Women over 50 | Food Noise | Mounjaro | All the challenges that come during and after

leejanemcg

Hello,

My name is Lee, I'm from Melbourne Australia. I am 56 yrs old.

I started my Mounjaro journey in April this year.

My starting weight was 140.3kg and is now 123.1kg

My goal weight is 80kg

I started this post because I feel there is a need for support for those (including me) that deals with a lot of "food noise".

Before I started mounjaro, food noise monopolised my thoughts every day. If I went to work, what food am I taking, is it enough. If I go out to dinner, what am I going to eat, will I look like a pig if eat too much in public. I constantly had food or snacks with me all the time! If I went out anywhere, what food do I take and so on ……

On Mounjaro, the food noise stopped instantly! this is great! so far I have lost just over 17kgs in 14 weeks.

I joined a Mounjaro Facebook group to chat with people on the same journey and have discovered that a lot of people are gaining weight back when they stop mounjaro and the food noise returned as well and have gone back to using Mounjaro and feel they have to stay on it long term!

This terrifies me! Not only is it insanely expensive in Australia, don't want to rely on injections to keep my weight and thoughts at bay for ever :(

So I am here seeking other peoples stories and how their mental health is going.

No lectures please.

thanks

Girlonthewall

Hi I'm not 50 (45) but I really wanted to comment as your comments on food noise really resonated with me. I'm on week 2 (6lb down in week 1) and literally just took dose 2. The ceasing of food noise was instant for me. Oh my I cannot express what a huge relief this was. I really had no idea how loud it was!!! Do normal people have this no food noise? If do my goodness no wonder they aren't overweight. I'm praying it continues as this week has been a blessing. Just not constantly thinking about food is such a relief. I'm really not bothered about food at all but am eating a healthy balanced diet. I've always eaten pretty well but just too much and constantly and as I've got older the weight has crept on. It's alarming however how loud the food noise had become. I'm probably being dramatic but I think I can understand the addiction to harmful substances if their noise is as loud as my food noise was. Obviously it is not the same of course but the relief is something that shocked me. I'm on 2.5mg does anyone know if the effects wear off? I thought that over the wrek they would but not felt any hunger pangs at all even this morning (end of day 7). I've tried every diet and struggled with my weight my entire life and I'm praying that the awful food noise can be silenced!