Serena Williams is embracing her swimsuit physique amid her GLP-1 weight reduction journey.
“I’m not good…however I’m completely me,” Williams, 44, wrote through Instagram on Friday, March 13, alongside a photograph of the tennis nice sporting a darkish inexperienced one-piece swimsuit. “Take out time at the moment to rejoice being completely you.”
Along with her darkish inexperienced go well with, Williams rocked what gave the impression to be a pink gown hanging off her arms and really snug trying slippers whereas poolside. She wore her locks down in curls and seemingly minimal make-up.
In August 2025, the athlete confirmed she misplaced 31 kilos with the assistance of GLP-1 treatment. (The drugs, like Wegovy and Ozempic, are used to assist individuals with diabetes, although they’re now additionally getting used to help individuals in shedding weight.)
“I really feel nice,” Williams informed Individuals on the time. “I really feel actually good and wholesome. I really feel mild bodily and lightweight mentally.”
The retired tennis participant determined to make use of the controversial weight reduction treatment after she says she was “by no means” capable of attain the load she “wanted” to succeed in after giving beginning to her daughter Olympia in 2017.

Serena Williams
Instagram/@serenawilliams“It was loopy as a result of I’d by no means been in a spot like that in my life the place I labored so arduous, ate so wholesome and will by no means get all the way down to the place I wanted to be at,” she recalled to the outlet. “I had by no means taken shortcuts in my profession and at all times labored actually arduous. I do know what it takes to be the most effective.”
Williams shares daughter Olympia together with her husband, Alexis Ohanian. The couple later welcomed their second daughter, Adira, in August 2023. Shortly after giving beginning for a second time, Williams mentioned she once more had issue shedding weight after two weeks.
“I by no means misplaced one other pound,” she informed Individuals on the time. “I simply thought, gosh, I don’t know if I’d ever be capable of get again to the place I wanted to get to.”
That’s when Williams says she turned to Ro — she is now a spokesperson for the corporate — and commenced taking injections of a GLP-1 weight reduction drug in 2024 after she stopped breastfeeding her youthful daughter.
“I actually wished to dive into it earlier than I simply did it,” she mentioned, although she clarified that she by no means “felt stress” to take care of a sure weight, dimension or physique picture.
“I’m extra energetic,” she added. “My joints don’t harm as a lot. I simply really feel like one thing so simple as simply getting down is loads simpler for me. And I do it loads quicker. I really feel like I’ve a number of power and it’s nice. I Simply really feel fairly good about it.”

