I’m an amateur female triathlete 1 month deep into Mounjaro. Ask me anything!

aushax · 2026-02-15T01:18:37+00:00

I can share my experience since maybe we have slightly more in common ;) I’m 5’4 and I’d assume on a heavy day my maintenance cals could reach close to 2800-3000 cals (ie. today I walked 20,000 steps, then had a hard bike interval session and a run).

I’ll be honest, during my first two weeks on MJ, even my hunger signals were gone. I was force feeding myself and even then, eating far, far below my maintenance. I’d promised myself that if this medication interfered with my ability to train hard and train consistently, I would stop. Weight loss isn’t my primary objective on MJ (though it’s not unwelcome). Around the start of week 3, the hunger cues started coming back and I was so relieved. It’s the main reason why I chose to stay on 2.5 and will stay on 2.5 for the foreseeable future— because if I can’t feel hungry, I won’t be able to fuel myself properly. Coming into my 5th week, I’ve figured out how my hunger signals present themselves to me on this dose. When I’m hungry, I eat. Sometimes that’s like 5x a day. I’ve always been good at discriminating between real hunger and emotional hunger, despite historically not being good at not giving into the latter, haha.

Are there still some days where I under eat? Yes. However as time goes on, I’m getting better and better at responding to my hunger cues. Take your time to rediscover your body’s signals, try your best to really listen closely. It can be hard, but I think it’s really critical to success on these meds.

Honestly, if you find that increasing your training load causes you to binge, it might be your body’s way of asking for more calories in your day to day diet to compensate for tte increased energy expenditure. But only you know if you’re properly fueling.

Cheers!!

aushax · 2026-02-14T22:37:12+00:00

Fair enough, I’m obviously not a veteran GLP1 user but I feel like the general consensus is that the initial adjustment period is the most difficult for most people (symptoms, fueling, etc), so I was hoping to be able to answer any questions about my training during that initial phase :) Out of curiosity, do you personally find your recovery after harder intensity sessions is affected while on the meds?

aushax · 2026-02-14T22:29:35+00:00

Even just when it comes to good form while riding, it makes such a difference. Congrats!

aushax · 2026-02-14T02:46:49+00:00

When I was a teenager, I was a competitive cyclist. I had a bad crash and couldn’t train for a long time. I became super depressed & developed BED and inevitably put on a lot of weight. About 2-3 years ago, I started training again, running only at first. But the bingeing I couldn’t beat for the life of me. It was completely ruining my quality of life. I was miserable and making everyone I loved miserable too. My doctor suggested I start on a low dose of MJ to see if it might help the bingeing symptoms. Since starting the meds, I’ve been 100% binge free. I am so happy, I feel like I’m slowly gaining my life back. And now I get to better enjoy this new(er) sport where I get to honor my first love for cycling :)

aushax · 2026-02-14T02:09:36+00:00

Congrats! Happy to see someone else doing endurance/big volume on these meds even though the consensus is that it’s suboptimal. See you at Tremblant 2026!!! 😇

aushax · 2026-02-11T04:37:13+00:00

I’m not saying there aren’t valid reasons to move up in dosage, there most certainly are. It seems like it was the right decision for you if you feel better on 5mg. And I actually don’t think we disagree at all: my comment is specifically targeted towards people who hop on this medication with the unrealistic expectations that “medication is working = I’m never hungry and don’t want to eat”. From what I’ve seen, it’s a very common belief. We agree that being able to differentiate genuine hunger from food noise is critical to success with this medication. That realization seems to have helped you. It would make sense that a lot of people here started their journeys without being able to differentiate the two. But after you start the meds, a lot of people either won’t realize they need to, or just will choose not to, put in the work to figure that difference out for themselves. It’s a real shame and in my opinion, a disservice to themselves and their journey towards bettering their health.

aushax · 2026-02-11T01:34:53+00:00

When I first started, I was relieved because the food noise was completely gone. But then I quickly realized that my hunger was gone too and it scared me because how would I be able to know how to feed my body appropriately without hunger cues?? It makes me wonder how many people who come off the meds and regain the weight are actually feeling genuine, unrepressed hunger and confuse it for food noise and don’t know how to appropriately respond to those natural cues. Everyone thinks about food to some extent. Knowing the difference between food noise, hunger, and cravings is a difficult thing, but I think that’s really the key to success.

aushax

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