1. Ozempic For a Month
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Simpson says she was put on Ozempic after a doctor told her she was prediabetic. “So I did. I did that in December,” she told Jeff Lewis on his SiriusXM show Jeff Lewis Live. “For one month, and you know, that was a great kickstart for me… I didn’t like the way it made me feel lethargic and it made me just not have a lot of energy, which was hard with three little kids. But it does make you feel full […] it was like a refresh.”
2. Eating the Same Meals
Simpson has turned her diet around by focusing on her protein intake. "I struggled with ‘mindless eating.’ I honestly never paid much attention to what I ate and I never planned meals,” Simpson told a fan on instagram. “I would eat mindlessly all day and then think I never ate anything. [Now] I have a protein shake every morning after I work out. For lunch I make two eggs with salsa and vegan cheese with sliced avocado. I eat this almost every day. I found that it’s easier to just find things you like and repeat instead of trying to be creative.”
3. Inspired To Be Better
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Simpson was inspired to take better care of herself after seeing a promotional picture from Housewives. “We finished filming in November [2022] and I remember we filmed the title cards and our showrunner sent a photo of me that he took with his cell phone,” she told Us Weekly. “And honestly, I didn’t even recognize myself. I was like, ‘Who is that?’ And then I was like, ‘Oh, that’s me.’ I really neglected myself those four months that we were filming. I ate too much, drank too much, didn’t go to the gym, didn’t work out and I felt really down, really depressed, really dark when we finished filming.”
4. New Healthy Habits
Simpson says Ozempic helped her to develop better habits. “I cut out a lot of things and I go to the gym seven days a week and work out,” she told Us Weekly. “I work out like I’m training for a fitness competition. That’s kind of the whole story. The thing that bothers me the most is that when people comment on the way that I look, they constantly say, ‘Ozempic, Ozempic.’ And it’s like, yes, I did use that nine months ago or however many months ago it was, but I don’t like that it discounts all the hard work I put in. I don’t care if you say that all you want, but at least gimme credit for seven days a week, getting up at 6 a.m. every morning and busting my butt in the gym every single day.”
5. Cardio and Strength Training
Simpson combines cardio and strength training several times a week. “I’ve always worked out (except while filming [Season 16] I didn’t work out once and I’ll never do that again),” she told a fan during an Instagram Q&A. “I used to work out 3-4 times a week. I walked a lot. Mostly lifted light weights. Now I work out 6-7 times a week. I always start with 20-30 [minutes] of cardio on the elliptical (level 10) and then about an hour of weight lifting.”
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FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE - FEBRUARY 14: Jessie James Decker and Jessica Simpson celebrate Jessica Simpson's #1 New York Times best-selling memoir, "Open Book" at Dillard's CoolSprings on February 14, 2020 in Franklin, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for Jessica Simpson Collection)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 22: Jessica Simpson poses with her book during Create & Cultivate Los Angeles at Rolling Greens Los Angeles on February 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 05: Jessica Simpson celebrates her memoir "Open Book" at at Macy's Stella 34 Trattoria on February 05, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Macy's)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 05: Jessica Simpson seen out and about in Manhattan on February 5, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Robert Kamau/GC Images)
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