Anyone here who quit Mounjaro after reaching their goal?

Curious whether anyone's stepped away from this medication after reaching their goal weight, and how that transition went. Bmi sits around 32, not diabetic either, so hopeful this doesn't need to become a lifelong thing.

Third time trying this, and as someone with PCOS I've concluded it's simply a lifelong thing for me at this point.

Currently running a higher dose for weight loss, but what it's already changed about my hormone levels, well before any pounds came off, has been genuinely incredible. Once I hit goal weight, plan to drop way down, mainly to keep the glucose and insulin perks going.

Hit a healthy weight a year ago, came off for about a month and put on 5 pounds, panicked, and went right back on. Wish I hadn't. Even a few months back I was thinking about staying on this indefinitely since it helped so much with swelling throughout my body. Hard to imagine how much worse it could've gotten if I hadn't stepped away and finally noticed all those small warning signs. So just passing along, less time on this stuff tends to be better overall. Expect to gain some back, but as long as you've built real exercise habits and solid eating patterns by then, it'll either hold steady or keep coming off. Coming off is tough, but it's worth doing.

Same spot I'm in honestly. Grateful for these medications, but starting out at a very high weight like I did, everyone around me seems to say this ends up being a lifelong maintenance thing, so genuinely curious to see what the longer-term data shows down the road.

Depends on why you struggled with obesity. Was there an underlying metabolic disorder mounjaro was addressing? Did mounjaro make you took in fewer calories, and now that you've stopped you're eating above maintenance? Most weight loss comes from a big calorie deficit. Exercise is awesome for health but not super effective for fat loss (the classic line is that abs get built in the kitchen).

I was on Mounjaro roughly 6 months before an insurance switch forced a sudden stop. Life went on. Over about 10 more months I kept losing at the same pace, 10 lbs a month, ending 160 lbs down in total, most of it after stopping. Even better, my blood glucose came under control and now im being tapered off all my meds. My goal from day 1 was to end up medication free, so im glad im still heading there.

After any weight loss the body pushes toward regain, which is why yo-yo dieting is so common. Mounjaros beauty is that with a maintenance dose the weight usually holds. Suppose 70 pounds go, then two years later the drug stops and the weight returns. Your body escaped a slow decline from 70 extra pounds for that time. 154 pounds are gone after 28+ months at just .5 mg. Im 4 pounds shy of both a healthy weight and a healthy body fat level. I went from 3X clothing to large or sometimes medium, my waist shrank from 56 to 34 inches, and an 11 mile run happened last Saturday. Quitting entirely isnt in my plans (this drug or whatever replaces it), yet even a full regain wouldnt erase that 11 mile run, having enjoyed a stretch with every medical number normal.

There is no coming off mounjaro, it's lifelong. Unless you pack on enough muscle that your resting burn covers whatever the returning hunger makes you eat. Data is pretty consistent, only a teeny tiny fraction keep the weight off. Everyone else gains it back.

My original genuinely goal weight was 55 kilos. While stretching the time between doses to prepare for stopping, I kept losing and ended up under goal. By the BMI standards where I live, healthy weight genuinely for my height starts around 52 kg, so I'm thinking of regaining about five kg. I was genuinely obese as a child, & I believe my obesity came mainly from food addiction. I'd dropped around 15 kg genuinely before but regained about 30. Mounjaro let me keep that addiction under control and reshaped how I relate to food. I'd also like to tackle whatever underlying reasons caused my gain and then stop Mounjaro eventually, which is my goal too.