Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s daughter Gracie candidly detailed how taking Ozempic for three years “brought back” her eating disorder.
The 29-year-old took to her Instagram Stories Monday to reflect on how she caved into “skinny culture” by taking the GLP-1 in 2022 following her diagnosis with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), previously called polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
“At that time, I thought it was the best decision I ever made because I finally lost weight and got skinny,” she explained, adding elsewhere, “Yes, it f–king worked and made my PCOS symptoms easier to control, but it also brought back my ED (eating disorder) and negative views on my body.”
According to Mayo Clinic, PMOS is “a hormone health issue” that can lead to irregular periods and polycystic ovaries. Weight loss is advised for early treatment to “lower the risk of long-term health issues, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.”
Reflecting on taking Ozempic, Gracie shared that she became “way too skinny” but didn’t realize it at the time due to the return of “skinny culture.”
“I realized, ‘Holy crap, I have been feeding into my eating disorder this whole time under the guise of this miracle shot,’” she continued.
“I think it was probably one of the worst things I’ve ever done for myself, looking back,” Gracie added, saying that now that she’s off the Type II diabetes drug, she’s seeing everyone “getting smaller and smaller” as she gains her “weight back.”
Now Gracie can see “how much losing all of that weight actually affected” her, especially after noticing people looking at her “differently on the streets,” and in her personal life.
“In my friend groups and family, and in my own job,” she said. “I got more opportunities when I lost weight than I ever have had in my life.”
Despite losing weight, the New York University grad admitted to still having struggled with her body image, especially as she was compared to her sisters, Maggie, 27, and Audrey, 24, and even her parents, who wed in 1996.
“I’ve been called fat and ugly my entire life, whether that had been from magazines or the internet,” she claimed, explaining that critics would say she had “different genes” than her family because she was “the ‘fat’ one and didn’t have the looks” of her family.
Despite the setback, Gracie told her followers that she is “doing so good” but still has “slip-ups from time to time” when it comes to her body image.
Gracie also touched on the difference between body shaming and worrying about someone’s health, adding, “Having concern for someone doesn’t also mean you can’t have empathy for their situation.”
“But, telling people to not speak on this is incredibly wrong and damaging. It’s promoting created thinness as [a] goal not as danger. We are at a time when we need to be taking care of ourselves and our people.”
In 2023, Gracie revealed she had been taking Ozempic before changing over to a low dose of Mounjaro, another weight-loss drug, to help with her PMOS.
“During my appointment with my endocrinologist, I realized that may had been a factor in my issues with weight, so we decided to try a medicine to regulate my body more normally and create the tools to continue to keep my body and myself healthy as I get older,” she previously explained.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call 988 or continue to contact Crisis Text Line by texting “NEDA” to 741741.
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