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Mounjaro Doseage

7 replies

India4 · 14/10/2025 14:01

Hello All,

I have been trying not to increase my 5mg doseage but weight loss seems to be stalling, is this par for the course? I had rather hoped that appetite control would be enough to lose weight, wondering whether to increase to 7.5mg?.

Thanks to you all.

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TheBlueHotel · 14/10/2025 14:02

If you're counting calories and finding it too difficult to stick to a deficit on 5mg then increasing would be sensible

SilenceInside · 14/10/2025 14:05

Are you able to stick to a sufficient calorie deficit currently, on the 5mg dose? If you are, and you are feeling the effects of the medication then it is possible that this is just a temporary plateau and you may find the weight begins to drop again.

How long has your weight loss been plateaued?

WeAllHaveWings · 14/10/2025 16:32

Forgive me if you know all this already, but as you haven't mentioned in your post and this is the more important information when deciding to increase dose.........

Calorie deficit controls how much weight you lose not the dose of Mounjaro.

What is your TDEE? What calorie deficit are you in, are you tracking and managing to keep within it consistently over each week? Are you following the basics of a protein based diet (protein at every meal can really help), reduced carbs, minimal sugar/sweeteners/UPFs. Plenty of hydration. Some exercise/increase steps if possible for you, most weight loss will come from calorie deficit, but every little helps.

If you are not following the basics, increasing your dose may help short term, but longer term is not the best tactic. Much better to work on increasing and having protein at every meal, cutting out UPFs etc which will really help with satiety and cravings.

If you are not tracking calories and macros (even temporarily) increasing your dose blindly may again help temporarily, but tracking you calories/macros could help you understand why you are not losing weight without increasing dose.

Increasing your dose makes sense if you struggle to keep to your calorie deficit even when you are doing everything else.

India4 · 14/10/2025 16:58

SilenceInside · 14/10/2025 14:05

Are you able to stick to a sufficient calorie deficit currently, on the 5mg dose? If you are, and you are feeling the effects of the medication then it is possible that this is just a temporary plateau and you may find the weight begins to drop again.

How long has your weight loss been plateaued?

Thankyou.

OP posts:
India4 · 14/10/2025 16:59

India4 · 14/10/2025 16:58

Thankyou.

Been the same for maybe 2weeks.

OP posts:
India4 · 14/10/2025 17:05

WeAllHaveWings · 14/10/2025 16:32

Forgive me if you know all this already, but as you haven't mentioned in your post and this is the more important information when deciding to increase dose.........

Calorie deficit controls how much weight you lose not the dose of Mounjaro.

What is your TDEE? What calorie deficit are you in, are you tracking and managing to keep within it consistently over each week? Are you following the basics of a protein based diet (protein at every meal can really help), reduced carbs, minimal sugar/sweeteners/UPFs. Plenty of hydration. Some exercise/increase steps if possible for you, most weight loss will come from calorie deficit, but every little helps.

If you are not following the basics, increasing your dose may help short term, but longer term is not the best tactic. Much better to work on increasing and having protein at every meal, cutting out UPFs etc which will really help with satiety and cravings.

If you are not tracking calories and macros (even temporarily) increasing your dose blindly may again help temporarily, but tracking you calories/macros could help you understand why you are not losing weight without increasing dose.

Increasing your dose makes sense if you struggle to keep to your calorie deficit even when you are doing everything else.

Please don’t apologise, I am grateful for any advice.

i really am being disciplined, in saying that the Mounjaro is excellent & stops 98% food noise.
I am not eating enough protein so thankyou for your welcome advice…I really must.

Thankyou.

OP posts:
VelociraptorsVelociRapping · 14/10/2025 17:57

Why don't you want to move up a dose?

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