Serena Williams publicly explains that she has used weight-loss drugs
The former tennis player becomes the image of a product with which he claims to have lost 14 kilos
BarcelonaA few days ago, Serena Williams posted a picture from the gym in which he showed off his body and implied that, by following a strict exercise routine, anyone who wanted to could be in shape. The former tennis player's physical change surprised social media to the point that, a few days later, he gave an interview to People and another to Vogue In this video, she explains how she managed to lose 14 kilos. Far from maintaining the talk of exercise and training, Williams has revealed that she has used drugs to lose weight. More specifically, she has used a product called Zepbound, which contains an intestinal hormone to regulate blood sugar levels.
Through this revelation, Williams has also become the face of the product, whose marketing company has her husband as an investment partner. "All my life I've heard negative comments, but also many positive ones, about my physical appearance. Now I don't care what people say about my body," says the athlete. After two pregnancies with her children Alexis and Adira, born in 2017 and 2023, Williams says she struggled to lose weight and that she couldn't succeed with either diet or exercise.
"My coach kept telling me to lose weight, but there was no way. I spent all day on the track, literally, doing nothing else. I had been the ultimate super-athlete, always competing and in exceptional health, but I couldn't get back to that point, no matter what I did. So I decided to give it a try." announced his retirement from professional tennis in 2022The American is one of the greatest athletes in history, holding 23 Grand Slam titles, four Olympic gold medals (three in doubles), and 73 singles titles.
"I've always worked hard."
In the interview with VogueWilliams admits there's a lot of controversy surrounding weight-loss drugs and says she was "very nervous" before trying it. At the beginning of 2024, she began injecting the product weekly and now, she says, she feels "great, healthy, light physically and mentally." The athlete anticipates the criticism she thinks she'll receive about whether she's taken a shortcut when it comes to achieving physical change. "I've always worked hard, I know what it takes to be the best. It was very frustrating to always do the same thing and not be able to get off the scale," says Williams, adding: "Sometimes you need help. Whatever decision you make, it will be okay."