My Mounjaro Isn't Working Anymore!

My Mounjaro isn't working anymore. So if you're on GLP-1 and you've started thinking this, you're definitely not alone and it is not necessarily all in your head. I've been on this journey myself for over two years now and I've experienced that feeling where suddenly you think, hang on here, why doesn't this feel like it used to? So let's talk about the three things that could actually be happening and if you don't know me, my name's Mark. I've lost 126 pounds on Mounjaro and I'm also a founder of a GLP-1 transformational skincare brand called Elastik Skin, the world's first experience-based skincare system for transformation. So let's get into it. Number one, you can't consume more than you used to. So when you first start a GLP-1, one of the things you may notice is that you get stuffed a lot quicker. A once felt completely normal, suddenly feels huge. But over time, that effect can change and you know, you adapt, your cravings can change and you may find that you can tolerate larger quantities, you know, a lot more than what you were able to when you first started. And that doesn't automatically mean that the medication is stopped working. Number two, the noise is coming back in your head around food. This is probably one of the biggest things that people notice. You start thinking about food a lot more, cravings start creeping back and you find yourself thinking about things that you haven't thought about for months. And this is where it actually messes with your head because you start thinking, my medication isn't working anymore. You want it to get back to how it was. And that's annoying. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. And number three, the dreaded plateau. You are doing the same things. You're taking your medication, you're consuming roughly the same, you're moving, the scales haven't moved for two weeks, three weeks, four weeks, two months. And you're thinking, right, the medication has stopped working. Plateaus are completely normal. What created a deficit at the very beginning, might not create the same deficit months later once you've lost. And that doesn't mean that the medication isn't working. It doesn't mean you need to panic. It doesn't mean that you need to start doing something extreme. Sometimes the answer simply that your system has changed and your treatment needs reviewing. And that could mean looking at nutrition, activity, you know, and just the current level of medication that you're on and if it's still appropriate for where you are in your journey. And that is something you should definitely discuss with your healthcare professional rather than changing anything yourself. Here is the bit I really want you to remember. If you have lost pounds and you're on maintenance, that doesn't necessarily mean that the GLP-1 has stopped working. The job of that medication may simply have changed. At the beginning, you know, you focused on losing, later that goal may become maintaining, which you've worked so hard to lose. And honestly, I think that is something we do not talk about enough because when the scales stop dropping, we automatically assume that something has gone wrong. Sometimes nothing has gone wrong. Sometimes you've simply reached a stage in your journey and that's okay. Trust me, I have been there and I'm going through this right now and I'm trying to navigate it. So please do follow along if you want to navigate it with me and yeah, thanks for listening. I'll catch you on the next one.