jab Weight-loss more than just a shot in the arm for mum Jodie, now the 'healthiest I've ever been' after shedding six stone

NURSE PREVIOUSLY HAD GASTRIC SURGERY, BUT SAYS JABS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE

- BY ELLIE FAWCETT

A MUM who felt "trapped" in her overweight body lost a total of nine stone and said the weight loss jab Mounjaro was "more effective" than surgery.

Jodie Reid, 32, had "always struggled" with her weight, and found herself gaining more after a netball injury in 2018 left her unable to walk.

At her biggest she tipped the scales at 19st 6lbs and wore size 24.

After struggling to conceive and the breakdown of her marriage in February 2019, "fed up" Jodie forked out £10,500 for gastric sleeve surgery in the UK where 80% of her stomach and hunger hormone was removed in September 2021.

She lost five stone in six months and, after a "whirlwind" romance with new partner Denny Swan, 29, an electrician, she fell pregnant in April 2022 - less than a year after the surgery.

The mum-of-one gained most of the weight back during pregnancy, before giving birth to daughter Eleanor Swan, now two, in December 2022.

Jodie, from Ilkeston, started using Mounjaro jabs in April 2024 to shift the baby weight and dropped five and a half stone even more than after surgery.

She credits the weight loss jab as "life-changing" and is now a healthy 10st 9lbs.