Amy Tapper’s Journey to a New Look
Amy Tapper, a well-known TV personality, recently shared her glamorous transformation after shedding 8st through the use of Mounjaro and regular exercise. At 26, she has gone from a size 26 to a size 18, showcasing her new look with a selfie while hosting a traditional Passover meal.
Amy styled her hair into loose curls and added a touch of blusher and berry lipstick to complete her outfit. She joined her friends for another photo, captioning it: ‘My besties at my Seder.’
Amy first appeared on Gogglebox when she was just 13, joining her mother Nikki, 51, father Jonathan, 56, and brother Josh, 26. Recently, she revealed that doctors prescribed her with the weight loss jab as she considered gastric bypass surgery.
Despite her success, Amy acknowledges that her significant weight loss has left her with loose skin, which she says will require surgery to correct. Speaking to the Daily Mail, she explained:
“Unfortunately and inevitably, when you’ve lost as much weight as eight stone, and there’s gonna be more, there’s a lot of skin that is just not gonna disappear with exercise. It’s not possible, you know? It’s stones and stones of fat and it’s now just skin. My arms and my tummy are definitely gonna need surgery at some point, but my legs are actually OK.”
She jokingly added: “These little side bad boys are really toning up.”
While the TV star, who gained fame at 13, has faced accusations from trolls about ‘cheating’ with her weight loss due to the use of the jab, she insists she has maintained a consistent workout routine. This has also helped her tone some of the loose skin on her body.
“I’ve been with the same personal trainer for five years. I love going to the gym anyway, just mentally, it makes the biggest difference to my week, and hand-in-hand with Mounjaro,” she said.
Amy has been taking a 15mg weekly dose since February, starting from 2.5mg. At the peak of her weight loss, she shed 5lbs within just one week of taking the drug and had lost 4st six months later.
She continued: “I’m still eating less and moving more, but I’m doing it hand-in-hand with the weight loss medication and it’s working as the most perfect pair.”
Amy has partnered with online pharmacy Chemist4U to reclaim the phrase ‘eat less, move more’ after new research revealed 7 in 10 people on weight loss medication feel judged for using the treatments. DJ Fat Tony has recorded a new house track for the campaign, fittingly called ‘Already Doing It,’ and appears with Amy in the music video.
Amy has been sharing her weight loss progress online with fans who have called her an ‘inspiration’—though she has faced trolling as a result. The scrutiny has caused considerable damage to her mental health.
During an appearance on Good Morning Britain last month, she emotionally said: “I do think of myself as strong-minded and whatever they say to me I can say a lot worse about myself. But of course it affects you. No one is super human and I can be strong and confident, but when I’ve put all this work in, I do just kind of have to laugh about it.”
“The online trolls come in and it sort of affects your peacefulness in your head. This eat less move more, it’s put there as some sort of an insult,” she added. “But if you’re doing that with the weight loss medication side by side, it’s the most perfect pair so I don’t know why it’s bothering anyone.”
She urged others not to place too much power in the opinion of others. “I think you’re doomed if you do and doomed if you don’t so why not just do it?” she concluded.
Chemist4U has launched a major anti-bullying campaign—backed by the National Bullying Helpline—with DJ Fat Tony and Gogglebox star, Amy Tapper, reclaiming the phrase ‘eat less, move more.’
