Health and Wellness Influencer Sparks Backlash to use weight loss medication

Health and wellness influence Janelle Rohner receives backlash after revealing that she has taken medication for weight loss.

The 37-year-old, who has 5.2 million TikTok followers, said in one Youtube -Video Posted April 23 that she has used GLP-1 “as a tool to help” in her weight loss trip, after various other methods had not worked. (Semaglututid medicine, such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, are all classified as GLP-1 drugs and have become increasingly popular in recent years.)

“During the past year, I have decided to make some new choices in my health. I started working with a doctor and we decided to add an GLP-1 to my plan,” started Rohner and added that she had “tried all-keto, macron, training, lifestyle shift.”

“GLP-1 is not magic. They do not change your lifestyle overnight-it’s just a tool to help. I still had to show up: showing up for my meals, tracking my macros, drinking my water, going on walks, doing my workouts-all that I already teach and believe. “She continued.” She continued. “She continued.” She continued. “She continued.” She continued. “She went on.

“After a few months I had dropped the stubborn 10 to 15 pounds. I was happy,” Rohner said. “I switched to microdose for maintenance, and I might do a microdos once a month.”

However, fans did not respond well to Rohner’s video, but when they accused her of “misleading” them, after selling 200 $ courses that promoted weight loss programs.

“The question is not about using GLP-1 or seeking help from a doctor for your mental health … The real problem is to take people out for a weight loss program while hiding the real reason behind your own weight loss,” wrote a person.

“You take people’s money, mislead them and are not honest with yourself either,” the individual continued.

One day later, on April 24, Rohner published one Tiktok videoWhere she apologizes and responded to the backlash.

“I don’t ask for sympathy, I’m just trying to do the right thing and I’m trying to be honest,” she said. “Now I could have kept this secret, I could have moved on for several years and not told, and I don’t want to.”

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“The Internet is such a scary place to be open and vulnerable,” continued Rohner, adding: “I still believe wholeheartedly in tracking macros and the workouts I do and my classes.”

“I didn’t take an GLP-1 because I don’t believe in my classes and macros didn’t work. I did it for other personal and health reasons to use as a tool to meet my goals. And if people felt cheated on, I’m really sorry,” she said.

Rohner also told the fans that she would repay everyone who bought one of her classes over the past 11 months.