Holidays and jabbing - what did you do / plan to do?

[madeinthe80z]

Little poll because I’m currently deciding between the following options. What did you do and would you do it differently if you had the chance over again…

1. take the pen with you - same dose, same day, no changes
2. take the pen with you - take a lower dose on normal jab day
3. dont take the pen but alter days to take just before you go and as soon as you get back
4. dont take the pen and miss dose(s) start again on same dose when you return
5. dont take the pen and miss dose(s) start again on a lower dose when you return
6. another option I haven’t thought of!

Usually option 3 if it’s not a big change of days. Would do option 1 if option 3 didn’t work out.

I didn’t take the pen, missed two doses but just carried on as normal when I got home.
i had to give myself a break from the constipation when I was away 😳

Option 1. I didn't want to go backwards.

I’m away for 20 days so jabbed the day we left and will do it again when I get back. I did not want to faff around taking it all with us. Will just have to get back on it as soon as back.

Take the pen and jab as normal. You can still enjoy food and drink - just less than you would have done in the past.

Option 5 for me

I jabbed a day or 2 later of 5mg on the week in the run up to my hols. Then the actual week I went away I was due to jab the day before my hols. I missed this dose as I wanted to enjoy my food /meals and be able to eat all inclusive. Its probably not advised. I am at target and titrating down doses.

Now I am back I immediately jabbed but a lower dose of 2.5mg as per guidelines for missing dose. I am heavier but have read this will mostly will be water weight so I am hoping to go back to pre holiday weight on lower dose and then carry on maintaining with plan to continue titrating down.

Option 1 every time. I don't get any horrible side effects so was happy to keep to the routine. I do try and work it that I'm taking the last (extra) dose of a pen with me though.

It depends how long you are going away.
I just went away for 10 days. I jabbed before I left (on my usual day, Saturday), we flew out Sunday, and I had pretty good suppression the whole time. I just jabbed again on Thursday, as I felt jet-laggy and tired when I immediately got home.
Maybe the medication was wearing off a little by day 9, but I didn't really struggle with it as the effects were still there.
I've also taken the injections with me when I was going away for longer. I have a neat little pack that holds an ice-pack. I think it was advertised as for diabetes supplies.
I actually enjoyed holidays more while being on the jabs as, in the past, I had eaten too much and arrived home feeling bloated and swollen. Once I ate so much that my trousers were actually cutting into my legs on the way home. On the medication, I still enjoyed all the new food and eating out, still had the occasional ice-cream, but I didn't feel the need to overeat. It made the holiday better.

I went to Portugal for 3 weeks last summer on the jab. I jabbed once in the last week. I think I gained 10lbs but in 2 weeks it was gone so was water weight. Take it, fon"t take it just relax even if you put on a little it will drop quickly.

3 100% if less than 3 weeks , done this three times .

if going abroad on especially on AI , this will be a life long learning as you will gain! Flight and weather is water retention and food with salt etc plus drinks (if you have them) . I gain 4-6 lb and loose within a week back some even gain a st but it’s temp

going on holiday should be a holiday you should relax your drinking and heating habits , but what many of us haven’t learn is to rain it in when back this will teach you this.

take a break enjoy and enjoys and learn the tools 😀

Your last two sentences sum it up for me. I'm enjoying my new regime and smaller clothes so didn't want to change any of it.

@MoneyJo, me too. I often thought about my sister-in-law, who is naturally slim. She was on the same holidays as me, at the same meals, seemingly enjoying them too. But she returned from holidays the same size. I, on the other hand, returned from holidays feeling physically unwell, with my clothes much too tight, and knowing that I would be dieting AGAIN.
Now, with the injections, I think I eat like my sister-in-law. I enjoy everything, but I don't eat to the point where I end up unwell. I try things, and I stop. I am at the table, enjoying the food, yes, but also enjoying the conversation. I don't come back from holiday to find that my holiday clothes no longer fit. I don't come back from holiday to face a diet, sad that my pre holiday weight loss (as I always felt I needed to diet BEFORE I went too) had vanished. It is such a relief.

@Ruthietuthie brilliant!

1 or 3 depending on how 3 falls
I did 3 but it only moved it from a Sunday to a Monday

Option 4 (we were away for 10 days so only missed one dose). I had a lovely holiday, ate amazing food and put on 3lb, but it was worth it! I'm confident I'll be able to lose that again fairly quickly.

I would do 1 if I was sure there was a good fridge or I was going somewhere temperate near the end of my pen but then I am not massively suppressed so that it would affect my enjoyment of the holiday.

This is what I did recently for better or worse:
Normal Injection day - Monday 0.75mg, Holiday - Friday to Wednesday 12 nights.

Monday before 7.5mg
Friday before leaving home: half dose 3.75mg
Thursday after returning 3.75 mg
Monday after 7.5mg.

I gained weight but not loads.

Those of you who have taken your pen, how did you transport it? Did you put it in hand luggage? Did you use a cool bag/ ice pack or just put it in your bag as is? Did it show up on bag security check?

Hand luggage in a Frio bag @Bigearringsbigsmile

Miss a dose and enjoy my holiday. Accept the inevitable weight gain and then get back on the horse when I get home.

life is too short.

This.
It’s so easy to jab.
Keep in suitcase in a Frio pouch.
I just came back from 3 week trip in a hot country with interesting food culture. Jabbed before we left, twice while away, and then when we returned (i’m on 7.5mg). Honestly so easy.
I enjoyed the food and tried lots, but helpfully felt full relatively quickly so didn’t over indulge.
With extra steps from sightseeing, i found i lost weight fairly steadily while away.

I'm on wegovy after stopping mounjaro because of side effects. It is not having anything like the same effects as the mounjaro. The food noise is still noisy!
I was going to leave my pen at home because of the logistics of transporting it but am now wondering about taking it and just keeping going.

I usually do option 3, jab day is Friday and we tend to travel over the weekend so I’m only ever moving it by a couple of days. Now I’m in maintenance I’ll experiment with skipping a dose next time (I’m on a really low dose anyway) to see what happens

I’m maintenance now but even in the depths of weight loss, I just altered days slightly to try and keep it as similar as possible, but didn’t take it with me. Was too scared about security questioning me 🙈. My longest trip was only 12 days though.

I've probably done all your options at various times in the 20 months I've been on mounjaro. Going on holiday today and have just jabbed this morning. Will start again when I'm home in 10 days. Did the same earlier this summer and maintained during my holiday so hopefully same again this time. I'm 4kg from target now so got half an eye on how I'm going to manage maintenance once I'm at target. Earlier in my weight loss I just took the pen in my luggage and carried on as normal, or adjusted by a day or so to minimise disruption.

I took it with me but it was quite an active holiday in a hot climate and despite only being on 3.75mg I felt awful, it was a constant struggle to stay hydrated and fed. I ended up not using it on holiday (2 weeks) and felt much better by the second week and enjoyed my food. Still managed to lose 1lb.