I didn't just get my health back. I got my life back.

I never started Mounjaro because of vanity. I started because I was in so much pain. My knees hurt, my back hurt, and I was taking painkillers almost every day just to function.

What I didn't expect was everything else.

I can hike now. I can go ice skating, water skiing, run around with my kids, climb ladders, jump in and out of the sea, bend down a hundred times a day without thinking about it. Something as silly as buckling my sandals used to leave me out of breath. Now I don't even think about it.

I even flew to China with my boys, and for the first time I wasn't worrying if people were judging me, if I'd fit comfortably in the seat, or if I'd be "the big person" everyone noticed.

And when the food noise disappeared... wow. I never realised how much of my brain it was taking up until it was gone. Food stopped being the center of my day, and I finally had space to focus on living instead of constantly thinking about eating.

The funny thing is, I thought I was losing weight. Looking back, I was actually getting my freedom back.

The best part? My kids.

Now when they ask, "Mum, can we go?" the answer is almost always yes. Before, my body decided what I could and couldn't do. Now I get to decide.

I honestly don't think people who have never been obese realise how many tiny things it steals from you. You adapt so slowly that you stop noticing you're living in a smaller world... until one day you aren't anymore.

19 months of mounjaro/ 8 month maintenance lost cca 159 lbs aka 67 kg