{"id":19053,"date":"2025-07-24T17:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/19053\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:35:14","slug":"grandmother-47-who-lost-five-stone-on-mounjaro-reveals-common-mistake-made-by-beginners-are-you-guilty-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/19053\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandmother, 47, who lost five stone on Mounjaro reveals common mistake made by beginners – are you guilty of it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A grandmother whose life ‘did a 180’ after taking Mounjaro has warned of a common mistake new users of the jab often make.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Georgina Coomber, 47, from\u00a0West Yorkshire, started taking Mounjaro in April 2024, and has since lost over five stone and dropped from a size 24 to a 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The mum-of-three, who has one baby granddaughter, has been so overwhelmed by the positive changes the medication has empowered her to make, that she has set up a TikTok<\/a> channel to encourage and support other people on a similar journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At her heaviest Ms Coomber weighed more than 17 stone, which, she told\u00a0Mail Online was the result of having a poor relationship with food from childhood, and gaining weight after welcoming her children in quick succession shortly after she turned 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She also had several hormone-related medical conditions that affected her weight, including issues with her thyroid, and going into early menopause<\/a> at just 37.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I ate my emotions, so whether I was happy, sad, or whatever I was, I always ate,’ she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Posting as @ginagee.mounjaro<\/a>, she shared a video to her 38,500 followers listing some of the common mistakes people taking the jabs make, and the first one is something a lot of newbie jabbers might be guilty of.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said: ‘Lots of people think “the higher the dose, the more you’ll lose”. But this isn’t necessarily true.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Georgina Coomber struggled with her weight her entire life\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The grandmother has lost over five stone in 15 months\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Personally, I always drag out doses as long as I can. This is to make sure that I don’t get any side effects\u2014which I haven’t done, because it’s allowing my body to get used to that dose.’<\/p>\n

People taking the medication begin with a month of weekly injections at the minimum dosage of 2.5mg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then, once the body has adjusted to that strength, and the appetite suppressant effects do not feel as noticeable, users move up a dosage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pens increase in strength in 2.5mg increments until the a maximum dose of 15mg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Coomber spent four weeks on the first dose, then 12 on the second and third doses of 5mg and 7.5mg. She has been on a 10mg dose for over four months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other common mistakes Ms Coomber mentioned were people not buying their jabs from a legitimate medical provider, not staying hydrated, and not eating enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Coomber told the Mail Online that when she first heard about GLP-1 medication she was wary of taking it, but after doing her research and deciding that ‘the long-term health risks of obesity were scarier than the side effects of Mounjaro’, she obtained a private prescription.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Within days she could feel a change in herself\u2014the dreaded ‘food noise’ which had tormented her for decades finally fell silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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One of the inspiring posts Ms Coomber has posted online<\/p>\n

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She was desperately unhappy with her weight when she began taking the medication\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I would even take this medication if it was just to silence food noise, not to help me lose weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Having the food noise there constantly for 35 years plus has just been a constant drain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Within a couple of days of taking my first jab I noticed it working, and it was the best feeling in the world.<\/p>\n

‘I just couldn’t believe I’d found something that finally took that food noise away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I felt like I was carrying the world of on my shoulders. Now I feel a lot lighter\u2014not physically because I’ve lost weight, but just in my spirit, my soul.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Everything just feels lighter because I haven’t got this food noise consuming my thoughts constantly.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, echoing many anecdotes shared by other emotional eaters who have started taking Mounjaro, Ms Coomber did experience a difficult period where she was unable to use food to distract herself from difficult emotions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said: ‘After about the third week I had about four days where I felt really low, really low mood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I felt really down, I felt really discombobulated, out of sorts. I didn’t feel myself at all, and I was really worried about that feeling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The grandmother-of-one now looks truly unrecognisable\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Ms Coomber was initially reluctant to take the medication\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Looking back on reflection now, I think it was because food wasn’t giving me the same comfort anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I have had to learn to deal with my emotions differently, rather than eat them.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another big difference Ms Coomber is embracing is feeling confident in her own skin for the first time in her life\u2014and she’s making the most of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said: ‘My whole life feels like it’s done a 180,\u00a0it’s just the polar opposite of what it used to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘When my kids were growing up I never took them swimming, and I didn’t take them abroad on holiday until they were teenagers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I’ve missed out on so much and so have my children. I never took them swimming. I never took them to places where I’d have to show myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I missed out on lots of opportunities just because of my weight. There were certain jobs that I always wanted that I never went for because of my weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘But now I feel like I can do anything. I’d never have done TikTok years ago because of how ashamed I was about myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘My whole personality, my whole life has changed. It’s amazing.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

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