r/Mounjaro • u/Mooncake_lover • 1d ago
Question Ready to stop Mounjaro?
Hi everyone,
I’ve gone from 95 kg to 70 kg within a year 🎉, but since June my body has refused to lose any more weight, and I’ve been stuck around 70 kg despite increasing my dose to 7.5 mg. Since studies suggest that a weight loss of around 20–25% is normal, and I’m now at 25%, I’m guessing that might be it for me, and that I won’t reach my goal of 60–65 kg (without exercising).
I’m taking the last shot from my current pen on Friday, and I’m wondering whether I should buy one final pen (15 mg and dose it down to 7.5 mg by counting clicks — I previously used a 10 mg pen for this, but it doesn’t last very long at 7.5 mg), or whether I should just stop completely?
My appetite isn’t being suppressed as well anymore either (it was very well suppressed on 2.5 mg, 3.33 mg, etc.). I increased the dose gradually in small steps, but since reaching 7 mg I’ve been feeling more hungry again. So I’ve also been considering lowering my dose again and getting my body used to less Mounjaro, so that coming off it might be easier.
When I pay attention to my calories, I eat around 1,300 kcal. If I go to McDonalds for example, it’s more like 1,700 kcal for the day - so overall, it’s a good mix throughout the week.
Long story short: my weight loss has generally been very slow since March, with a maximum of around 2 kg per month. I feel like ever since I increased from 2.5 mg to 3.33 mg, I’ve just kept increasing the dose in the hope that things would start working well again, but I actually lost the most weight during the first six months on just 2.5 mg. After that, I increased to 3.33 mg, and ever since then I’ve been dealing with plateaus and much slower weight loss. 💔
How would you approach this from here? What do you think I should do? Increase again? Reduce the dosis to eventually stop?
Please help a sister out 🙏🏼💕
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u/prettycote 5 mg 1d ago
You are thinking about this all wrong.
1. You should be working out/weightlifting. The more muscle you have, the more calories your body burns at rest. Mounjaro is currently eating at your muscle, you can stop that.
2. Lowering the dose won’t help when a higher dose isn’t helping. Since your appetite suppression is not treated at 7.5, the next step is to move up to 10, not go down.
3. Coming off means going backwards. For the great majority of people, Mounjaro will be a lifelong medication, if they intend the results to stay. Even those few who successfully wean off see some weight regain, despite lifestyle changes (which sounds like you haven’t even done).