Chrissy Teigen says she took Ozempic to lose her pregnancy belly after her devastating pregnancy loss at 20 weeks in September 2020.
The model and cookbook author, 39, opened up about her Ozempic usage during a conversation with Johann Hari, author of "Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs," on the Sept. 18 episode of her podcast, “Self-Conscious.”
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.
“My body was completely stuck,” she said. “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