What is your plan when you stop mounjaro?

[TheDogsKnees]

I'm 45 and perimenopause has hit me HARD. Weight loss is almost impossible through my previous tried and trusted methods, and I know now that this is due to hormonal changes. My sugar cravings are unreal at times.

I know that I need to make significant forever changes to my eating and exercise and I've been thinking about using mounjaro whilst I formulate new habits. I feel like the lack of food noise will be really helpful here. But what happens when the time comes to stop mounjaro and the food noise returns with a bang? I've thought about using natural appetite suppressants but if they worked, wouldn't we all be doing that instead?

It's not something I'd like to be on forever, but I'm also so sick of being overweight with no confidence or self-esteem. I don't recognise myself. I have approx 3.5 stone to lose so anticipate the journey being quite long. Do I just live for now and worry later?!

I can't afford to stay on it long term, so I'm going to have to find a way to live with being permanently hungry when I come off it and not self sabotage with food.

I'm hoping I'm laying good foundations for better habits but who knows how much is the drug and how much is me making healthy changes that will stick long term?

I’ve been off MJ since Feb 15, I was on it from oct to Feb. So far, I’m still losing weight and I’m 5lbs lighter since Feb, I’m not starving, I’ve just continued to eat well and healthily as I was doing when I was on MJ and I’m exercising 5 days a week, I have so much more energy for this since coming off the jab too. There’s a maintenance thread here that you can read to see what people are doing after reaching their goal weight
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5252687-youve-reached-your-goal-weight-come-chat-about-maintenance-not-regaining-going-cold-turkey-or-titrating-down?page=17&reply=143729122

does this mean you have a pen going for longer than 30 days?