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- Dan Brown was prescribed Ozempic to treat his diabetes and help him lose weight.
- He lost 30 pounds but, after ditching the shots and doing the keto diet, shed a further 120 pounds.
- The 59-year-old got the wake-up call after his diabetic mom needed a kidney transplant.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dan Brown. It has been edited for length and clarity.
At my heaviest, I weighed 305 pounds. I now weigh 155 pounds — 12 pounds lighter than I did when I graduated high school at 18.