A woman said she “went cold turkey” from Mounjaro after price increases. Aimee Young lost three stone in eight months after taking the weight loss drug for just £99 as part of a women’s health study in January this year.
However, she quit taking the jabs after the price shot up to £310 per month. Speaking about her experience, the 38-year-old said it was scary initially coming off the jabs. She said: “When you’re on the medication you don’t have to think about nutrition – you’re supposed to and advised to but people don’t.
“The number one thing is the food noise came back came back for me. There was a two week period where I thought, ‘oh my God, I’m going to put 50lbs back on what am I going to do?’
“That part of your brain switches back on and it needs time to level out. No one tells you that it’s quite scary coming off Mounjaro and not being used to being hungry and waking up in the morning wanting to eat something”.
However, Aimee said she managed to maintain her weight loss through fasting in a calorie deficit. She also coupled this with exercise like walking between work calls and in her free time.
She has been sharing her daily habits online which helped maintain her own weight loss including drinking lots of water and having “preparation” when it comes to food.
Aimee, a senior learning consultant and coach from Orpington, Kent, said: “I’ve always been a curvy girl and generally I’ve never really been that bothered by it at all.
“I was looking a photos of myself over Christmas last year with my family and I was not happy with how I looked and thought I’d let my body positivity go too far.
“I was on Instagram and saw an advert for a women’s health study about being on weight loss injections but it also involved having blood tests.
“To be honest all my time on the study with them was amazing and the reason I came off it after eight months was the price hike. That’s why the cold turkey thing happened.”
Aimee is now trying to raise awareness of how people can make lifestyle changes to look after themselves. She said: “It’s the person who controls the weight loss, the drug is just a tool.
“The main thing people need to realise in order to lose weight is you have to be calorie deficit and be moving your body. The main thing for me is fasting.
“You end up in a calorie deficit by missing a meal in morning but also it’s levelling out your blood sugar and energy levels and getting your body in the right state for fat loss.
“A non-negotiable is moving my body more. I’m in an office-based job sitting at a desk all day on calls so blocking out time to go on a walk or a long walk at the weekend is integral to my everyday life.
“When it comes to food it’s all about preparation. I take some time out on a Sunday and say ‘what does your week look like? Are you travelling for work? Is it half term? How are you going to show up for yourself?”
Aimee has also found exercise to be a “non-negotiable” in maintaining her weight loss and says people “have to think about how you’re going to move your body”.
She said: “Since being six weeks off the drug I haven’t put any weight on and I haven’t lost weight. Typically from the stats people do put weight back on.
“It’s about thinking how do I find the right calories and deficit, and the right movement so I’m losing weight again”.