Beans and these beans have changed my opinion of butterbeans!  These come in a jar in the bean stock.  They also contain no sodium metabisulphite or other additives and are a little more expensive, but far cheaper than meat or fish!

I’ve decided to serve this alongside grilled Cumberland chipolatas.

 

Butterbean and Kale Stew – 150 calories per portion

 

Preparation Time:           30 mins

Cooking Time:                  30 mins

Serves:                                6

Calories per serving:        150

 

Ingredients

Extra Virgin Olive Oil                                      – 10ml

Brown Onions, Raw                                         – 100g

Carrots                                                                – 70g

Crushed frozen Garlic                                     – ½ Block cube /9g

Butter Beans, Queen, Bold Bean Co            – 1 Jar/570g

Smoked Paprika                                              – 1½ Tsps/7.5g

Ground Cumin                                                – 1 Tsp/5g

Dried Chilli Flakes                                         – 1 Tsp/3g

Tomato Puree                                                  – 1 Tbsp/15g

Cavolo Nero Cabbage                                    – ¾ Bag/150g

Lemon Juice                                                   – 2 Tsps/10ml

Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice         – 1 Can/400g

 

Preparation:

Peel and finely dice the onion and the carrot.  Thoroughly wash the Cavolo Nero, cut out the centre stalks and cut into bite-sized pieces.

Instructions:

Heat oil in a large pan, then add the onion and carrot and sauté for 5-7 minutes, before adding the minced garlic and cooking for another minute or two.

Add the tomato paste and seasonings, cooking them for a minute or two to release the flavours.

Add the chopped tomatoes, butter beans, and stock from the beans, stir everything together and then leave to simmer for 10 – 15 minutes.

Tip in the chopped kale and squeeze over the lemon juice, and then stir the kale into the butter bean stew until it’s wilted down.  It might speed things up if you place the lid on the pan at this point.

Remove the pan from the heat and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Finish off the stew with a garnish of fresh parsley, red pepper flakes, more lemon juice, and a glug of extra virgin olive oil.

Mounjaro Journey – 4 weeks in, 5mg

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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).

Blackcurrant “no churn” ice cream – enjoy wearing protected with an apron would be my advice!

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.

 

Mounjaro Journey – 3 weeks in

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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.

If you’ve read this blog post and are considering using Voy and Mounjaro, please feel free to ask me any questions about my experience and if you use this link you’ll get 25% off your first order (and I’ll get 30% off my next order for the referral…)

Three days in – Mounjaro. Increasing protein and fibre

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I’ve been very pleased with how things have been going.  I’ve started to look at my meal planning differently thanks to the Voy App.

I am logging meals and the App (AI) analyses the picture and description and gives me feedback on the composition, a “Balance Breakdown” – protein, carbs, fats, fibre, fruit & veg, added sugar and portion size.  It gives each meal or snack a mark out of 10 – it is also able to estimate the calorie content – eerily accurate!

It’s made me realise I need to focus a little more on protein – to ensure that the meal keeps me feeling fuller for longer.  It also identifies my “risk of cravings”.

Apparently, the average peak absorption from the medication is around 48 hours after the injection – the time when you can expect to feel the most benefit.

Around this time, something very weird happened.  My partner offered to make me a toasted crumpet with cream cheese and lemon curd, which I just didn’t want. I didn’t fancy it. Even if I tried to visualise biting into a buttery crumpet….. nothing. Now this was WEIRD.  Not usual for me, especially given this amazing topping combo – which if you’ve not tried it – you really should!

Toasted buttered crumpet with full-fat soft cream cheese and lemon curd

Other meals that have scored well was a concoction of mini spicy Italian sausages with onion, celery, roasted red peppers, mushrooms and Bold butterbeans (very superior and worth the extra price!) This earned me a score of 8.

 

Today’s lunch was a poached salmon and prawn salad with pomegranate salad dressing.  I bolstered my fibre with a mix of wholegrain basmati rice and black beans.  This rewarded me with a score of 9.5 and the feedback “So balanced – amazing!  Fantastic mix of protein-rich salmon, prawns with greens for balance.  Great fibre and low sugar make this a delightful and balanced dish”.