Has anyone completely came off WLI and maintained a healthy weight for at least a year?

[JacknDiane]

How did you do it? Did the food noise comeback and how did you manage to not listen to it?

Thanks

Sorry, cant edit the title but I meant weight of course

I have no positive story for you.. I came off totally about 8 weeks ago, the food noise came back instantly and I think I’ve put on at least 5kg. I’m eating everything in sight, even if I’m not hungry :(

I will be going back on soon! And this time making more effort with long term changes. I felt nauseous on the injections so there was never any need to be mindful about what I was eating as I just didn’t eat much!

(I only stopped because I had some issues with my stomach and wanted to rule out mounjaro as the cause - I didn’t think they were as my stomach issues are longstanding but knew a GP would ask, and I wanted to see if I could manage without the injection, but clearly not yet!)

I know this is not the same, but I took them for six weeks. Lost a stone, but hated the side effects, so came off them. Since then I've lost another stone through diet and walking more, so it's possible, at least short term!

Sorry to not have good news - I lost 4.5 stones on MJ in 9 months. Came off and gradually gained almost 1.5 stones back over 12 months. I am now back on the injections and losing again.

I wouldn’t say I had terrible food noise without MJ, but I struggle with portion control. I seem to have no “off” mechanism. I didn’t know when I was full. If something tasted good I kept eating it until it was gone or I realised I felt sick.

I will stop MJ again once I’ve got down to a decent weight. And I will try harder to retrain my brain on portion size this time. But I think I’ve accepted that for me, expensive as it is, WLI may need to play a regular role in staying healthy in the long term.

I have, but I think it’s luck more than anything.

I lost 3 stone, all menopause weight as I’d spent most of my life at an ok weight.

I reacted very strongly to the injections and never had to go above the minimum dose. I regret that I didn’t quash my sweet tooth while I was on them. However, I have continued to have low carb meals and lots of veg and a good portion of protein. I generally don’t have any rice, pasta, bread or potatoes, or if I do it’s not very much or not very often.

I’ve read that if you can keep the weight off long enough, your body will adjust to a new lower set point weight - and that will be the weight your body is always trying to maintain.

Yes. I started around Sep 24 and stopped cold turkey in March/April 25. Lost about 5 stone. My weight when I stopped I think was 9 st 5. I've fluctuated a bit but managed to stay under 10 stone. All the new clothes I bought still fit, I spent a lot on new clothes so very paranoid about not fitting into them.

First 6-12 months after stopping it seemed easy - like there was a residual effect. I didn't really crave bad stuff and probably due to shrunken stomach I continued smaller portions.

I think it's getting a bit harder now and I have to think more about what I eat and how much. I weigh regularly and if I've gone up by a couple of pounds try to have lean days to nip it in the bud.

I did continue to weight train throughout although inevitably lost muscle and strength. That's building back up now which may account for some fluctuation. I don't know how long it will stay this way. I'm almost 50 but not fully menopausal yet so I'm aware that could hit like a ton of bricks any moment.

Also not totally sure why I've had success so far when many don't. Maybe because I haven't always struggled with weight. I'm one of those people who was always slim until about 40 then it crept on and lockdown exacerbated it. I don't suffer badly from food noise - I just had some bad habits and didn't account for age related metabolism change I think. Exercise throughout has probably helped a bit. That said I tried a few different diets before MJ with limited success, rarely getting past a stone in loss.

I'm hoping I don't have to go back on MJ as it's expensive but if full menopause screws me over in the next decade I would.

Thanks for all the answers. I have at least 3 stone to lose and im trying to cut down but finding it very hard. I wondered about WLI but the thing that puts me off, as well as the cost, is having to come off them and my normal eating habits coming back. Ive struggled with weight all my life. My "normal" is what's made me fat. Im trying to train myself into a new normal but its so bloody hard. I know WLI have amazing results but the thought of it being temporary is what puts me off.

Its so hard isn't it.

Bread is my downfall, I could live on bread.

I find this a strange reason not to start WLI. Unless you're confident you can lose weight without them, fear of regaining weight doesn't make sense. If you carry on as you are you'll stay fat. If you use WLI you'll lose weight and you may keep it off, or at least some/most of it.
I think people who have been obese for a relatively short period have a much easier time keeping it off. But if you've been obese for a long time your body is sick, so at least trying medication seems like a no brainer if you can afford it.

Well I cant afford it. That's the immediate problem. I lost weight years ago with Scottish slimmers. It was bloody hard but I stuck to it religiously. I got to target weight and felt brilliant. I felt young and fit and bursting with health. But I slowly slowly went back to my old habits and the weight went back on...and more....and now I've been this weight over 20 years and I hate myself for it, and the thought of losing weight again and feeling amazing, then slowly putting it all on again and feeling shit again , really depresses me. I want to change my whole attitude around food, and make those changes my normal. I dont want the cycle of feeling great, then shit when I start gaining again.

I started early and went from 83kg to 64kg over 9 months to end 2024. Food noise did not come back immediately but did after about 9 months. Maintained for the last year at 67kg (BMI 24.6) by sticking to very low white carb diet, no other restrictions, proper portion sizes (I ate too much before), and usually having only two meals a day in a 6 hour window (bigger window at weekends). I eat all carbs and drink more alcohol on holiday or when seeing family and friends and can put on 5kg in a week but it usually comes off within another week/10 days when I go back to my new normal eating. If not I persevere. Maintenance is not always easy but the incentive is strong as physically I can do so much more, have less aches and pains and feel comfortable in my (new) clothes. Despite the best of intentions I do little to no exercise and now need to find the Mounjaro equivalent that will finally at 57 give me the motivation to build strength and fitness.

I came off mounjaro 10 days ago ......food noise was back with in 24 hours and I weighed myself this morning and Ive already gained nearly 2 kg 😭

I’ve switched from Mounjaro to Ozempic after losing 6 stone. I am weaning down and It’s cheaper and not quite as effective but I only want to lose about another half a stone very slowly and stop the medication. I’ve really focused on tracking what I eat and I feel like that’s retrained my brain in that regard. Snacking is my enemy. I am NOT going back to the weight I was. I am about 3 pounds away from not being overweight and I have been significantly overweight or obese all my adult life. I now try to reach for fruit or veg to snack on, or healthier proteins, and drink much more water. I feel way better. Obesity is a system level illness and it deserves treating like that. If I need to go back on the injections I will, just like if I was type two diabetic and found weight loss hadn’t sorted my diabetes I’d go back on meds.

I lost 4 stone between October 2024 and Jan 2025, I’ve maintained for nearly 18 months, stayed below 10 stone the whole time. I can’t lie though, it’s been really hard, I’ve started running and am basically running for my life at the minute to maintain my weight loss. It’s hard but manageable.

i started Wegovy last September.

lost weight at a steady pace on 0.5mg and went from 12 stone 7 to 10 stone 7.

weightloss had plateaud for a long time and I thought it would be unrealistic and unmaintainable to lose more so I was happy to stay at this weight.

because I was already on a low dose, I didn’t have much option for weaning off, so I decided a few weeks ago to jab once every 10 day then, then 14 days etc etc, as opposed to every 7 days.

well, it didn’t go great. I don’t know if it was psychosomatic or what, but I did suddenly feel hungrier, more “cravey”, found myself thinking about food much more and found myself thinking about “the next thing I was going to eat”, even as I currently eating something.

so I then did my next jab after 7 days, as the 10 days just didn’t work.

i don’t really know what I’m going to do to be honest. I don’t want to be on it forever. I worry about the health risks. But I certainly felt a bit out of control when I came off it.

I will give myself another few months and then revisit it.

I stopped a year ago and have gained half the weight back unfortunately.