I work 3 jobs to pay for my semaglutide weight loss shots now Im locked in for life

Getting skinny on weight loss meds takes a fat wad of cash. And Staci Rice is working double-time for the petite payoffs. “I’m making money to afford semagultide,” Rice, 42, who works three jobs to afford the expensive injectables, explained to her over 14,000 TikTok fans. Classified as a GLP-1, appetite-suppressing medications, semaglutide is the active ingredient in anti-obesity jabs like Wegovy, and in the anti-diabetes drug Ozempic. Both prescriptions can cost users upwards of $1,200 a month without insurance. Budgeted folks feigning for the slenderizing shots have turned to the black market, as well as social media marketplaces, hoping to score discounted versions of the hot commodities. But Rice, from Georgia, tells The Post that she took a less slightly questionable route. In May 2022, at a cool $499 per three-month supply, the married mother of one lost an impressive 64 pounds, shrinking down from 207 pounds to 140 pounds in eight months on a compounded GLP-1.It’s a less pricey form of the meds that’s not FDA-approved. “It was awesome,” said Rice, who’d battled with unwanted bulge since elementary school.

“It was the first time ever that something actually worked.”Following her drastic weight loss she struggled with sagging skin and the dreaded droopy “Ozempic butt,” leaving her newly-taut body looking drab. So, to celebrate her svelte success, the millennial underwent a $18,500 mommy makeover — a multi-part cosmetic procedure which included a full tummy tuck and breast augmentation — in April 2023. She depleted her life savings for the operation, monies she had spent years stashing as a “rainy day” fund. “I had a lot more confidence after that surgery,” Rice told The Post with a laugh.“It was the first time I wore a two-piece bathing suit since middle school.”However, in January 2024, finances became “tight” for Rice, a life insurance specialist, and her family, making it difficult to purchase semaglu...