Cant stop pigging out!

[Strawbsss]

Down 6.5 stone (from 22 stone to nearly 16 stone). Feeling so proud of myself, compliments are flooding in, I can feel the confidence booming inside me..

Easter Holidays arrive (I’m a teacher and off with my own kids) and BOOM. Can’t stop shovelling food into my gob.

Im on 15mg Mounjaro and have been for around 8 months now. Granted, the Mounjaro stops me stuffing my face with as much food as I used to but I’m so upset with myself!

Half of me thinks it’s because I’m out of routine and should I just forget about trying until I’m back to work / kids back to school and take the pressure off but I’m terrified about undoing all my hard work 😭

Not sure what the point of this thread is, I’m just fed up of being this way

It will be the being out of routine. And it's also hard to sustain when you've been on a calorie restricted diet for a very long time whether with Mounjaro or without.

I would try to reset now, rather than wait till you're back at work. Can you grab a bit of time to plan your food for the next week, and think about having healthy food around to snack on? Concentrate on high protein low carb to try to settle down your blood sugar levels.

I think you’re right.

It certainly doesn’t help that my shopping day isn’t until Friday and I’ve ran out of all my usual protein / volume foods so I’m just picking at whatever I make for the kids 😭

I’ve really let myself down and I hate myself for it x

Firstly, forgive yourself. All the pressure can't be helping. Can you get out and stock up on healthy foods. Would weighing motivate you? You're just out of routine. Next week will be better.
Well done on your weight loss so far. Mj is amazing isn't it?

It's not a disaster, you haven't let anyone down and please don't hate yourself! I know how that thinking goes, we seem to be able to kick ourselves when we are down more than anyone externally would ever do!

It's a minor wobble on an amazing journey where you have done brilliantly. A tiny blip. It isn't going to ruin anything, it really isn't.

Firstly 6 1/2 stone loss is an incredible achievement- you should feel so proud of yourself.
You can’t obviously increase the dose since you’re on the max dose of 15mg.
I think what this highlights is that obesity is far more complex for some people, & the reasons behind why we eat. Are you actually hungry? Or bored? Or is it because there’s food there so might as well eat it? Have you ever had therapy to try & get to the bottom of why you over ate in the first place? Have you always struggled with being overweight?
You deserve to be slim, you can beat this, don’t let an awful start to the Easter holidays stop you from achieving your goal. You need a plan, work out what you’re going to eat ahead of time. Be kind to yourself, we all mess up sometimes in life, this is just a little hiccup, you can get back on track. It might take more will power now your body has got used to Mounjaro. When you feel like eating have some pre planned things you can do to take your mind off the food until hopefully the feeling wears off. Make a list to read before you eat anything & ask yourself - am I actually hungry? If yes then think what can I eat that’s also healthy? If you’re not tell yourself to go do something, like walk up & downstairs, count to 50, perhaps the longer you can put off eating you’ll be able to convince yourself not to eat.
Easter is hard with all the yummy snacks though, I was in M&S earlier & was having an internal conversation with myself, do I really need these yummy looking cakes, NO!! I don’t !! Walk away, go buy a salad! 😂

Take a breath - step outside, have a cup of tea, move away from the food :-)

Protein! Up your protein and it will really help. Try a protein yoghurt or shake.

You WON’T undo your hard work in a few weeks. After enjoying relaxing, get back on it hard with renewed vigour and any recent gained weight will fall off. Having a break will set you up for the next long stint

Thank you so much ladies. Honestly, thank you.

I think I’m doing it because I’ve spent up for Easter holidays, I’m stuck in the house, it’s pissing down and I’m turning to food to entertain me?

I weigh every day, I’ve not gained but I’ve not lost either for a whole week now.

I’m a bit stuck until shopping day (Friday) but I’m going to bulk up on absolutely everything protein wise.

I know I can do this, I’ve done this!

I just need routine to keep me on the straight and narrow. Not being at works means I’m doing nothing and that causes me to eat or ‘make cakes’ with the kids (which is just an excuse for me to eat them😭) x

You haven't put anything on? That's a huge win. Maybe a relaxed week or 2 is exactly what you need to take a break before the hard work begins again. You've done amazingly

I have been on Mounjaro for 9 months now and I found the same over Christmas. For me I think it was because, spurred on by Christmas festivities, I started the bad food habits again - too regular sweet treats, mindless snacking that I had no interest in previously - it restarted the cravings and it was a bit of a downwards spiral.

I didn't gain, but it took willpower and the best part of January to get back on track - and it did without increasing my dose, but I did consider it a couple of times.

It was a lesson for me that the quality of what and how I ate was just as important as the calories and quantity.

Massive win, I put at least 5lbs on just after a day of binging 😭😂