Will mounjaro help?

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Since having DS over two years ago, my weight has steadily gone up. I didn't gain much during pregnancy, but my appetite increased when breastfeeding and unfortunately has continued even now I've totally stopped. I'm still SO hungry.

I think it's actually because I'm really tired. DS has always been a bad sleeper and while he normally only wakes once a night now, he can take hours to get to sleep. I'm still averaging about five hours of sleep a night. More than six is unusual. I work full time. I snack on sugar and carbs whenever I can. My meals are mostly fine, especially when sharing with DS, but the snacking is out of control.

My BMI is now just over 30 and I'd ideally lose two stone (I'm quite short so it makes a big difference). I've lost weight before counting calories and increasing exercise, but I just have absolutely no motivation, willpower or spare time even though I desperately want to feel healthier. I feel like I'm in a vicious, exhausting circle.

I've got it into my head that mounjaro is the answer and that by cutting out the 'food noise' I'll have more headspace and energy to make other improvements. But if my hunger is because of tiredness will it even make a difference? Am I better off spending the money on a sleep consultant?

We're also considering ttc again. If we do, we'll realistically want to start before the end of the year, so I also don't have very long to get my weight under control - because I think it would take at least three months to lose two stone and then I need to have three months without mounjaro before ttc. Is that right? I'm worried I've left it too late...

I’m not sure it’s worth doing it between pregnancies, honestly. It’s a lot of money and there’s the worry about having it out of your system before ttc too. Would you not be better waiting?

Mounjaro will help you loose weight, but the first month dose doesn't see weight loss for a lot of people. You have to titrate up the doses and for many people there is little effect til month 3 (7.5mg) or month 4 or 5 (10mg or 12.5mg). You haven't got time to get up to a therapeutic dose.

Even if 2.5mg is effective for you and you see results in month one (and you can't know if that will.happen), if you have to stop a couple of months later then the likelihood you will put all the weight back on again, is quite high, especially as you'll b pregnant etc..

Personally I don't see the point of taking it between pregnancies and it's not worth the risk to baby that you might still have it in your system. Just wait and start mounjaro when baby is born and no longer breast feeding.

Yes it will.

Thanks everyone. Ideally I want to be a healthy weight before ttc. Aside the obvious advantages, I am worried about putting another two stone on after DC2. I think I want to feel like me again before going through another pregnancy.

I know you're right though and there's not really time. I'm just sick of feeling like this and the thought of potentially doing so for another three years fills me with dread (I breastfed DS until just before 2 and probably would try to do similar, although not sure I've got it in me again). But we are possibly better spending the money on a sleep consultant and hoping my willpower comes back with more sleep.

Try it for a month. Youve for nothing to lose other than weight! I dropped 15lbs on 2.5mg and 3.75mg over 8 weeks which took me from obese to overweight.

The time might not be now - your decision - but it is an option down the road. I was in a very similar position. Put weight on after kids due to sheer exhaustion, lack of self-care and not cooking separately because I can't bear food waste and so always just finished whatever deliberately high fat food the kids had.

MJ has been super effective for me. I started with a BMI of 30 and am on track to lose 7kg in the first month. The side effects in the first two weeks were absolutely grim and I was very close to giving up but my provider advised one more week and they pretty much disappeared.

It has been the external change I needed because it does feel like it regulates your blood sugar. I'm still knackered from the full kids and full time work but there is just no temptation to sugar fuel my way through it and I feel so much more like myself for starting to fit into my clothes again.

I feel in basically the same situation, except mine is 16 months and I’m trying to decide if I wean down breastfeeding to facilitate this, then thinking about ttc at the end of the year…
my bmi also around that, but taller so more to lose. I honestly don’t know - torn about stopping breastfeeding but also ready to stop, but sad not a baby anymore!

no words of advice but solidarity x

Have you looked into swapping your carb and sugar snacks for protein based ones? The sugar high and crash won’t be helping esp when you’re already tired.

I understand where you are coming from.you could put of ttc for a few months longer. Then you will have time to loose a bit of weight safely and discuss with your GP if you've been off it long enough to ensure safe pregnancy. Will a few months extra wait before TTC be ok?