{"id":778406,"date":"2026-09-22T01:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/778406\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T01:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T01:50:08","slug":"lawmaker-opens-up-on-glp-1-journey-and-strangest-feeling-after-dropping-80-pounds-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/778406\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker opens up on GLP-1 journey and \u2018strangest feeling\u2019 after dropping 80 pounds &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPVWNLWUQwVjIzOUR4dUtVZ0d6V0VzdnQ1TnVlRHk0S1Z4OXY3ZFN3Y1RxYlNNWFZibjFOSGlSVFM3LUdEN0dUekRPdmx1bklNYXBPbnAtVk51dkhfZURTMkQyaFhmNG9yMTcyNnNNaDNxcGlqQWVPUW1LdmQxYkRzaDRuVnNSUi1nbVFOWURVYTdmVm5WREIw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lawmaker opens up on GLP-1 journey and \u2018strangest feeling\u2019 after dropping 80 pounds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQQ1RrT2ROWlE0alBFY2h0SEhDOU1oZ3RjaE55Q1ZDY2JuRkJpT2tkM3I0QmNEMjczUTFyZE84SElvb2tDaml1T012Q1dfNzdQNTlHOU1lN1hKTkNKNEs0ZUVRNmhBeUZ5cV9XaWRkTFdBMWdhaHhEQVFmNVoyWDhTN3Q5RW9YTVVidUViR21kZTJPNHZSaXM2c0hTd3BfbnU4dGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JB Pritzker Says He Used GLP-1s to Lose 80 Pounds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTFBZVHptenBzc21aemV4MjBYZF9UcGtvUTB6ei1mWUZLRXFnNG8zVm5oUktBTGllNWtLamhEWmNhbWZQZEpjNll6d1hZaklmQ28xNlZmWENCMlRoY2E4bHpwdkdOSWFTajZINzZpWmlkeEwtM3k2a2VCTFotXzdmZ0k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ahead of Possible Presidential Bid, JB Pritzker Says He Is Taking Weight-Loss Drugs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxPN242R0pWSkxqQjdNaWYzd3d6WTBQN1dta1o0amdNRDFieHdnbXdKcUlmNk9hN2M3Zk55OVZPdk41cU9XMUtOWlJxUjBDZGRFeWVTMlliRkw4NUgyQldYWEEtQVMtdlljMTF4VW92aHpNWkxLUEY3QXhDdnM5V1VIblNpYUlSVE5wXzdaYmEwb1RrbGw4dVNaRjFtZGp5U0x3MWhQWE5FZ3FHMzlZS1ZMRUctRXNiTTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pritzker says he\u2019s lost 80 pounds on GLP-1 since diabetes diagnosis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE5LU3VQTVdnOGtkY2E2TzU4MmNUaHJUOFIyemwxUGs1RmdZOTh1MDVaZXJMbzBIQU9mdjJIS2NWWWdpbzUycklTMTg2dE1SNE83RU82b0dLMGhZUjNCMnhreGVockw2T1JPN2pDN2hTMzQtdWFoLXFr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he has lost 80 pounds on \u2018life-changing\u2019 GLP-1 medication<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lawmaker opens up on GLP-1 journey and \u2018strangest feeling\u2019 after dropping 80 pounds&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentJB Pritzker Says He Used&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-778406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}