'Serena Williams' weight loss ad isn't the transparency I want.'

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I first saw the headline last week during my usual late-night social media scroll.

Serena Williams Opens Up About Being on a GLP-1

As one of the many people around the world prescribed a GLP-1 weight loss injection as a part of a weight management treatment plan (I guess this is me… opening up?), my immediate reaction was a proverbial fist pump.

Yes, yes, yes. I love this. I love this new wave of celebrity transparency. I love 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams.

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More than that, I loved the words she used to communicate my daily dichotomy; pushing myself to honour and appreciate my body as it is, knowing in my heart that I don't look after it in a way that's healthy.

"I feel like a lot of people have this stigma on GLP-1s and say things like, 'Oh, lazy people do it,' or 'if you're working hard enough, you don't need that'. I know for a fact from my experience that it's simply not true," the 43-year-old told Vogue.

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