“They’re Not in My Doctor’s Notes”: Chrissy Metz on Tuning Out the GLP-1 Critics

You may know her as Kate Pearson from This is Us. Now she’s a brand ambassador for a GLP-1.

Chrissy Metz struggled with her weight her whole life. She tried many diets, but wasn’t able to lose weight. She was skeptical about GLP-1s but is now a brand ambassador for Ro, the same company Serena Williams works with.

She told PEOPLE: “I’m not getting any younger…I’m in perimenopause, and there were obesity issues within my family and with my father, and I felt like I’ve tried so many modalities, whether it was diets or therapy, and none of it really worked for me.”

Since starting Ro, Chrissy has been able to lose weight and her blood work has improved. She says the medication made her realize “food noise” is a real thing — and something that’s been an obstacle in her previous weight loss efforts. “It’s so nice not to be obsessing about what I’m going to have every minute, even as I’m still consuming the meal. I just vilified food for so long because I was taught that it was bad, and you shouldn’t eat this or that. And it’s been helping me be more mobile and have less joint pain and inflammation, and run around onstage, and just do things that would have been much more difficult several pounds and inches ago.”

She also knows people are going to be very judgmental about her decision to take a medication for weight loss.

“It doesn’t matter, because like I always say, they’re not in my life. They’re not in my doctor’s notes. They’re not in the hereditary issues my family has. My life is my life, and I have to do what’s best for me, and that includes not listening to the comments and just talking to people who are positive and kind. I can’t engage with something that doesn’t make me feel good.”

Chrissy says in addition to taking Ro, she has also been working with a trainer to lift and build muscle. She says she just wants to feel strong.

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