Mum reveals she funded £1,000 weight loss jabs by ditching takeaways and vending machine snacks

Last updated: 2026/01/05 at 9:39 AM

Hannah Phillips

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A mum has revealed she funded £1,000 worth of weight loss jabs by ditching takeaways and vending machine snacks.

Angi Wright shed six stone in under five months after starting weight loss jabs funded entirely by the money she previously spent on KFC, takeaways and workplace vending machines.

The 59-year-old, who reached her heaviest weight of 16st 3lb and a size 20 earlier this year, admits she relied heavily on convenience food during busy shifts.

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She was shocked when her bank’s annual spending breakdown showed she was among the top 5% of KFC customers.

The health care assistant says she had a wake-up call at a medical check last year that revealed she was pre-diabetic, had high cholesterol, high blood pressure, a raised heart rate and an underactive thyroid.

She ordered her first Mounjaro jab in May and injected 2.4ml.

Mum Angi Wright lost six stone in five months using weight loss jabs funded by ditching takeaways and vending machine snacks, saving the £1,000 treatment cost herself. — Angi Wright before. (Picture: Jam Press)

The mum-of-four says she could feel the effects almost immediately.

“I was nearing 60 and knew it was time to take stock,” Angi, from Taunton, Somerset, told What’s The Jam.

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“I work as a health care assistant in a hospital, doing long shifts and mainly nights.

“I didn’t want to see myself in one of those beds.

“My work dress was a size 2,0 and button-up tops were a no-go.

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“My daughter told me about Mounjaro, and my first thought was ‘why not?’

“I decided to try it for a month and see if it worked.

“If it didn’t, at least I’d tried.

“The next day, it was almost like someone had switched a switch in my brain.

“My thoughts were not of food.

“The food noise had gone.

“Some days I struggled to have enough calories, so I would take protein shakes to top up the calories.

“I eat fruit, and that’s something I’d never really enjoyed before.

“Now I love and choose fruit over most things.

“That first week was a breeze.

“I lost 8lb, and it spurred me on.”

The treatment cost Angi just under £1,00,0, which she funded by cutting out takeaways and vending machine snacks at work.

She sa,d: “The price never stopped me.

“I was saving that on takeaways and snacks at work from the vending machine.

“I ordered two takeaways a week that cost around £30.

“Then £10 to £15 a week on snacks from the vending machine.

“Mounjaro works out at £36 a week.

“It’s cost me just under £1,000 in pens over the months, but it was so worth it.”

Angi now weighs 10st 4lb, wears size 8 to 10 bottoms and a size 12 top, and says even her feet have shrunk.

She said: “By September, I’d lost almost five stone, and to date I’ve lost almost six.

“It’s the best thing I’ve done.

“I’m happy at this weight, I still have boobs and not much baggy skin.

“I have skin on my arm, but it was like Popeye before.

“I’m now a size 8 to 10 in bottoms and a 12 on top.

“Even my feet have shrunk.

“I feel fantastic, I have lots of energy and people at work are impressed.

“I’m always getting questioned about Mounjaro.

“I have a whole new wardrobe of clothes, and I managed to sell my old ones on Vinted.

“I enjoy dressing up and don’t turn down invitations now as I feel so much more confident with my new body.”

Angi says she had never struggled with weight until having children, but after four pregnancies, the pounds crept on and became increasingly difficult to shift.

She added, “With each baby, I put on weight and struggled to lose it.

“I tried Slimming World and Weightwatchers, but they all focused on thinking about food all the time.

“The food noise was always shoutin,g ‘What can I eat?’

“And people said I should eat less and move more.

“I had four kids, so I moved a lot.

“As kids, we were always told to eat what was on our plates, and our plates were always big.