Mounjaro / Wegovy with > 5st / 30kg to lose - Alumni Maintenance Thread

[WeAllHaveWings]

Trying the new Community groups feature for a maintenance focussed thread for our Mounjaro/Wegovy with >5 stone/30kg to lose alumni 👩‍🎓

All Mounjaro/Wegovy with >5 stone/30kg to lose posters and lurkers who enjoyed the supportive weight loss thread welcome whether you have graduated to maintenance already or getting close and pondering what happens next!

I expect this thread will be much quieter than our main Mounjaro/Wegovy with >5 stone/30kg to lose thread (which has been running for almost 2 years now!) as it feels intensity drops when in maintenance, but it would be great to keep in touch with everyone now and again and how we are all getting on post-weight loss and what we find works / doesn't work.

I'll start the thread with Mumsnet maintenance posts most repeated practical maintenance advice gathered by asking CoPilot to look at the board -

🚫 Don’t stop abruptly – taper your dose and/or slowly space injections; stopping suddenly often means hunger and regain

🎯 Aim for the lowest dose that keeps food noise calm, not zero at all costs

🍽️ Expect appetite to return – hunger is normal in maintenance, not a personal failure

🔄 Don’t jump from dieting straight to “normal eating” – a slow reverse diet (adding food gradually) helps weight stay off

🍗 Keep protein‑first habits and the smaller portions you learned while losing

🏥 Check your provider supports maintenance (some stop prescribing below certain BMIs)

📏 Allow a weight “zone” (±2–5 lb) rather than chasing one exact number

🧠 Weigh less often – watch trends, not single‑day/week blips

🚶‍♀️💪 Walk regularly; add gentle strength if you can – movement supports stability and confidence

💭 Expect maintenance to feel mentally harder than loss – less scale feedback doesn’t mean you aren’t succeeding 💛

(Hope this works in the Mumsnet Community Group feature!)

Hi. How is everyone getting on? I’m good. Bumbling along near the bottom of my allotted weight window, so think I’m going to be brave and reduce my dose slightly this week. Feeling a bit apprehensive as food noise is popping up occasionally (and I’m succumbing- but far less than in my previous life), but doesn’t seem to be reflected on the scales. I probably should try eating more “normal” food, but often don’t fancy it. Hence the trying a lower dose. Will report back…

When i first saw the 5 stone to lose group i didnt quite feel i belonged because i never thought id actually manage to lose that much.
But, 5 stone 10 pounds later, i am maintaining since Jan on 5mg per week now (went up to 12.5).
Increased my calories gradually from 1200-1400, now at 1750 a day. It was a bit of guess work and chatgpt to work out maintenance and reverse dieting calories. Im 5ft4, have a sedentary desk job but go to the gym 4 times a week and do something at home on the other days. I only manage about 6000 steps a day. My bmi is around 21.7 i think but i dont want to lose anymore, i am trying to recomp now. Its hard and slow and nowhere near as exciting as seeing the scale go down!

I'm doing good too. I seem to have settled at around 10st 11. The water weight from last week's crazy heat has gone. At one point it had added close to 3lb on the scales*! 😱

I'm still taking 5 from a 7.5 but when that's done I should shift down to 2.5.

Well done @MrsMiagi and welcome to this thread!

Passed my 2-year Mounjaro anniversary now, and here's another thoroughly boring maintenance update... everything is still ticking along nicely within my maintenance range.

I'm still on 2.5mg and have dropped back to my lowest weight again (BMI 24.3). It's been a stressful couple of weeks with long hospital commutes, lots of visiting, and quite a few skipped meals, so I fully expect it to creep back up again at tomorrow's weigh-in or over the next week or so. Sharing my latest graph anyway.

@Questions1234 I've noticed is that some days/weeks the food noise definitely comes back, but I can usually link it to what I've been eating. More carbs/less protein/letting a few mindless snacking habits creep back in. My new normal probably needs to be lower carb and more mindful if I want to keep it at bay. Maybe with more time my body/brain will reset and those cravings will fade - or thats what I hope happens one day! If not, and this is what I need to do to stay in "obesity remission", then so be it.

@MrsMiagi Welcome to the least exciting thread on Mumsnet 🤣 I'm in a sedentary desk job too, WFH so I don't even get the benefit of commute steps! I keep telling myself I'm going to get up 30 minutes earlier and have a "walking commute" around the estate before work... but so far my bed keeps winning!

I WFH too. Its so hard isnt it! I have a walking pad but if i walk on it for too long it ruins my knees then i am in pain for days. So its a 5.15am wake up and gym 4 days a week, otherwiae my BMR is low so i would be on minimal calories. My aim now is to increase my calories as much as i possibly can witgout weight gain. 1750 seems ok for now but id love to reach 1900!

@WeAllHaveWings thanks for the tip. I have focussed on more protein and water, and do think it’s helped with the food noise. I’ve also enjoyed a few icecreams here and there, and doesn’t seem to be showing on the scales and I’m happy with that… it’s the mindless eating I dread going back to.

I had a very bizarre experience with someone I barely know squeezing my bicep randomly. It was in the context of where I go for my fitness, but nevertheless I found it deeply uncomfortable. Made me reflect that other people’s reactions to my change in size has been one of the most challenging aspects of this journey. Thankfully my husband/immediate family haven’t been weird, but others really have!

@Questions1234 I am not a tactile person at all and if someone attempted to assess any part of my body through touch I would immediately jerk away with a very strong "what on earth do you think you are doing!?". A couple of people had that reaction from me when I was pregnant and they tried to touch my pg belly.

In a fitness space they should ask (so you can at least flex that bicep first 😬) , and you should decline with a quick "appreciate the enthusiasm, but no" without feeling awkward if it feels uncomfortable to you.

Had my maintenance call with SD today. Fessed up to click counting and having a stash of pens which they understood. Agreed a break from ordering for 3-4 months which they have noted in my file, a way forward for future orders, and have a £10 off all future orders code. It won’t use up my whole pen stash, I will still have 2 pens to sort out later, but overall happy 😀

Hi all. How is everyone getting on? Thought I’d check in with a random NSV (or the opposite of victory)… am at a theme park with my kids, and while it’s lovely to be free of the “will I fit into the seat” worries, my lack of padding means the plastic ride seat are really hard on my spine and bum. I wonder if everyone feels like this, or am I just especially bony in those areas 🤔

It’s my birthday soon and am planning to celebrate with a 20km run. Blows my mind that I now consider this a birthday treat (and I really do!)…

Yes I feel bony bits now too - especially my sacrum and hip bones. Never really felt those before!!

I'm on week 2 of 10MJ as I tirate down.

My weight had stuck at 73kgs for about 6 months - This is at the very top of my healthy BMI & though I settled there I would ideally have liked to be below 70kg. But I wasn't too worried as i liked being stable. But now I am tirating down I seem to be losing a bit more very slowly - about 71.5kg now. So maybe I will get below 70kg after all?

Your 20km run blows my mind too @Questions1234 - what a magnificent change of lifestyle!

Another one here feeling bones too 👋.

I've always preferred a firm mattress, but it now makes my hips ache, last couple of days I've been looking for a mattress topper that will cushion enough without sinking into it so it gets too warm!