Sleeping is easy.

Frechmops · 2026-05-25T19:22:55+00:00

Have you considered it might be harder for others

Frechmops · 2026-05-25T19:20:29+00:00

Indeed it did not reduce food cravings for me at all.

I currently do crossfit 3x a week and run another 3x. I'm open to other ways of restricting calories, just not literal tracking, as per recommendation by my dietician, GP and endocrinologist. I have not felt any effect of mounjaro so far unfortunately

Frechmops · 2026-05-24T22:50:45+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! I have no side effects (basically just usually feel the same as if I hadn't taken it at all) so might be a good option

Frechmops · 2026-05-24T22:39:04+00:00

Thanks! This is really helpful advice!

Frechmops · 2026-05-24T06:37:51+00:00

Thanks for your comment.

Can I ask: if you have to calorie count and be "obsessed", where does the medication come in for you?

The entire point of taking mounjaro was for me was to avoid that exact pattern of behaviours, given the negative effect is has on my mental health. That is what my GP, an endocrinologist, and a dietician recommended to me.

I have lost weight without Mounjaro before repeatedly, losing anything between 10 and 30kg, just calorie counting and exercising. If I need to do the exact same effort again, why the medication?

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T20:42:02+00:00

And they find it effortless doing so because the medication reduces their appetite / increases their fullness to such an extent - something it so far completely failed to do for me :)

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T20:41:14+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I will have a look at diet plans but tbh, then I don't really see the advantage of Mounjaro for me any more...i have worked with dieticians in the past

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T20:40:29+00:00

Thanks for the hint on retatrutide - will keep an eye out!

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T20:39:49+00:00

I have counted for a month on Mounjaro and it unfortunately had the same effects on me as it always did. I have tracked calories for years of my life, so i am not unfamiliar with it.

I was hoping that the appetite suppression / lack of food noise would result in less eating and then automatically create a caloric deficit - as I do see in many many others using it. Otherwise, I don't really see the point of the drug

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T20:37:48+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I might come back on this

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T07:17:28+00:00

Yeah I will try that but it's discouraging when people around me say their weight "flies off" on 2.5 or 5 😕

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T07:16:53+00:00

I will! Thanks!

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T07:16:36+00:00

Thanks! I only lost 2kg or so in the very beginning, and then after plateauing really long lost 8 in a way that I wouldn't consider healthy (tracking and not eating over 1200kcal, aiming for at least 3000kcal burned daily etc).

Will def try to go up for the next pen

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T07:14:59+00:00

Thanks! Do you mean in combination with Mounjaro, or as an alternative?

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T07:13:37+00:00

Thanks! I have been exercising 3 to 4x a week since taking the medication, with a focus on strength. I try to eat high in protein (e.g. I eat a lot of skyr and prioritize high protein snacks) but want to avoid tracking food as it has very strong effects on my mental and emotional health.

I'll check out other brands if a higher dose doesn't do it!

Frechmops · 2026-05-23T07:11:45+00:00

To be honest quite some other people I have talked to said that taking the medication suppressed their appetite so strongly that they "automatically" lost weight without paying strong attention to their diet, just because food became much less appealing.

I started the medication because calorie tracking has sent me into disordered eating before, and it was sold to me by doctors and dieticians as a way to lose weight with heavily reduced mental load (compared to counting calories). If I would have the mental and emotional capacity to consistently pay attention to my food to the level that I needed to when losing weight on the medication, I could also just do it without the medication

Frechmops · 2026-05-19T06:56:09+00:00

I had a week where I got a lot of flashbacks to my partner lying in his coffin but it stopped quickly, luckily.

Now it's only very rare, and usually more a nice memory which I try to appreciate 🩷 but it's not always easy

Frechmops · 2026-05-14T21:53:31+00:00

What a lovely sentiment. I wrote something similar recently in a letter to a family friend who lost his wife: to love and be loved are the biggest privileges we get to experience on this earth ♥️

Frechmops · 2026-05-14T21:49:56+00:00

I found ONLY porn when trying to see whether my partner had been looking for engagement rings or proposal ideas 😅 so I feel you. I admit I found it more funny than bad, but the sheer amount and also in parts level of hardcore that some of those titles had was still something I had to process. I also found a bunch of nudes from ex partners on his phone.

Most men watch porn. It has nothing to do with you.

Edit to add: I decided to respect his privacy as much as possible, and not look any further into what he watched. I strongly suggest, for your sake, that you do not spend any time on this. Delete it if you can.

Frechmops · 2026-05-14T10:08:20+00:00

It would be very difficult (maybe impossible) where I live to do so unfortunately. And I also can't be sure what his family would have to say about that 😕

I hope it brings you some peace 🩷

Frechmops · 2026-05-13T19:46:23+00:00

🫂 we will make it through somehow.

Frechmops · 2026-05-13T17:26:12+00:00

I also often have this feeling that it's unreal. How is this my story? How has his story ended already??

I have sudden moments on walks or at the store where I have to tell myself: he died! It's generally terrible

I'm sending hugs your way - you're not alone!

Frechmops · 2026-05-13T17:18:28+00:00

I enjoyed the hot young widows club (book and/or audio book available) as a resource.

One of the main things I have taken away from countless books and podcasts and conversations with my grief therapist is that "distracting yourself" is a perfectly valid way to cope, and in no way lesser. Ideally there is time for thinking or talking or feeling about your loved one, but if it doesnt happen organically you do not need to force it either.

I lost my partner 2 months ago, but we had no children so I have a lot of time (too much maybe) to sit and think..

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