Serena Williams’ ‘intense’ Transformation weight loss after tennis retirement Shock internet
The iconic Serena Williams is embracing a fresh challenge, following an “intense” voyage into weight loss after her retirement from the tennis world. Revealing her remarkable transformation, Williams showed off in a wrap dress that she previously couldn’t zip up.
With new aspirations on the horizon, the sporting superstar who hung up her racket in 2022 is as determined as ever. Since stepping away from the courts, life has been full; she’s welcomed her second child, Adira, and ventured into the beauty industry with her makeup line launched this year.
Now, her weight-loss journey has become a focal point of her post-tennis life. In a TikTok video, the 23-time Grand Slam winner joyfully showed how easily the dress now fits: “So I used to not be able to fit this dress at all, like I literally couldn’t even close it,” Williams explained.
“It would come like here and I physically couldn’t close it. So now, not only can I close it, it almost comes too far over. So I’m really excited.”
She attributed the success to her new passion for running, outlining ambitious targets: “I’ve been training a lot. I’ve been running. I’m training for a 5k, then I’m going to do a 10k and then I want to do a half-marathon,” reports the Express.
Williams also shared her fondness for the dress, noting it’s perfect for a relaxed day indoors: “So it’s really paying off and I really like this dress just for a cosy day at home, right? So fun.”
The 43-year-old had an inspiring message for her followers. She said: “So keep going, if you’re working out, you can do it too. If I can do it, you can do it, you’re way better than me.”
In the caption, Williams also wrote: “I have been on an intense weight loss journey, and working out like crazy.”
“I wake up at five to get to the gym and it’s finally starting to pay off. Life is a journey so is weight loss, not a destination. If you’re on the same journey, I’m wishing you well.”
The tennis icon’s progress is especially impressive given that she’s recently undergone surgery.
Williams took to social media to announce that she had surgery to remove a cyst the “size of a grapefruit”. The American discovered a mass on her neck in May and initially chose not to have it removed but it continued to grow.
“I decided to get more tests and three tests and one biopsy later everything is still negative but doctors advised I get it removed asap because it was the size of a small grapefruit and it could get infected or worse leak,” she explained.
