Woman quits the gym and loses six stone - dropping two pounds a week

Woman quits the gym and loses six stone - dropping two pounds a week View 3 Images

A woman who has lost nearly six stone and dropped a dress size every month has said food no longer “feels like an addiction” after using Mounjaro jabs. Portia Devine, 35, a project manager from Ely, Cambridgeshire, reached her heaviest weight of 14st 7lbs (92.1kg) in 2022, feeling trapped in a cycle of emotional eating and low self-esteem. Standing at 5ft 1in (154.9cm) tall, Portia said she used to “constantly” think about food, until she began taking Mounjaro – a weight loss injection medication which makes you feel fuller for longer and therefore less hungry – in April 2025.

Since then, she has lost weight steadily, dropping a dress size every month and gaining a new sense of confidence – now going out