Ree Drummond is setting the record straight about how she lost 60 pounds three years ago.
The “Pioneer Woman” star explained on Facebook this week that she was updating a 2021 blog post in which she shared what she did and didn’t do to help shed the pounds, but added, “I did not take Ozempic, Wegovy, or similar medications.”
Ozempic and Wegovy are FDA-approved prescription medications for people with type 2 diabetes and obesity but have been found to cause weight loss. Celebrities, including Sharon Osbourne, have been turning to the injections in droves over the past year to drop weight.
The “Pioneer Woman” star began her weight loss journey three years ago but updated an old blog post about it this week to address the medications. thepioneerwoman/Instagram
“I know they have been an absolute godsend for so many people; I have friends who’ve experienced incredible results,” she wrote. thepioneerwoman/Instagram
“I support anyone who has success using the above medications,” Drummond, 55, wrote. “I know they have been an absolute godsend for so many people; I have friends who’ve experienced incredible results.”
The Food Network star joked the “boring truth” was that she had never even heard of the drugs at the time she set out to lose weight, but she admitted she “might have been tempted to try them.”
Although she’s gained and lost pounds over the years, the Food Network personality said she still hasn’t used them to maintain her weight. WireImage
“…you’ll never hear a second of judgment from me about people who choose that direction!” she wrote. Getty Images
“Today, even though I have gained a few pounds up and down, I still have not chosen that option … but you’ll never hear a second of judgment from me about people who choose that direction!” she concluded.
Drummond first started detailing her weight loss journey in May 2021 — when she already had lost nearly 40 pounds.
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“No gimmicks at all. I just cut calories, exercised more, lifted a lot of weights,” Drummond explained at the time, showing off her svelte physique in a flowy pink top and jeans.
“I look better but I feel so much better, and that’s what really counts,” the TV chef added. “I’m still a goofball, I just have a lot more energy.”
The “Dinner’s Ready!” cookbook author later revealed that she decided to get healthier after having a “rock bottom” binge-eating moment.
”I went a little overboard, but I thought that night, ‘I am going to start tomorrow, I am doing something different,’” she told Entertainment Tonight.
“And I just started and I almost lost 60 pounds now.”
