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JB Pritzker revealed to &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; that for the last two years he has been using a GLP-1 medication to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview broadcast Monday, Pritzker said he&#8217;s lost 80 pounds so far and he feels &#8220;a whole lot different and a whole lot better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been overweight most of my life, really, since I was probably 7 or 8 years old,&#8221; Pritzker said.<\/p>\n<p>That was around the time his father Donald died of a heart attack at 39.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was actually quite an active person, even though he was overweight, and so he was on a tennis court and had a heart attack, and my mother was there, and he died in her arms,&#8221; Pritzker said.<\/p>\n<p>Given the family history, Pritzker said he&#8217;s always kept an eye on his own blood work, but he acknowledges that the high-pressure job of being the governor of the country&#8217;s sixth-largest state led him to put on even more weight, which forced him to put up with unwanted attention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pritzker, I don&#8217;t know, he&#8217;s too busy eating,&#8221; President Trump said in 2024 on the campaign trail. &#8220;He wants to eat all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, you can find Pritzker exercising along Lake Michigan in Chicago on a 4-mile walk that he makes nearly every morning.<\/p>\n<p>Bad news about his blood work is what forced him to make a change. Two years ago, he was diagnosed with diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My doctor said, &#8216;Oh, no, you&#8217;ll never come off of it. You&#8217;re going to have to do this the rest of your life, and I recommend that you take a GLP-1,'&#8221; Pritzker said.<\/p>\n<p>His wife, first lady MK Pritzker, said she encouraged her husband to take the drug.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, I knew the history of his family,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You know, it&#8217;s such a sad story, and of course, I want him to be around for a really long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Every week, Pritzker injects himself with the GLP-1 medication. He said in his first week on the GLP-1, he lost weight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of a sudden, on the third day, I was like, you know, actually, I don&#8217;t need to eat that thing,&#8221; Pritzker said. &#8220;But it was the strangest feeling. Now, I&#8217;m not suggesting everything changed in a week. it didn&#8217;t happen that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he lost 2 pounds in the first week, and Pritzker knows what a lot of people may be thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he did this to improve his image before a presidential run, Pritzker said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been driven my whole life to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that I am now able to do it because this GLP-1 became available is truly, like, I mean, it&#8217;s something that has meant a lot to me,&#8221; Pritzker said. &#8220;I have not made any decisions about what I might do in the future. I can tell you I want to be the governor of the state of Illinois for a while longer, and I&#8217;m running for reelection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked specifically if he&#8217;s not running for president in 2028, Pritzker said, &#8220;I honestly am focused on what&#8217;s best for the people of Illinois.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s including all state employees. 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