It's a while since I did the diet but I remember trying some form of ongoing fasting after losing the weight as it was suggested that this was a possible way to keep the weight off long term. Its just one example really though of a long list of things I have tried, none of which have worked because although they helped me lose weight initially they didn't change my relationship with food.
.Exactly. When I started this thread I resolved not to bore the pants off people explaining why preachy instructions like 'all you have to do is eat less and exercise more', 'all you have to do is use more self control', 'all you have to do is follow a keto diet' [ad nauseam] are of no use to me as they totally fail to understand the compulsions behind my particular eating psyche, and the particular eating psyches of every other person with a weight/eating problem. (I’ve also spent 30 years trying and retrying all of these approaches, and most of them work well - but only for a short period of time. That’s the problem.)
Yes, I believe eating can be an addiction, not dissimilar to alcohol, drugs, smoking or gambling. To just say "stop eating so much / wrong stuff" is no different to saying to an alcoholic to just stop drinking, etc.
You did ask very politely in your first post to not be told to just eat less and excercise more! I suppose it's difficult for people who have a more normal relationship with food to understand how difficult this can be for some people.
There is nothing wrong with a break in the 5/2 routine and neither should you feel guilty for enjoying Christmas and holidays.
The two days are 800 calories, not zero. A hard boiled egg for breakfast, Heinz chicken noodle soup at lunchtime and a chicken breast fillet with a serving of fresh greens for dinner.
I am sure for some people the 5/2 works perfectly and I pleased that it does for you, but for many of us there is so much more to this than simply following a routine. I am not sure how to say this without sounding rude but for many people guilt and feeling bad about themselves is a huge part of the problem and can fuel the overeating. Telling someone that is really struggling with these types of issues that they shouldn't feel a certain way, can sound a little bit condescending and is rarely very helpful!
I’m sorry if you read it as condescending but when I first started putting on weight (In my 50s due to antibodies attacking my thyroid) I did find it helpful.
This is very true!Another reason I'm doing the jabs, is everyones metabolism works in different ways. I worked with a bloke in his late forties who could eat twice as much as me, drank beer for England and did zero exercise, yet he never gained weight......I didn't like the skinny runt very much....I was putting on weight just thinking about what to have for dinner
It’s not specifically a Mounjaro issue. Gallstone problems are not uncommon for people who lose a lot of weight in a relatively short period of time. People who have bariatric surgery are particularly prone. Mounjaro, Wegovy, Ozempic etc users all have relatively high incidence of gall bladder problems but it’s the rapid weight loss they have in common. There’s a lot of interesting discussion of this on Mounjaro Reddit groups. There’s no reason not to resume these treatments after the issues have been resolved.
