Serena Williams Embraces ‘Not Perfect’ Body in Swimsuit Pic After GLP-1 Weight Loss: ‘Perfectly Me’

“It was crazy because I’d never been in a place like that in my life where I worked so hard, ate so healthy and could never get down to where I needed to be at,” she recalled to the outlet. “I had never taken shortcuts in my career and always worked really hard. I know what it takes to be the best.”

Williams shares daughter Olympia with her husband, Alexis Ohanian. The couple later welcomed their second daughter, Adira, in August 2023. Shortly after giving birth for a second time, Williams said she again had difficulty losing weight after two weeks.

“I never lost another pound,” she told People at the time. “I just thought, gosh, I don’t know if I would ever be able to get back to where I needed to get to.”

That’s when Williams says she turned to Ro — she is now a spokesperson for the company — and began taking injections of a GLP-1 weight loss drug in 2024 after she stopped breastfeeding her younger daughter.

“I really wanted to dive into it before I just did it,” she said, though she clarified that she never “felt pressure” to maintain a certain weight, size or body image.

“I’m more active,” she added. “My joints don’t hurt as much. I just feel like something as simple as just getting down is a lot easier for me. And I do it a lot faster. I feel like I have a lot of energy and it’s great. I Just feel pretty good about it.”