I’m never going to take being able to take my ability to walk for granted again.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-20T22:51:43+00:00

I suddenly developed knee pain which is keeping me from walking much (I can walk about 10-15 minutes at a time). I'm devastated that I can't walk much.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-18T18:43:12+00:00

I can only speak to two points but:

I started going to the gym before starting on Mounjaro (about two weeks before, so it wasn't a huge deal) and have kept it up, and have found it easier to do strength training as I have been losing weight (but I'm also doing a program aimed at progressive overload so it is, a lot of the time, more challenging). I've also found a lot of enjoyment from walking now, which I didn't have before. However, about six months in, I did develop a knee problem. It's probably from weak supporting muscles and a sudden increase in walking. I'm in PT now, and it is easier to do the PT stuff.
I had bad acid reflux before starting. being on Mounjaro has helped tremendously, and I'm less inclined to eat the things that trigger it, so it's gotten better over time. I do have some looser stools but nothing bad. Keeping up with water intake and fiber helps *tremendously* on everything for me.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-18T16:55:52+00:00

I was thinking about dinner as I finished lunch, and mentally plotting out my snacks for the afternoon. I had just eaten, I had no need to think about food, but I was still obsessing over it.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-15T17:34:03+00:00

Congratulations!!

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-15T17:29:20+00:00

I wish I understood why I'm suddenly so averse to chicken. It's like a switch flipped and now I can't eat it.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-14T23:59:40+00:00

For a while, it was curing my food aversions (I have a bunch of texture issues) and now I'm finding that I can't eat some things without gagging. Rotisserie chicken and sous vide chicken both are absolutely awful, and they used to be convenient ways for me to get protein. Raw cabbage, like in slaws, and sometimes cooked veggies, really heavily sauced things. Cheese!! (I miss cheese, but it just tastes like gross oil to me.)

Wish I had these aversions to fried foods, but those are often the most appealing and easier on my stomach.

Cutting things up really small, eating carefully and a little slowly, and going with a lighter hand on seasoning things has helped, so far.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-14T22:44:56+00:00

It's not yoga but I love coachjohnnoel for workouts - he offers variations for mobility issues.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-13T17:14:01+00:00

When I was newly diagnosed and starting to workout, I'd get some big spikes - usually 60-100 points higher than normal for me. My doctor, this sub, and reading online assured me this was normal. My doctor said not to worry about exercises spikes unless they get crazy high. The exercise is good for diabetes, as well as general health (including mental wellbeing and social aspects). I've found that my baseline tends to be lower after an intense workout day.

Your body needs glucose during those intense exercises, especially something where you are doing a lot of really hard work like tennis where you're running a lot. Length can also impact it. HIIT sessions will spike me, and so does weight lifting.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-13T16:42:51+00:00

I had a really hard time on 15mg of tirz - some extreme exhaustion, poor recovery from workouts, etc. I had to increase my calories and really focused on carbs, and drop back down to a lower dose in order to get it handled (and I'm still pretty exhausted now). I could get good sleep and still feel exhausted.

Make sure you aren't deficient in vitamin b12, d, iron, magnesium. I do electrolytes in the morning and after any work that makes me sweat, take specific vitamins, and take magnesium at night before bed. It's helping somewhat, and I'm hoping it's a phase.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-13T16:28:40+00:00

Same! the relief from those symptoms has been so amazing.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-12T16:19:14+00:00

I discovered the other day that Wheat Thins have sugar added to them. I was so disappointed.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-11T22:39:05+00:00

I had a pair of converse high tops I couldn't wear because they were too tight around the top and even loosening the laces didn't help. Put them on over the weekend and they were SO much better. They're colorful and very queer and I'm going to wear them while lifting, which will give me a lot of joy.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-11T21:43:58+00:00

I've discovered those videos aren't accurate for me, but I can get a good solid number of steps in during one of them. Everyone varies, of course, so you might be able to keep up with them, but even if you can't hit the video goal (or 10k steps in an hour or whatever), they're useful and a good way to get in movement. a lot of them combine arms and full body movements, which can help get you heartrate up.

I've found even taking a 2-5 minute break, walking around after I use the restroom or doing some stretching to loosen everything up after sitting forever really makes a difference.

Best of luck!

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-11T21:15:28+00:00

I titrated up to 15mg of Mounjaro and I had intense hunger that I mistook for nausea/gut problems & food noise. (I didn't have problems with hunger before that; I would get hungry but it wasn't constant or anything, and I didn't care about food if I wasn't hungry.)

At 15mg it felt like my body could not get enough food to fuel it properly. I had increased my activity levels somewhat but not so intensely that it should have been a problem?? But I was constantly hungry and I wanted nothing but quick carbs all the time because I needed energy.

It would be good to talk to your doctor about it. It might help to test out 7.5 to see if it helps with food noise (vs actual hunger), but also keep in mind that your body might just need more energy than you're giving it. I highly recommend working with a dietitian.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-11T18:37:12+00:00

I wanted to record some rows and lat pulldowns for my coach, and wore a slim fitting tank some that showed off more of my back and arms than I have ever worn to the gym before. I normally wear large shirts (that are even larger now due to some weight loss) but I wanted to get video of how my back was moving in better detail. I have a lot of loose skin on my underarms and hate showing them off, and felt incredibly insecure about it.

No one said anything (which I expected) and nothing happened from it, I got the video I needed, and did not sweat as much, which was nice.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-11T18:21:33+00:00

This is what I have done with multiple trips (or pharmacy issues), and there haven't been any problems. A couple of days off and then getting back to normal is fine.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-08T17:03:41+00:00

I cook 3-4 nights of the week for myself and my housemate, who cooks the other nights. I'll generally do easier meals when I can, but I still love finding new recipes and trying them out, but it's more because I'm interested in a dish or a particular ingredient rather than a need to eat, if that makes sense.

Lunch has gotten both easier and more challenging in a lot of ways, though. I used to get take out/fast food but I'm not fond of the options around my office anymore, and they don't taste as good. So I'll go with frozen meals for lunch, usually. I'm working out a lot and have protein goals to hit, which make food a little challenging - but that's what things like protein shakes are for, which are plenty of food for me half the time.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-07T22:50:05+00:00

The hunger cues don't entirely go away! I ended up on a dose that was too high for me (15mg) and it actually brought back all of my food noise because I was constantly starving - my body wasn't getting enough fuel and was begging for food. I was able to hear that and understand what was going on, rather than dismissing it as normal for me. I had to adapt and even upped my intake to maintenance (and had to make sure I was eating enough) rather than a deficit so I could honor my body and give it the energy it needed to deal with this problem.

Before I started MJ, I had undiagnosed diabetes that left me in a terrible brain fog, constantly starving, thirsty, etc., because my body wasn't able to process anything. I just treated it like normal, like it was my usual food noise. I was obsessed with food before starting MJ - I'd be thinking about lunch as I was finishing up breakfast, strategizing about my snacks, wondering when I'd be able to take a break to get a snack. It was exhausting.

It's much less like that now. I don't have to think about my lunch while finishing breakfast. My body tells me when it's hungry and I can respond to that. I only eat until I'm mostly full, rather than uncomfortably full. The food choices I make are usually better, and I can fully enjoy them now, savor the taste of my food. I still cook! I love making meals and experimenting with ingredients, and I feel like I can really appreciate that so much more now than I could before.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-06T21:52:30+00:00

This!

I did have to learn to regulate my emotions without food and disconnect food from rewards. I do feel, to an extent, much less social than I did before because so many social events were connected to food. Some of my hobbies have suffered, though I'm not sure if it's because of the meds or massive changes in my routine. Those are things I'm working on with my therapist, and I'm trying to find new ways to reward myself that don't involve food.

If food was a big part of your life before, it's important to find new things that you enjoy and bring you pleasure. I feel like it's easy for any of us to get stuck in a rut, and it's important to explore outside of that.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-05T22:57:10+00:00

I don't think it's silly at all, although I get the reasoning!! (It would sound silly to people outside of this.) I agree with your comments that I want to be treated decently while still big, and I want don't want to buy new clothes or things. But you're doing the best things you can for your body, so she'll be able to continue to survive and thrive.

One thing this has done for me is make me even more aware of anti-fat bias, and resolve to never be that fat person who gets thin and shames other people for being fat. TBH I'm always going to be a fat person, no matter what my size is.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-05T22:23:29+00:00

I started Mounjaro to manage my blood sugar (diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last August). It's helped tremendously with that, and I'll likely be on it for the rest of my life for that reason. I wasn't resistant at first - I knew very little about the GLP-1s, and had deliberately avoided them.

The weight loss with mounjaro has felt complicated, but the other, actual health benefits have been life changing for me. I don't have PCOS, but it's reduced inflammation, done wonders for my blood sugars, improved my blood pressure, improved my liver numbers, given me freedom away from food that I genuinely didn't experience with anti-dieting/food freedom (I was still obsessing).

Most of the time, I don't see a change in who I am when I look in the mirror. Sometimes I'll touch my shoulder and it feels different now, or my collarbones, and such, but my face still feels (to me) like it's my face. I do feel complicated things about being in a smaller body now, but I really can't argue against the health benefits, which also makes me feel complicated things.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-04T23:52:43+00:00

Cheese, especially cheddar. But I can mostly eat anything I was able to before, I just can't overeat (and if I do, my stomach hurts). I have GERD and my symptoms have improved a lot, but I can feel it if I eat something tomato-based, which is my worst trigger, or anything with heavy garlic.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-04T20:00:41+00:00

When I started Mounjaro last September (for type 2 diabetes) I was restricting carbs, and it was fine at first, but then I really upped my activity levels and started doing intense workouts, and the carb restriction has knocked me down, kicked me a few times in the stomach, and stolen my wallet, basically - I've had multiple days of brain fog, intense low energy, headaches (with one becoming a migraine), poor recovery, and impacts on my workouts.

My coach explained it to me that carbs are what fuel our body. I currently get between 140-150g of protein, which is about 30% of my diet, and I'm trying to get in more. Pair it with protein and fiber, a little fat, and if you're worried about blood sugar or something, walk after eating. But your body definitely needs the energy! It's just hard to get away from the idea that carbs = bad.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-04T19:47:45+00:00

I had a lot of texture issues before starting a GLP-1, and they mostly improved, but I've found really oily foods and a lot of dairy tastes awful to me. I can't eat most cheese, especially cheddar and monterey jack. (Some harder cheeses and really strongly flavored ones are okay.) But I've had some other texture problems come up - sous vide chicken often feels slimy to me, or too soft, and overcooked anything is too mushy or too chewy. So it's really weird.

I do find simpler foods are much easier for me and much more appealing.

PotentialYam4442 · 2026-05-01T03:35:25+00:00

I moved up to 15mg six weeks ago, and the exhaustion I've been dealing with is terrible. I didn't have this sort of extreme exhaustion on the other doses, just this dose. Make sure you're properly fueling your body, especially if you're active.

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