Ah thank you @RenegadeKeeblerElf. I only went up to 10mg when losing, when the price hikes came I started stretching out my doses to every 10-14 days to make the pen last a bit longer. I was still losing and didn’t notice any changes in suppression so have carried on dosing once a fortnight. I reached target in December and had one more 10mg dose left so I took that and then reduced to 7.5mg. I was still losing so after that pen I reduced to 5mg and that’s where I am now, 5mg every 2 weeks.
I have to be honest, it hasn’t been easy, the food noise is back big time and I struggle not to binge sometimes (I do often give in, have a big binge, feel bad about it and then get back on track the next day). Luckily it hasn’t caused any weight gain as I’m able to balance it out the rest of the week by eating well and exercising loads. I was hoping that being in maintenance meant I would be able to just eat like a ‘normal’ person, ie. Not have to track calories, eat normal healthy meals with the odd treat when I fancy it. The reality is, as someone who has always had issues with binge eating/food addiction I’m probably never going to have a ‘normal’ relationship with food. I’m trying not to let that get me down though, I’m focussing on the positives, the huge ways my life has changed since losing weight, the fact that I am able to maintain my loss, and that the mounjaro is just enough to keep the binge eating to a minimum.
I don’t track my calories every day, but when I’ve had a bad day/weekend I usually track for the next 2-3 days and try to stick to under 1400. I have 2 5mg pens in the fridge and after they’re finished I would like to try going down to 2.5mg for a month and seeing how I get on. If I gain any weight I’ll just go back up to 5 and stay on it.