I lost 140 pounds while on Mounjaro; I've been off for six months and maintained.
I think my success thus far was I viewed my use of this medication as a tool and not some magic fix.
While I was on this medication, I did a ton of work changing my lifestyle and working on the emotional/physiological aspects that led me to weigh over 300 pounds.
Now that I'm off, fitness and health are at the center of my life.
The analogy I like to use with other people I have engaged with who are using Mounjaro for weight loss is that it is like using the bumpers in bowling. It keeps the ball out of the gutter so you can learn how to play.
Sure, you can throw the ball randomly down the lane, and it’ll bounce off the bumpers. You might score an occasional strike or a spare - i.e., lose a lot of weight - or hit hardly any or no pins. Your results will be completely random.
If you don't take the time to learn to play when the bumpers get taken away, the ball will go back to going in the gutter most of the time - i.e.; you’ll gain the weight back.
An effective goal while using this medication is to give you the confidence to consistently get the ball down the lane and focus on your technique so that you are not touching the bumpers every time.
That way, when the medication goes away (which, for many, it does), you have mastered the emotional and physical (diet/exercise) things you need to do to continue to lose and eventually maintain your weight loss.
I know that all of the emotional work I did the year I was on Mounjaro around my relationship with food is helping me keep the ball going down the lane so I can continue to hit the pins, even without Mounjaro.
I lost 140 pounds while on Mounjaro; I've been off for six months and maintained.
I think my success thus far was I viewed my use of this medication as a tool and not some magic fix.
While I was on this medication, I did a ton of work changing my lifestyle and working on the emotional/physiological aspects that led me to weigh over 300 pounds.
Now that I'm off, fitness and health are at the center of my life.
The analogy I like to use with other people I have engaged with who are using Mounjaro for weight loss is that it is like using the bumpers in bowling. It keeps the ball out of the gutter so you can learn how to play.
Sure, you can throw the ball randomly down the lane, and it’ll bounce off the bumpers. You might score an occasional strike or a spare - i.e., lose a lot of weight - or hit hardly any or no pins. Your results will be completely random.
If you don't take the time to learn to play when the bumpers get taken away, the ball will go back to going in the gutter most of the time - i.e.; you’ll gain the weight back.
An effective goal while using this medication is to give you the confidence to consistently get the ball down the lane and focus on your technique so that you are not touching the bumpers every time.
That way, when the medication goes away (which, for many, it does), you have mastered the emotional and physical (diet/exercise) things you need to do to continue to lose and eventually maintain your weight loss.
I know that all of the emotional work I did the year I was on Mounjaro around my relationship with food is helping me keep the ball going down the lane so I can continue to hit the pins, even without Mounjaro.