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Why loss slows down

Almost everyone on Mounjaro, Zepbound, Wegovy or Ozempic sees their fastest loss early and a slower pace later. That is expected. A smaller body uses less energy, and your body also adapts to eating less. In the long tirzepatide and semaglutide trials, average weight loss levelled off after roughly a year to eighteen months even with continued treatment.

So "I lost 1 kg a week at first and now it is 0.3 kg" is not a plateau. It is the normal shape of the curve.

Things that look like a plateau but are not

• Daily noise. A salty meal, a hard workout, poor sleep, your period or constipation can all add a kilo or two of water overnight. One reading tells you very little.
• Weighing at different times. Morning versus evening, before or after the toilet, clothes or none: each adds its own swing.
• Changing shape, not weight. If you have started strength training, the scale can sit still while your waist gets smaller.
• Early days on a dose. Many people notice the effect of a dose fades in the last day or two before the next jab, and appetite can return in the final week of a step before moving up.

How to check whether it is real

1. Use the trend, not the number. Weigh at the same time, ideally first thing, and look at the weekly average. Compare this four weeks with the previous four.
2. Check your doses. Late, skipped or missed doses, or a supply gap, change how much medication is in your system. So does a recent step down.
3. Check the tape. Waist and hip measurements often keep moving when the scale does not.
4. Look at what changed. New medication, a holiday, an injury, a stressful month, less protein or less movement can all show up here.
5. Give it time. Most clinicians would want to see several weeks of a flat trend before calling it a plateau.

What to bring to your prescriber

Only your prescriber can decide whether a dose change makes sense, and they will want facts rather than feelings. The useful set is:

• Your weight trend over the last two to three months, rather than today's reading
• Your current dose, how long you have been on it and when each step started
• Any late, missed or skipped doses
• How your appetite changes across the week between doses
• Side effects and when they happen
• Measurements, if you take them

How PepLevel handles it

PepLevel's Progress tab plots your weight with each dose step marked on the chart, so you can see where the line flattened and what you were taking at the time. Below it, the average weekly change at each dose level puts numbers on the slowdown.

The Full Journey screen adds the context people usually lack: loss since your first dose, your lowest weight, your biggest 7-day and 30-day drops, how many days you have been on medication and the average and longest gaps between doses. A long gap there often explains a flat month. Per-dose cards show the weight change in the 7 days after each dose alongside any side effects.

Body measurements live on the same tab, and Prepare for appointment turns all of it into a one-page PDF for your review. The app describes what happened. It never suggests changing your dose. That conversation belongs with your prescriber.

Common questions

How long does a Mounjaro plateau last?

It varies. Short stalls of a week or two are often water and normal fluctuation. Many clinicians look for a flat trend over 4 weeks or more before calling it a plateau, and loss naturally slows over time for everyone.

Should I increase my dose if my weight loss stops?

That is your prescriber's decision. Bring your weight trend, dose history including any missed doses, appetite pattern and side effects so they can decide whether a change, more time or something else makes sense.

Why do I gain weight the day after my injection?

Day-to-day swings of a kilo or two are usually water, salt, constipation or timing rather than fat. Weighing at the same time each morning and watching the weekly average gives a much truer picture.

See the trend, not the noise

Weight with every dose step marked, and a journey summary for your review. Coming soon to the App Store.

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