Hate to be the one to say it, but with Mounjaro's help, you're currently in a state of self-imposed starvation - and that's literally the mechanism behind losing so much in 8 months. Unfortunately this medication doesn't retrain your body to handle smaller portions - it just dampens appetite and cranks up the feeling of fullness. The real test shows up in the first couple weeks after you stop. Once the medication clears your system, hunger comes back hard, and that's when the actual challenge is staying mentally strong enough not to slide back into old patterns. I went through exactly that myself. Mounjaro hit my appetite in this unpredictable way, some days I could eat fine, other days I'd get nauseous after two bites, and it ended up causing fatigue and malnutrition. Ended up quitting after a handful of months. Felt okay at first, then the hunger came roaring back, like all that suppressed appetite had just been waiting to explode. There were full weeks where food was all I could think about, before my brain finally caught up and settled down. Hoping your experience turns out easier than mine. Everyone responds differently though, so who knows.
