What I Ate Today on Mounjaro - still accountable thread 4!

[IReallyNeedThisToWork]

Still here for thread 4! A place to record what you’re eating, get ideas, chat about food and stay accountable. New starters, long timers and those in maintenance all welcome.

Sharing and support not judgement!

Oh what’s happened to this thread?!

I used to be on it but not since Christmas. Anyway I thought I’d return for a bit. I was tapering down at Christmas time having lost 6.5st and got to goal weight. Put on about a stone thanks (I think) to a combination of festivities and MJ dose going below 5mg. So I now take 5mg as a maintenance dose and have lost most of it. I do have to be super careful though.

Anyway -
B: decaf black coffee
L: leftover chilli with some mixed bean, alfalfa and broccoli shoots, protein yogurt with frozen pineapple, mango, papaya
S: handful of cashews
D: pasta with sausage and carrot, apple with peanut butter

Went for a run and did a plank (attempting to gradually extend my plank time, currently on 1min 35 secs)

Hey 👋 I’ll join in again! Although it was my daughter’s birthday today so not a great example!!

I’m in maintenance - taking 1.25mg

E: cycle to work
B: Apple, 0% Greek yog, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, sprinkle of museli and homemade granola, coffee with coconut milk
L: spicy lentils with cauliflower, sweetcorn, edamame and spinach
E: cycled home
D: 3/4 dominoes small veggie supreme pizza, very small slice of homemade birthday cake
S: small bowl sweet and salt popcorn and four dark chocolate coated ginger pieces

Hello @Incognitoburrito88 👋
(I now want a burrito)

Wonder if @IReallyNeedThisToWork is around also 🤔

I would love to get down to a tiny dose but when I tried that before everything went a bit wrong below 5mg. I hope to try again once I’ve been stable for a few months 🤞

@gimmemounjaro lovely to see you :)

1.25mg has not been without its challenges. Food noise is definitely back and I don’t have the feeling of fullness that I got on higher doses. It definitely stops me wanting to binge though which was an issue for me as a stress response. My plan had been to try coming off in September but I’m feeling more and more nervous about that the closer September comes!! I am open to staying on forever if I have to and hopefully it will get cheaper as time goes on and new drugs come onto the market. Maybe you just decreased too quickly - it’s great you were able to put your dose up and catch things though - this is where I’ve always failed with diets before - I was good at losing - not good at maintaining!

Me too @Incognitoburrito88 - losing is so much easier somehow! And maintenance is where the real work begins. I had a little stash of pens which I’ve just finished so about to restart buying again. I think I have probably forgotten / minimised how much they cost 😬

Anyway - today:
E: gym strength class am / dance class pm
B: slice of sourdough with peanut butter, decaf black coffee
L: leftover mushroom risotto, mixed bean / alfalfa / broccoli sprouts, protein yogurt with frozen pineapple, mango, papaya
S: ham and cheese, handful of cashews
D: coronation chicken salad with roasted cauliflower, strawberries and raspberries with kefir yogurt and mixed seeds
2x cups of tea, 3L water

Snack: slice sourdough with jam
E: 35 mins stairmaster, knee rehab exercises, cycled to work
B: Greek yog, berries, apple, muesli and granola
L: 2 slices left over pizza, lots of chopped veg
E: cycled home
D: stir fry veg with small portion of noodles and hot smoked salmon
S: small bowl salted popcorn, sprinkle dark chocolate chips, 4 x dark chocolate ginger pieces

S: rice crispie square
E: 8 km run then cycle to work
B: coffee with coconut milk, Greek yog, apple, raspberry, passion fruit, small portion muesli and homemade granola
L: smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich with sourdough. Tomato, red cabbage, sugarsnap peas, sweetcorn
E: cycled home
D: Thai veg red curry with rice and mango chutney
S: 3 x chocolate covered freeze dried raspberries, biscoff ice cream sandwich