Fans love that Heather Gay keeps it real and speaks her truth both on and off camera — especially when it comes to her weight-loss journey and using GLP-1s to see results.
“I am focused on how I feel,” Gay, 51, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting her partnership with Atkins while still using GLP-1s.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star claimed she “never” looked at the number on the scale before or after she started using Ozempic in 2023.
Gay insisted that how much she weighs is the “least important thing” to her now. However, she confessed to Us that she plans to keep using GLP-1s to maintain her slimmer figure.
Heather Gay. Clifton Prescod/Bravo“I think that’s part of my daily routine as much as I have, you know, nutritional choices to support it,” the reality star said of the weight-loss drug. “This is working for me, and I’m just grateful to be here.”
Gay confirmed in November 2023 that she had started taking Ozempic, a semaglutide developed to treat type 2 diabetes, that has become a popular weight-loss drug over the past few years.
While she said she didn’t see results right away, the Bad Mormon author stuck with GLP-1 medication. Gay revealed during a September 2024 episode of RHOSLC that she’d lost 25 pounds with the drug’s help.
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Fast-forward a year, and Gay told Us that in her 50s she feels “super comfortable” in her body “for the first time.”
“I feel healthy every day. I feel like I am taking care of my body. And for my whole life, I’ve just been trying to, like, work around my body,” she explained.
Gay noted that in addition to GLP-1s, she has turned to Atkins, “the industry pioneer of the low-carb movement,” to find the right balance of nutrition and protein intake to maintain a healthier physique.
“It’s been an amazing partnership for me. I have Atkins red nails, which is kind of indicative of how much I’ve absorbed it into my life,” Gay told Us with a laugh. “This is a new chapter for me, like being comfortable in my body and maintaining my weight and kind of having so much attention on it.”
Heather Gay. AtkinsThe Bravo personality explained that using Atkins shakes and protein bars has been a way to “support” her healthier lifestyle.
“I wasn’t going to, like, become a naturalist. I am who I am, and I really needed snacks and foods that would help me maintain this new lifestyle [and] fit with what I want to eat and what I enjoy doing,” Gay said. “And keep things authentic to me.”
As Gay has lost weight, she told Us she’s become more comfortable in her skin — which she hopes will resonate with other women as well.
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“I just thought I had to accept how I looked and where I was at and that there was nothing I could do about it. I felt absolutely powerless,” Gay confessed. “I’ve tried every diet in the book. I’ve always been aware of [my size]. If I wasn’t aware of it, other people made me aware of it.”
She recalled thinking that either she was going to talk about her body “because I’m being shamed for it,” or people would talk about her shape while “being shamed for using GLP-1s.”
Weight-loss drugs, however, are part of Gay’s “journey,” and it’s something she has fully embraced.
“I’ve been just grateful to have, like, a way to maintain my lifestyle and still support my nutritional choices. Still [eat] healthy, and give my body what it needs,” she said, pointing to the combo of GLP-1s and Atkins. “Because the last thing I want to talk about is, you know, how much I weigh. I have so many more things that are exciting and important to me.”
Gay noted, “I want to use this platform to help other people realize, first of all, it’s not impossible. And second of all, there are things out there that can really support you along the way.”
Now that Gay has put in the work and accepted all of herself, she said it’s time to tell others.
Heather Gay. Charles Sykes/Bravo“For the first time in my life, I’m really super conscious of everything that’s going into my body, and I really find that I need protein to maintain my shape and to keep me going throughout the day, and fiber helps me feel better,” Gay said, explaining how Atkins has been so instrumental in her day-to-day. “It’s really hard to eat within, like, what your body wants and my hunger now.”
She joked, “I’m not going to eat cardboard. Everyone knows that about me, but I still want to look good. I’ve worked really hard to get here, and I want to keep that going.”
While Gay told Us she is happy to have less weight on her body, it’s the ability to “wear the clothes that I want to wear” that has brought her the most joy.
“That seems so shallow, but I had gotten over what I looked like a long time ago. I had gotten over what I had to overcome, what people assumed about me, what the jokes people made — like, that’s part of the gig, and I worked past that in my life,” she shared.
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Gay recalled wanting to wear certain clothes that “weren’t in my size” and how that was “a little bit of a heartbreak for a girl that loved fashion and loved clothes.”
After losing weight, that all changed. “That has been probably the most amazing thing, to see an outfit and to be able to buy it and to have it fit,” she gushed.
Gay also pointed to her red nails as something that has “changed my life too,” noting she calls them her “Atkins nails.”
“I’m keeping them for all of season 7,” she declared. “So, this is the red nail theory, and I’m going to channel love and romance and good nutritional choices into my life.”
Learn more about Atkins and its products at atkins.com.
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