My Big Fat Fabulous Life star Whitney Way Thore has lost 100 pounds, but she’s still unsure whether she’d try Ozempic down the line. “I’m not saying that I wouldn’t necessarily, I don’t know,” Thore, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, July 2, while discussing season 12 of her TLC docuseries. “It’s not something that I’ve really thought about or have felt, like, the medical need for, but it’s not something that I would say, ‘I would never do.
’” Ozempic, Wegovy and other similar semaglutides are commonly prescribed to adults with conditions including high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes to help manage their weight. Many celebrities have tried the medication as a way to slim down quickly, but doctors have warned against the drug’s use for casual weight loss. Given Thore’s own weight loss journey, she has frequently been asked by social media users if her progress is a result of Ozempic.
“With the Ozempic craze and everything like that, I got questioned a lot. It’s funny, simultaneously, people are insisting I must have had weight loss surgery,” she told Us. “And then, other people are saying, ‘She hasn’t lost a pound.
’” Thore further pointed out that the Ozempic discussion is “nuanced within the body-positive community.” “I personally have no hard and fast opinion about it,” the TLC star said. “I think people have the right to do whatever they want to do with their own bodies.
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