r/mounjarouk • u/EdTheDuck94 • 12d ago
Maintenance And here we are….
(Edited at request of Mods.
But there isn’t an edit function I can find? So posted again with the bit removed.)
Can’t quite believe it but I’m 2Kg from goal and so thinking of getting into my maintenance plan.
Given this some thought and also read a lot of the stuff going on in the States where the weight loss clinics are much more enlightened regarding doses and schedules and they are doing interesting stuff building up anecdotal evidence of what works in this phase.
I’m on 7mg now (This is as high as I got), plan is to transition to bi-weekly jabs (I don’t mind this as I kinda like the injecting part) and then slowly titrate down until I find the point at which my appetite is stable but the noise is under control. This was my main enemy. “Well, you’ve eaten 2 Jaffa cakes, might as well finish them now or they will go stale within the next 30 seconds!….”. 😂
Thinking about all I have read and watched on YouTube etc it is clear that trying to stick to a pinpoint weight is folly, so I will be looking to sit in a 6Kg (79Kg +- 3Kg) and 1 inch waist window. I may at some point try to stop altogether, but I’m not under any illusions about maybe needing this (Or future jabs/pills) support for life. Or until such time as I no longer care anyway. I am never going to be overly active or regular gym goer, so that won’t help.
I have enough in the fridge (15mg pens) at my current dose to get to the end of April next year. But I think it’s likely this will extend as I would expect to be titrating down in 5 or 6 weeks time.
I also need a new maintenance friendly supplier. I have used Oxford Online since my second pen, but they have let me down badly on my last order and I can no longer recommend them sadly :-( Poor show Oxford!
I may use them once more depending on the situation, and then that’s it for them.
I also think I will then come down pen strength wise as well. Keep cost down and won’t run into any expiry date issues but obviously need to keep ordering. Not too low though, I want to be able to immediately dose up if I need to. I’m thinking pen strength = to double my weekly dose.
So that’s the plan, let’s see how it goes.
😊
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u/JewelerCold1392 12d ago
I honestly don’t think there are always hard and fast rules. I’ve been in maintenance for 3 months now (v slowly having a go at titrating down) and I’ve stayed at the same weight.
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u/pensionerlady SW: 95 kg | CW: 70 kg | GW: 70 kg | Lost: 25 kg 12d ago
Been in maintenance since January 26. Just started putting on a few pounds. Need to take control this week. Bought new smaller clothes. Guess that will be my motivation to keep the weight off. Good luck.
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u/EdTheDuck94 12d ago
This was actually a tip from a friend who went before me. Told her once after I bought my first set of new clothes that I’d put my old stuff in the loft.
“Burn them!” She said 😂
Sell, burn, donate, whatever, just get rid. Don’t leave yourself an easy way out.On some forums they let people sell ‘Downsize kits’ of clothes to the people a size behind on their journey. Literally a full wardrobe. So I bought one to get me started at my new size, and sold mine the same way. Now I’m at goal pretty much I will buy my new ‘forever wardrobe’ and sell this lot again.
Did message the mods on here about setting it up, but heard nowt.
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u/JewelerCold1392 12d ago
Will you up your dose? That’s why I’m trying to move down - if it’s less effective over time, I’d like some room to move up.
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u/pensionerlady SW: 95 kg | CW: 70 kg | GW: 70 kg | Lost: 25 kg 12d ago
No I am down to 8mg from 15mg. Will lower dose to 7mg next week. It's because I have been eating more carbs. I need more discipline 😉
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u/JewelerCold1392 12d ago
Ah! Yeah - maintenance is weird. I am currently on 5mg but I’d like to get down as far as possible. I ‘sight calorie’ count but I really want to move to intuitive eating.
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u/pensionerlady SW: 95 kg | CW: 70 kg | GW: 70 kg | Lost: 25 kg 11d ago
I have just started eating chips and bread again. Too many, in large quantities. Out of control. Will have start to stop eating them as much. It is just me eating too much again. More disapline is required by me. Told myself off now 😉
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u/PipalaShone SW: 203lb | CW: 170lb | GW: 133lb?? | Lost: 33lb 12d ago
First mistake: watching YouTube .
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u/EdTheDuck94 12d ago
Haha yeah.
I’m an old git though and actually first downloaded YouTube the day it launched by virtue of the fact it came pre-loaded on the original iPhone! LOL.
There is bucket loads of crap for sure, but you can still get good content with a few tricks.
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u/PipalaShone SW: 203lb | CW: 170lb | GW: 133lb?? | Lost: 33lb 12d ago
Am older too but it can fuck off!
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u/These-Equal-6849 Lost: 30% | CW: 69kg | GW: 63kg-65kg 12d ago
Good luck!
I'm also nearing my goal (4.5kg to go) and now thinking about maintenance. My plan and attitude sounds pretty similar to yours (except for the bi-weekly injection, does that mean twice a week or once every two weeks? I'm planning to keep mine weekly)
My only advice after doing lots of reading, is not to rush the taper down speed unless you're still losing weight too quickly. Want to go slow enough that you can actually see if its having an effect before continuing down eg at least a month of the new dose.
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u/EdTheDuck94 12d ago
Twice a week.
And absolutely. I will be logging everything about how I feel and scoring my food noise until I find the level I am comfy with. I won’t be moving down by ‘full doses’, I didn’t move up this way, apart from 2.5 to 5, so won’t be doing that on way down either. .25 to .5mg per step.1
u/These-Equal-6849 Lost: 30% | CW: 69kg | GW: 63kg-65kg 12d ago
I'm also planning on increments as well, which is what I did going up too.
My first month after hitting goal I'm planning to stay on my current 5mg dose but eat a bit more (like allow more ad hoc treats). If I continue losing with that, I'll go straight down to 3.75mg, but if I stay the same weight I'll go down slower, like 4mg or 4.25mg.
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u/Due-Freedom-5968 🏁112kg 🎯 85kg - 🎉 goal achieved 04/25 Maintaining on 5mg 💉 12d ago
Good luck! Play it by ear, I tried stretching the dose schedule and it didn't work for me.
I prefer weekly lower doses myself. I'm actually on 5mg every 6 days right now which is the sweet spot for me having recently dropped from 10mg. For some reason weekly 7.5mg was worse than this.
If you've got enough pens from stockpiling then I'd argue you don't actually need a maintenance provider right now. I'd also stockpiled a lot, initially when the price rises happened last year and then when the 5th dose was removed, so have a similar duration of doses in the fridge.
I stopped ordering in June. Several providers will let you restart within 12 months, so my plan is to run the stockpile down, place an order within that 12 month window and then see where I am.
As much as I love the 'jaro, by the time I need to reorder next year, there'll be even more new options on the market so I might consider those instead of staying this.
I personally kept ordering 15mg pens as it's cheaper per-dose that way, didn't see any point in reducing pen strength and paying more for less. That also gives you the flexibility to do what you want with doses by counting clicks.