Is this a good plan to titrate down?

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I am a pound away from a healthy BMI which I’m so pleased with. And I would like to lose another stone to get me to middle healthy BMI. I’ve today moved up to 7.5mg monjauro. I also have two more 5mg pens left.

I was thinking

4 more weeks of 7.5mg

5 weeks at 5mg including golden dose

3 weeks at 3.75mg counting clicks, then 2/3 weeks at 2.5mg then come off. Would this be sensible? I don’t want to come off cold turkey

Debating whether to get another 7.5mg pen as there’s some good Black Friday deals before I titrate down but that’s also my anxiety worrying about coming off. I’ve been trying to build healthy habits. I track everything I eat on myfitnesspal and know I can’t stop this as otherwise I’ll slip back into old ways, been consistently going to the gym since I started and plan to continue.

I’m absolutely terrified to come off it but I can’t afford to stay on it forever.

I am a few pounds from my first target where I intend to maintain (high end of normal BMI), I personally would try not to plan that far ahead.

Buying pens in advance can be a false economy unless you can afford to stock up and potentially purchase different strengths if things don’t go quite as expected.

You really won’t know how your body will respond over the next few weeks. As you get closer to your target, your losses might slow and you may find you need another 7.5 mg pen. Equally, when you drop to 5 mg or lower, you might struggle and want to go back up for a while to stay on a dose that works for you.

I get it is so tempting to take advantage of the deals, if you do go in with your eyes open that your plan may need to change.

Good luck!

I think you’re right. I’m going to hold off buying another pen for now and see how the next few weeks goes on this new dose first!

For me I stayed on my optimum dose till I hit goal, which was 10mg. I then did an extra month in this dose, whilst reverse dieting, so increasing my cals by 100 or so a week. I then did a month of 7,5 , keeping on with the reverse dieting, and then moved to five where I’ve been for about 7 months, I did lose another few pounds over the two months but not much, and it gave me a buffer. The slow increase in cals offset the reduction in meds, meaning I felt no impact.

its doubtful you’d lose a stone in a month, so I’d stay on till you hit goal then titrate down. As if you’re still trying to lose weight and on a Lower dose you may struggle.

edit to add, I’m staying on 5mg as a maintenance dose.

Personally I’d stay at 2.5mg for longer, eg get another even 5mg pen (cheaper) and eke out 2.5g for another 8-9 weeks.