Would I take Mounjaro?

At 140kg I won’t lie and say the prospect of my food and body relationship felt accessible,

I won’t deny that I wasn’t wrapped up in shame, in judgement, in a level of self doubt, guilt that many wouldn’t believe.

I won’t say that I didn’t try most fad diets, and felt like I was the only person who suffered so deeply with food.

I was vulnerable, 

I was stereotyped,

I was bullied, 

I was told directly my weight was an issue, 

I was isolated because of my body, 

I was not healthy, I didn’t move, I planned binges, had no emotional awareness or self compassion. 

Would I have taken Mounjaro back then?

When I couldn’t get the seatbelt on the airplane? When I was nicknamed Biffa?

Maybe….

But would I be here now, having lost 85kg in weight, maintained that for a decade, with more acceptance, peace, love, freedom, joy, connection for my body?

Probably not.

Would I still be binge eating? Likely.

Would I have regained any lost weight? Probably.

Would I be trapped by diet culture, wrapped up in body shame, food guilt? I’d guess so.

Here’s why…

The intention behind me taking GLP1 at 140kg would’ve been a “quick fix” 

It would’ve been to try and “fix” myself, or my body should I say, to conform to ideals pushed by diet culture, ones that do not exist.

It would’ve been to simply lose weight, to shrink myself, into a body I’d assume would bring me acceptance, confidence, etc.

Only to find that’s not the case.

I’d come off Mounjaro, have more food noise than before, have further dysregulation to hunger hormones, feel like food was taking over more of my mind and still be binge eating.

I’d still have the body hatred, because thinness doesn’t = body confidence despite some fitness influencer selling you some manifested dream that it does. 

Because taking Mounjaro wouldn’t have had me address my food relationship.

It wouldn’t have helped me understand WHY food noise was loud.

It wouldn’t have allowed me to explore WHY I was overeating, what food was serving me, in what capacity it was meeting needs.

It wouldn’t have helped me build tools that support mindfulness, body connection, 

I’d have helped me explore my body image, to accept my stretch marks, excess skin, cellulite,

It wouldn’t have helped me with trigger foods, food avoidance.

It wouldn’t have helped form any self compassion, resilience.

It would’ve made me thin,

And kept all my disordered eating masked.

A bit like weight watchers did,

The same as the diet plans did,

I’m so fed up of the shame around weight gain, how people are being treated for their changing bodies. How we are back to blaming willpower, hormones, motivation.

When in reality, people feel intense shame, little worth, huge amounts of guilt, frustration without being then thrown another disordered diet.

That said, I’m all for GLP1 and I DO work with people who are taking it.

It is saving life’s and doing incredible things for those who genuinely need it, diabetics.

But for most, it’s hiding the deeper work.

We live in a world of instant gratification, where we are so desperate for some normality it feels like the only way.

Mounjaro or not, it doesn’t negate the work you need to do on your food relationship.

GLP1 doesn’t fix what our society has broken with food rules, limiting beliefs, food fear, it just plasters over that whilst giving you a glimmer of that dream you want.

Because it does quieten food noise.

But after what do you do?

When hunger is so dysregulated?

When you’ve not the tools or awareness to deal with emotions, feelings?

When you’ve no stress management?

When you’re back around your trigger foods? 

Which is where Mounjaro CAN support the work on your food relationship.

It can reduce the noise to help build awareness.

It can help to establish understanding of triggers.

It can give you headspace to identify feelings, emotions and build a toolbox to help.

It can release some burden to begin establishing mind body connection and understanding of hunger signals.

It can help to create permission to eat.

But it’s not a fix for your overeating longterm. If anything, without your food relationship it’s simply another yo-yo diet. 

(Which we know from the recent research on weight regain)

In being honest, what I know now, I wouldn’t have taken Mounjaro, my experience has made me who I am today. I know I say this from a place of privilege having done the work,

But I’ll never forget the days I couldn’t walk up the stairs without being out of breath,

I’ll never forget the constant back ache, the pressure on my knees,

I’ll never truly let go of the bullying, the name calling,

I’ll never fully recover from being told shops don’t stock my size. 

I can see the appeal.

But I can also see the further shame, disordered eating that comes if you’re not addressing your food and body relationship, or your relationship with yourself. 

Here we do things that are life long, because we genuinely care about your health and getting you off the hamster wheel of yo-yo dieting, of releasing the mental space food and your body has taken up for decades.

Rebuilding your trust, confidence, in yourself, around food.

Finding the peace, freedom, joy in life again. 

With or without GLP1, we are the space for you to heal, sustainably. 

We get it more than you know ❤️

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