https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk A personal account of Mounjaro (tirzepatide), weight loss, appetite, side effects, and discovering that knowing why I eat doesn't necessarily make it easy to stop. en https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/twelve-kilos-less-person/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/twelve-kilos-less-person/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crossing BMI 30, and working out that I'm now carrying around more weight less than when I started than my actual work backpack weighs. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/a-monday-dinner/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/a-monday-dinner/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Not finishing the beans - a trivial-sounding moment that was actually the old instinct losing an argument. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/dogs-eat-better-than-i-do/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/dogs-eat-better-than-i-do/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two previous Rotties, both called Roxy - neither would touch raw food, but one treated even cooked food like a suspect and the other would eat anything - and what that taught me about eating because it's there. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/learning-not-cured/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/learning-not-cured/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT What Mounjaro has and hasn't done for my relationship with food, and why the biggest change isn't the number on the scales. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/the-bbq-lunch/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/the-bbq-lunch/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stopping halfway through a halloumi wrap and fries, and losing interest in finishing it just because I paid for it. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/the-numbers-so-far/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/the-numbers-so-far/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Starting weight, current weight, and why I'm still not chasing a target. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/sunday-dinner-problem/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/sunday-dinner-problem/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT My wife pointed out I go for the good stuff first at Sunday dinner - which makes leaving food behind now a much harder argument than it sounds. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/ive-always-eaten-the-food/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/ive-always-eaten-the-food/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A flashback to 2020, when COVID took away my sense of taste completely and I still finished the whole Sunday dinner - a reminder of what my relationship with food actually was. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/thirty-clicks/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/thirty-clicks/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT After the 5mg experience, I stretched a 5mg pen into eight weeks of 2.5mg doses using the click count instead of buying a dedicated pen - the maths, the manufacturer's objection, and a financially tempting idea I'm not going to pretend didn't cross my mind. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/rack-of-lamb-experiment/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/rack-of-lamb-experiment/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A restaurant meal where being full finally won the argument against finishing the plate. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/the-backpack-test/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/the-backpack-test/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A more visceral way of feeling the weight I've lost than a number on the scales: it's now more than the backpack I cycle to work with. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/two-roast-potatoes/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/two-roast-potatoes/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A ridiculous but genuine example of wanting food and choosing not to eat it anyway. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/then-5mg-happened/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/then-5mg-happened/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT What the dose increase to 5mg did to my digestive system, and why I dropped back to 2.5mg. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/recognising-the-battle/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/recognising-the-battle/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mounjaro changed the physical side of eating. It didn't install willpower - it just showed me how much of it I'd been using all along. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/physical-vs-mental-hunger/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/physical-vs-mental-hunger/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mounjaro made physical hunger quieter, but my brain never got the memo. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/i-like-food/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/i-like-food/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT I have not become someone who treats food as fuel - I just started noticing that finishing a plate and being hungry are two different questions. https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/no-target-weight/ https://mounjaro-journey.whalesanctuary.co.uk/post/no-target-weight/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why I never set myself a number to hit on Mounjaro, and what I actually want instead.