Dolores Catania Sought Remedy After Gaining 20 Kilos

In a brand new interview, nevertheless, the truth star admitted she has gained 20 kilos because the drug reportedly “stopped working,” which has led her to hunt skilled assist.

Whereas showing on “Jeff Lewis Dwell,” Catania, 54, instructed the host and former Bravo persona that she has been struggling recently along with her weight acquire.

“I am having a very arduous time proper now,” the mom of two stated. “My Mounjaro (often known as Ozempic) stopped working; I gained 20 kilos.”

Catania, who turned a full-time solid member throughout the seventh season of “RHONJ,” continued, “I’ve been on the lookout for remedy for all my pals. I’m actually having a foul time with this.”

Elsewhere, throughout the dialog, Catania instructed Lewis that she could not attempt another weight reduction drugs as a result of she’s “executed all of it.”

“I finished taking it for, like, a month,” she stated, including that one more reason she needed to cease the drug was her must bear a “cardiac ablation”—a remedy for individuals with irregular heartbeats.

Catania’s candid feedback about her weight aren’t the primary time the truth star has spoken publicly about her physique. Throughout a earlier episode of Andy Cohen‘s “Watch What Occurs Dwell,” the Jersey native instructed Cohen that she hopped on the Ozempic “bandwagon” to keep away from trying “larger” than her castmates throughout a “RHONJ” reunion.

Concerning the drug’s unwanted effects, Catania claimed her expertise was minimal, noting that her just one was starvation.

In one other interview, the Bravo veteran shared her pleasure about shedding “20 kilos” with the assistance of Ozempic, including that she hoped to achieve a weight within the low 130s.

“I am being sensible,” she continued. “Proper now I am 137. I used to be 157 after I began.”

And Catania is not the one one in her circle who has achieved weight-loss objectives whereas utilizing some of these drugs. Beforehand, in February 2025, she opened up about her boyfriend, Paul Connell, going via his personal physique transformation after shedding “60 kilos.”

“He now not takes a sure blood stress medicine and it’s been actually optimistic,” she stated earlier than including that she was contemplating switching to a “decrease dose” after being on the burden loss drug for years.

“I do know it’s time for me to wean myself off or go on a decrease dose however docs have stated there’s probably not something fallacious with staying on it. You will need to at all times undergo an actual physician although who is aware of what they’re doing. Analysis is every part,” she stated.

Though Catania and her boyfriend, Connell, have had a optimistic expertise with these drugs, that is not the case for everybody, notably comic Amy Schumer.

In response to an earlier report from The Blast, the actress beforehand revealed that whereas utilizing Ozempic, she acquired so sick she may barely get away from bed.

“I’ve this gene, GDF15, which makes you extraordinarily vulnerable to nausea, which is why I used to be so sick throughout my being pregnant,” she recalled on a radio present, including that she had a “horrible expertise” when she began utilizing Ozempic.