A mum-of-three was told she no longer needed life-changing bariatric surgery after losing half her body weight on Mounjaro.

Jane Morris, 51 and from Congleton, weighed 18st 8lbs and was awaiting a date for gastric bypass surgery in March 2025.

But after deciding to give weight loss 'one last try' while waiting for her operation, Jane began taking Mounjaro in July 2025 when her BMI was 51.1.

She initially took 2.5mg for four weeks before increasing to 5mg, costing around £153 a month.

After losing so much weight on the 5mg dose, Jane was told she no longer needed the surgery because her BMI was now too low.

She has since increased her dose to 7.5mg, costing £178 a month, and says she has experienced no side effects.

Jane now weighs just 9st 4lbs – exactly half her previous weight – and has gone from a tight size 22 to a comfortable size 10 in 59 weeks.

Jane told Sell Us Your Story: "They told me my BMI was now too low to require surgery.

"I was absolutely thrilled.

"For a lot of people, it's the only option. I thought at the time that was my only option, with having mobility problems as well.

"But the fact that they had to knock me off because I was then too healthy was absolutely amazing. It felt like an achievement really."

Her sister had mentioned Mounjaro to her, but media coverage had left her scared to try it before her final attempt at losing weight.

She almost immediately noticed a difference with food noise and began changing her relationship with food.

"I know I didn't totally do it on my own; I did it with Mounjaro, but I put in the work, and Mounjaro was the tool I used.

"I decided I couldn't not afford it because this is my life. Being the weight I was and the age I am, I was literally taking years off my life.

"I had to find the money one way or another, so I just cut back on everything."

A previous accident where Jane fell down a concrete staircase while carrying her baby, whom she completely protected, resulted in operations and extensive metalwork in Jane's right leg.

This lead to osteoarthritis and chronic pain and she has had to walk with crutches ever since.

Jane's disability means she has to focus heavily on her diet.

Since losing weight and buying less 'junk food', she said her family's spending has dropped, estimating she saves about £150-£200 per month on food alone.

The former hospitality and retail manager said: "I weigh my foods and I calorie count. Although to some people it might sound like a burden, I actually find it really empowering.

"By calorie counting, I'm in charge of food for the first time in my life rather than the food being in charge of me.

"I've been able to cut out snacking completely."

Despite losing half her body weight Jane isn't embarrassed about the loose skin left behind and wears it like a 'physical trophy'.

"At the end of the day, the skin was there to start with, it was just filled with fat. What I've done is worked incredibly hard to empty it out," Jane said.

"It's a physical reminder of what I have achieved.

"My relationship with myself has had the biggest change. I was really unhappy. I wanted the world to swallow me up.

"I prioritise myself more now. My mental health is in a far better place."

To prevent feeling disheartened on slower weight loss weeks, Jane would fill shopping bags to the equivalent weight she had lost.

It would remind her of the progress she had made until she 'could no longer lift the bags'.

While Jane's weight 'didn't help' with her disability, she clearly sees the 'discrimination' she faced.

"I walked with crutches before and I walk with crutches now.

"The assumption was that it was my own fault. Even though I was on crutches, people used to barge past me.

"Once, two ladies in the corner shop spoke very loudly about how I was clearly on crutches because I was so fat I couldn't hold my own weight.

"I ended up carrying shame that didn't belong to me. Now, the difference in the way I'm getting treated is shocking.

"When I've been on the train at least three people will offer me their seats, whereas before I would be trying to cling on and people would just turn their backs on me.

"I find it absolutely appalling that other people are getting treated badly because of the misconception that people are disabled because they're fat.

"It can quite often be the other way around."

Jane now has a BMI of 25.3 and has two pounds left to lose to reach what is considered a 'healthy BMI' and doesn't plan on losing more after it.

The idea of maintaining the weight is 'petrifying' she says, but Jane has set herself a 'strong plan' and wants to slowly come off Mounjaro after reaching her goal weight.