Not losing...

[NavigatingMounjaro]

Just after some thoughts really...

Started MJ in June '24 and have only lost a stone in that time. My start weight was relatively low at 12st 12lbs, and as of today I weigh 11st 11lbs.

I have had really good appetite suppression throughout my journey so far and have been eating in a calorie deficit as determined by an online TDEE calculator. I obviously started on 2.5mg, but have stayed on 5mg since week 5 as I cannot see the point in moving up a dose if I already have strong suppression and am doing everything right. I was under the impression that the MJ helped to reduce your appetite which, of course, in turn helped you to eat less and therefore lose weight. I have now been the same weight for 5 weeks!

Does anyone know what the benefits of moving up to a stronger dose will be if I already have little to no hunger on 5mg? I have two doses of 5mg left and am deliberating whether to move up to 7.5mg as a last ditch attempt to get the scales moving in the right direction or just stop after my last dose.

All thoughts/ideas/suggestions welcome! :)

Remember that it's not the mounjaro that causes the weight loss but what you are consuming. I would look at what you are eating to start with.

I am not a fan of BMR and TDEE calculations and know that if I ate the 1500ish a day that it says is my deficit amount, I would put on weight!!

I obviously have no idea how much you are eating but maybe try reducing your calories to see if that makes any difference.

Alternatively, I keep reading about increasing then reducing to 'jolt' your body out of a plateau. No idea if it works but if you have good suppression, it seems unlikely that going up a dose will make more difference than experimenting with your diet first.

Also consider intermittent fasting. I find this very helpful.