Taking a break for a holiday

[threeeggsontoast]

In 6 weeks I’m going on a ‘once in a lifetime’ roadtrip holiday overseas. Doing well on MJ so far and I’d always planned to stay on it throughout the hols. I get very good suppression on 5mg so usually have to remind myself to eat and when I do, can’t manage that much.

I’m now reconsidering what to do - for two reasons. 1. We’ll be visiting several sets of friends and I know they’ll want to take us out for meals/drinks and 2. It’s going to be very hot and if I take my pen, on travel while I’m away from air conditioning, not 100% sure it’ll stay at a decent temp. I don’t refrigerate after use, just keep it in a drawer at home.

So at present I’m considering taking my jab as usual on the day I leave and just making it last for the 2.5 weeks I’ll be away. I assume as it wears off it’ll give me a little more flexibility on eating so in a way, I get the best of both worlds. It could also be a good experiment to see what it’s like to be without it for a bit.

I really don’t want to mess around with my weight loss but I also want freedom to enjoy different foods within reason and not feel like I’m stuffed after a few mouthfuls.

Anyone done this? Any thoughts? Or is it better to just stick with the plan?

Just take a break enjoy your trip and start again when you get home. You’ve managed your whole life with weightloss jabs a few more weeks won’t hurt. Just buy yourself a 2.5mg pen and work back up to the dose you’re currently on. These jabs are suppose to fit in with us and our bodies. If you were going for an operation you would be asked to stop taking it for a few weeks prior to the surgery. I’ve been on Mounjaro for 17 months, lost almost 6 stones and have had to stop and then re adjust my doses several times.

I took my pen on holiday and injected as usual, and I am so glad that I did.

Like you @threeeggsontoast I didn't want to 'miss out' or seem rude by not eating vast amounts. However I needn't have worried. I 'only' had a glass or 2 of wine at lunch and then maybe a glass or 2 in the evening; because that is all I wanted. No one noticed. I decided not to eat any bread, nor have anything with sugar in, 2 'rules' that I stuck to. Again, no one noticed, commented or cared!
Otherwise I just ate modest portions of whatever was on offer.
We went to a very hot country and The Frio pouch kept my pen at room temp while travelling there and back.
I was simply aiming to just put on a small amount and then seriously get back to it when I got home.
Much to my surprise I lost weight on holiday.

It is possible to do WLI's on holiday, if that's what you choose.
Whatever you decide, I hope you have a wonderful time!

Just take yourself off that stuff, have you researched the side effects and do you know that there is a $2b legal case against the makers of the other one, Ozempic because of it causing health issues, I'm sure they are probably much the same. Obviously it's your choice, but I'm sure people don't fully research these things before diving in to take them. I'm sure I will get hate for this comment, so I won't come back to look again, but really just trying to warn people not to take these things that don't have enough long term research behind them and it's now coming out that they are causing health issues such as

• Gastroparesis - stomach paralysis
• Ileus (intestinal blockage)
• Persistent vomiting and dehydration
• Gallbladder inflammation and gallstones
• Vision loss (NAION – non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy)
• Pancreatitis and kidney injury

A load of absolute bollox.
Probably some anti science nutjob. Hence the post and run tactic.

The risks are tiny compared to the almost dead certainty of early death and complications from obesity.

@FlyingFox Jfc the confusion riddled through your post is impressive. Everyone who is prescribed Mounjaro is told of the possible side effects and makes the decision for themselves that the possible risks are outweighed by the definite health benefits. It’s really patronising to think that people aren’t capable of making that decision.

The law suits are in the US, which has a completely different system for both prescribing and court cases. There’s probably no new medication that hasn’t had law suits taken out by someone. It’s speculative in the hopes of payouts for the claimants, and ongoing work for the lawyers. It’s got nothing to do with the UK and how we manage prescription medications and safety.

The risks you list are known, and are listed before being prescribed. They are very rare. NAION risk relates to Ozempic/Wegovy not Mounjaro. They are different medications and are not the same compound at all. The risk of NAION has not been definitively proven, there is some evidence of a possible correlation but nothing causative has been shown. It is also an absolutely tiny risk for the general population and the increase risk level is still absolutely minuscule, even if it were definitively proven.

Aaaaand, none of that has to do with the OPs question!

@threeeggsontoast I personally would and have continued to take my medication whilst on holiday. It’s been fine and didn’t impact my holiday. But equally you could take a break for the duration and see how you get on. You might want to consider doing a lower dose than 5mg if you’ve had a 2 week plus break when you get back.

What are the side effects for missing a dose? Try it at home and see how you feel.

Fair pointThe risks of obesity and premature death weren't enough of a deterrent for people to stop eating.So much.

The small risks of these injections probably won't be a deterrent either.

I think you'll find it's not bollocks, though, if only you could learn to spell it. You realize people have died right.

Look, o, p, you're gonna have problems with maintenance, long term.You want to come off them?So you can eat normally.What's gonna happen when you stop them. Maybe just find a way to be without the injections.

Jfc what is it with this thread attracting these odd posters wanging on about how deadly weight loss medication is??! Bizarre.

”you realise people have died”. I’m sure they have. You don’t understand anything about relative risk. Obesity and the related health issues it causes, kills people too. At a much much higher rate than weight loss injections. If you take WLI to lose weight then overall your risk of dying reduces.

@Welshmonster there at no side effects from missing a dose. All that happens is the medication wears off, and you will gradually lose the positive effects that help you to lose weight. No need to do a trial run at home to find that out.

Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

You comment on my perfectly correct colloquial spelling of bollox amid that absolute dog's dinner of illiteracy?

You can take your nasty, judgy, misspelt, typo- ridden gibberish and shove it up your fundament.

You don't know why people are obese. You don't have a clue about how successful the OP will be in maintaining her weight loss and you clearly have no concept of balancing risks.

I suggest you've publicly soiled yourself quite enough, now do run along, I'm sure 'Dr YouTube' is waiting to impart some more genius medical advice.

I skip weeks all the time with no issue. I get quite bad side effects so if I want a night to enjoy a meal out I’ll skip it. I even came off for 3 months and started back at the same dose. My weight loss has been slow but that’s how I want it plus I don’t have massive amounts to lose.

I wouldn’t skip it, but for me it was absolutely life changing and from week one I knew I didn’t ever want to feel as I had done previously ever again. That said I don’t really recognise not being able to eat whilst using MJ, I don’t drink alcohol so don’t know much about that but I happily eat out when on holiday. I now have one course where I would previously have had 3, but I am definitely able to go for a meal and enjoy it. I would travel with it in a cool wallet like Frio or something where all you need is cold water to ‘top up’ the cooling aspect.

Ah how funny, the thread was invaded by some of the ‘just eat less, move more’ crowd. 😂

Thanks for the other helpful comments though. I’m thinking I might take my pen in a pouch and then decide what to do when I’m there.

Oh but we all know you will come back and look at the comments. Weight loss jabs aren’t going anywhere, in fact they will become mainstream in medicine in the coming years. Get used to us fatties having a tool that can help us 🤣🤣

I have just been on a 2 week cruise.

My normal injection day fell on the day my holiday started.

Took it as normal.

Skipped the injection the week later.

Injected the day I got home and continued my weight loss journey.

Juniper is my prescriber and chatted this through with my Health Coach prior to going away.

All good!

Just out of interest, did hunger come back significantly or did you continue to feel the effects for the second week?

Hunger did come back, but not instantly, just the medication gradually wore off.

Gained 4lbs in total - 3lbs of which came straight off in the first week of being home and back on the injections.

I guess it all depends on if you can eat a bit of what you want whilst on holiday and still taking the jab. I can’t. My stomach will not tolerate anything remotely fatty, spicy or rich whilst on this medication so if I want to eat anything other than high protein low fat foods I have to have a break from the jab. Other people can obviously enjoy a few treats and drinks whilst still on it.

They can’t bear the thought of overweight people having a tool to make things easier. No one tells smokers they’re not allowed to use nicotine patches! But fat people…no, you must sweat it out the hard way. 🙄

Exactly

This was exactly what I did and my experience too.
I took my jab with me so that I could decide either way (luckily had access to a cooler and fridge) but in the end I just didn't want to jab while away. Suppression was a little too high for me though so that did sway my decision.
Gained 4 lbs of water weight which dropped straight off in a week when back but was able to enjoy sensible portions of food on holiday without feeling like I was missing out.

@FlyingFox mist of those are side effects OF ANY WEIGHTLOSS. Shall we just stop letting obese people lose weight.

OP I’m going on a big trip in a few weeks and haven’t decided. Not because of same reason, I will be in a hot country l, camping in the wilderness and hiking a lot each day. I need to make sure I can get enough calories and not convinced I can keep pen below 30degrees.

As for food, I recently went to a festival and had lots of beer, cider and chips (and a battered sauage!) so not too worried about that. I don’t gain anything, as I probably ate less, just worse food!

Good to know no side effects if you suddenly stop taking it

I've been on MJ since May 2024 and lost 7 stone so far. We've been on a few holidays and I've just taken a dose on the day we leave and left the pen in the fridge at home. The hunger came back a little bit but I was able to manage it and on all 3 trips I didn't gain any weight. I didn't lose any either but it's a marathon not a sprint. Plus I do get some side effects so it's nice not to have to worry about them so much on holiday.