Mukta Dhond, a 49-year-old television producer from Mumbai, has adopted a new routine each month. She visits a tailor to adjust the size of her 20 pairs of jeans.
As a single parent who has struggled with obesity for much of her adult life, she chose to make a significant change after a family trip to Scotland in 2024. During the vacation with her young son, she found herself out of breath after climbing a steep hill, while he raced ahead. At that time, she was pre-diabetic. ‘He sprinted up the slopes, and I lagged far behind. That’s when I knew I needed to make adjustments,’ she remembers. Starting at 117 kg in March 2025 when she began treatment with the GLP-1 drug Ozempic, Dhond now weighs 95 kg. She describes the experience as transformative and freeing, calling it a major turning point.
