Chrissy Metz Reveals Secrets to 100-Lb Weight Loss Amid Ozempic Rumors

Chrissy Metz opened up about the secrets behind her 100-pound weight loss while addressing Ozempic and gastric bypass surgery rumors.

The This Is Us alum, 44, said she’s become “consistent” with weightlifting in an interview with The Daily Mail published on Tuesday, April 8. Chrissy is hitting the publicity trail for her new children’s book, When I Talk to God, I Talk About Feelings.

“I have always enjoyed strength training. I’ve always enjoyed lifting weights, like I don’t want to run unless I’m being chased,” she joked to the outlet.

Chrissy works with a personal trainer out of her home base in Nashville, Tennessee. He too has been on a weight loss journey, which the star finds relatable.

“We have things in common where it’s not just like, ‘Why are you doing this?’ Like, I don’t want to be yelled at. I want to be lovingly supported in whatever it is that I’m doing,’” Chrissy said about their one-on-one session workouts.

Getting healthy for longevity purposes is also a goal for the Homestead, Florida, native.

“I want to age the best way that I can, and I want to be strong. And that’s really the impetus behind any of it,” the Solving Charlie star said about her health journey.

“I’m literally doing it because I am nervous about aging, about osteoporosis or arthritis, you know, and because they are now discovering so much about health overall [and] it’s really about being and staying strong and flexible,” Chrissy continued.

When asked what she thinks about the weight loss semaglutide Ozempic — which has become all the rage in Hollywood — the American Horror Story alum responded, “It’s something I feel like, it is so personal and sure, I think it’s important to, like, destigmatize anything.”

“But I also think it’s people’s personal decision to decide what it is that they want to do for their body. I think ultimately, at the end of the day, we all just want to feel good and feel good about ourselves,” Chrissy continued. “I think if you’re not hurting anybody, and you’re not hurting yourself, you should do what you feel is right for your body or your mind or whatever.”

While Chrissy’s This Is Us character Kate Pearson considered undergoing gastric bypass surgery on the NBC series to lose weight, she told the outlet that she’s “never” had that type of surgery.

“I don’t even take Tylenol, like, I really am such a weirdo that way. I’m like, ‘Yeah, no,’” she said about the procedure that reduces the size of one’s stomach to a small pouch leading to the digestive track, according to the Mayo Clinic. As a result, patients limit their food intake by becoming full faster.

“It wouldn’t take with me. I could eat past it. With anything, it’s a lifestyle change,” Chrissy said about her relationship with food.

“I mean whatever is best for the person, but, like, also for me, with like a bariatric surgery, so much of my food issues, personally, are psychological in that like, yes, you could sort of put a band-aid on the problem,” she continued. “But like, What’s the bigger issue? There’s a bigger issue for me.”

Aside from her health journey, Chrissy found love again, although she declined to reveal the name of her boyfriend whom she’s been with for “almost a year.”

“It’s so great, it’s been amazing. It’s been really, really wonderful,” she said about her romance, adding that she’s followed her therapist’s belief that putting a relationship on social media is the “worst thing” one can do.

After This Is Us came to an end in 2022 after six seasons, Chrissy starred in the 2023 horror film A Creature Was Stirring and appeared in the Netflix comedy Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger, which dropped in January.

Chrissy’s new children’s book is a follow up to her 2023 children’s picture book, When I Talk to God, I Talk About You, which she also coauthored with her musician friend Bradley Collins.

“It’s the second picture book in our children’s series and navigates little ones’ big feelings with faith and prayer. I simply can’t wait for this to be in the world,” she told fans in a March 27 Instagram post.