Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness proudly shows off dramatic 66lb weight loss
He candidly told fans he'd been taking weight loss medication.
Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness has proudly shown off his dramatic weight loss after shedding 66lbs.
The 37-year-old candidly told fans last month that he was taking weight loss medication, and that it had helped him ‘massively’ after struggling with binge-eating.
He’s now revealed the effects with before and after pictures shared on his Instagram Stories.
The Netflix star posted side-by-side images of himself before and after losing 66lbs, showing all his fans the comparison.
In the second one, he struck a confident pose flexing his bicep, revealing his toned stomach.
According to MailOnline, Jonathan also shared another post explaining his weight loss came from medication, diet changes including less alcohol and fitness, and said how ‘proud’ he was after the transformation.
Jonathan shared his progress on social media (Picture: Jonathan Van Ness | Instagram)‘I want to note, GLP-1s have been a huge help,’ he said.
‘I have also made major other changes.
‘First was my diet obvs, second was way less alcohol, and finally group Pilates which has been most pivotal.
‘My mental health and overall feeling is a different universe since last year and the biggest change was group fitness.
‘Overall though, I’m so proud of myself and want to share. Take what works for you & leave the rest.’
Jonathan revealed last month that he’d been taking weight loss medication (Picture: Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images)This comes after Jonathan told his followers about how the weight loss medication had helped him when he ‘wasn’t feeling good’.
In a video posted to TikTok last month, the hairstylist said: ‘I have a confession to make, yes I am on GLP-1, or a weight loss medication.’
According to the NHS, GLP-1 agonists are medications used to treat Type 2 diabetes, by mimicking the action of a hormone which is naturally released when someone eats food and can reduce appetite or slow the digestion of food so it takes longer to absorb sugars from meals.
Though he didn’t go into detail of what medication he is specifically on, Ozempic is one form of GLP-1 medication, and is a Type 2 diabetes drug that has controversially become popular among Hollywood stars, including Sharon Osbourne.
The star said he felt ‘immediately better’ after taking the medication (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)In the TikTok video, Jonathan went on: ‘If you have followed me for a long time, you’ll know that I’ve gained and lost weight several times very publicly.
‘This time in my life I knew that I needed a bit of help.
‘With everything that I’d been through publicly and privately in the last couple of years, I’d gained quite a bit of weight, wasn’t feeling good and the most important thing was that my binge-eating disorder was out of control.
‘I was consistently making decisions that I regretted with compulsive eating and with binging that just left me feeling really not good, depressed and out of control.’
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Previous Page Next PageJonathan said he spoke to his doctor who advised him on GLP-1 injections, after taking them in a tablet form a few years ago.
‘I felt immediately better,’ he went on.
‘For the first time in my life I had control over my food intake, it has helped me so massively, and that is part of why I want to be so honest with you about it, because I know how important asking for help is and how much asking for help can change your life in terms of healing.
‘And this time, I needed help.’
Jonathan, who identifies as non-binary, has been an expert on Queer Eye since it began in 2018, alongside Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Karamo Brown and Bobby Berk who was later replaced by Jeremiah Brent.
Queer Eye is available to watch on Netflix.
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