Daily Mail columnist Nadine Dorries reflects on maintaining the weight loss she achieved using the appetite-suppressing drug Mounjaro, having stopped taking the injections in October last year. The former Conservative MP says the summer months now pose a greater challenge to her willpower than Christmas, as a packed social calendar of weddings, parties and holidays stretches her resolve over a much longer period.

Dorries, who is 5ft tall and 68, lost more than two and a half stone on the jab and set herself a target of staying at 8st 12lb by October 2026, though she now hopes to reach 8st 7lb. She describes a recent six-week stretch filled with a wedding, an anniversary party, a family holiday in Cornwall, a weekend in Seville and regular drinks parties, compounded by having no kitchen for four months due to a home renovation, all of which have tested her commitment to keeping the weight off through diet and exercise alone.