Chrissy Metz Warns About The 'Slippery Slope' Of Ozempic Use After Her 100-Pound Weight Loss

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Chrissy Metz has opened up about her health journey, sharing her nuanced views on weight loss drugs, inspired partly by her father's death after a gastric bypass.
Focused on long-term wellness, the actress meal-preps with her boyfriend, practices intuitive eating, and prioritizes strength training over cardio to stay strong and mobile.
Chrissy Metz also split time between Los Angeles and Nashville for a better quality of life and career flexibility.
Chrissy Metz Shares Her 'Complicated Feelings' On Weight Loss Medications
Metz recently shared her "complicated feelings" on weight loss medications, following reports that she's shed 100 pounds.
Speaking to People Magazine, the 44-year-old actress clarified misconceptions about her health journey and weighed in on the growing popularity of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic in Hollywood.
"If you're diabetic and need to lower your A1C, these are things that are important to take care of," she explained. "But if you already have a restrictive eating disorder and take something that minimizes your appetite, it can become a very slippery slope."
Still, the "This Is Us" actress emphasized that if she ever chooses to use such medication, it will remain a personal decision.
"I never said I was the poster child for body positivity. I just want to do what I can do to live the longest, healthiest life," she said.
Reflecting on her father's heartbreaking death from sepsis following gastric bypass surgery, Metz admitted she's determined to avoid a similar outcome.
"I'm at a stage in life where I don't want that to be me," she shared. "I wonder if he'd had GLP-1s, whether he'd still be around."
The Actress Champions Health-Positive Living, And Self-Worth Beyond The Scale
Focusing on long-term wellness, Metz revealed that she and her boyfriend, an electrical engineer, spend weekends meal-prepping together and that she's recently incorporated weightlifting into her routine.
"I need to strength-train, eat more protein. I want to be mobile," Metz said, explaining that she now relies on intuitive eating and regularly asks herself, "Is what I'm putting in my body harmful or helpful?"
Her priority, she emphasized, is building healthy habits rather than obsessing over the scale.
"I want to be health-positive. It's not that I condone morbid obesity or heroin chic. I condone a healthy body. There are plenty of people who are bigger-bodied and perfectly healthy," she said.
Chrissy Metz Says She's Had 'Thin, Beautiful Women' Tell Her How Important Her Story Has Been For Them
Having been open about her past struggles with disordered eating, Metz also reminded fans that worth isn't tied to body size, noting that too many people mistakenly think that if "they're not thin enough, they're not good enough."
She explained: "I've had thin, beautiful women with their jogging strollers tell me, 'You don't know how much your story helped me,' I'm just like, 'What?!' But you realize that everyone has their struggles, their anxiety, or depression, or grief over losing someone. Skinniness doesn't equal happiness."
In the end, Metz says her journey is about progress, not perfection.
"If I say that everyone is deserving of happiness, that must mean that I am too," she said.
The Actress Talks Strength Training And Staying Healthy For The Future
In an interview with Daily Mail, Metz revealed she's been more consistent than ever with weight training.
"I have always enjoyed strength training. I've always enjoyed lifting weights," Metz told the news outlet, adding that she has a preference for cardio. "I don't want to run unless I'm being chased."
The "American Horror Story" actress also shared that she connects deeply with her trainer, who has gone through his own weight loss journey.
"We have things in common where it's not just like, 'Why are you doing this?' she explained. "Like, I don't want to be yelled at. I want to be lovingly supported in whatever it is that I'm doing."
Metz further noted that her motivation goes beyond the workouts themselves as she's focused on long-term health.
"I want to age the best way that I can, and I want to be strong. And that's really the impetus behind any of it," she emphasized, adding that she is "nervous" about aging, and about "osteoporosis or arthritis."
Chrissy Metz Embraces Life Between Los Angeles And Nashville For A Better Lifestyle And Career Focus
Another recent shift for Metz has been dividing her time between Los Angeles and Nashville, Tennessee, after spending more than 20 years on the West Coast.
"The reason why I'm there so often is that everything is very close in proximity," she told E! News in April. "You can go to three different shows, to great restaurants, in one night. It doesn't take two hours to get anywhere. It's really great."
For the Florida native, the move is also about lifestyle.
"It's just like quality of life as well, you know?" she said. "The Southern hospitality. I grew up in the South. It's very familiar to me. There's a lot of great, great aspects of Nashville."
She's also found that the shift supports her evolving career priorities.
"There's also not work happening in Los Angeles," she explained. "There's just not much shooting here, unfortunately. And because I've been focusing on music, my family's close in Florida. Yeah, it's just where I split my time."