Staci Rice before and after initially losing weight on semaglutide.Staci RiceStaci Rice lost 64 pounds on a compounded form of the weight loss drug semaglutide.It was expensive so she tried to maintain her weight loss without the medication, and gained 26 pounds.Rice started a side hustle so she could go back on the medication.The weight loss drug semaglutide was a "miracle" for Staci Rice, making cravings and "food noise" disappear and helping her to lose 64 pounds in around eight months.To afford to keep taking the drug, she started a side-hustle in digital marketing alongside the 40 hours a week she worked to get her new insurance business off the ground.Semaglutide, marketed as Wegovy for weight loss and Ozempic for diabetes, is part of the family of appetite-suppressing drugs called GLP-1s, which includes products such as Mounjaro.