TikTok star Mikayla Nogueira talks about her recent weight loss and denies using Ozempic to achieve it.
On Wednesday, the 25-year-old content creator posted a video in response to a follower who accused her of taking Ozempic, an FDA-approved prescription drug for people with type 2 diabetes. It’s one of the brand names for semaglutide — also known as Wegovy — which works in the brain to make you feel full and is Hollywood’s latest weight loss trend.
Quickly interrupting the critics, Nogueira said such comments were difficult to see because she had been privately recovering from an eating disorder for the past six months.
“I happened to lose 30 pounds during recovery. because I struggled with binge eating disorder. And when you recover and stop drinking, sometimes you’ll lose weight along with it,” she explained. “But just putting in all that work for months to recover from something that literally almost took your life several times, only to be hit with ‘Laughing, she’s on Ozempic’, that’s just bullshit.”
“I just feel like it really takes away from anyone who puts themselves through extreme mental effort to get well,” she continued. “Personally, I will never do Ozempic because I don’t want to cheat on my recovery. That’s just my personal opinion.”
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Nogueira — known for her viral makeup tutorials — assured her followers that she’s not judging anyone who actually uses Ozempic or other similar weight-loss injections. However, she will not participate in the recent trend.
“As far as I’m concerned, I don’t believe it would be good for my recovery. So I will never do it,” she said. “I have to develop a healthy relationship with food, exercise and my body image… and that’s extremely difficult. And Ozempic just wouldn’t be the way for me.”
The influencer noted that while she’s starting to lose weight and focus on her health, she won’t post too much about it or make it her “whole personality.”
“Yes, I lost weight. I did it completely natural and normal and, you know, better food choices, better lifestyle choices,” she added. “I’m proud of myself for doing it completely healthy because it’s the first time in my life, so it’s a big thing for me.”
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In addition to Nogueira, The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jackie Goldschneider previously said she would never take Ozempic in her recovery from an 18-year eating disorder.
Earlier this year, she criticized the misuse of the drug, writing that Ozempic is “an eating disorder in a needle.”
“I can talk about Ozempic all day. It really turns me on,” Goldschneider said at the time. “I’m horrified by it. I’m not so horrified by people who want to lose weight – it’s always been a universal thing – but I’m very afraid of what will happen if and when people have to give up these drugs.”
“There will just be a lot of people who will gain weight and suddenly they won’t know what to do with themselves. I just dread that day. There will be a lot of people with eating disorders,” she continued. “You start losing huge amounts of weight. It’s so addictive. That’s how I became anorexic. You become addicted to this new body and the attention that comes with it.”
The reality star said Ozempic is a “terrible drug” because of those who use it just “to be skinny and glamorous”. However, Goldschneider clarified that she thinks it’s “all right” for those who use it because they have type 2 diabetes or are morbidly obese and actually need the drug.
If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, visit NationalEatingDisorders.org.
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