Ashley Tisdale opened up concerning the pressures of dwelling in Los Angeles and selecting to not go on one of many many weight-loss medication at the moment out there.
The previous Disney Channel star, who assured readers she is totally in help of anybody who chooses to go the Ozempic or Wegovy route, defined the evolution of GLP-1s in Hollywood ― and why she’s not on one herself.
“A few years ago, almost nobody in LA would admit to using Ozempic,” Tisdale wrote in her weblog on Thursday about one of the standard GLP-1s available on the market. “It was all very mysterious and nobody was super-open about it,” she continued.
“To be clear: I have absolutely ZERO judgment toward anyone using Ozempic or other similar medications. Zero,” she mentioned, including that the medication are “life-changing” and “truly transformative” for folks.
“But when I see people who are already thin signing up for it, I can’t help but think of how body trends keep shifting,” Tisdale mentioned. “We keep moving the goalposts and it’s exhausting. What makes it harder is the nonstop online commentary.”
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The actor mentioned that all the web critiques depart folks feeling like “no matter what they do, they’ll be judged.”
“You really can’t win. Which is why, at the end of the day, the only thing that matters is how you feel in your own body,” she mentioned. And although she’s “been tempted” to strive the weight-loss medication, she’s “decided that Ozempic isn’t the right move for me.”
“I’m not against Western medicine by any means, but I like to take a holistic view of weight, which is so deeply tied to hormones, sleep, food, mental health, genetics, and stress,” she mentioned. “And sometimes autoimmune issues, which I personally live with.”
Tisdale joins a refrain of different celebrities who’ve determined to steer clear of weight-loss medication, or tried Ozempic and located it didn’t fairly agree with them.
James Corden revealed final 12 months that, whereas he’d been on Ozempic for weight reduction, he’d been unsuccessful in his efforts to really drop weight.
“I tried Ozempic, and it won’t be surprising to you when you look at me now, that it didn’t really work,” the previous late night time present host mentioned on his podcast. “I tried it for a bit, and then what I realized was I was like, ‘Oh no, nothing about my eating has anything to do with being hungry.’ All this does is make you feel not hungry.”
Amy Schumer additionally revealed that she’d tried the drug, however discovered it didn’t work for her for different causes.
“I was one of the people that felt like sick. I couldn’t, like, play with my son,” the “I Feel Pretty” actor mentioned throughout an look on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” again in 2023.
However for these individuals who do go on the medication, she urged them to be trustworthy.
“Everyone’s like, ‘Oh, smaller portions!’” she joked. “Like, shut the fuck up. You’re on Ozempic. Or one of those things.”
