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A property manager has warned of the perils of stopping weight loss jabs - after she piled on three stone within months of quitting the injections, taking her right back to where she started.

Arina Yasm, 30, tried Ozempic in December 2020, after becoming 'fed up' of throwing away clothes that were too tight.

Weighing 14st 6lbs and a size XXL, she blamed her weight gain on a stressful move from Portugal to Dubai.

Struggling with loneliness, and working from her computer all day - she ate out of stress and boredom.

'We had just moved and I didn't really like Dubai,' she said. 'I didn't have friends and I was working from my computer, sitting all day and snacking at the same time.'

Her diet consisted of McDonald's for breakfast or lunch, up to 50 pieces of sushi for dinner, alongside crisps, burritos and sugary drinks.

She also drank alcohol with dinner every evening, including wine or sometimes three bottles of beer.

Food delivery apps only worsened her 'lack of control' over her food intake.

Arina Yasm went from an XXL to a size 8 when she finally found a reliable weight loss method

At first exercise was challenging, but once she hit 11 stone, moving her body got easier

'Everything was available immediately. If I wanted Doritos at 2am, I could have them delivered.'

She said she had to abandon high street shopping after XXL clothes from Zara no longer fitted.

'I had to look online and find alternatives - it was really sad and frustrating.

'I was only 29 but I felt like I was 70 years old.'

By the end of 2020 she was ready to take drastic action to improve her eating habits - and read about the effects of semaglutide, which is the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic.

The drug has been available as a diabetes treatment in the UK since 2017, but was only approved specifically for weight loss in 2023. However many private practitioners offered the medication to non-diabetics prior to the approval.

Within six months she'd lost more than three stone, but suffered agonising stomach pain which she was prescribed medication to treat.

As soon as she stopped the injections, in June 2021, 'my appetite came back'.

She said: 'I hadn't changed anything. I was still living the same way, so the weight came back.' Within a few months she'd gained all the fat she'd lost, and tipped the scale at 14 and a half stone.

'I had pain in my neck and knees everyday,' she said. 'I knew something had to change because I wanted to be healthier and have a better life.'

Ms Yasm said food delivery apps gave her access to junk food whenever she wanted it

Now, dinners are focused on protein and alcohol and sugar have been cut out completely

Instead of searching for another fast solution, she hired a personal trainer and focused on making small changes she could maintain.

She slowly changed her diet by phasing out alcohol and introduced regular exercise to her routine.

Ms Yasm began training three times a week, before increasing to four or five sessions.

She combined strength training with cardio, including walking between 10 and 20 thousand steps every day.

At first, exercising was a challenge.

'When I was big it was really difficult,' she said. 'I would only manage two minutes on the Stairmaster, and had to go just 10 minutes on the cross trainer.

'Eventually I built up my stamina and started doing more on the Stairmaster.

'When I reached 70kg [11 stone], I felt comfortable enough to start running because I knew my knees wouldn't be at as much risk of harm.

'I hated running at first, but now it's my favourite thing to do.'

Today, Ms Yasm weighs a slight eight stone and wears size eight clothing. Her astonishing six-and-a-half stone weight loss is mostly a result of a total transformation of her diet, she said.

Now, around 85 per cent of the foods she eats are homecooked.

She focuses on protein, including fish, meat, eggs, salmon, prawns and mussels, alongside sweet potatoes, rice, chickpeas and wholegrain bread.

She no longer drinks sugary drinks and sticks to water or Coke Zero.

Speaking of finding the motivation to change, she said the first step was admitting to herself that she 'wasn't healthy'.

'Once you remove that burden and realise you can change it, everything gets better,' she said.

'You need a system and a strategy. It can't just be a diet because when the diet ends, most people go back. It has to become part of who you are.'