Massive appetite today

[PattiePie]

I feel like a failure. This is the 11th day since I started taking Mounjaro 2.5mg injections. I've been feeling lightly nauseous but nothing terrible. I have had next to no appetite compared to normal and probably estimated 1000-1200 calories a day since starting. Today I ate and ate and ate. I had to be at my computer all day but I set myself up to fail. My total food intake today was a bread roll, a beef pie and even some hot chips. I feel shattered that I've let myself down 11 days into this. Has anyone else done this and come back from it? I need some hope.

Of course you'll come back from this! Dust yourself off and back to it.

You might not believe it, but an occasional relaxed day of eating can often lead to weight loss if you have been stuck. It doesn't sound like you ate a huge amount, but it was carb heavy, which isn't ideal.

I've been on MJ for 9 months now. Every month, the few days before my period I am ravenous and eat more than usual. I always think MJ has stopped working, but it supresses my appetite again after the few days. Could it be your cycle?

I think I'll keep a journal and track when these days happen in my cycle. Thank you for replying. I hadn't thought of that.

Thank you for the support. I've packed healthier choices for work tomorrow. I wasn't organised this morning so that didn't help.

Goodness you’re not a failure. It’s one day, and unless the bread roll, pie and chips were ginormous it won’t have a massive impact on your overall weight loss. This is a long term process, months and months, not days. One day will not derail you.

You’ve identified what went wrong today, so you can maybe spot it coming next time and plan for it. That’s all positive and a useful learning experience.

Thank you. My thought was that I can't even 2 weeks without gorging myself.

Please be kind to yourself! You are just starting out on a new journey and there are bound to be hiccoughs and curveballs.
Remember that 2.5mg is just the starting dose, a lot of people find that they need to go well up the doses before they get much fuller effects throughout the week. It can take a bit of time, but it is so well worth it.

@PattiePie sometimes we talk to ourselves in ways we never would to our nearest and dearest. Everyone has down days where things don’t go to plan. It’s not a black and white, all or nothing scenario. One dodgy day in 2 weeks can be offset by 13 other days where things went better. You’ve done nearly 2 weeks of better days - that’s great! None of that is wiped out by one bad day.

2.5mg only lasted 2 weeks for me, the rest was will power until I moved up to 5mg. See how next week is. If it doesn't improve you may need a higher dose. I was prediabetic but didn't know so needed higher doses 10mg before it resolved my sugar symptoms. I was also like you, ravenous when it wore off and nothing could satisfy me. Carb cravings are a sign of insulin resistance. I found drinking lots of water, having plenty of protein helped and tracking food.

Don’t get mad at yourself over this. I find I only have suppression for about 5 days so 2 days a week I eat more and just let myself go a bit. I still lose. Let yourself have day off.

“a bread roll, a beef pie and even some hot chips“

How many of us are thinking, “in old money, that would have just been lunch”?

Don’t sweat it!

Be much kinder to yourself. I think dieters used to be encouraged to berate themselves to build motivation. But that’s a horrible thing and it also doesn’t work. People who eat well and exercise with a positive mindset of self-care are much more successful at weight loss and keeping it off. You’re great! You’ve chosen to take effective medication and look after yourself for the longterm! There will be wobbles on the path, but you’re on the path. Well done and good luck.

(Also, 1000 perhaps too low leading to feeling of deprivation? This isn’t about eating as little as possible. It’s about eating well, maxing nutrition, getting your health back on track.)

How many calories did you eat? It doesn't sound like a lot of food - a bread roll, a pie and chips - is that it?

1000-1200 calories is almost certainly too low, if your starting weight is obese.

Thank you. I definitely need to work on the positive self-talk. Many years of self-loathing will rake a moment to recover from.

Have a good day today, eat healthy, nutritious food and look after yourself! You are worth love and kindness.

One of the key things I've learnt during my 9 months on Mounjaro is that the negative self talk I had with myself when I was obese was part of the reason I overate. Making myself feel bad was part of my food noise. I have worked at being much kinder to myself. Our bodies are amazing. They may need extra fuel now and then and that may mean craving a hot pie and chips. That's fine.
Hope you're feeling well today after it. I had bad side effects after pizza but they didn't last more than a day or 2. Take care.

Meant kindly, you need to get a ruddy grip!
You're a week and a half in to a long journey and you'll currently have the tiniest amount of Mounjaro in your system. It has a half life of 5 days, so 5 days after jab one you only had 1.25 mg in your system. As you're now that far into week two you'll have slightly more right now, but still a very low dose.
Don't expect miracles and don't expect to change years of habits overnight. Mounjaro is an amazing tool but we're all still human and chips are still delicious. Don't write off a roll, a pie and some chips as a disaster, if that's literally the extent of your 'failure'. Sure, they aren't the best choices but they're hardly the end of the world. And a healthy future is going to involve chips and pie from time to time. And wine and cake. My mounjaro journey involves a detour via a free Lidl doughnut today!
Don't let one chips day throw you off course.