Mob Wives alum Renee Graziano is celebrating her body transformation!
The former VH1 reality star, 57, gave an update on her weight-loss journey on Monday, May 5, revealing she has lost 52 pounds with help from weight-loss drug Mounjaro.
“OH BABY 😍 IM DOWN 52lbs … I love sharing my weight-loss journey with y’all because truthfully, I’ve been so hard on myself behind the scenes,” Graziano wrote alongside before-and-after photos showing off her incredible transformation via Instagram.
Graziano credited weekly Mounjaro shots for five months, as well as taking the “right supplements” and “doing all the work behind my insecurity” with her therapist for her weight loss.
“I’ve battled self-criticism in the past! Ripped myself down to the ground!!” Graziano shared with her 685,000 followers. “I truly was so sick and tired of my life and my inability to lose weight so I thought I’d eat until I felt better THAT NEVER HAPPENED, I felt like I was constantly falling short—of how I ‘should’ look, feel, and keep up with what society tells us is acceptable.”
“That’s why, when I see photos that show the real, visible change, my clear eyes and genuine smile, I have to share,” she continued. “I want everyone to know if I can do it, you can do it! It’s all possible!!”
Since undergoing her weight-loss journey, Graziano said she hasn’t “felt the need for a plastic surgery shortcut,” noting, “I do do a little Botox and a touch of lip filler.”
However, she wrote, “The substantial amount of weight that I have lost really has made me feel and look younger than I have in a long time. My mind is clear and my body has transformed, and more importantly, so has my confidence.”
Other celebrities who have used Mounjaro to aid their weight loss include Meghan Trainor, Whoopi Goldberg and Amy Schumer.
During a May 2024 appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Goldberg, 69, said Mounjaro had helped her lose the weight of “almost two people.”
In November 2024, comedian Jim Gaffigan opened up about his experience with the weight-loss drug.
“I was so paranoid that I was going to be nauseous that I kind of put it off, but then it kind of worked,” Gaffigan, 58, exclusively told Us Weekly. “It’s weird because we live in this society where people who eat too much are told that they just don’t have any self-control. … There are people that just have no ‘off’ button to eat, right?”
The stand-up comedian went on to explain that it’s “really fascinating” how people have “empathy” for those struggling with other addictions, but there’s “less sympathy” for somebody who battles with “too much eating.”
“I would eat when I was hungry and I would eat when I was happy and eat when I was sad, and I would just eat. It was my reward,” he shared with Us, noting that it’s “odd” that there’s a “negative stigma” surrounding the decision to use weight loss drugs. “It’s obviously personal, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. But then again, anonymity is a thing surrounding a lot of struggles like that.”
