Kathy Bates 100-Lb Weight Loss Triggers ‘Ozempic Talk’
Kathy Bates has a new TV show in Matlock. The series is set in the same world as the old Matlock series that starred Andy Griffith, but Bates plays a different character with the same name. Many fans have noticed Bates’ incredible weight loss. Sadly, many people have trolled her, claiming she used a weight loss drug to achieve this.
Bates has set those people straight. Here is what you need to know.
Kathy Bates Talks Weight Loss and Ozempic
Kathy Bates has lost a lot of weight over the past few years. She has lost 100 pounds, with the last 20 pounds coming after she began taking Ozempic. Many people online have bashed her for “using” Ozempic to lose weight. However, as Bates has said, that is simply not the truth.
Many people have no idea what Ozempic is. Many news articles about celebrities using the drug to lose weight have clouded the truth about the medication. Although that is a side effect, Ozempic is not a weight loss drug. It is a diabetic drug.
Bates was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2017. Ozempic is a drug used to stabilize and lower blood sugar levels, something that a person with diabetes needs to live a healthy life. The controversy about celebrities using Ozempic for weight loss is that it takes it out of the hands of people who need it – people with diabetes.
Kathy Bates has diabetes, so her use of the drug is meant to lower her blood sugar. This has the side effects of weight loss and suppressed appetite. However, Ozempic is a medical necessity for Bates and not a weight loss trend.
Kathy Bates Says She Worked Hard To Lose Weight
While a diabetic getting their blood sugar under control will help them lose weight as a side effect, it takes a lot more than taking medication to achieve this. Kathy Bates said there was much more hard work to her weight loss than people think.
“There’s been a lot of talk that I just was able to do this because of Ozempic,” Bates says. “But I have to impress upon people out there that this was hard work for me, especially during the pandemic. It’s very hard to say you’ve had enough.”
Bates said she used to drink a lot of soda and always ate pizza and hamburgers. Bates said that diabetes runs in her family and her dad had to have his leg amputated because of his blood sugar levels. “One of my sisters is dealing with it very seriously, and it terrified me. It scared me straight,” she said.
Bates said she has cut out the sodas and is now hearing healthier. She also said she is no longer eating anything after 8 p.m. It has worked wonders and did something that Ozempic alone could never achieve.
“I don’t have to sit down. I can stand up all day long and walk and move and breathe and do so many things that I couldn’t before,” Bates said. She was also diagnosed with lymphedema, and losing weight has helped relieve those symptoms as well.
What are your thoughts on Kathy Bates’s impressive weight loss and ability to regain control of her health? Is it fair that people immediately cast doubt on her hard work because she has diabetes and takes Ozempic? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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