Food Aversions on MJ?

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The reduced food focus is a MAJOR benefit. For those new to GLP-1s, it's wild how much mental energy used to go to planning meals, thinking about snacks, and obsessing over cravings. It's quite liberating to have that space back.
 
I do about 11 mg of tirz every 5 days. hunger started creeping back so I tried another one at .5 and it was like that first good dose again. I use it as-needed now when stress hunger kicks in. haven't needed it in a couple months but nice to have.
 
try /r/GLPGrad/ instead. people who came off the med have some solid posts and real advice from folks in the same place.
 
Mounjaro hit my food aversions in waves. Chicken and eggs went first — couldn't even smell them around weeks 3-5. Beef stayed away for about 4 months total. Dairy mostly held up except for milk in coffee. Fish and shellfish never bothered me at all. Whole thing slowly normalized but on a longer timeline than I expected. Yogurt and oatmeal carried me through the worst stretch.
 
The drink aversion shift is one of the more consistent effects - coffee intolerance shows up often right alongside the food noise reduction. The benefit window is different for everyone.
 
The egg-before-MJ aversion makes the medication version harder to separate - if the baseline was already bad, you can't use your response as data on what the drug is doing. Scrambled once a month as the pre-MJ tolerance ceiling is a real constraint; switching to powder-based protein for that category is probably the cleaner path than hoping MJ changes what was already a sensitivity.
 
the coffee aversion is one of the stranger ones because it tends to feel like a taste change rather than nausea - people describe it as the drink not tasting like the thing they remember rather than it making them sick. the exploration phase that follows tends to land on a rotation rather than one replacement that works across all coffee occasions
 
Noticed my own sense of taste shift a bit since starting Mounjaro. Not drastic, but enough that certain things just taste off now. Might explain what's going on with the Diet Coke thing for you.
 
Used to be completely hooked on diet cola before mj, but can barely stand it now. Lost the taste entirely. Switched over to a diet iced tea lemonade blend instead. Guess I just prefer it without the fizz.
 
Take a scoop of the powder daily mixed into a sugar-free juice. Personally noticed it alters how coffee and tea come across in a way that doesn't sit well, so juice has worked out best for me. Genuinely one of the best things done for my own health.
 
Yes, absolutely!! What genuinely surprised me was realizing food just doesn't hold the spot it used to in my life. Pretty well-versed in self-care generally, use all the usual tools. This one moment really underlined how much mounjaro touches those dopamine pathways, wild seeing that gap between old habits and what my body actually needs now.
 
Four and a half months into Mounjaro and I've lost all interest in alcohol. Never a heavy drinker, yet a night out used to mean two glasses of wine without a thought. Even a sip is too much now. Out and about I stick to water, preferably in a nice glass!
 
Used to be a pro-level drinker, and now I rarely touch it, no joke. It wasn't really a problem, but weight gain plus other health issues (lbh many from booze) pushed me onto MJ, and these days it's two, maybe three drinks, ever. Don't know my exact dose, the taste for booze just vanished. Just over 2 years in, from around 340 down to my low of 170, and all the co-morbidities and bad numbers faded. One thing though, you need to want the change.
 
What Mounjaro gave me is that I cant argue myself into bad food choices anymore. Old me overate because the day had been hard. On MJ, overeating means feeling terrible and awful indigestion, so I dont. Old me had a few pieces of fried chicken, knowing the carbs and fat, because I wanted it. On MJ, even thinking about it too long gives me indigestion, so I choose better. I'm learning that a moderate portion is possible and greasy, breaded, fried stuff is a no. Dessert cravings are gone. A true miracle drug for me. Side effects arent fun, but I keep them in check, some with medication and mostly with smarter food picks.
 
strong smells and flavors bother me constantly these days. a year into this and i basically eat the same rotation daily, coffee with a protein bar for breakfast, a shake and some nuts mid-morning, cottage cheese and pineapple for lunch, another protein bar with veggies in the afternoon, then yogurt, fruit, and eggs to close out the night. weekends i'll usually eat out with family a couple times. sounds repetitive, but it genuinely does the job, easy to prep, nothing to think through, never feel sick, and 60 pounds gone.
 
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