'I binge-drank at weekends before Mounjaro - now I've lost 8st and can't finish a pint'

Grace Parkin weighed nearly 20st08:15, 17 Aug 2026A mum who lost 8st on Mounjaro says it curbed her weekend booze binges and now she can't even finish one pint.‌Grace Parkin, 34, has always struggled with her weight and tipped the scales at 19st 11lbs and was a size 26 at her heaviest. The mum-of-one would stick to a strict healthy diet in the week, but found it all going out the window on a weekend - when she would binge-drink and gorge on takeaways and bacon butties, spending up to £400 per month on her weekend blow-outs.‌Opting for bottles of lager or vodka, lime and lemonades on nights out, she estimates she was drinking up to 10 in one go. Now if she goes on a night out, having switched to wine, she reckons she drinks between six and seven glasses, but “sometimes force it down” - and