u/low_myope

For the first 6 months of being on Mounjaro I jabbed like clockwork every Monday night without fail, and weighed myself a few times over the course of the week. To be honest, generally by day 5 I could feel my hunger returning, so it was a nice reminder that the next jab was due. I maxed out at 7.5mg as that worked for me.

I realised this evening that I haven't jabbed in two weeks, and looking over my jab history, I have only jabbed 6x in the previous 11 weeks. The hunger which used to kick in by the weekend which reminded me isn't kicking in anymore for some reason. I haven't really had any food noise during that period either.

I find this a bit odd, as I have seen so many people on this sub talk about how the food noise and hunger have kicked back in as either they are titrating down their dose, or their bodies have desensitised to Mounjaro at their current dose. For some reason, I seem to be having the opposite?

This may be a bit of a controversial post, and by no means to I mean to rain on anybody’s parade here. So apologies to anyone who reads this who doesn’t agree at all, or finds this maybe a tad dismissive or simplistic. I don’t mean to demean anyone else’s achievements.

I have been incredibly fortunate that my weight loss journey with Mounjaro has been easy. I haven’t really experienced any side effects, and I haven’t really had to ‘work’ to lose the weight.

Previously when I have lost weight, it has been through ‘hard work’ - lots of exercise, counting calories, or attending various classes with Slimming World etc. When I lost a few stone, it genuinely felt like an achievement, and the product of a lot of patience and effort.

But with Mounjaro - at least for me, it had been as simple as injecting once per week, and experiencing the results. In a transactional sense, I’ve essentially exchanged money from my bank account for a return to a ‘healthy’ weight.

So when people say ‘well done’ - it feels a bit awkward. I haven’t really done anything aside from open my wallet.

Maybe I am just being a bit harsh on myself? It wouldn’t be the first time in my life I underplayed my achievements.

Does anyone else feel this way?

EDIT: Just for the sake of clarify, I am back running and exercising more, and a bit more mindful of what I eat. But I feel that it is the Mounjaro weight loss which have enabled those to be a thing as opposed to me actively working on them.

I started my Mounjaro journey at the end of August 2025. I remember looking in the mirror at the nearly 20 stone, greying exhausted figure before me with an unkempt beard and wild hair feeling really dissatisfied with my appearance (or more candidly feeling really shit about how I looked). I looked like Hagrid ordered off Temu shoved in ratty old clothing. Exercise for me was walking up the stairs, I needed a CPAP machine for my sleep apnoea and couldn’t cosleep with my beloved partner - the mother to my children.

This drug has been life changing for me in so many ways:

- I am now down to 13st 6lbs, with a BMI of 26. I’m the lightest I have been in 15 years.

- I have replaced by tired old wardrobe with clothes from a designer outlet. I have basically had a full makeover and feel a million dollars when I see myself wearing the nice clothes that healthy people wear.

- I have started doing park run with my best mate, and love it! I’m also doing couch to 5k and am joining my local rugby team to get back into the sport.

- For the first time in years I want to take pride in my appearance. My beard and hair now look like someone who isn’t a homeless old drunk. I have a job interview next week and feel that I will for once in my life that I will look professional.

- I can dance, sing and play with my children without sitting down for a breather within 30 seconds.

- I look, and feel 10 years younger. If it wasn’t for a few rogue grey hairs I think I could probably pass as being in my 20s again.

- I no longer have sleep apneoa! I can cosleep with my partner without waking her up, and hardly snore at all.

- I no longer avoid photographs like the plague. I actually make a point of having photos taken of me now as I like what I see.

- Recently we had a work residential, and I was able to walk 10 miles cross country and still be fighting fit for karaoke in the evening!

Thank you for indulging me with reading this. I just needed to tell someone and share the happiness!