Serena Williams, one of the most successful athletes in history, talked about using weight loss drugs.
Will her spokesman bring new confidence in those who use drugs? And can her honesty be quiet for critics?
The 43 -year -old tennis star, who broke the record and won 23 Grand Slam titles through her career, was a specificization of fitness and athletic ability. But even after having a child, she admitted that she was trying to change that extra pound.
After all, Williams said today’s TV today that her weight should be “opponent”. Despite “5 hours of training a day” and “running, walking, riding a bicycle, climbing stairs,” she could not crush this enemy like the opponents of the tennis court. In the end, she says, “There was no choice other than trying something else.”
Many of her friends were using GLP -1, a drug group that helped to lose weight, so I decided to try it.
Williams firmly says that the drug paths will not say the brand they are taking. It was not a shortcut to losing 31 pounds (14kg) over the past eight months.
There is a skepticism about tennis stars’ recent transparent periods. She has become a spokesman for RO, a company that sells GLP-1 brands such as Wegovy and Zepbound (Mounjaro, UK), and her husband is also an investor.
Despite the potential side effects of taking him and her drug, her honesty will face nerves for many people. She says she says she will eliminate the shame that many women feel when using drugs to help you lose weight.
Caleb Luna, a feminist research assistant at the University of California, says someone like Serena Williams is “breakthrough.”
They say that it helps to silence the critics of “how weight loss is achieved,” using weight loss drugs to “on the easy way.”
“This drug removes stereotypes for lazy and incompetent fat people.
“It’s probably good in that sense.”
However, Caleb also makes us feel a bit “terrible” and “a little sad.” They are worried that everything it does is to work hard and devote themselves instead of focusing on the pressure that it looks like a certain way.
“She has achieved things that many people have achieved throughout our time and history.
“But now it shows how all that achievements can be weakened by the size of the body.
“Scary weight loss seems to surpass all record achievements.”
Williams’ weight and her appearance have been closely investigated throughout their lives. The pressure to meet the expectations of society does not decrease even if athletes have a successful sports success in their career.
And she may be the most famous sports star who publicly uses weight loss drugs, but many people say in the public’s eyes.
OPRAH WinFrey says that GLP-1 is used as a tool with exercise and healthy eating habits and is stopping yourself as “yo-yo”.
Actress Whoopi Goldberg lost the weight of “Two” after taking the drug, and singer Kelly Clarkson says that she was “driven out” by a doctor for two years before taking it.
Williams left the world of tennis when he played the last game of his career in the US Open in 2022, but he still wanted to reach her “healthy weight” since the birth of ADINA, a powerful and second child.
In today’s interview, she felt like “I’m missing something” and couldn’t feel comfortable despite intense training.
Dr. Claire Madigan, a senior researcher at the behavioral researcher at the sports, sports and health science schools of Loughborough University, says elite players can make it difficult to lose weight.
“They are used to eating a lot of calories and can do difficult things when leaving sports.
Dr. Madigan said it was good to say that Williams noted that his weight loss was not about drugs, but “to focus on diet and physical activity.”
She added: “I’m talking about how difficult weight loss is after I have a baby.”
But she wondered if Williams’ message was lost and even motivated some women. “The drug is quite expensive and an ordinary person can be thought of as an elite athlete.
Dr. Madigan also expressed concern that the potential side effects of taking drugs that could include gastrointestinal problems such as vomiting and diarrhea, and in rare cases that the gallbladder and kidney problems were not widely discussed in public relations surrounding Williams’ presentations.
Williams said he did not experience side effects and said he was seeing the benefits of all efforts in the gym.
“My joints are much better,” she said. “I just had a checkup and the doctor looked good, including blood sugar levels,” he said.
And even if she no longer opens a new horizon on a tennis court, she still tells her to break her records with help. She is currently training a half marathon.
“I’m running farther than I have,” she said proudly.
Additional report of Alex Kleiderman
