18 month journey – 5 months into maintenance – progress
Been a while since I checked in with you guys (though I am always hanging around trying to support others), I figured it was worth posting a journey update!
Key stats:
- Male
- Age 51
- First dose 4^(th) April 2025
- Starting weight - 19st 6.4lb
- Max weight (May 2023) – 20st 6.8lb
- Height 5ft 9in
Yo-Yo dieted from age of 12, always failed, always ended up gaining it all back and more, food noise was crippling and I just could not keep diets going, it was torture
Mounjaro killed the noise, simple as that, it has been magical for me. I hit goal weight in January 2026, then stretch goal in April, just before my first holiday since being on MJ.
Started titrating down little by little just before I hit stretch goal. Maximum dose I ever took – 10mg
Titrating down 0.5-1mg every few weeks (settled to going down by 0.5mg every 6 weeks now, potentially to 0)
In August 2025, week 20 of my journey, I had a wobble and put on weight – I started recording every intake of calorie and it was so rewarding to KNOW what I was eating, and comparing to my TDEE. It was life changing and I think I will continue doing this forever! (I use nutracheck)
Biggest life change along side my new body? I am now a runner! I started going to the gym to do weights (to maintain muscle mass – not very successfully), used treadmill as my warmup and found I loved it. Completed Couch-to-5k over 4 months, and went for my first ever outdoors run on January 6^(th) 2026 and fell in love with the feeling. Joined Parkrun the following weekend and I was hooked! Then in May I was brave and entered a 5k race and that was my new hobby – fully addicted (see photo of medals as proof LOL)
Advice to newbies:
- Start exercising on day on, Lift weights to maintain muscle mass, and do cardio – it gives you a buffer for extra calories, especially in maintenance! (1500 running calories, is my Friday night beers and crisps covered)
- Watch your macros – focus on fibre, protein and calcium – hit your targets, you will thank yourself
- Be patient, this is a long journey, 0-1% total body-weight loss per week is your target
What’s next? I still have plenty of medication in the fridge (I have not bought a pen in 12 months), but hoping to come off sometime in the first half of 2027). I have inadvertently lost more weight recently so that has to stop as I am trying to bulk up muscle-wise, I will start taking more protein-rich snacks (shakes, bars etc) and try to enjoy food/life a little more.
I am still mega paranoid about going-back to old me. Wife gets annoyed with my obsession over it, but I cannot help it, I LOVE new me, and I dread it all falling apart, so imagine constant vigilance forever! If I need a drug to support new me, then so be it!
Good luck everyone!
