Serena Williams struggled to lose weight after having children despite intense training routines, describing the extra weight as an opponent. She tried GLP-1 medications, influenced by friends using them, and reports losing 31lb (14kg) over eight months. She emphasizes the treatment was not an easy shortcut and declines to name the specific brand. Williams aims to reduce shame around using medication for weight loss. She has become a spokesperson for Ro, a company selling GLP-1 products, and her husband is an investor, prompting public scepticism about the timing of her disclosure. Potential side effects remain a concern.
Serena Williams, one of the most successful athletes of all time, has spoken out about using weight loss drugs - she says, to lift the "stigma" around using such medication. Will her outspoken comments instil a new sense of confidence in those using the drugs? And could her honesty quieten the critics? The 43-year-old tennis star, who broke records and won 23 grand slam titles through her career, was the embodiment of fitness and athletic prowess.
Despite "training five hours a day" and "running, walking, biking, stair climbing," she couldn't pulverise this adversary like she did to her opponents on the tennis court - so in the end, she says, she had no other choice but to "try something different". Many of her friends were using GLP-1 - the group of medications which help with weight loss, so she decided to try it.
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