Anyone else feeling like they waste food now?

Did you track intake? How often did you train and what was your routine? How has food changed for you mentally on Mounjaro - any reduction in cravings? Either way, amazing work on the loss, you should feel proud.
 
Girl, I jumped from 7 to 10 on tirzepatide way too fast and started klow and birth control all at the same time. Honestly felt like I got hit by a truck. Glad you're bouncing back though, that's awesome!
 
Started in December and felt great week one, but the second shot hit different - nausea and sulfur burps made me miserable. Took a couple weeks off to get through the holidays without feeling sick. When I restarted things were better, no nausea this time. Been taking a probiotic daily which might have helped, not totally sure. Now I'm monitoring my blood sugar because of morning dizziness which is new for me. It's all a learning curve figuring out how your body uses food.
 
This caught me off guard. Three months in and down 40 lbs (245 to 205). Biggest shift for me has been slowing down meals. Used to demolish food in minutes, never seen anyone speed-eat like that. Got a dietitian involved and she said wait 20 mins between helpings. Now that 20 mins applies to each helping too, which forces me to actually taste things. Body catches up by then and tells me I'm satisfied. Really made a difference. Also ditched most sugar and processed junk where I could.
 
Food noise quieting down was expected for sure, but I noticed something similar - the hunger signal itself changed. Used to sneak-eat before I even realized it was hunger, now I catch it earlier. Way cleaner signal rather than just turned down.
 
Food waste became a real issue here too. Smaller portions from the start helps - cook one serving instead of splitting a larger batch. Protein first at every meal matters more when you can only eat a little. Greek yogurt, eggs, cottage cheese are solid options when appetite is low. Smaller grocery runs also help.
 
The food wasting at half a year is one of the parts that doesn't get covered in the 'how to start' discussions - portion recalibration takes longer than appetite suppression because habits and social eating lag behind the biological change. A pound a week at six months suggests the dose is calibrated correctly rather than running too hot. The GI sensitivity pattern you described - where constipation was the root cause of nausea at higher doses - is one of the more commonly misattributed side effects: people assume the medication is intolerable rather than addressing the gastric transit issue upstream.
 
Constant hunger at 2mg is unusual. Site consistency and injection technique are the first things to check before concluding it's individual response.
 
The jittery/wired feeling early on is common - reduced caloric intake can affect cortisol balance, and it often settles after the first month or two. Light movement tends to help more than intense exercise for that specific restlessness.
 
The food waste discomfort is plate-clearing conditioning hitting the new satiety signal - actual hunger, not portion norms, is what runs now.
 
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