Serena Williams is opening up about her well being journey, revealing that she turned to weight reduction medicine after years of frustration making an attempt to achieve her targets.

Talking with PEOPLE, the tennis legend admitted, “I really feel nice. I really feel actually good and wholesome. I really feel gentle bodily and lightweight mentally.”

Williams defined that the challenges started after she welcomed her first daughter, Alexis Olympia, in 2017. “I by no means was in a position to get to the load I wanted to be it doesn’t matter what I did, irrespective of how a lot I skilled,” she mentioned. “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 right down to the place I wanted to be at.”

The 23-time Grand Slam champion mirrored on the frustration of placing in the identical relentless effort that outlined her profession, solely to see no change. “I had by no means taken shortcuts in my profession and all the time labored actually arduous. I do know what it takes to be the very best,” Williams defined. “So it was very irritating to do all the identical issues and by no means be capable to change that quantity on the size or the best way my physique regarded.”

Her battle returned after giving delivery to her second daughter, Adira River, in August 2023. She initially dropped weight rapidly however then progress stopped. “I by no means misplaced one other pound,” she revealed, admitting there have been moments she puzzled, “I simply thought, gosh, I don’t know if I’d ever be capable to get again to the place I wanted to get to.”

In the long run, she determined to attempt a GLP-1 medicine to assist regulate her physique. “I did quite a lot of analysis on it. I used to be like, ‘is that this a shortcut? What are the advantages? What should not the advantages?’ I actually needed to dive into it earlier than I simply did it,” Williams mentioned.