Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Heather Gay is opening up about her journey with weight-loss drug Ozempic - and why she still feels like she 'can't win.'
Gay, 50, revealed last year that she was taking the drug, and lost 25 pounds while doing so - even joking on the RHOSLC season 5 premiere that she was thanking God for modern medicine.
Ozempic, a medication originally developed to treat type two diabetes, has gained popularity as a weight-loss drug over the past few years with both celebrities and those beyond Hollywood.
It contains a compound called semaglutide, which 'mimics the GLP-1' hormone, according to UCLA Health, a hormone that can work with your brain to suppress your appetite and make you feel fuller more quickly.
When it's taken in a high dose, combined with diet and exercise, it can help people lose weight.
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Heather Gay, 50, revealed last year that she was taking Ozempic, and lost 25 pounds while doing so. Pictured: Before (left) and after (right)
Gay (pictured after her weight loss) joked on the RHOSLC season 5 premiere that she was thanking God for modern medicine
However, in a recent interview, the Beauty Lab + Laser owner admitted that even though she lost weight, she is still being shamed, even though fans had previously made rude comments about her appearance.
'I've been shamed for just about everything and anything,' the reality star told E! News.
'I got shamed for being overweight and I got shamed for being on medication,' she continued. 'So, you can't win.'
But despite the recent changes to her looks, she said that she still feels like herself, and has liked her appearance through all stages of her journey.
'I feel the same,' the Bad Mormon author told the outlet. 'I feel like I liked myself then, I like myself now. It's just Ozempic became available and it worked for me.'
So far on this season of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, she hasn't been shy about sharing her secrets with viewers.
During the season five premiere, while she attended a party thrown by cast member Lisa Barlow in a red bodycon dress, she told the other ladies that she was on Ozempic.
'It's been a long, overdue glow-up,' Gay followed up in a confessional on the show.
However, in a recent interview, the Beauty Lab + Laser owner (pictured after her weight loss) admitted that even though she lost weight, she is still being shamed
'I got shamed for being overweight and I got shamed for being on medication,' Gay continued (pictured after her weight loss). 'So, you can't win'
Last November, the mom-of-three also opened up about how she felt about her daughters as it related to today's beauty standards (seen with 18-year-old daughter Georgia)
Last November, the mom-of-three also opened up about how she felt about her daughters and today's beauty standards.
At the time, she had lost just five pounds from the medication.
'I think that we put so much pressure on ourselves and it's hard,' Gay told People last year.
'And I have three daughters that I love and I don't want them to have my genetics or have to struggle with society's standards of beauty,' she continued.
'I just wish that there was a solution for all of us. But I'm feeling like I'm coming into my own a little bit and I think the glow up might be a little bit from that, too.
'But I'll give credit to all the medical intervention. It's my business.'
