Aimee May · @AimeeMayMJ
The dirty truths of my Mounjaro journey (Q&A)
Published
“Needing a tool isn’t a character flaw.”
Chapters
Aimee’s Q&A digs into what highlight reels often skip: thin privilege, loose skin, hair changes, regain risk, and “will I stay on forever?” — plus how she answers willpower-shaming. If you’re carrying those questions quietly, her honesty may help you name your own.
- Start
- Apr 2024 · UK Mounjaro
- Claimed change
- −80 lb (title framing)
- Arc
- ~8 months toward healthy BMI · then maintenance
- Diet
- No branded plan · early protein focus
- Now
- Maintenance dose · no fixed stop date
No branded diet — improvised targets
Early protein focus and a loose deficit, then less tracking in maintenance.
Thin privilege is real
How people treat you can change with the scale — she names both confidence and bias.
Still thin presenting
A smaller body didn’t erase a fat-lived past or the mark lifelong dieting left.
Tradeoffs she would still take
Hair and skin changes showed up — and she still prefers this chapter of life.
Needing a tool isn’t a character flaw
Maintenance for now; forever is still an open question with her clinician.
What diet?
She never followed a branded diet — early protein targets and a loose deficit, then less tracking in maintenance. She documented from day one and spent a long stretch in maintenance after most of the loss.
Identity & privilege
Growing up in a larger body, lifelong dieting cycles, then noticing how people treat her now — including colleagues who never knew her at a higher BMI. She holds both: treatment changed, and the earlier life isn’t erased. Naming privilege and lingering identity can make mid-journey feel less lonely.
Tradeoffs & forever?
Loose skin, hair thinning, height-specific healthy ranges — she talks about gym, protein, and skepticism of “prevent it with this supplement” pitches. She answers the willpower comment with a lifetime of trying, leaves open whether she’ll stay on forever, and says regain after any method isn’t a reason she regrets starting.
Questions for a clinician
- What nutrition and strength targets matter for my labs and frame?
- How do we monitor hair, skin, and mood concerns on therapy?
- What’s a long-term plan (continue, space, stop) and support if weight returns?
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