'We never used to have sex, then I started Mounjaro and it's four times a week'

A woman says she has gone from having sex "a couple of times a month to four times a week" thanks to Mounjaro after losing nearly 3st in just six months. Jackie Collins, 44, weight 17st 11lbs and was a size 18 at her heaviest and decided to try a weight loss job after struggling with the "vicious circle" of diets.

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 and has now weighs 15st exactly and is a size 14.

And Jackie now plans to incorporate some exercise into her new lifestyle after purchasing a bike. Perhaps the biggest change though, is Jackie says the "passion" in her sex life with her partner, Carl, 44, has returned - going from just a couple of times a month to four times a week.

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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 passions come back. 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. 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 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."