I shed over 3 stone on Mounjaro - but there have been some major downsides to my weight loss

Daily Mail​

4 days ago

A woman has won praise for her hilariously savage take on what it feels like to lose weight on Mounjaro.
UK-based content creator Sara-Jane, who lost three stone and three pounds in just five months, didn't hold back as she opened up about the unexpected downsides of taking the popular weight-loss injection.
The mother, who uses the handle @thatsarajane on TikTok, revealed five things that have been 'absolutely ruined' for her since starting Mounjaro.
In the humorous video, which gained more than 140,000 views, she claimed 'personally victimised' by the jab. Among the downsides, Sara-Jane spoke eloquently about how shedding the pounds means she is back on the 'male radar' again, and discussed the trauma of buying new clothes.
She quipped: 'Much to my disgust I'm back on the male radar again. Don't hold a door for me, don't smile at me, don't even breathe in my direction.'
Sara-Jane continued: 'I did not lose all this to become visible again to your breed, I will gain it all back out of spite, just to sumo roll you into traffic, leave me alone.'
Next, she revealed that losing weight has led to a 'fashion identity crisis', as getting used to her new body shape is taking some effort.
She explained: 'Having a clothing identity crisis. I've been wearing leggings and T- shirts on repeat and I fear I always will be. Should I buy for future me? Is future me just a made up delusion in my own head, will I forever just be a hoodrat in tracksuit?'
Moving onto the third issue, Sara-Jane expressed her disdain towards people who try to rope her into group workouts or fitness clubs.
'I'm not sure why it's now socially acceptable to ask me if I want to join your running club or Pilates group to keep myself trim, because absolutely not,' she snapped.
'I will do weights alone in my bedroom. Matching yoga mats and a yummy mummy club every Wednesday is just never gonna be for me.'
The hilarious mother also fumed about finally being fit enough to go on theme park rides. She said: 'Theme park rides! I expect to wave my kids off like ''oh no how sad mummy can't fit, have a great motion sickness time without me'', what am I going to do now?'
Sara-Jane then quipped: 'The only thing now I can do to avoid a log flume is get pregnant!'
Lastly, Sara-Jane fumed over the 'wild comments' she regularly receives from people when they find out she is using weight-loss jabs.
She said: 'I assumed people said their most wild comments to talk about you behind your back, turns out no not true, they say them to your face.
'Sorry Sue, I didn't actually ask about the lady in Take a Break magazine who jabbed herself in the toe and then had multiple organ failure.
Her video clearly struck a chord with TikTok users, many of whom flooded the comments with praise for Sara-Jane's witty weight loss review
'Adding "I'm sure you'll be fine though" doesn't make you any less of a w*****, but you carry on with the diet club my love,, and keep losing and gaining that same five pounds you've been losing and gaining for the last 10 years now.'
To conclude the video, Sara-Jane revealed she 'wouldn't go as far as to say it's ruined [her] entire life', however she acknowledged that she has had to 'develop some new coping skills' to deal with the significant changes to her physique.
Her video clearly struck a chord with TikToker users, many of whom took to the comment section to praise the witty weight loss review. One viewer said: 'I feel you might be my spirit animal.'
Another added: 'Brilliant, all you have said is true. Love it, and being on the male radar brilliant response.'
Someone else added: 'The clothing identity crisis is so real! What do you mean I have to figure out if something other than leggings suit me?!'
A further TikTok user wrote: 'You are literally brilliant, I'm in my room with my weights too.'
And another added: 'Yes yes and yes to all this, it doesn't quite sound as good when I say it though.'
It comes after a mother who saw instant success on the 'King Kong' weightloss jab said she was left looking like 'Skeletor' when she stopped using the injections.
After losing three stone on an 'unsustainable diet ', she turned to the weight loss medication Mounjaro in May last year to try and transform her body.
The mother-of-three said it had an instant effect and stopped her incessant raiding of the snack cupboard.
'I thought it was going to be another diet trend but the food noises got switched off,' said Ms Ogley, who used the injections for five months.
'As soon as I went on it I realised "I've not touched the snack cupboard".'
This change helped her make healthier choices in other aspects of her life and she started exercising. Soon the nursery manager had lost a further three stone, taking her down to a total body weight of around 10stone.
However, she said the process of weaning off the drug came with a worrying side effect. Ms Ogley recalled how, in coming off the jab, she became obsessed with becoming as 'skinny as possible'.
'I got trolled, they called me Skeletor. I was being told I looked like a 60-year-old,' she said.
Skeletor is the name of a skull-faced villain from the 80s children's cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
Losing muscle mass is known side-effect of rapid weight loss methods, including weight loss injections. While dieters lose fat, they can also shed muscle if they consume very few calories and fail to perform muscle-building exercises.
It was nasty social media comments, alongside Ms Ogley's husband's concerns that she looked 'ill', that gave her the wake-up call she needed. Ms Ogley took up weight training and said this – combined with some healthy food swaps – has a made a world of difference.
'I have abs at 42 – it blows my mind,' she said. 'I have hacks in place. If I'm craving sweets I have [high protein] Greek yoghurt, berries and granola. I still have takeaways but I exercise portion control. We make chicken kebabs as fakeaways instead of ordering them as takeaways.'
She said making these swaps and cutting back on alcohol had helped prevent the weight from coming back.
Mounjaro, also known as tirzepatide, is a weekly jab that can help patients shed up to a fifth of their body weight in a year. It will reportedly be offered to around 220,000 people over the next three years under new NHS prescribing rules.
GPs can now prescribe the drug to patients with a BMI over 40 – classed as severely obese – and at least four obesity-related health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or sleep apnoea.
More than a million people in the UK are already using it via private clinics, where it costs around £250 a month. However, until now, only a limited number of patients could access it on the NHS via specialist weight-management services.