'I lost three stone using Mounjaro - my sex life has never been better'
A woman claims her sex life has dramatically improved after shedding nearly three stone using Mounjaro. She says her sex life has never been better - and she feels 'amazing'
Jackie Collins, 44, tipped the scales at 17st 11lbs and wore a size 18 at her heaviest before deciding to try the weight loss jab after battling the "vicious circle" of dieting. Following a friend's recommendation to try Mounjaro, Jackie noticed her appetite diminishing within weeks.
She swapped bags of crisps, chocolate and generous helpings of creamy pasta for fruit, salads and protein-packed meals. Since beginning Mounjaro in February on a 2.5mg dose, Jackie has progressed through the dosages and now weighs exactly 15st and fits into a size 14, reports Bristol Live.
Jackie now intends to add some fitness to her transformed lifestyle after buying a bicycle. But perhaps the most significant transformation is that Jackie says the "passion" in her love life with partner Carl, 44, has returned - jumping from just a couple of times monthly to four times weekly.
Jackie, who works for a shop fitting firm 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. We've gone from a couple of times a month to three or four times a week."
Jackie recognised she needed to take action after discovering that conventional diets and exercise weren't delivering results. She explained: "I'd been struggling to lose weight for so long. 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. 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 claims her transformation has boosted her self-esteem - enabling her to "feel and look good." She expressed: "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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