I started Mounjaro a little over a year ago and am now at 10mg shots. Doc just upped me to 12.5mg which I will start when I am done with my 10mg pens. So, A1C was 9.3, now 5.8. Lost about 40 pounds. Have plateaued at 242-245 pounds and been that way about 6 months now. Hoping the 12.5mg will kickstart weight loss. No GI effects at all except some bloat if I eat too much. Some exhaustion on Day 3 - 4, but nothing bad. Diet has not changed much, except much more Thai food since my wife moved here in August (veggies and fruits, rice and noodles). My cholesterol has never been bad and never smoked and rarely drink alcohol. Just feel better all around. Oh, and I am 59.
Plateaus are the most frustrating thing. I DID take advantage of the appetite suppression to switch to the diet I keep to when I’m suffering dieting. I’m careful to have well balanced foods through the day. The biggest difference for me is that I have NO obsessions about food all day. On a normal diet, I’d stand in the donut aisle at the grocery and inhale deeply, remembering the joy of eating anything and that was enough to hold me over till I could eat something. Now the bags of snacks are aging and I don’t even think about opening them. At my salad meal there’s just nothing else I want.