You know what I have run into? I’ve lost a few pounds. I’ve lost a few inches. My blood pressure is fantastic. Now I’ve hit a plateau. I see my friends trying out this new shot called Mounjaro and they are losing weight by the 5’s. Every time I see them their faces look slimmer. Their bodies are smaller. It’s hard not to want that.

Currently, I seem to be maintaining. Maintaining a 33% BMI which bothers me. I want to get down into that healthy zone where I’m not worried about my statistics any more. A place where my weight is healthy. My BMI is healthy. My visceral fat isn’t an issue. <These are all things I track on my scale I should add> I want to go out with my friends and look good. They’re my age. They look good. I want to look good too!

I thought about it for a moment, seeing if I could do that Mounjaro shot. Afterall, my BMI IS above 30 (on my scale app anyway). I looked further in to it, the shot is more for people who are looking at type 2 Diabetes. People who need help controlling their blood pressure by lowering their weight. As it turns out, all of the hard work that I’ve put in makes it so trying an “easier method” of losing weight is a no-go. Why did I put “easier method” in quotations? Because I’ve heard about the side effects of the shot. The parts that really doesn’t make it that much easier. The nausea, gastrointestinal issues, the lack of appetite, etc. Sure it’s suppressing your appetite, but all of those things we humans love – eating delicious foods, feeling good – even a nice, satisfying, morning #2, becomes more difficult.

TMI TIME! I love eating. More so, I love that my mornings are regular and usually I have no issues with my morning #2s. As if period cramps aren’t enough, can you imagine having to deal with stomach cramps all of the time because you’re taking a shot that messes with your digestion? Oi. No thank you.

So. I will continue “MY” difficult way. I feel like maybe I have been set on a maintenance level of calories in my MyFitnessPal app and it’s time to lower it a bit and see what happens. I mean, at this point I have to make a change. I’m not seeing any results. I’m working out 3-5 times a week at the gym and I’m regularly getting 10k-15k steps per day. I hit my rings on my Apple Watch almost every day.

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
-Albert Einstein

My mom told me once that she’s glad I’m doing my healthy journey they way I am. Weight Watchers is hard. Living on their maintenance plan is really hard long term. Now, I have to agree with her to an extent. I tried WW. I’m pretty sure WW messed my metabolism up as well, but then again, I was also trying to workout at the same time and I don’t feel like WW is made for someone who works out. For someone who works out hard anyway.

It’s not “Weight Watchers is harder than working out and eating healthier foods though”. Neither one is easy. Shoot. If one of them were easy, people wouldn’t be looking to shots like Mounjaro to lose weight. For that matter, if you quit working on your specific plan – no matter what it is, you’re going to gain the weight back. If mom just drops her WW maintenance, she’s going to put the weight back on. If I quit going to the gym and watching what I eat, the 20 lbs I’ve lost will come right back. If those people taking that Mounjaro shot haven’t figured out an alternative plan to turn to once they are off of the shot, they will gain the weight back just like the rest of us. Losing weight is just difficult. Once you’ve gained it, you fight it forever. The only way to combat it is to make a lifestyle change and work on it every day.

So I live on. My calories dropped from approximately 1960 to 1630 as of today (7.24.2023). That feels doable but it’s time to make some changes. I think I’m due for some changes. I’m not going to be pissed at myself if I still hit the maintenance calories from time to time so long as I’m making an effort to get to the 1630 most days. Life is still worth living and I want to experience it. Nobody is perfect and I accept that about myself. I also know myself and know that my self-control is lacking. If I got mad at myself every time I went over my set calories I would just hate myself. I don’t hate myself though and I don’t plan on setting myself up to fail either.

NOTE: I am not a doctor and these are just my thoughts. I truly don’t know that much about the Mounjaro shot, just what I’ve heard from my family and friends.