From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is The Daily.

In the last few years, GLP1 drugs like OZempec and Zepbound have been radically reshaping the lives of millions of Americans.

They have the power to change everything,

from our appetites and our health, to the clothes that we buy. But they also have the power to affect

other parts of our lives, how we date, how we see ourselves, even our closest relationships.

Today, my colleague Lisa Miller tells the story of how these drugs upended one couple's marriage

and how they dealt with the fallout.

It's Tuesday, October 7th.

Lisa, I don't think it's an understatement to say that we, in 2025, are in the middle of this, what feels like kind of a weight loss revolution in the United States.

And of course, we're talking about these drugs that everybody's probably heard of, Ozympic, Wee Govi, Monjaro.

I think most people know somebody who's been transformed by them. Maybe a lot of people

themselves have actually had some experience with them. But I would just like to hear a little

bit about what interested you initially. Yeah. It's a revolution in how we look. It's a revolution

in our health. It's got gigantic potential to help people who have not been able to be helped

before. And the data show that one in eight Americans has tried one of these drugs. So that's a lot

of millions of people, right? And so it's creating all kinds of conversations, not just about how we feel and our health, but also how we look and how that matters in the world.

Like I have a friend who takes the medicine, and he says, you know, if you are able to eat just five French fries and you used to not be able to eat just five French fries and had to eat the whole plate of French fries, it gives you grounding in the idea that you can control things in your life that you didn't think you could control.

So if you're a person who was completely helpless in the face of a plate of French fries,

and suddenly you get control of that, what else can you control?

Can you control your gym going habits? Can you control your gym-going habits? Can you control the way you relate to your

children, the way you talk to your boss? So my question was like, if your body has changed so much,

just the shell you walk around in, and your

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