A bite for those reducing costs and waistline
The Citizen
|December 24, 2025
A self-described foodie, social butterfly and New Yorker for 20 years, Lina Axmacher has long loved exploring the city’s famed restaurant culture.
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TIGHTENING THE BELT. Lina Axmacher with half-sized portions of a brunch at Le Petit Village restaurant in New York City. The foodie has long loved exploring the city's famed restaurant culture.
(Pictures: AFP)
Then she started Ozempic.
She lost her appetite - “my desire for cocktails and desserts and anything sweet” - and also more than 9.1kg in less than two months.
But “I still wanted to maintain my social lifestyle and I still wanted to be included in dinners,” said the Swedish 41 year old who works in the tequila industry.
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