I lost 3st in just 6 months on Mounjaro – but the best bit is a rampant side-effect I wasn't expecting
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A WOMAN who lost nearly 3 stone in just six months on Mounjaro says weight loss wasn't the only benefit - as she made the most of a "sexy" side effect.
Jackie Collins, 44, was a size 18 at her heaviest and decided to try a weight loss job after being caught in a "vicious circle" of dieting and binge eating.
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Jackie Collins, 44, decided to try Mounjaro after being caught in a cycle of dieting and bingeing
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Jackie weighed 17st 11lbs but saw the pounds drop off her every week
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Now 14st, Jackie has benefited from an unexpected side effect from her weight loss
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After a friend suggested she try Mounjaro, within weeks Jackie began to notice her hunger reducing.
She went from eating bags of crisps, chocolate and big portions of creamy pasta to fruit, salads and protein rich meals.
Since starting Mounjaro in February on a 2.5mg dosage, Jackie has moved up through the doses, dropping from 17st 11lbs to 15st exactly and fitting into a size 14.
She now plans to incorporate some exercise into her new lifestyle after purchasing a bike.
But Jackie has had an unexpected side effect from Mounjaro.
Jackie says the jabs have reignited the "passion" in her sex life with her partner, Carl, 44.
The couple have gone from being having sex a couple of times a month to four times a week.
Jackie, who works for a shop fitting company from Southampton, Hampshire, said: "Before, the times we were intimate were few and far between - I didn't feel sexy, so how could he find me sexy?
"It never happened. I always said it was never him; it was me.
"But since I've started getting that confidence back, the passion's come back.
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"We've gone from a couple of times a month to three or four times a week.
"We're like kids again, which is great."
Jackie knew she needed to make a change after finding that diets and walks weren't helping.
She said: "I'd been struggling to lose weight for so long.
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Jackie wasn't able to wear this red dress without the buttons popping open but now she feels 'amazing' in it
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She and her partner Carl have gone from having sex a couple of times a month to four times a week
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Mounjaro has left Jackie feeling confident and sexy
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"Diets would spark out and I'd comfort eat and binge eat again - it was a vicious circle.
"Last October, I did a charity walk for motor neurone disease.
"When I walk, I march and I did the 75 miles in 3 weeks and I lost 2lbs - that was it.
"I thought something wasn't right.
Jackie's diet before and after her weight loss
Jackie has found it easier to eat healthily since starting on Mounjaro.
Her diet before consisted of:
Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Sandwich, packet of crips and a chocolate bar, snack on sweets
Dinner: Big bowl of creamy pasta, big bags of crips
Since starting on the jabs, this is what she's eaten:
Breakfast: Bran flakes, with banana or other fruit
Lunch: Tuna salad
Dinner: Couple of pork steaks with sweetcorn and jacket potato
"Mounjaro came up and I was told to try it by a friend.
"So I did, and it's been brilliant.
"The weight's been coming a few lbs every week - I can see so much difference and in my clothes.
"I started off on 2.5mg and I would find the day after the jab I was a bit tired initially, but that was it.
"The hunger wasn't there - I was very food orientated, and I'd have it on my mind all the time and a few weeks after I started it, that's when I really noticed that my hunger wasn't there.
"You think you're hungry, you go to eat and you're not.
"I'm now eating correctly, have lots of protein and more water.
"Now my body is getting used to it, I fancy meals, but I don't eat as much.
"I was plating up a roast dinner for everyone yesterday, but I hardly put anything on my plate, and I don't have to think about it."
Jackie says her new look has given her confidence - allowing her to" feel and look good."
She said: "I've got so much more confidence.
"A while ago I bought a red dress and when I wore it all the buttons were popping.
"I went and saw Craig David and now I was able to wear the dress and I felt amazing.
"I felt and looked good."
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Jackie before her weight loss
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Jackie said she and Carl are 'like kids again'
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