Are weight-loss jabs THE WORST GIFT OF ALL?

It's that time of year when we are surrounded by tasty food. But Woman investigates why, for those on weight-loss injections, it might not be so joyful

- CLAUDIA CONNELL DAILY MAIL

It wouldn't be Christmas without tins of Quality Street, mince pies, Christmas pudding, pigs in blankets, Buck's Fizz and Baileys hot chocolate. Food has become a crucial part of the festivities and just last year Brits spent a staggering £14 billion on food and drink over the holiday.

But for those on weight-loss injections, their appetite suppressed, indulging in delicious festive food couldn't be less appealing. So how will this impact their Christmas and will they enjoy it any less than the rest of us, who will already be thinking about cracking open the first tin of chocolates? Woman investigates...

‘THOSE GLUTTONOUS DAYS ARE ALL BEHIND ME’

Claudia Connell’s appetite for festive food has completely changed.

It has always been something of a tradition that I start drinking my body weight in Baileys from mid-November. Who cares that, due to the size of the measures I pour, my favourite tipple is more calorific than a Big Mac?

It’s Christmas! And, by now, I'd even expect to be at least four packs down on the mince pie front.

It’s also around this time that I’ve usually munched my way through the selection packs I buy early for my nieces and nephews. Then I replace them, and then I eat them again. Every year I swear I'll find some self-control and every year my willpower collapses like one of those annoying ‘longways’ cards your Auntie Barbara sends you.

During one particularly low moment I ate all the sweets in the Percy Pig Advent calendar I had bought for my then five-year-old niece who was eagerly looking forward to receiving it in the post. When I went to replace it, they'd all sold out, so I lied and said I had sent it and the naughty postman must have lost it.