Will Mounjaro work for me if…

[UneasyMe]

… I am podgy because I eat whenever I am stressed, which is most of the working day. I am rarely if ever actually hungry, but I eat anyway. Can’t stop. My sugar consumption is off the scale.

I am not technically overweight but I feel flabby and sluggish and want to stop, but can’t.

Anyone else like this and has Mountjaro helped?

Sugar addiction is a real thing. You just have to ban it. Good meals make it easier because you enjoy eating when you're hungry (which you never are if snacking non-stop). Plan out lovely meals that you look forward to. Even my 15 year old says no to snacks if he knows he's going to eat something he really likes for supper so it works. He came to this conclusion himself because he loves eating and wants to enjoy his meal while I was a relentless snacker his age..

Can you start changing what you snack on? So cut up fruit, grapes, green beans, yoghurts, nuts and seeds? Squash and tea isn’t so bad, at least it’s not fizzy drinks and coffee!!

Thank you all. So much here to mull over.

I understand and recently fell into snacking on chocolate bars etc more often even though I'm on mounjaro! I also work from home. I had to take back control, so I banned myself from snacking on sugar and UPF. I know that sounds easy, but it was like by saying it out loud making a commitment to myself, it sort of clicked something in my brain. I set up a streak counter for the days that I achieve this, so it's motivating to see it go up and know I achieved 'sugar sobriety' each day. I also have non negotiable snack times where I will have something regardless of whether I feel I need it in that moment. Morning snack would be a light babybel and a apple, and afternoon snack has been a hot cacao (cacao has protein and isn't UPF) with skimmed milk and a tiny drizzle of maple syrup. This rich choclately drink really helped with the afternoon 'I need chocolate' crash. I use nutracheck so everything is tracked anyway. I always make sure I have a good breakfast and lunch and I have a pudding after dinner which kinda of seals off in my mind - the no evening snacks rule too. I've been having 0% Greek yoghurt with some dark chocolate chips on top. So I'm not completely sugar free but I've stopped the constant snacking of chocolate bars during the day. I realised I can't just have one chocolate bar, my brain immediately wants more and it ends up as a binge, and I hate it. So, a bit like an addict and what I've had to do with alcohol (I'm 2 years sober!), I've had to remove it as an option. I can't just have one glass of wine and I can't just have one bar of chocolate either. Mounjaro did help with all of this in the early days, but I'm 18 months in now and it definitely does wear off somewhat, so using is a reset just wouldn't work. It's not your fault you have these stress triggers and snack, but it is your responsibility to fix it. Good luck.

Paul McKenna I can make you thin. I think you can get it free, good for making you rethink about food..(I appreciate you aren’t fat). I cracked it by reframing it in my head as a health thing, putting good stuff in by body for fuel. With me the downfall is salty snacks…I went cold turkey, ate fruit, fibre rich foods, avoided alcohol, gave up my plate of cheese and crackers. After about 3 weeks my tastes changed and I’ve been (pretty much) salty snacks free for about 18 ,months and lost a stone and a half. I still head for crisps when stressed but find it easier to keep away from them ….

i think that’s sustainable….

If you are not overweight you won’t be getting Mounjaro, unless you go down the doggy routes and fuck know what you are getting there.