Will He Still Love Me When I'm Off Ozempic?

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

In 2021, we released an episode called The Weight of Love, where listeners shared stories about weight, body size, and how those factors affect their romantic relationships. Fast-forward to 2024, and weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have complicated these issues even further. This week, listeners share stories and questions about dating, romance, sex, and self-love in the Ozempic era, and we’ve assembled a panel of experts to respond. Ronald Young Jr. is the host of Weight For It, a podcast about the conversations that we tend to avoid when it comes to our bodies. Anna Holmes wrote about her experience with the weight loss drug Mounjaro for Slate (and she is also executive producer for the exciting new podcast, The Wonder of Stevie). Jill Lewis is a body-positive therapist based in Atlanta. You can follow her on Instagram @jlewistherapy. Podcast production by Zoe Azulay and Cameron Drews. Death, Sex & Money is now produced by Slate! To support us and our colleagues, please sign up for our membership program, Slate Plus! Members get ad-free podcasts, bonus content on lots of Slate shows, and full access to all the articles on Slate.com. Sign up today at slate.com/dsmplus. And if you’re new to the show, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Find us and follow us on Instagram and you can find Anna’s newsletter at annasale.substack.com. Our new email address, where you can reach us with voice memos, pep talks, questions, critiques, is [email protected]. Ad Disclosure in Podcast Description: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond’s yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond’s YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Long time listeners to this show, we'll know that back in 2021, we made an episode that we called The Weight of Love about weight and body size and how they impact our romantic relationships.
0:12.8	We heard a lot of stories from you, like about how a marriage was challenged when just one partner started losing a lot of weight.
0:20.7	And we heard from a listener who found out that their boyfriend was keeping them a secret. was challenged when just one partner started losing a lot of weight.
0:24.8	And we heard from a listener who found out that their boyfriend was keeping them a secret because he was ashamed of their body.
0:28.1	Since we made that episode, there has been a big shift in how we think and talk about weight loss
0:34.0	due to drugs like OZMPIC.
0:36.7	It's brought up a lot more questions, like,
0:38.9	is there a right or moral way to lose weight? Or can I still be body positive and take a diet
0:46.0	drug? Can I keep the fact that I'm taking a drug secret from family, friends, or loved ones?
0:52.5	So we thought we'd re-up that question to you, our listeners, with that in mind, to see if
0:58.3	there was more you wanted to talk about in terms of body size and love, and to play your
1:03.5	stories and questions to a panel of experts.
1:06.4	That's what we do in this episode.
1:08.5	You told us about the drugs you've been taking to lose weight.
1:12.2	I've been on an olympic since April. It is now September and I've lost 30 pounds.
1:18.6	I started taking Wagovi soon after the end of a long-term, long-distance relationship.
1:24.4	And some of you told us about how changing your body came up in the bedroom and in dating.
1:30.1	When we initially started dating all of the loose skin I had as my body hadn't quite kept up with
1:35.4	all the weight loss was a little hard for him. Like, I can either be fat and all that comes with that.
1:44.8	Or I can be a strong woman, and now suddenly I'm, like, disgusting in a different way.
1:51.6	Like, I'm manly. I'm intimidating.
1:56.7	This is death, sex, and money.
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