I dropped 8st on fat jabs but was vomiting for 48 hours after the tiniest drop of booze – I eventually lost an ORGAN

A WOMAN who lost eight stone with Mounjaro says the rapid weight loss left her vomiting up to 48 hours at a time and needing her gallbladder removed – but she has “no regrets”. Leasha Donnelly, 38, weighed in at just shy of 22 stone at her heaviest and would eat chocolate, crisps, and takeaways multiple times a week. Leasha Donnelly (pictured after weight loss) was vomiting for up to 48 hours at a time after losing weight Credit: SWNS Leasha (pictured before weight loss) weighed 22 stone at her heaviest Credit: SWNS But after finding out she was going to be a bridesmaid for her friend’s wedding, Leasha decided to try and lose the weight. She lost three stone between January and August 2024 and then decided to seek the help of Mounjaro. Sign up for the Fabulous newsletter Thank you! Over the next nine months, combined with a healthier diet, Leasha lost just over eight stone. Since coming off the jab in June 2025, Leasha has lost a further five lbs and now weighs 11st 4lbs. Leasha says before her weight loss she struggled with food portion control Credit: SWNS Despite having gallstones removed, Leasha says her flare ups are a lot more severe Credit: SWNS But due to the rapid weight loss, Leasha found herself regularly vomiting – at times for 48 hours at a time – and was diagnosed with gallstones in May 2026. She had surgery to remove them on August 18 – and is “gradually getting back to normal.” Leasha, a scrum master, from Hythe, Kent, said: “Since March 2025 I started having these episodes when I’d have some alcohol and I’d spent the next day vomiting all day – even if only a small amount of alcohol. “Sometimes ambulances would be called, and the pain would go on for hours. Most read in Fabulous “After the third or fourth time they realised a pattern and the doctor did some further tests which confirmed gallstones. “The flare ups are now a lot more severe and I had my gallbladder removed in August. “They didn’t say it was a direct side effect of the jab, but of rapid weight loss. “Despite that, for all the pain and sickness and illness, if someone had said to me in the beginning all this bad stuff will happen, I still would have taken the jab. “I’m still not 100% after the surgery – I went back to work in September but I’m still really bruised around the incisions. “I struggled a lot with pain in the beginning and underestimated how bad my mobility would be as well as the recovery. “But I’m starting to feel a bit human again now – I can put a bra on and not struggle all day now. “It’s gradually getting back to normal.” Leasha struggled with food portion control before losing the weight. She said “I wasn’t in a great space mentally and physically – food was my comfort and I had no control over portion sizes. “Lots of chocolate, crisps, takeaways. It was easier. “At least once a week, I’d have a takeaway – but quite often a couple of times a week. Leasha says she still would have taken Mounjaro even if she knew the pain and illness weight loss would cause Credit: SWNS LEASHA'S DIET BEFORE AND AFTER WEIGHT LOSS Typical diet before Mounjaro:Breakfast – egg and bacon sandwich or rounds of cheese on toast Lunch – meal deal – pasta, crisps/chocolate, juice/fizz Dinner – Kiev, chips, beans bread and butter Snacks – chocolate, cakes, crisps Typical diet now: Breakfast – 1/2 Weetabix, semi skimmed milk and sprinkle of sugar Lunch – chicken and light mayo on brown bread & fruit Dinner – jacket potato, low fat cheese, beans Snacks – fruit, snack/cereal bars, baked lentil crisps “In the summer of 2023, I was asked to be a bridesmaid in Cyprus in September 2024, so it gave me an incentive to get a bit off to look nicer in the pictures. “I was trying to lose weight – calorie counting and doing keto dieting. “I only started that in January 2024 and lost three stone between then and August. “That’s when I decided I needed some extra help.” The cravings for certain foods stopped and Leasha replaced them with healthier alternatives. She said: “In all fairness, in the beginning I still wasn’t eating great, I was just eating much less. “As I moved through the doses it put me off certain foods and stopped some cravings. “Lots of side effects made me quite sick and nauseous. “Because it naturally it stops food noise, I was then able to get over the sugar addiction, and I started eating more chicken, protein, and vegetables. “If anything, when I first went on it, I was so amazed that if I had to be on it for the rest of my life then I was happy to do so. “It changed my life, my body confidence. “It was only when talks of price increases and I started getting the gallstones side effects that I knew I had to learn to do life without them. “I was worried about the cravings coming back. “Those first few months off it were really difficult, but it was down to me to control that. “It’s a case of better meal planning and if I do overindulge then it’s about being extra careful. “I make allowances for holidays and Christmas but over the last five months I’ve maintained.” Despite the gallstones diagnosis, Leasha says the jab has “done wonders” for her. She added: “I wear clothes that I haven’t worn since I was a teenager. “Even at home I wear clothes I usually wouldn’t wear. “So, when I do get the chance to go out it is reflective of me. “I’m not scared of being noticed anymore. “It’s done wonders of how I feel about myself.” Comment now