Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey says that after gaining a few pounds, she turned to Ozempic…but that she soon quit the weight loss drug.
She says she first decided to try the drug after her friends all started using it, and she noticed their weight loss.
“I tried it for a month. Honestly, for me, it didn’t work because I still like food and I found I just had no interest in food. Food is like something that I enjoy and I just didn’t like the way it made me feel,” she told E! News.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – JUNE 6: Porsha Williams, Shamea Morton, Kenya Moore and Cynthia Bailey attend Kenya Moore’s hair spa grand opening at Kenya Moore Hair Spa on June 6, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage)
Ozempic is a prescription injectable medication that helps control blood sugar levels in adults with type 2 diabetes by mimicking the GLP-1 hormone, which signals the pancreas to release insulin. The drug works by slowing gastric emptying and inhibiting glucagon secretion.
She added, “Shout out to everybody else that is thriving on, Ozempic, semaglutide, whatever. But for me it did not. I didn’t enjoy it because when I get my crab cake and my salad and my oysters and my BBQ ribs, I want to enjoy it. I was just literally looking at the food like, ‘What is this? What am I supposed to do with this?’”
