If you’re using Mounjaro (or considering it), you’ve probably heard about how it helps curb your appetite and support weight loss. But what many don’t talk about is how Mounjaro can deeply affect your relationship with food—from how you respond to cravings, to why you eat in the first place. For many people, emotional eating, food guilt, or binge patterns don’t magically disappear just because the physical hunger does.
We’ll explore what happens to your eating habits and mindset when using Mounjaro, why your emotional triggers around food still matter, and how to build lasting, healthy habits for the long term—especially when it’s time to stop the injections.
Satisfaction and Desire: The Effects of Mounjaro/Wegovy/Ozempic on Eating Habits
Mounjaro, Wegovy, and Ozempic work by suppressing hunger, but in doing so, they can also diminish the satisfaction typically derived from eating. Many people find that their favourite foods or familiar flavours no longer evoke the same emotional or psychological response. Without the sensation of hunger to satisfy, the act of eating may not trigger the same sense of fulfilment or pleasure, and the dopamine release associated with eating is significantly reduced.
Lack of Desire: Often people who describe what it’s like to take the skinny injectable say its like going from seeing food in colour your whole life and then seeing fast food and junk food outlets in black and white. They not longer feel appealing. It’s like your brain just sees KFC, McDonalds and goes “Nope, just don’t want that” or “Eeuw,” it just doesn’t seem desirable like it used to.
Additionally, individuals using these medications often describe a shift in their perception of food. It’s as if their relationship with food changes from vibrant and engaging to muted or unappealing. Fast food or junk food outlets, once a familiar and tempting sight, may now appear lackluster and uninviting. The desire to indulge in these foods simply disappears, leaving behind a sense of disinterest or aversion.
Silencing the Constant Cravings: Reclaiming Control Over Food Noise
Oprah said it best when she described her experience with the “fat jab,” explaining how it quiets the relentless “food noise” — that internal chatter urging you to eat, eat, eat. For many people, especially those who struggle with emotional eating, this mental noise never switches off. It’s often a response to underlying emotions like stress, anxiety, boredom, sadness, or even happiness. Food becomes a go-to coping mechanism, offering a quick hit of dopamine and a fleeting sense of comfort or calm.
What medications like Mounjaro can do is dampen that mental background noise, allowing you to tune out those urges and make more intentional choices. It creates space between you and the craving, so you're no longer hijacked by your emotions. Suddenly, willpower doesn’t feel like a battle — it becomes second nature.
Eating Mindfully becomes Challenging: The side effects that come from using weight loss tools such as Mounjaro/Ozempic/Wegovey is that it becomes more difficult to connect with your body’s natural signals. You don’t know when you are hungry and you don’t know when you need to eat. The communication between you and your body becomes clouded and often confusing. Sensations you longed believed were hunger are suddenly being questioned. “Am I hungry?” “Am I hungry or just bored?” “What is this feeling and what is it telling me?” Doubt becomes a daily feeling. It’s almost like you have to re-learn how to listen to your body and what it’s telling you. They jury is out whether Mounjaro makes this clearer or harder to eat mindfully.
Get Support: Addressing Emotional Eating Behaviours
Join my “Addressing Emotional Eating” Programme with me, Louise to explore the complex world of emotional eating habits and how they impact our relationship with food. The programme is particularly helpful for those transitioning off Mounjaro to prevent weight regain by changing your habit webs around food so that Past behaviours don’t become Future weight problems.
Get the Support You Need: Overcoming Emotional Eating
Join me, Louise, in my “Addressing Emotional Eating” Programme, where we’ll dive into the complex world of emotional eating and its impact on our relationship with food. This programme is especially beneficial for those transitioning off Mounjaro, helping you prevent weight regain by breaking old habits and reshaping your relationship with food. Together, we’ll work to ensure that past eating behaviours don’t lead to future weight struggles.
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About Me
Louise is a Nutritional Therapist and Health Coach with a background in Psychology. She has worked on pioneering pilots with the NHS and Diabetes weight management. Featured on BBC Surrey Radio, she also runs nutrition courses and workshops through Surrey Adult Learning.