A woman who lost 12 stone with the help of Mounjaro jabs has overhauled her health and reduced her metabolic age by 16 years – and men can’t believe her transformation.
Susan Forgie had been yo-yo dieting since her teenage years, but, tipping the scales at 23 stone at her highest weight, doctors became concerned when she experienced health issues, including “sky-high” blood pressure.
She was referred to an obesity clinic, which recommended she try weight loss medication to help slim down, and the 75-year-old hasn’t looked back since – reversing various health conditions and ailments and reducing her metabolic age to that of a 59-year-old.
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But along with her new figure and newfound confidence has come romantic interest – with her exes asking her for another chance.
“A couple of men I dated prior to losing weight have commented that they should never have let me go and shouldn’t we try again,” Susan, from Oswestry, Shropshire, told Need To Know.
“Someone at the gym asked me to go for a drink with him, and someone else I have known for years says he can’t stop thinking about me.
“I get looks I never used to have.”
Despite the attention, Susan is happily with her partner Tim, 74, whom she met after she had shed six stone.
Having seen her success, he has started Mounjaro himself and lost over two stone.
Susan added: “My friends and family have been stunned by my transformation, too.
“I’ve never been the average pensioner, but, because of my size, I’ve never been able to follow fashion.
“I’m no longer restricted by wearing only what clothes are in my size – I wear a lot more colour now.
“I’ve replaced all the clothes in my wardrobe, having gone from a size 22/24 to a 12/14.
“I was never able to wear fashionable clothes like over-the-knee long leather boots – but I can now.”
The decision to start the medication came following a series of health concerns linked to her weight.
Susan said: “Two years ago, my blood pressure went through the roof and I was threatened with hospitalisation.
“I was reasonably healthy, but my mobility had been decreasing, and I had very little energy and extensive joint pain.”
Doctors recommended she lose weight – and fast – and so the retired sales director started on Wegovy, before switching to a programme with Juniper to receive Mounjaro.
The results have been life-changing – and her doctors are equally thrilled with her progress.
Susan is no longer on blood pressure medication, she has no more joint pain, and her thyroid medication has been cut by 25%.
Fresh off the back of her success, Susan recently had a fitness assessment at her local gym, and was stunned to discover her metabolic age puts her at just 59 – 16 years younger than her true age.
The effects were noticeable just two weeks into taking the medication, back in August 2023.
Sue said: “Within a couple of weeks of starting my weight loss journey, my joint pain completely disappeared.
“Cravings for sweet things and large amounts of food also went, and after a month, my blood pressure medication was halved.
“It stopped altogether a few weeks later.
“I had an underactive thyroid and was taking 125mg of Thyroxine, which was then reduced to 100mg.
“I could walk long distances and uphill without getting out of breath, and exercise without tiring.
“I also wanted to eat different foods.
“It’s as if my body chemistry has changed and I want lean meat, vegetables and fruit.
“My consumption of alcohol, fatty foods, cream and cheese has dramatically reduced – I simply don’t want them.”
Susan says she is “thrilled” with how her health has improved, having spent decades trying to diet and shift the excess pounds.
Susan has spent an estimated £4,600 on the medication over the past 23 months – which she says “pays for itself” through her reduced food and takeaway spend.
She added: “If somebody had come to me at the beginning and said, ‘Pay this money and I will hand back 16 years of your life and improve your health immensely,’ I think it would have been a no-brainer.
“My health is the best it has been in many years.”
Now, she has a new lease of life and has been able to stay at her comfortable weight of 12st 4lbs since August 2024.
She added: “I had never been able to do that before!
“I am greatly enjoying the health benefits that have come from losing weight, improved nutrition and increased activity.
“I just celebrated my 75th birthday, but the recent fitness assessment from my gym has calculated a metabolic age of 59 – so I’m thrilled with that.
“It has been like handing back 16 years of my life.
“I’m proof that it’s never too late to strive for a healthy weight.”
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