Chrissy Metz reveals if she's on weight loss drugs after 100-lb weight loss amid Hollywood's Ozempic craze

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Chrissy Metz addressed her 'very complicated feelings' surrounding weight loss drugs after reportedly losing 100 pounds.
While clearing up some misconceptions about her health journey, the actress, 44, reflected on the use of medicines like GLP-1 amid Hollywood's Ozempic craze.
'If you're diabetic and need to lower your A1C, these are things that are important to take care of. But if you already have a restrictive eating disorder and take something that minimizes your appetite, it can become a very slippery slope,' she told People.
Still, the star, best known for her role as Kate Pearson in This Is Us, stated that if she does end up using one it'll stay her own business.
'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,' Metz noted.
While speaking about her father's tragic death from sepsis after getting gastric bypass, the Florida native said she does not want to endure the same fate.
'I'm at a stage in life where I don't want that to be me. I wonder if he'd had GLP-1s whether he'd still be around,' she said.
As she continues to prioritize her health, Metz said she and her boyfriend, an electrical engineer, meal-prep together on weekends and she's started lifting weights.
'I need to strength-train, eat more protein. I want to be mobile. I'm relying on intuitive eating and asking myself, "Is what I'm putting in my body harmful or helpful?,"' Metz explained of her choosing to focus on lifestyle changes rather than just the number on the scale.
She added: '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.'
Metz, who recently opened up about struggling with disordered eating, reminded fans that too many people mistakenly think if 'they're not thin enough, they're not good enough.'
'I've had thin, beautiful women with their jogging strollers tell me, "You don't know how much your story helped me,"' she said, with a laugh. '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.'
Ultimately, Metz explained she is doing her 'best' and practicing being kinder to herself.
'If I say that everyone is deserving of happiness, that must mean that I am too,' she told the outlet.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, she shared that she's been newly consistent with weight lifting.
'I have always enjoyed strength training. I've always enjoyed lifting weights,' she explained, noting that she prefers it to cardio.
'I don't want to run unless I'm being chased,' she said while promoting her second children's book, called When I talk to God, I Talk About Feelings.
Chrissy's trainer, who remains anonymous, endured a weight loss journey himself, which is what the star says she enjoys about working with him.
'We have things in common where it's not just like, "Why are you doing this?" Like, I don't want to be yelled at. I want to be lovingly supported in whatever it is that I'm doing,' she said about her training sessions.
What also motivates her — apart from one-on-one sessions — is knowing that her fitness will help in the long run when it comes to aging.
'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.
The Nashville-based entertainer noted, 'I'm literally doing it because I am nervous about aging, about osteoporosis or arthritis, you know, and because they are now discovering so much about health overall [and] it's really about being and staying strong and flexible.'
Her workout sessions vary depending on her schedule, but when she's interested in something — be it 'gardening, painting, woodwork' — she 'loves to go ham, all in,' and 'chip away just a little bit every day.'
Asked for her take on Ozempic, Metz told DailyMail.com, 'It's something I feel is so personal.'
She added, 'I think if you're not hurting anybody, and you're not hurting yourself, you should do what you feel is right for your body or your mind or whatever.'