Can a Body Confidence Expert Take a Weight Loss Drug?
The gym smelled like sweat, the squeak of kids’ sneakers cutting through the hum of parents crowded onto the bleachers. Most Saturday mornings at third-grade basketball meant small talk. Camp sign-ups, the math teacher everyone hoped to avoid, and the occasional diet tip, whispered like contraband, were all discussed. But that day, the chatter was even more superficial than usual. It floated right past the 40 pounds I’d lost.
Then a teammate’s mom slid closer, lowering her voice so the others wouldn’t hear. “I just have to ask,” she whispered. “Are you taking Ozempic?”
Her words landed heavier than she knew. Because it wasn’t really a question about medication. It was about credibility. About whether I, someone who spends her days writing and speaking about body confidence, was now betraying the very message I’d championed.
Excerpted from Newsweek
