The Pat Kenny Show Selene Daly opens up about her experience with weight loss jabs
Dec 16, 2025
Selene Daly, a dermatologist and regular contributor, shares her transformative journey with Mounjaro for weight loss. She discusses her early struggles with hunger and family diabetes that shaped her relationship with food. Selene opens up about disordered eating from weight-loss clubs and the emotional toll of dieting. She highlights the relief from obsessive thoughts and the importance of lifestyle changes, including joy in movement and addressing underlying emotional issues. Selene emphasizes that obesity is a complex disease needing compassion and support.
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Lifelong Hunger And Family Diabetes
- Selene Daly described lifelong struggles with appetite and weight starting in childhood and worsening during nurse training when food was abundant.
- She linked family history of type 2 diabetes and possible insulin resistance to her weight pattern.
Diets Led To Disordered Eating
- Selene detailed years of dieting, slimming clubs and extreme short-term losses followed by bingeing and rebound weight gain.
- She said slimming clubs amplified counting, shame and the ‘‘food noise’' that dominated her thoughts.
Bulimia And Hormonal Triggers
- Selene said after years of dieting she developed bulimic behaviours in her 30s amid life changes and surgery.
- She connected hormonal shifts like early menopause and PCOS to later weight gain and distribution changes.
