{"id":405828,"date":"2026-01-14T03:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/405828\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T03:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:16:08","slug":"vanessa-williams-on-how-weight-loss-medication-has-been-a-game-changer-at-62-science-is-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/405828\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Williams on How Weight Loss Medication Has Been a &#8220;Game-Changer&#8221; at 62: &#8220;Science is Amazing&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Getty Images Vanessa Williams on February 16, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"819\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1a675d389026c80b0e4b985ed50d76db.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Vanessa Williams on February 16, 2025.The Gist<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Williams, 62, opened up about using a GLP-1 in a new Hello! interview.<\/p>\n<p>She said taking Mounjaro has been &#8220;a game-changer&#8221; for her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My 50s were hard. I started perimenopause in my late forties but suddenly, at 51, it\u2019s crazy how your body changes,&#8221; she shared.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Williams revealed why taking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/serena-williams-weight-loss-medication-11795076\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:GLP-1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">GLP-1<\/a> has been &#8220;a game-changer&#8221; as she enters her 60s.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/healthandbeauty\/877038\/vanessa-williams-exclusive-facing-midlife-weight-loss-jabs-and-vampire-facials\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hello!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Hello!<\/a>, the model and actress, 62, shared that she&#8217;s been on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/meghan-trainor-weight-loss-medication-after-pregnancy-11706856\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mounjaro;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Mounjaro<\/a> for the past two years after she noticed changes in her body.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty Images Vanessa Williams on October 26, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eed80ed98293b5355c1a6c9f239652f5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Vanessa Williams on October 26, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a game\u2011changer,\u201d Williams said. \u201cWhen I turned 60, I was like: \u2018I want to be here for a long time, and I want to look my best. So what am I going to do?\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My 50s were hard. I started perimenopause in my late forties but suddenly, at 51, it\u2019s crazy how your body changes,&#8221; she added. &#8220;You feel out of control because you\u2019re working out the same way, eating the same, and your body is not reacting the way it used to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams also said that she&#8217;s started up hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and NAD+ injections, which are thought to be an anti-aging treatment.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty Images Vanessa Williams on February 21, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6781d600c531b3972571ddbe4d105455.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Vanessa Williams on February 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Science is amazing,&#8221; the former Miss America\u00a0shared. &#8220;I&#8217;m like: &#8216;What&#8217;s next? Bring it on!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several other celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/serena-williams-reason-behind-glp-1-medication-usage-11796117\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Serena Williams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Serena Williams<\/a>, and Meghan Trainor have also opened up about using GLP-1s for weight loss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an athlete and as someone that has done everything, I just couldn&#8217;t get my weight to where I needed to be at a healthy place, and believe me I don&#8217;t take shortcuts,&#8221; Serena told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/womens-health\/serena-williams-glp-1-weight-loss-rcna226141\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Today<\/a> back in August. &#8220;I do everything but shortcuts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said that the medication helped her drop 31 pounds, citing knee pain as a motivation to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a lot of issues with my knees, especially after I had my kid,&#8221; Serena said. &#8220;That, quite frankly, definitely had an effect on maybe some wins that I could have had in my career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty Images Serena Williams at an Audemars Piguet event on May 28, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"668\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ed957c638442b456c6a89505c7f2f9c0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Serena Williams at an Audemars Piguet event on May 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/vanessa-williams-opens-up-weight-loss-medication-11884807\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:InStyle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">InStyle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Vanessa Williams on February 16, 2025.The Gist Vanessa Williams, 62, opened up about using a GLP-1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[136482,2934,97,243,6542,166626],"class_list":{"0":"post-405828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-body-changes","9":"tag-getty-images","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-medication","12":"tag-serena-williams","13":"tag-vanessa-williams"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}