{"id":188247,"date":"2025-08-21T13:58:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/serena-williams-reveals-31-pound-weight-loss-from-glp-1-medication\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:58:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:58:34","slug":"serena-williams-reveals-31-pound-weight-loss-from-glp-1-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/serena-williams-reveals-31-pound-weight-loss-from-glp-1-medication\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Reveals 31-Pound Weight Loss From GLP-1 Medication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/serena-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Serena Williams<\/strong><\/a> is showing off her 31-pound weight loss after going on the GLP-1 medication Ro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel great,\u201d Williams, 43, told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/serena-williams-lost-31-lbs-using-weight-loss-medication-exclusive-11794831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> in an interview published on Thursday, August 21. \u201cI feel really good and healthy. I feel light physically and light mentally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The retired tennis pro explained that she decided to try weight-loss medication because she was \u201cnever\u201d able to reach the weight she \u201cneeded\u201d after giving birth to daughter Olympia in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was crazy because I\u2019d never been in a place like that in my life where I worked so hard, ate so healthy and could never get down to where I needed to be at,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI had never taken shortcuts in my career and always worked really hard. I know what it takes to be the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, it was \u201cvery frustrating\u201d for Williams to continue working hard and not seeing results.<\/p>\n<p>Williams shares Olympia with husband <strong>Alexis Ohanian<\/strong>. The couple expanded their family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/serena-williams-16-month-old-adira-does-her-makeup-in-cute-clip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with their second daughter, Adira,<\/a> in August 2023. After giving birth a second time, Williams had a similar experience with her weight. At first, she was able to drop some baby weight, but after two weeks, the number didn\u2019t change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never lost another pound,\u201d she told <em>People<\/em>. \u201cI just thought, gosh, I don\u2019t know if I would ever be able to get back to where I needed to get to.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:125%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Serena Williams \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then, she started researching Ro, wondering if the GLP-1 was a \u201cshortcut\u201d for her weight loss. (Williams started the injections in early 2024, after she stopped breastfeeding Adira. She told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/womens-health\/serena-williams-glp-1-weight-loss-rcna226141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a> on Thursday that she was initially \u201con and off\u201d the medication before going all in.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanted to dive into it before I just did it,\u201d she said, noting that she never \u201cfelt that pressure\u201d to maintain a certain body image but didn\u2019t feel like herself with the extra weight. (Williams also told <em>Today<\/em> that she didn\u2019t get any side effects from the medication.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/celebrities-using-mounjaro-for-weight-loss-whoopi-goldberg-and-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2180928453-Rosie-ODonnell-e1748155876962.jpg?crop=0px%2C30px%2C1806px%2C1130px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"GettyImages-2180928453 Rosie O'Donnell.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2180928453-Rosie-ODonnell-e1748155876962.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/celebrities-using-mounjaro-for-weight-loss-whoopi-goldberg-and-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Stars Who\u2019ve Spoken About Using Mounjaro for Weight Loss<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tRosie O\u2019Donnell surprised fans in May 2025 by revealing a positive update on her weight loss journey \u2014 which she credited to using the medication Mounjaro. The injectable drug (also known as tirzepatide) is similar to Ozempic and Wegovy in that it is used primarily to treat diabetes, but can also be effective in weight [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe size I was before, there was nothing wrong with it. It\u2019s just not what I wanted to have,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI just knew that I wanted to be where I personally felt comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Williams is the latest celebrity to share their success with GLP-1s. Other stars have boasted about their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/pictures\/celebrities-whove-spoken-about-ozempic-for-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weight loss after using Ozempic<\/a> or Mounjaro, which is the same type of medication.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the GLP-1 make her look better \u2014 she\u2019s been showing off her new body in a several Instagram photos \u2014 but Williams told the publication that she feels better as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m more active. My joints don\u2019t hurt as much. I just feel like something as simple as just getting down is a lot easier for me. And I do it a lot faster,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel like I have a lot of energy and it\u2019s great. I just feel pretty good about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/serena-williams-reveals-31-pound-weight-loss-from-glp-1-medication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams is showing off her 31-pound weight loss after going on the GLP-1 medication Ro. \u201cI feel great,\u201d Williams, 43, told People in an interview published on Thursday, August 21. \u201cI feel really good and healthy. I feel light physically and light mentally.\u201d The retired tennis pro explained that she decided to try weight-loss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-188247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}