Food noise & suppression

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Just a nosey thread really asking what people individually mean by those terms; how they experience them.

Food noise and suppression.

I'm coming to the end of week 2 and have been curious about this.

One consistent thing I've felt so far since jab one is I've been able to smell food and read recipes and not started drooling like Homer Simpson 😄; desperate to eat something. Is that food noise?

I’’m sure people have said in the many threads - the month start threads, but interested to see them in one place.

I’m not sure, I never drooled to be honest. For me it was thinking about food, wanting to eat it, and having it on my mind, even if not hungry,

suppression means I can eat a recommended portion, and not snack between meals.

It means different things to different people, for me -

suppression - not feeling like eating at all, forgetting to have lunch as no hunger queues at all

food noise - that little consistent voice in your head when you are not physically hungry telling you to eat the biscuits, crisps, go and have a look in the fridge. Triggered by smells, time of day, stress, habits

cravings - wanting and thinking about sugar all the time, something sweet; or treat type snacks salty, crunchy, with those recognisable crinkly packets, or the pop was you take the lid off pringles

satiety - really enjoying a meal and feeling satisfied after a reasonable portion, not overly full but no longer motivated to continue eating past a comfortable point, not looking for something after, not thinking about snacking in between meals

Mounjaro no longer gives me suppression, it hasn't since the first few weeks, which is ok as I never really liked that effect - especially with reflux as the first time I would notice I hadn't eaten would be when it started to feel uncomfortable and it would be difficult to get under control again for the rest of the day.

On the lower doses it continues to give me reduced food noise/cravings and increased satiety as long as I work with it by mostly eating protein focused whole foods, ones you need to properly chew to stimulate those satiety related hormones, and reducing unnecessary sugar/simple carbs/sweeteners/soft UPF.

food noise for me- if I’m busy I just don’t think about food at all. And if I think about it out of habit my second thought immediately usually nahhhh.

Suppression is just I eat my meal and am done.

Suppression is actually no inclination to eat and feeling either uncomfortably full or nauseated after a very small amount of food.

Food noise, let’s see, it’s like having a high velocity food blender on loud 23 hours a day in my head, compelling me to think about, seek out and eat food constantly.

Someone has flicked the switch to “off”.
It allows other thoughts into my head.

It’s peace, perfect peace in my brain. It’s a fucking revelation and must be how “normal” people’s brains feel.

It’s just been a complete off switch.

Food noise is like a smoker craving their next cigarette. It’s difficult to explain to people who have never been smokers or food addicts, they have always been in the state that mounjaro puts Some food addicts in.

Thank you for these interesting and thoughtful responses.

Your analogy with the food blender @Pottersciderbar82 makes me see the possible correlation between using mounjaro as a weight loss tool and quietening an ADHD mind. Think the link is only anecdotal atm?

I see people referring to suppression with regard to wli and I was looking to find it if we all mean the same thing: suppressed = no desire to eat food at all or (partially) suppressed = desiring to eat less.

No one should have suppression to such a level they have no desire to eat. That’s so unhealthy. It means you are on too high a dose.

Agreed @Wickedlittledancer

I disagree.
Ive just moved up a dose. Been on a lower dose for 8 weeks with zero loss despite serious and focused control and return of the food noises.

The suppression is the only thing that actually works by helping me to think far more clearly without compulsion.
The suppression means that my food choices need to matter, are nutritionally driven rather than mindless and full of utter crap and empty calories.

Good suppression to me means feeling fuller than i used to, its almost like my stomach has been reduced and im not ravenous or have rumbling tummy, I still get hungry for meals or if I've not eaten for a while, but not all the time and don't wake up feeling starving and don't feel hungry inbetween meals and want to snack. I've had times of poor suppression inbetween doses wearing out and at the end of the week/before new jab kicks in. I've also had super strong suppression on 15mg when i didnt want to eat at all and i had to come down off it immediately. I've just started wegovy 1.7mg and have strong suppression, only had coffee and then had lunch around 3pm when hunger started.
Food noise for me is when I would always think of food, I'd just eaten and already thinking of what to have for my next meal. If I was out I'd already plan my next meal hours in advance and talk and think about food. I thought this was normal but realised a lot of my friends and family didn't do the same. I was prediabetic and constantly craved carbs before starting MJ.

Thanks everyone for these replies. Very interesting.