Ro\u2019s website<\/a> states the 43-year-old Williams \u2014 who is a paid spokesperson for the company \u2014 has lost 31 pounds in eight months.<\/p>\n\u201cI literally tried everything. Running, walking, biking, stairclimber, you name it, I did it,\u201d Williams said on \u201cToday\u201d on Thursday. \u201cEven now trying to play a professional sport, it was something that I feel like even I felt like, \u2018OK, I don\u2019t want to do this because it is a shortcut or its is like a quick way out.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it actually isn\u2019t and there\u2019s something that I feel personally that my body was missing in particular after having two kids, I wasn\u2019t able to be at a weight that was healthy for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Serena Williams on \u201cToday\u201d on Thursday. @TODAY\/YouTube<\/p>\n
Williams said she wanted to tell folks of her weight-loss journey to help push back against the stigma that using a GLP-1 is lazy or provides a shortcut. <\/p>\n
GLP-1s \u201cwork by mimicking a hormone your body naturally produces to regulate blood sugar levels, slow digestion, and help you feel fuller longer,\u201d per the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The controversial weight-loss drug Ozempic is a GLP-1.<\/p>\n
Williams said she struggled to stay at a \u201chealthy\u201d weight after giving birth to daughter Olympia in 2017 and daughter Adira in 2023.<\/p>\n
Ro highlights Serena Williams\u2019 partnership. Ro.co<\/p>\n
She mentioned the \u201cBeing Serena\u201d documentary from 2018 in which her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, told her she needs to lose weight.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, for me, eventually, when GLP-1s came out, it was like, \u2018No way, no how, it\u2019s not for me. Don\u2019t sign me up.\u2019 I looked at it like a sport,\u201d Williams said on \u201cToday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an opponent, like I can beat this opponent no matter what I do, I have to try something different. Tried something different, it didn\u2019t work. So eventually \u2026 I saw my friends using it, I saw a lot of people on it and I tried it and it actually worked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Serena Williams and her family in July 2025. Ulices Ramales \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n
While there is some pushback for those who use weight-loss drugs, Williams is not concerned.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people are on it an don\u2019t talk about it,\u201d Williams said. \u201cSo I\u2019m like, \u2018Why are we questioning?\u2019 We should just talk about it and be totally open, I\u2019ve been kind of open most of my life. I just feel like there\u2019s no need to just not deny it, it is what it is and I love how I\u2019m feeling now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams discussing her health on the show. @TODAY\/YouTube<\/p>\n
This conversation came three days before the start of the U.S. Open, an event she won six times, including in 2014.<\/p>\n
Williams said she misses the sports following her August 2022 retirement.<\/p>\n
Serena Williams during the 2022 U.S. Open. AP<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a part of me that will always miss tennis because when you do something for your entire life from the day you remember you always had a goal and then one day you wake up and that\u2019s not your goal anymore and that\u2019s a huge change,\u201d Williams said. \u201cBut, at the same time, I have so many wonderful memories. I have had so many great times. I can always take solace in that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serena Williams revealed she has turned to GLP-1s \u2014 which are weight-loss drugs\u2013 to help her with weight…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":164362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[5224,62,1486,3581,1464,41336,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-164361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-serena-williams","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-sports-entertainment","11":"tag-sports-media","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-today-show","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115068005516598581","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}