Ordered Monjaro - did you follow a diet as such?

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I am interested in this. When you started your weight loss injections did you follow a prescribed plan for weight loss or did you just find your appetite reduced to the point where it happened naturally?

Yes, still on it now

Problem is @FurForksSake i don’t eat normally - hence the injections! 5 and a half stone would get me to a healthy BMI.

I’m only 10 days in but I don’t want to be weighing food but trying to eat smaller healthy meals. I’m prioritising protein and vegetables. And not really eating much else as I’m full so quickly. I’m eating 3 meals with no snacking. Eg today had whey protein blended with fruit for breakfast, chicken with salad for both lunch and dinner.

Ok, normally was the wrong word maybe! I found I was eating too much junk, a lot of emotional eating and just too large a portion. So reducing portions and cutting out junk and focussing on whole foods was enough.

I found TikTok videos helpful for inspiring healthy meals that had good protein and fibre in useful. Planning all my meals for the week and being very careful when eating out.

I have always regarded the Mounjaro as a tool to help me learn good and sustainable eating habits that I can hopefully maintain for life so, personally, I would not suggest "dieting" or shakes, etc. One of the side effects can be constipation so getting fruit, veg and fibre in is essential
My first provider had nutrition advice as part of their programme and I was advised to eat a healthy, clean diet about 1500cals with around 100g protein a day so I usually have Greek yoghurt with berries and a little granola, nuts or seeds for breakfast, meat or fish with salad at lunchtime and a healthy cooked meal at night
I have lost 5 1/2 stone doing this and honestly think this slow and steady, healthy eating is the best way to go

I have done 8 weeks on 2.5 and 13 weeks on 3.33 (40 clicks 5mg). I am having to stick to a diet (team RH GLP 1) to make sure I eat enough, rather than stop me eating too much, and hit my protein and fibre goals.

I could easily eat substantially less each day, but wouldn’t be eating enough calories, protein or fibre if I just ate when I was hungry.
i am eating very clean, have cut out all alcohol (no pleasure from a glass of wine any more) and finding it a bit of a chore eating tbh. But rather that than the constant food noise and desire to always be eating that I used to have.

I see food as purely fuel now and am able to ensure I am only eating macro loaded foods as I have lost any desire for UPF/ junk food.
lost on average 1.5 lbs a week, so a healthy rate.

Pretty much the same as this.

Reduced naturally. It's been an absolute dream come true to lose weight with no effort whatsoever. I can rarely finish a meal and snacks hold no interest whatsoever. I have to be quite selective in what I eat, as I don't want to ruin my appetite by wasting it on something like say a couple of pieces of toast which would mean I was unable to eat a more nutritious meal. Whereas before I could easily eat a snack a meal and come back for more.

It’s a good point about budgeting food, I eat very little bread or bowls of cereal as it is too filling and devoid of balanced nutrition.

there definitely has to be priorities around food that help hit goals. Greek yoghurt, lean chicken and frozen fruit are some of my staples, not together!

Yes I have done fast 800 for decades cycling it round and omad for maybe 13 years. Mj makes it super easy though. I'm not mega strict i will have a lolly kna hot day for example.

No. I didnt calorie count at all. I ate the same meals aa previously, but ate protein and veggies first, and made a conscious effort to stop as soon as i felt full. I cut back the things i previously had in excess, the hardest being calorific iced coffees and frappes, i still have one occasionally though, before it was daily. Eating out i chose the better proteins and left the carbs, so instead of pasta id order the steak and not eat the potato side, or id have chicken/salmon with rice. I gave up caffeine entirely after a few weeks.

The thing with mounjaro is it makes all them choices easier. Its not a new radical thing, its things you already know. You dont need protein shakes, meal replacements etc, you just need to do what you already know. MJ isnt doing anything bar making these choices easier longer term.

Ive lost 45 kg which took around a year, and maintained my goal weight since April.

That's exactly what I'm planning. I've been on 2.5 for 2 pens and have a 5ml sitting for next injection.... Noise suppression is good and I'm learning that social events need to be better planned as drinking fizz then eating (reduced) amounts of food makes me feel so uncomfortable 😣
Protein and vegetables are my go to but I need to add greek yoghurt back in.

I do the ME 360 body scans on a 2 weekly basis which is great motivation when I only lose half pound!

I was already trying to stick to 5:2 fasting prior to starting Mounjaro but fell off the wagon after losing 2 stone, being on Mounjaro makes it easier for me to stick to. I don’t calorie count as it makes me miserable and obsessive about food so I steer clear from logging everything I eat. I know roughly after years of dieting the calorie content of food, but I eat fairly healthily anyway and your portion sizes/needs tend to naturally reduce, snacking between meals magically stops. I use protein shakes (check the sugar content) a couple of times a week to replace either breakfast or lunch if I don’t fancy anything to keep my protein up. So yes, for me it just happened naturally - good luck!

I didn’t follow a ‘plan’ as such but I used fast800 and Zoe recipes in the main. I did generally eat pretty healthily pre-MJ and have been generally low carb for years though so just focused on upping my protein a little and reducing portions, snacks and alcohol!

It's not possible to get enough nutrients from 800 calories. Also, impossible to eat like that after Mounjaro for the rest of your life so the weight comes back. It's the think people should not do as it might cause severe side effects.

Pffft. I'm coming to the end of week 3 and have lost 3lb. Ugh! Are you a man (going by the name)? My dad always loses so so easily.
It's so hard, I could cry. I really hoped it would work for me! I'm going to keep going.

Just keep going, 3lbs is fine, it’s not necessarily going to work until the dose is higher. Keep going, you aren’t gaining weight and are losing so that’s positive.

Sorry, yes. But my losses aren’t untypical of many on here, from what I’ve read.

If it helps, I’ll walk within 20 yards of a bakers it will all go back on, plus more. I haven’t eaten bread in a month, and liquid bread (beer) is also off the agenda. Sitting here drinking a £4.60 pint of Diet Coke, dreaming of a sandwich.

Hope things improve for you.

As an under active thyroid veggie it is very hard once you come off it

I didn’t do any kind of dieting, I know how to eat healthy it just helped suppress my appetite so I snacked less, I lost well. It does still take some will power, but the will power comes much easier. I do plan to just stay on it though, for lots of reasons.

Hit my 2 year Mounjaro anniversary at the weekend.

I’ve done too many years of restrictive “diet” plans whether it was SW, WW, meal replacements, various fasting ideas, omad, calorie counting that were unsustainable long term so I didn’t want to bring those “past failures” with me this time.

I calorie counted just for the first month or so to make sure I was getting enough calories in and get an idea of macros.

I changed my diet - my tastes changed quickly, I couldn’t drink Pepsi max anymore as it tasted odd, started enjoying meat and fish again. Focused on 3 meals a day that were protein based, big piles of veg and salad or fruit and limited carbs, cut out mindless snacking, UPF, cut out big plates of pasta or rice etc. still enjoyed a takeaway every week or two.

It is a more sustainable way forward for me and Mounjaro has helped me eat this way consistently for 2 years by helping with food noise and helping with portion control if I eat mindfully.

I didn’t follow a diet, I just ate as normal but significantly less of it. Much of the time I struggled to eat much at all and had to force myself.

I eat protein each meal, drink my water and just make better choices but you definitely don’t as much while on it xx

I don't. I use Nutracheck to ensure I am in a calorie deficit and track protein.

By default that meant a more protein rich/low carb diet. So I basically overhauled my diet and I plan to carry on when moving to maintenance and beyond,

So far I manage without protein powder/shakes by concentrating on greek yoghurt, fish and chicken/turkey plus vegetables and some carbs like rice, small amount of pasta and potatoes.

I use half the calories I earned for exercises but Nutracheck is already on the conservative side for counting.

I'm on Wegovy and have changed my meals, eating less my usual proteins, with less carbohydrate and more fruit and veg.
I started by using the Juniper food tracking system but found that their calorie limit and protein input were not realistic for me and I didn't lose weight. Based on my size, weight and strength (and according to my gym body scan) my calorie intake should be just over 1500 daily, though I have to eat significantly less than that to lose any weight at all and my Juniper limit was 1600. The first month was effectively an expensive waste of time for this reason
Now I find that I only need small meals and try to stick to protein rich foods, fruit and veg for fibre, and a little high protein bread or rice/potatoes with main meals if I want them. I go to the gym three times a week and burn around 300 calories each time.

I no longer count calories or log nutrition, but am losing more than half a kilo a week which is fine for me as I'm 74 and feel weak if I don't have regular meals. I'm three months in and have lost about 6kg which is definitely showing, and my BMI has gone down from over 30 to just over 27 - still overweight but not technically obese.
I can absolutely understand if people want to use an eating plan or log their nutrition, but if the nutrition limits set are not right this will not work. Everybody is different.