I havent read the full thread so apologies if this haa been covered.
ive been on MJ for well over a year, 45kg down, been maintaining at 52kg since April.
2.5mg didnt do anything for me at all. It is considered a micro-dose. The advice is stay on a dose as long as it is working for you so you dont go up too quickly, however, if a dose isnt working. Move up. Theres little point spending months on a dose that doesnt work.
i never counted calories. For me i become obsessed and that becomes a chore and i quit. I didn’t really even change my diet all that much. What i did do was make a conscious effort to eat protein and veg first then carbs, and pay attention to that moment i started to feel full, then remove the food. That full feeling is much faster and much easier to recognise with MJ so its less of a challenge than “dieting”. But i never tracked a single calorie.
Weight fluctuates. A few lb/kg is normal. So i weigh daily and its given me a good idea of those natural fluctuations. But more importantly, get a good tape measure, i have an arboleaf one, and measure every few weeks.
lastly, its a marathon not a sprint. It took 12 months for me to hit my goal, and while ive lost 90lb/45kg i had sometimes a month of nothing changing, it takes time. The 2.5/5mg dont work for everyone. I saw real Progress from 7.5mg onwards, and i went up to the max of 15mg. Ive now dropped back to 7.5mg for maintenance. Its a different journey for everyone though. You have to find the dose that works for you