
Peppermint is dishing on her weight loss journey!The 45-year-old RuPaul’s Drag Racestar is best known for competing on the show’s ninth season, and has since acted in several TV shows, starred on Broadway in the musical Head Over Heels and competed on the second season of The Traitors. At a recent benefit concert, Peppermint opened up about losing 100lbs, how she did it and what led to her weight loss journey. Keep reading to find out more.
..The actress revealed she started taking GLP-1, a weight loss injectable similar to Ozempic, Mounjaro and more, after she was “diagnosed as pre-diabetic a couple of years ago.
”“I was able to get together with my doctor and endocrinologist, and I’m very grateful that I’m at a point now where I have access to levels of healthcare that I didn’t have before,” she told Page Six.Peppermint shared that she started to notice her weight loss because her “clothes are fitting differently” and she “had to buy some new” clothes. Now, after losing 100lbs, she’s no longer pre-diabetic.
“I was really worried that my life was going to change irreversibly once I crossed that threshold,” Peppermint shared. “I was hovering around that threshold for so long, and I’m happy that I’m not now.”“I feel like the same person,” she adds, along with feeling younger.
“I feel like I can walk up the steps a little easier and not be like, ‘Oh, my knee!’”Many other celebrities have opened up about using weight loss drugs like GLP-1, Ozempic and more, while others have also denied using any..