{"id":83974,"date":"2024-03-20T01:01:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T01:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/al-roker-declares-theres-no-shame-in-taking-weight-loss-drugs\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T01:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T01:01:32","slug":"al-roker-declares-theres-no-shame-in-taking-weight-loss-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/al-roker-declares-theres-no-shame-in-taking-weight-loss-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Roker declares there&apos;s no &apos;shame&apos; in taking weight loss drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-03-20\" datetime=\"1710896492\" pubdate=\"\">20 March 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p>Al Roker has declared there is no \u201cshame\u201d in taking weight loss drugs.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Al Roker has declared there is no \u2018shame\u2019 in taking weight loss drugs<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Today\u2019 co-host, 69, who had gastric bypass surgery in 2002 and has been open about his fight to stay trim, spoke out as more and more celebrities continue to come forward to admit they are on tablets and injections to control their figures.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/oprah-winfrey\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,oprah-winfrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oprah Winfrey<\/a>\u2019s recent TV show, \u2018An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution\u2019 \u2013 which tackled how the use of medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro for weight loss has surged in popularity \u2013 he said: \u201cEverybody\u2019s struggling with it and we\u2019re still trying to figure it out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut no shame, no game. Just stay within your lane and don\u2019t give anybody a hard time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Al marked two decades since getting his bypass surgery in 2022 on social media by saying alongside a picture of himself holding up his old oversized trousers: \u201cHard to believe it was 20 years ago today, I wore these size 54 Levi jeans to my #gastricbypass at 340 lbs. and here I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added: \u201cIt\u2019s still a struggle but I&#8217;m never going back. I have setbacks and struggle every day, but I never forget how far I\u2019ve come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIn June of the same year, Al also said his physical and mental health had improved since he had added light exercise and a low-carb diet to his lifestyle overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cExercise, and not extreme exercise \u2013 we\u2019re doing that 30-day walking challenge \u2013 that improves, I think, your mental health. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cCombined with a low-carb diet, I\u2019ve lost about 45 lbs. in the last several months. I do about 100 grams of carbs a day and I walk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nOprah, 70, said on her weight loss drugs show she was \u201creally excited\u201d about their availability after spending years scrutinised over her figure.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe also said during the hour-long programme she had found \u201chope\u201d in them, adding she was on a mission to eliminate the \u201cstigma and the shame and the judgment\u201d around their use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/roker-declares-shame-taking-weight-loss-drugs-1396518.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 March 2024 Al Roker has declared there is no \u201cshame\u201d in taking weight loss drugs. Al Roker has declared there is no \u2018shame\u2019 in taking weight loss drugs The \u2018Today\u2019 co-host, 69, who had gastric bypass surgery in 2002 and has been open about his fight to stay trim, spoke out as more and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[461,248],"class_list":{"0":"post-83974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-al-roker","9":"tag-oprah-winfrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83974","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=83974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}