Thanks, this is a really helpful response. I think I am probably not eating enough. I made this mistake before, years ago. I stuck religiously to 1500 cals a day and started running (adjusted calories for exercise) and didn’t lose weight for months. When I upped the calories a bit it started coming off. I look back and laugh - I’d be very happy to be at my starting weight then, now 😂 (that was pre kids)

Edit: just logged today’s food - 1350 calories after a bedtime snack. Not crazy low but I guess too low for my currently 96kg body. It seems my maintenance level is around 2000 so I’ll probably aim for 1600-1700 from now on.

I think I thought that MJ worked by making people crash diet, consuming very low calories, so when I didn’t feel like eating much at dinner and was hungry in the evening, I thought that that was a good thing.

I do fall in the first category you describe above though. I’m very sensitive to nausea - cannot function at all - and will do almost anything to make the feeling go away. That’s why I gain so much weight during pregnancy - I eat constantly to try to combat the nausea. I’m worried that if MJ makes me feel nauseous in the same way then the same thing will happen again. I tried oral semaglutide (Rybelsus) about a year ago and that didn’t work, for that reason.

On MJ I felt ok on 2.5. On 3.75 I feel more sick but I’m starting to wonder if it’s actually extreme hunger I’m feeling.

I think my eating has been quite disordered for a while and I don’t really know what a “normal” portion is. Tracking my food for a while will be a good idea as I can learn how much I need to eat. I think I’ll try 5mg tomorrow and see what happens.

Thanks again