To think Serena Williams being on a GLP-1 isn’t that big a deal?

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I know a lot of people have issues with her advertising it, but that is just the American drug market. They advertise everything single drug going.

I personally think it’s quite nice to see someone so athletic be open with her struggles, and show that even with the most disciplined diet and exercise regime, it’s not always that simple

Yes. But this thread seems to be about people who ‘have 10lbs they can’t shift’. That’s not obese.

My point is that if they’re now advertising it for fit, healthy perimenopausal women, why the need to gatekeep it from women who have genuinely gained weight in perimenopause and who have constant food noise?

She looked fit and healthy. Whether or not she actually was, we don't know. She obviously was obese, or she wouldn't have been able to get it. Obesity carries huge risks, and it's okay for her to want to treat that.

She also gained a lot of weight, you can see it in pictures.

FWIW, I do think that they will slowly expand prescribing guidelines for people who are just overweight, but at the moment you need to be obese.

I agree with every single word. I think we are going to see an increase in eating disorders.

Adele had been consistently losing weight for years too before the big drop. If you look at her early videos nd then say rolling in the deep she’s clearly thinner.

I don't think it is? The one person I saw who mentioned 10lb was just talking about general weight gain in perimenopause.

Good for her. I was lighter than she was when playing tennis when I started on Mounjaro (and am slightly shorter) and also sporty and had tried to shift two stone+ for over 15 years.

I also think it shows how many people don’t understand correlation and causation. I think the whole system of healthy bmi and overweight/obese needs an overhaul

Congrats :)

The simple fact is that very few people feel good when they're lugging multiple extra stones about with them. The people trying to make them feel bad about that under the guise of 'body positivity' and banging on about aesthetics are no different from the usual people who want fat people to stay fat.

I hate being fat. I hate them limitations on my body caused by being fat, I hate the endless cycles of trying to be healthier, I hate how clothes feel on my body, and I hate the increased risks of genetic conditions that are already in my family.

I love being able to run, to be able to get up off the floor, to be able to lie flat without being choked by acid, to be able to wear nice clothes that don't look like parachutes. I like knowing I'm doing my level best to be around for my daughter, to feel comfortable on a night out, and I like the reduced inflammation and puffiness in my face and feet.

Some people just really fucking hate that for us. Including for otherwise active and disciplined people.

Another one who can vouch for the meds changing my life.

One of my friends has suggested I come off now, at 15 stone, because I can do couch to 5k, go to the gym and walk for several miles. She says that that’s a healthy body.

im still obese! I think people just want us to stay fat forever

Yep, there is no 'positivity' in obesity. The whole point is to not put your life on hold if you are obese or overweight and the whole point of a movement was supposed to be a recognition of how difficult that is and to support people. A bastardised movement does no-one any good.

Sadly, I think there's quite a lot to be said for this.

I read so many criticisms online of Adele when she lost weight. Some people took it as a personal betrayal.

I think some people genuinely think, "I'm OK because she's the same size/bigger than me." And when they start looking and thinking, "She's smaller than me," it's a very uncomfortable place to be.

I don’t believe that she did it purely for weight loss as she talked about her joints and blood sugar. These are good health reasons.

Losing some weight would help her joints and improve blood sugar control.

Remembering, too, that African-Americans are more susceptible to T2D than white populations.

Yes my friend is very into body positivity and is insecure about her weight, so I think she wants me to stay bigger than her

But so what if people want to look better also? Is that the preserve of thin people only? Why do they get to want to look their best but fat people are somehow letting everyone down if they also want to?

Fat is as much the buffer for thin people's issues as it is often the buffer for the overweight person's own issues.

Publicly available and prominently disclosed are two different things

It's everywhere now.

To be honest I'd agree if she had only just started and was promoting it, but it's very clearly worked for her, so I think it's fair game

IME, people who are "very into body positivity" aren't genuinely positive about their bodies at all.

Well, exactly

Her body, her money, her choice.

No one else's business.

Just saw that Serena specifically talks about the fat stored around around her abdomen which is known to be stubborn to traditional weight loss methods in women. It's also an area of stored fat that GLP-1s is particularly good at targeting hence why more women are having proportionate weight loss all over their bodies instead of losing it all from specific areas but the stomach remaining stubbornly and disproportionately large.

Yes its freely available information- but if you are also advertising a product, it should be clear in your statement. She has a beneficial interest in her husbands company to do well
To be honest i think it is good that she is using a product that is working for, that she has a financial interest in.

She is not paying lip service to something she wouldn't necessarily use like many celebrity would.

Ypu can not get the wli unless you are unhealthily fat. Its not about looking better its about being a healthy weight.

Well that's not factually correct. You "shouldn't " be able to get the WLI unless you're obese, but you only have to look at all the celebrities who are on it, who were never obese, so it's pretty obvious there are ways of obtaining it.

Id be amazed if Serena Williams are comes under UK prescribing rules, or any of the celebs who are on injections, they are not all obese