Mounjaro

[Jacome1]

Has anyone stopped Mounjaro when going on holiday for two weeks? Going fully inclusive and drinking so not sure what’s best to do! Also if you did did you continue with dosage or start from scratch? Thank you

Following out of interest, sorry not helpful! I wonder how long you'd need to stop before going to be able to fully indulge!

But surely that goes against what you being on MJ is about.
I did AI on MJ. Did eat and drink just not as much as usual. Came back same weight which was good for me.

I continued taking mj whilst on holiday at an AI

I still fully enjoyed myself just with small portions.

for mj to work long term habits need to change permanently.

I have done this and to be honest I wouldn't recommend it. I've done AI on and off mounjaro - on it, I eat the healthier stuff and small treats and still get some pleasure.

This time I took 2 weeks off (more like 20 days) and I've put 10 pounds on. It just wasn't worth it.

For me AI on mounjaro is how a normal person at AI might be, rather than me off it who will just eat and eat and eat.

Isn't the point of MJ that you can eat much what you fancy but you just eat less?

No I did not. And I didn’t gain half a stone for the first time ever! I enjoyed myself, ate what I fancied by relaxing the calorie count but MJ nudged me to make reasonably sensible decisions.

Same as others- I wouldn't take a break. Christmas for me it was a game changer- I ate, drank but didn't do it to painful excess. I'm hopeless with AI and just eat and drink. Christmas showed me I can't still have fun but don't need to binge eat to do it.

I missed 1 injection because I was ill. Didn't plan to miss it as such but with flu like symptoms I was in bed and just never got round to it. Oddly when restarting I've felt that the effects of the injection was less. Yesterday I was distinctly "snack-y" 🤔 But maybe it's all in my head

As long as it's working as it should, you can eat 1200 or more calories a day and you're not battling rotten symptoms then you should just carry on as normal. You need to learn to live your life without going 'daft' in situations such as an AI holiday. Have a fab time

If you leave 14 days between injections you are supposed to go back to 2.5mg .
I try to give myself the injection the day before I leave for a week on holiday , I’ve done this too on a 10 day holiday and it is nice to enjoy the last 5 days of the holiday food wise as the suppression has reduced . I didn’t put on weight when I did a 10 day gap on holiday.

I went on AI in December and chose to stay on Mounjaro. Still had a lovely holiday but given how little I could manage to eat, I made healthy choices. Still had a few very tiny treats though.
Came home after the week and I’d lost 2lb !

I went on holiday in November and kept on my 2.5mg (at the time) dose. Glad I did as I had a fab time, ate smaller portions. Had some drinks and a fab time. Didn’t weigh for two weeks and when I came back I had lost a pound! I’m pleased I stayed on it and plan to do the same for my next holiday in March.

Could you lower your dose rather than stop?

Going on holiday next week and my 2.5mg pen is coming with me. Having survived the Christmas New Year festivities a holiday is not going to damage my progress. I will enjoy myself but not going mad on food.

Have continued to take mine on holidays and it’s coming away with me next week. I will eat and drink whatever I want but MJ will help make ‘whatever I want’ sensible!

I want to be a healthy weight more than I want to binge on AI food and booze.