Serena Williams opens a weight loss of 31 pounds using GLP-1 medicines: something I suffered with
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Great tennis Serena Williams He has opened on his weight loss trip, revealing that he lost 31 pounds with the help of a GLP-1 medication.
23 times Great Slam The champion revealed in interviews with People and “Today” magazine that turned to a GLP-1 medicine after fighting with her health after the birth of her second daughter.
In this archive photo of September 7, 2019, Serena Williams returns a photo to Bianca Andreescu de Canada during the final of the female singles of the US Tennis Championship in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Muñoz Alvarez, Archive)
“In particular, after having my second child, I could never have a healthy weight in which I could be, be it my joints or blood sugar levels. It was always something I suffered, and many women really go through this,” Williams said during an appearance in “Today” on Thursday.
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Williams, 43, said that despite being a trained athlete, he fought to lose weight Regardless of how active it was. She said she began to affect her joints.
“It doesn’t matter what I did, running, walking. I would walk for hours because they say it’s good. I was literally practicing a professional sport, and I could never go back to where I needed to be for my health. Then, after my second child, it even became more difficult. So, then I was like, ‘ok, I have to try something different'”.
Williams said he decided to be open about his trip to dismiss the use of GLP-1 medicines for weight loss.
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“An erroneous idea is that it is a shortcut,” he said to “today.” “As a athlete and as someone who has done everything, I could simply get my weight in the place where I needed to be in a healthy place. And, believe me, I don’t take shortcuts.”
Williams told him People’s magazine Separately, that, despite its new aspect, its level of trust has never faltered. His decision to make a change was based on something completely different.
“I have never felt that pressure to maintain a certain appearance,” he said. “I always felt comfortable in any size, whether heavier or not.
Serena Williams squeezes her fist after defeating Wang Qiang from China during the US Open quarterfinals on September 3, 2019 in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Kupa)
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“But the size I had before, I had nothing wrong. It’s not what I wanted to have. I knew I wanted to be where I personally felt comfortable.”
LPG-1S, also known As GLP-1 agonists, They are a type of drug that mimics a natural hormone called peptide-1 similar to glucagon that helps regulate blood sugar levels.
Angelica Stabile of News Digital contributed to this report.
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