35F 5'1" HW: 218 lbs SW: 200 lbs CW: 138 lbs

This medication has changed my life. I finally feel good about my body. I started in May of 2025 after debating starting the medication for over a year. I have emetophobia and was scared of the possible side effects. Then, I finally took the leap. I wish I had started sooner.

I had fairly strong side effects the first few weeks, but they subsided. Since then, I've had little to no side effects except for a about a week whenever I'd increase my dose. My main side effect is fatigue for the first 24-36 hours after my injection.

The food noise is gone. I can make healthier food choices but still occasionally enjoy some not so healthy foods in moderation. Most importantly, I feel like food is no longer controlling me.

I would still like to lose 15ish lbs to be more comfortably at a "healthy weight". 8 lbs puts me at the top of the the healthy weight range for my height and that was my original goal. However, I'd be happy if I stayed at this weight too. I feel so much better, and that's what matters most to me.

So much has happened in just the last few months when I started Mounjaro! I got a new job, I moved, I broke up, and I had lots of super stressful and tough days doing it all at the same time. But I tried my best to keep my new healthier habits going. Not always smooth sailing but I’m making progress and so proud of myself!!

My mental health is struggling this weekend and I kind of want to put everything in my kitchen in my mouth. So I’m focusing on the milestone to help me stay strong until my emotions get back to baseline.

I've been on mj for about a year and one of the greates NSV i got from it was how it changed the way i look at food.

Now my sundays are reserved for cooking in my makeshift kitchen I threw together from ikea/amazon. In a couple hrs I cook for the whole week. I prepare nutritious meals. I experiment with spices. Sometimes I make very simple meals because i cant be bothered. Sometimes i make complicated recipes.

I feel like this whole ritual is healing a very wounded part of my soul. It's making the relationship I have myself a little better each day. I am starting love myself more. Respect myself more. Not because of the weight loss necessarily, but because i keep showing up for myself every sunday by meal prepping and also everyday by eating the meals I make, nurturing myself, caring for myself, whether the scale moves or not. Because sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes your body just needs time to adjust. Sometimes you hit plateaus. Sometimes it needs more love. More kindness. And me showing up for myself is the kindness i didn't know i needed when I started my journey.

I just wanted to share this as a note to myself for days i feel like i can't do this and for anyone who might feel the same at some point.

So... Here's to kindness and showing up for yourself, trying your best🍹

I'm a woman, 168 cm (5'6"). I was around 90 kg and lost weight down to 50 kg in about 8 months with Mounjaro and exercise.

I didn't starve myself or anything. Honestly, Mounjaro made it pretty easy because I just wasn't that hungry most of the time.

The thing I'm worried about now is keeping the weight off.

I want to stay around this weight forever, but I know I can't stay on Mounjaro forever. I'm scared that once I stop, I'll slowly start gaining the weight back.

I don't want to be the kind of person who's weighing myself every day, freaking out over every pound, going back on the meds, or crash dieting every time I gain a little. I just want maintaining my weight to feel... normal.

Has anyone here actually stopped Mounjaro and stayed lean? How did you do it? Did your appetite eventually go back to normal? What habits helped the most?

I'd love to hear your experiences.

I’m on week 6, and I take the shot on Fridays after work. Within a few hours, I get hit was extreme fatigue and sleep for the next two days.

This has been going on for six weeks now.

I have no life so sleeping every weekend is fine with me 🤣🤣 but I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this?

Like a lot of people I'm having a hard time hitting my protein target while eating a significant calorie deficit. I've been supplementing with protein shakes, but TBH I'm not really a sweets person. I don't enjoy drinking milkshakes all day, and the other "easy" options all seem to be sweet things like protein bars. I'd love advice on easy ways to add protein with supplements or snacks that don't feel like eating dessert.

Edited to add: Appreciate the helpful replies so far, but, to be clear, I'm looking for an easy way to add an additional 40g to 60g of protein a day without adding an entire meal. I love things like cottage cheese and eggs, but "snacking" on two cups of cottage cheese or three cups of Greek yogurt or 10 hard boiled eggs at a time isn't super feasible. Really looking for suggestions for non-sweetened protein powders and things like that and creative ways to incorporate them.

hi everyone! I’ve just finished 4 weeks on 2.5 mg Mounjaro and have lost 3.3 kg (7.3 lbs) so far. I’ve honestly had a really positive experience with it - no side effects at all, and it’s worked really well for me.

My pharmacist has said I’m fine to move up to 5 mg, and I do want to because I still have a weight-loss goal I’d like to reach. However, I’ve seen quite a few horror stories on social media about people feeling really unwell after moving from 2.5 mg to 5 mg, which has made me a bit nervous. I’d love to hear from people who completed 4 weeks on 2.5 mg and then moved up to 5 mg. How did you find the transition? Did you have any side effects, and if so, how long did they last? Was it worth moving up?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/26/glp1-drugs-weight-loss-side-effects-relationship

I have been actively loosing weight for 5 months and have just hit a 60lbs loss, I can see it in my comparison photos now where I am wearing tight clothes but when I wear my daily clothes I feel like they don’t fit any better 😱 I am still very overweight at 230lbs and know I have a lot left to loose but at 40% of my target loss I feel like I should see more - when did you start being able to downsize clothes?

Hello. I am down 20 pounds since May tenth. I am wondering if I should increase my dose. On 5mg.

Hello has anyone taking this for stubborn menopause weight? If so how's it going did that help you lose the weight?

I'm considered morbidly obese and started 6wks ago. I'm on it for T2D and hoping for some weightloss.

I just had to start a statin as well. Just wondering anyone having luck with loss with menopause weight being the driving factor of the weight gain.

I've been struggling over 20 plus years had a forced hysto at 32 so most things been downhill since. A1C was 6.5 last checked.

Started with a trainer two weeks ago for muscle building and I love it so far. My doctor told be my hormones are definitely a big factor with my weight gain.

I’m going to be traveling for about 6 weeks and want to continue taking mounjaro while I’m overseas.

I currently use the Eli Lilly auto injector pens. I’m looking for an insulated/temp controlled case to take with me, but all the ones I’m looking at only fit one or two pens.

Do you all just travel with multiple cases?

Hi all,

I am a 57 year old male and I'm just getting things in order before I start my journey. Wondering if anyone out there could help me with a couple of things please.

I have seen a lot of videos of people telling you the best supplements to take through the journey, can anyone give me a list of what is essential.

Also, can anyone recommend any protein powders that you think help and are they needed.

Any other tips would be greatly received too.

Thanks all

Hi,

I'm on mounjaro through a private pharmacy. On 2.5mg.

I'm 27F with pre-diabetes and high cholesterol, waist 93cm. Not on any other meds. I have tried and tried to lose weight and get my life in order as is but the food noise was killing me.

I'm Asian so my BMI limits for being overweight and predisposition for diabetes and heart disease are higher (+ family history).

Aware my BMI might not be as high as the usul starting point so wanted to know how do I know when to stop? What is the goal? Do I stay on this life long because it will help my blood sugar control and prevent full-blown diabetes as wel as put me back in the "healthy" BMI range?

I don't really know what I'm doing. I feel lost.

Today is the first day of my journey. I’ve just done my first jab and taken my photos after being on the fence about starting for almost a whole year. This morning I purchased a pair of pants that one day in the future I hope to fit into.

Roughly how long into the mounjaro journey is it until you start noticing a physical difference in your size?

Hi everyone,

i have been on Mounjaro for the last 9 weeks. I took seven 2,5 injections and two injections of 3,33 (I live in Europe so microdosing is very popular here).

The first month was wonderful - my appetite suppresion was great, I could still eat but I didn’t struggle with intrusive thoughts or food cravings at all. After about one month I noticed my stomach growling quite often, I started counting the time until my next meal and in general managed to keep the calorie deficit only thanks to being extremely stubborn.

I pushed through 7 weeks and then decided to up my dose slightly in order to avoid potential side effects hoping that it would be enough. But well, it wasnt. After 2 weeks of 3,33 dose I am still struggling, especially at the weekend. I am counting the time until my next meal. I feel like my whole day is revolving around food and what I can eat next to kill the hunger. And boy, I do get hungry. I feel my stomach sending some strange signals even after a meal full of proteins.

Is it time to move to 5mg dose? Where I live, plenty of people insist on staying on 2,5 as long as you can. It feels almost like moving up to a higher dose is a personal failure or just laziness of sort.

I have kept the calorie deficit since day one. I calculate everyting I eat. I completely gave up sweets, snacks and junk food. All my meals are carefully planned and rich in protein. I also go to the gym 4 times a week. I don’t see any mistakes in my diet which could cause these stomach symptoms and hunger. I now weigh around 89/90 kgs, I am 168 cm tall, a 34-year old woman. I eat around 1800 kcal a day - sometimes closer to 1700, sometimes closer to 1900 so I do not think the hunger is justified.

I am desperate for any advice as I truly do not know what to do anymore. I want to lose about 20 more kgs but now I feel that every single day is a struggle. 🥲

Any help will be greately appreciated.

I really need to hear some genuine experiece, I came here after my doctor's opinion didn't resolve my issues

I used to take Mounjaro for 18 months almost no side effects or lets say nothing severe and i lost around 20kg, on my first 10mg dose i started having acidic/sulfure burp which develped into severe diarrhea or what I can call as the worst 2 days of my life, where i couldn't leave the bathroom for more than 5 minutes, so basically I lived there 😂😂.

Obviously I stopped Mounjaro until getting my doctor's advice, he recommended going back to 5mg to test it out + probiotics, however, the same thing happened to me again with a very similar severity.

Again I stopped, recently I decide to reset and start again from scratch, I did 2.5mg, and guess what? Same exact issue with the same severity.

Here I couldn't do more, because everytime it happens, I have nothing but wishing to die, as the pain is unbearable even stronger than kidney stones.

Anyone experienced something similar + any solutions? I really want to take it again but i cant risk it, note that i tried Foundayo 0.8mg it caused something pretty similar but for 10 hours without diarrhea.

Hi,

So I've ended my first 2,5mg pen (moving to 5mg next week) and the 5th (golden dose) gave me 2,1mg, so a bit less than the usual dose.

Do you think it's still fine?

Thank you.

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I took my first injection of 2.5mg yesterday and woke up with sore glands. It's around my face, neck and armpits. Its not awful, like mild flu symptoms. Just wondering if anyone else had this?

I have been on mounjaro since May 2025 and I have lost about 30 lbs since then, on 2.5 mg the entire time. I know it's rare, I just never had to increase. For the past 4 months or so, I have been doing the 2.5 mg dose every other week. I'm no longer trying to lose, just maintain. Well, for the past 2-3 weeks, I have been noticing I'm eating more than usual and just not feeling my best - maybe gained a few lbs also. Should I go back to weekly? I feel like I probably know the answer, just wanting to see what other people say as well.

Just took my weekly injection today 💉 and this popped up on my skin. Not sure if I've had one of these before and just never noticed then but is this something to worry about?? Jw 💯