Holiday advice please

[Wendalicious]

Hiya I’m wondering if anyone can offer me some amateur advice please- been on MJ since 1st Sept and lost 25lbs, currently on 7.5mg and feel ok ish- going away over Christmas for a trip of a lifetime, don’t want to go crazy but want to enjoy the food and have a few drinks without feeling rubbish or feeling too full to eat- thinking of stopping it and restarting in Jan, it’s for 2 weeks, not sure how else to play it, have two teenage kids too so so we will be eating out a lot, thank you x

You need to learn how to have big events and not see it as an opportunity to go crazy.

So lower the dose but keep at it

If you feel rubbish and too full to eat at the moment, then I would suggest that your current dose might be too high, regardless of anything else.

And I also agree with the previous poster that it should be possible to eat out and have the trip of a lifetime without that meaning that you have to eat more than you would otherwise. You can enjoy food whilst eating smaller quantities of it.

I’ve been on multiple holidays while on Mounjaro. Most recently Italy on 12.5mg. I took it before I went and made it last ten days. I ate normally, just a lot less than I would have before. If you can only enjoy food in huge portions then you’re doing it wrong.

Was there a reason you've gone up to the third dose up already in just over 2 months? Some people do stay on a dose until their food noise returns or they have low satiety. You've lost 25lbs in just over 2 months which is a lot and if you're struggling to eat or feeling rubbish then your dose is probably too high.

I thought (maybe incorrectly) that every time I ordered a new jab to go up! I wish I had stayed at 5mg to be honest, I’ve just taken my third 7.5mg jab, I don’t want to go crazy but I suppose I’m panicking as it’s a lot of money for this trip and Christmas expectation over all! I appreciate you taking the time to reply x

It will be the first holiday since I’ve started the MJ so feel a bit unsure, I guess I’m in control more at home with familiar food etc, but yes I think I naturally associate holidays with pigging out 😳

It took me a while to go up the doses. If you're feeling very unwell with it then perhaps step down a dose.

If it was me I would take it as close to the start of the holiday and then let it wear off for the second week, and then just do next jab when home.

I've been on it for over a year now and continue as normal for all holidays. Take it with me etc. and just accept it's apart of life and I eat less. If I want to drink a bit more / have a boozy night I tend to do this towards the end of the holiday when it is starting to wear off a bit.

FWIW I went all the way up to 15 and I’ve come back down to 7.5 because that’s where I feel most comfortable

I’ve just been overseas for four weeks and didn’t take it with me because it would have been impossible to keep it refrigerated and because I didn’t want the SEs. I ate and drank what I wanted and only gained 4lbs! I’ve started taking it again since returning and it’s confirmed I did the right thing by not taking it with me because I get quite a lot of nausea so it would have ruined my holiday.

It’s an interesting question. Since starting mj I have also changed my diet to a much healthier one and I recognise that I will stick to this new way of eating for the rest of my life.
So, if we go out to a restaurant on a weekend, I choose food aligned with what my “diet” looks like. But I don’t like to call it diet because the healthy food I now eat is delicious.
I did the same when we went on holiday. I took my mj as normal and ate and drank what I wanted. With the help of mj, I just “want” different things now. I don’t deprive myself, I genuinely choose what I want from menus. I just no longer “want” junk food.
Mounjaro has helped me change my lifestyle and diet to somewhere I believe will be sustainable long term, and allow me to keep this weight off, with or (maybe one day) without it. I would (and do myself) stick with it on holiday, enjoy your food and drink (just a bit less of it) and also enjoy your weight loss.

Having said that, if you’ve gone up to 7.5mg and are only feeling “ok-ish” then maybe you have gone up too quick. Have you tried going to a restaurant and seeing how you get on? If you struggle to eat anything, maybe you need to go back to 5mg, irrespective of your upcoming holiday.

Seems to me like you might have rushed up the doses unnecessarily. 25lbs in 2 months is a massive loss. If you aren’t tolerating the 7.5 drop back down to the 5. In terms of your holiday, as others have said you should still be able to eat just don’t overeat. If you are struggling to eat the dose may be too high. I don’t think suppression should be the aim here, it’s about eating but making healthier choices including portion size.

You can be on holiday but eat small portions. I was unwell on holiday and lost appetite and it was actually refreshing ordering lovely food but small portions, think two starters and nobody needs dessert, I just have a little taste of dh’s. I had some of my favourite things that normally would not have filled me like oysters, scallops etc as a main when they were technically the starter