"My body was completely stuck. I really let myself indulge when I was pregnant. So, when I had lost that baby at 20 weeks, I had probably gained an extra 40 pounds that I wasn't comfortable with. Seeing her 'pregnant belly with no baby in it' caused her to go into a 'deep depression.' Teigen said she used Ozempic for a year without results, until 'all of a sudden' she was 'finally able to lose the weight.'"
"I realized I had woken up and I wasn't hungry. It was frustrating for me because I know that logically you need food to have energy. Before tweaking her dose of Ozempic, eating was 'like force-feeding' herself. She described her aversion to food as 'almost torturous,' explaining, 'I love being hungry. I love craving food. I love desiring food. I get so excited to make it, to try it, to taste every part of it.'"
"Teigen decided to use the injectable GLP-1 medication, which is normally prescribed to treat Type 2 diabetes and includes weight loss as a side effect, after she couldn't lose her pregnancy weight on her own. Seeing her 'pregnant belly with no baby in it' caused her to go into a 'deep depression.' Teigen said she used Ozempic for a year without results, until 'all of a sudden' she was 'finally able to lose the weight.'"
Chrissy Teigen took the injectable GLP-1 medication Ozempic to lose pregnancy weight after a devastating loss at 20 weeks and about 40 extra pounds. The medication is normally prescribed for Type 2 diabetes and can cause weight loss as a side effect. Initial treatment failed for about a year, then dosage adjustments led to successful weight loss. Ozempic caused severe appetite suppression until the dose was tweaked, making eating feel like force-feeding and leaving her with little energy. Teigen described food aversion as almost torturous and said she felt guilty about using the drug.
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