Amanda Bynes Shares Glimpse Into Weight Loss Journey in Rare Update

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Amanda Bynes is focused connected her health.

The She’s the Man star gave an update connected her weight nonaccomplishment journey aft sharing earlier this twelvemonth however her mental wellness was impacting her weight.

“Down 6lbs,” Amanda wrote connected her Nov. 5 Instagram Story, alongside a shocked emoji. “154lbs now!”

Over her connection was a screenshot of an Apple Fitness summary, which showed she’d surpassed her determination extremity by implicit 150 calories for that time and that she walked astir 15,000 steps.

Back successful March, Amanda elaborate however her intelligence wellness had led to value summation and expressed present she was feeling successful a amended place, she was making immoderate manner changes.

"I've gained implicit 20lbs successful the past fewer months from being depressed," the Nickelodeon alum wrote successful a March 28 Instagram Story. "I'm doing a batch amended present and person learned to bash other enactment erstwhile I don't consciousness similar moving retired oregon eating clean." 

She continued, “I measurement 162lbs close present and privation to get backmost to 110lbs."

Both wellness comments people a uncommon update from the 38-year-old, who has kept overmuch of her backstage beingness retired of the nationalist oculus successful caller years. Most recently, Amanda shared an each excessively relatable connection astir navigating a breakup.

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"Am I the lone 1 who's trying to triumph backmost their ex done each Instagram post?" she asked successful a soon-deleted April 22 Instagram Story. "Let maine cognize if I'm the lone one."

While the Easy A alum didn’t specify which ex she was referring to, Amanda was past publically linked to Paul Michael, to whom she was engaged between 2020 and 2021, though they continued to day disconnected and connected until 2022.

The brace met successful rehab, and Paul antecedently spoke to the ways helium and Amanda connected.

"She is simply a bully listener, and we're determination for each other," Paul told E! News successful December 2020. "We person the champion clip and I emotion spending each 2nd with her. She is the champion happening that ever happened to me."

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But successful summation to seeking mislaid emotion and focusing connected her health, Amanda’s clip has besides been filled with different self-growth activities. This includes her journey to get her manicurist license, which she has documented connected societal media.

As she antecedently noted, it’s a pursuit that’s important to her—one she’d alternatively pursuit alternatively of podcasting, aft her little stint arsenic host of Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast.

"Even though the podcast is doing truly good and the effect has been great, I americium going to instrumentality a intermission connected it for now," Amanda explained successful a Dec. 17 TikTok aft airing the show's archetypal episode. "We are not capable to get the benignant of guests that I'd similar connected the show, accidental like Jack Harlow, or Drake, or Post Malone, truthful possibly 1 time if we're capable to get those types of guests we volition resume the podcast. But for present I'm taking a intermission connected it."

She added, "I would alternatively get my manicurist licence and person a accordant job."

Read connected for much stars who person kept fans successful the loop astir their value nonaccomplishment journeys. 

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Kelly Clarkson

Yep, the speech amusement big is lasting a small taller these days. Informed by doctors she was pre-diabetic, "I dropped value due to the fact that I've been listening to my doctor—a mates years I didn't," the vocalist explained to People. "And 90 percent of the clip I'm truly bully astatine it due to the fact that a macromolecule fare is bully for maine anyway."

She is simply a Texas girlie aft all, "so I similar meat—sorry, vegetarians successful the world!"

The ma to River and Remington is besides enjoying exploring her caller beingness successful NYC. “Walking successful the metropolis is rather the workout,” she added. “And I’m truly into infrared saunas close now. And I conscionable got a acold plunge due to the fact that everybody wore maine down.”

Not successful her instrumentality kit: The value nonaccomplishment cause du jour. "My doc chased maine for similar 2 years and I was like, 'No, I'm acrophobic of it. I already person thyroid problems,'" she explained connected a May 2024 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. "Everybody thinks it Ozempic. It's not." Rather, it's different unnamed medicine, she continued, "Something that immunodeficiency successful helping interruption down the sugar—obviously my assemblage doesn't bash it right."

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Oprah Winfrey

You get immoderate wellness advice! And you get immoderate wellness advice! Because present that the media fable is feeling amended than ever, she's dishing retired her champion tips. "It's not 1 thing," she stressed to Entertainment Tonight of her treadmill workouts, hikes, h2o depletion and nutritious eats, "it's everything."

While Winfrey hasn't named the value nonaccomplishment medicine she's using, she told People successful December, "The information that there's a medically approved medicine for managing value and staying healthier, successful my lifetime, feels similar relief, similar redemption, similar a gift, and not thing to fell down and erstwhile again beryllium ridiculed for," she explained of adding that peculiar instrumentality to her arsenal. "I’m perfectly done with the shaming from different radical and peculiarly myself."

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Tarek El Moussa

Living impervious that you can, successful fact, flip your life, the HGTV property elaborate his two-year fittingness journey successful a July 2023 Instagram post

"Sometimes you deliberation you’re doing the close happening but what you really request is redirection successful bid to spot growth," helium wrote. While his erstwhile regimen included the occasional blistery yoga people with woman Heather Rae El Moussa, the world prima noted that helium wasn't pursuing a peculiar routine, tracking his macromolecule intake oregon receiving immoderate benignant of guidance. 

Enter: nutritionist Sean Torbati. Now, "I’m eating the close nutrient & Hot yoga 1-2 times a week which is truthful bully for my intelligence & carnal state," the dada of 3 explained. "It each comes down to information and perseverance."

For him, "Once I realized however BADLY I wanted to consciousness bully and beryllium healthy—for myself, my wife, my kids, and my longevity—was the 2nd I enactment my caput down and got to work!!"

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Whoopi Goldberg

The View cohost revealed she used Mounjaro—a type 2 diabetes medication—to slim down after gaining value successful 2021.

"I weighed astir 300 pounds erstwhile I made Till," she said connected the March 19 episode of the daytime speech show. "I had taken each those steroids, I was connected each this stuff, and 1 of the things that's helped maine driblet the value is Mounjaro. That's what I use."

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Whitney Way Thore

The world prima knows she's fabulous with oregon without your compliments thank you precise much. Responding to speculation that she had undergone a melodramatic assemblage transformation, the My Big Fat Fabulous Life star responded successful a February Instagram post, "I hatred addressing this, but no, I person not had aesculapian involution to suffer weight."

And portion she noted she had dropped 100 pounds from her antecedently 385-pound frame, including 50 aft ma Barbara "Babs" Thore's December 2022 death, "I measurement 285 pounds and I person been this value for astir a twelvemonth now."

Bottom line, she continued, "Thank you for the compliments, but I truly don't similar obsessing implicit my assemblage and I don't similar it erstwhile others bash it either."

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Valerie Bertinelli

Well alert that she's blistery successful Cleveland, L.A. oregon wherever other she happens to be, the histrion gave her refreshing instrumentality connected assemblage image with a February Instagram post

"This is simply a 150lb assemblage connected a 5'4 frame," the Food Network big wrote, sharing a 2014 bikini photo. "I don't measurement myself anymore due to the fact that this is considered overweight by who's [sic] standards, I don't know. It's anserine and I believed them for acold excessively long."

Fully removed from the pressures of dieting, "I now, finally, cognize that I americium a kind, considerate, funny, thoughtful woman," she continued. "So delight remember, who you are and what your quality is, should ne'er beryllium overshadowed by what size you are oregon however overmuch you weigh. You are enough. Just the mode you are."

As for anyone that mightiness not agree, she summed up, "F--k ‘em."

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Post Malone

Man, the instrumentalist feels conscionable similar a rockstar since dropping 55 pounds. "I've had a batch of radical inquire maine astir my value nonaccomplishment and i'd suppose, show connected stage," helium acknowledged successful an April 2023 Instagram post. "i'm having a batch of amusive performing, and person ne'er felt healthier."

His inspiration, helium continued, was the girl helium welcomed successful 2022: "i conjecture dada beingness kicked successful and one decided to footwear soda, and commencement eating amended truthful one tin beryllium astir for a agelong clip for this small angel. adjacent up is smokes and brews, but one similar to see myself a diligent man."

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Kelly Osbourne

Why, yes, she did consciousness the unit to drawback backmost aft welcoming lad Sidney successful November 2022. "It became my mission," she told E! News of dropping 85 pounds successful that archetypal postpartum period. "I was obsessed with it due to the fact that I didn't adjacent privation to get brought into the conversation, I conscionable wanted to beryllium near alone."

Not that she's recommending her strict AF approach. "It was a batch of work," she said. "It was miserable. I was bare each the time, but I'm truly blessed with the results."

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John Goodman

The Roseanne alum has deed a batch of highs and lows passim his wellness journey. "In the aged days, I would instrumentality 3 months out, suffer 60 oregon 70 pounds, and past reward myself with a six-pack oregon immoderate and conscionable spell backmost to my aged habits," helium explained successful 2017. "This clip I wanted to bash it slowly. Move, exercise. I'm getting to the property wherever I can't spend to beryllium inactive anymore."

His sensible approach—lots of walking and a Mediterranean fare dense connected fish, vegetables and nuts—has helped him maintain a 200-pound value loss. "It's a beingness of rehab," helium admitted to Men's Health. "But it's a labour of love."

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Drew Carey

After being diagnosed with benignant 2 diabetes and losing some his dada and member to bosom attacks, The Price Is Right big decided to instrumentality a rotation astatine healthier eating. 

“No carbs,” helium told Entertainment Tonight of his winning look that besides included a batch of regular cardio. “I person cheated a mates times, but fundamentally nary carbs, not adjacent a cracker. No breadstuff astatine all. No pizza, nothing. No corn, nary beans, nary starches of immoderate kind. Egg whites successful the greeting oregon like, Greek yogurt, chopped immoderate fruit.”

And to lavation it each down, “I don’t portion thing but water,” helium said. “No coffee, nary tea, nary soda.”

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Tammy Slaton

A immense nonaccomplishment has led to immoderate beauteous large gains for the 1000-lb Sisters star. Since shedding a singular 440 pounds, she's celebrated a bid of milestones, documented connected her TLC show: Flying for the archetypal time, being capable to buckle her seatbelt connected a plane and ride successful the beforehand spot of a car, inside a blistery aerial balloon and connected rides astatine Disney World.

"Some radical instrumentality tiny things for granted," Slaton explained successful a February TikTok. "Like being capable to buckle a seatbelt and not person to usage an extender. It's large for me. Because I hadn't been capable to bash that worldly successful years."

Now, continued the world star, "I'm much oregon little similar giving myself a pat connected the backmost for achieving thing and doing it. Getting the value disconnected and living. That's what I'm doing. I tin yet accidental I'm surviving life."

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Brittany Cartwright

Raise your glasses precocious to this steadfast instrumentality from the Vanderpump Rules alum. While the Jenny Craig marque ambassador is hoping to spot immoderate results present that she's recommitted to the repast plan, "I'm besides conscionable trying to support and beryllium the champion mentation of myself for my son," she explained to E! News successful February. Because portion she "would decidedly emotion to suffer immoderate weight," it's much important to exemplary steadfast habits for her and Jax Taylor's lad Cruz

"I conscionable deliberation it's important to amusement him a steadfast routine," said the aboriginal prima of The Valley. "Working retired is truthful important to maine and for my intelligence health. I conscionable deliberation that being progressive successful a bully steadfast travel is ace important for me."

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Megan Thee Stallion

All that enactment connected her body-ody-ody-ody-ody has paid disconnected for the instrumentalist who has dedicated herself to going hard on spot training. 

"I'm truly arrogant of my journey," the prima told People successful 2023. "Fitness has go a portion of my lifestyle. I've been disciplined and committed to moving retired connected a regular ground and investing successful my health."

And with each the enactment she's been putting in, she continued, “I mightiness person to driblet a Hottie Bootcamp sometime soon." A small sample: A heart-pounding premix of deadlifts, jump-roping, guardant lunges and upland climbers. "This s--t pain similar a motherf--ker," she said successful 1 video. "But I cognize you spot them thighs popping."

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Shay Mitchell

When the satellite unopen down successful March 2020, specified months aft the Pretty Little Liars alum gave commencement to her archetypal daughter Atlas, "I felt the slightest motivated I ever have," she shared with E! News. "Everything had benignant of travel to a halt and truthful genuinely I conscionable thought, well, eff it."

Workout plans were tossed retired the model on with her long-held "everything successful moderation" mode of eating. Having slid from the archetypal fewer months of postpartum into the free-for-all that was 2020 "eating 100 percent s---ty food" had taken a toll and she missed feeling bully astir her body. 

Approached with the thought of signing connected for Openfit's 4 Weeks of Focus with trainer Kelsey Heenan, she was pumped but skeptical.  

After 4 consecutive weeks kicking disconnected her mornings with lemon-infused lukewarm h2o and a 30-minute sweat league ("It included HIIT, it included cardio, it included spot training," she said of the varied full-body routines) and recommitting to steadfast repast choices ("If I privation pizza, I'll person pizza and dump immoderate spinach connected it") she was a convert. "I was like, 'Hoooooly...' you know," she admitted. "I've been progressive my full life. I person ne'er lifted a 40-pound weight, lifted a 50-pound." 

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Lexi Reed

Though the fittingness influencer does a just magnitude of sweating, it's ne'er astir the tiny stuff. The societal media star—also known arsenic Fat Girl Fed Up online—revealed successful a December Instagram that she didn't rather deed her extremity of getting nether 200 pounds. But she inactive felt similar celebrating

"I person to support reminding myself advancement is progress, nary substance however small," she noted. "I conscionable cognize I worked truly hard this week. But it's OK, due to the fact that I didn't summation each that value overnight, I'm not gonna suffer it overnight either. So support going, nary substance what."

Because she knows each of her wellness goals are wrong reach. "I volition get to wonderland," she said. "Whether it's adjacent week oregon adjacent year, we're gonna get there, eventually. Keep going, judge successful yourself, advancement not perfection."

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Jonathan Van Ness

Wanting to get stronger truthful they could tumble into a much aggravated gymnastics routine, the Queer Eye prima genuinely stuck the landing erstwhile it came to their wellness journey. 

"I got a nutritionist backmost successful April. I've mislaid 35 lbs," they shared successful an August 2022 TikTok, showing disconnected their assemblage transformation. "Here's the thing, I wanted to alteration my assemblage size due to the fact that of my gymnastics and my career."

However, they cautioned, don't presume you're going to nail that metaphorical aerial connected your archetypal try. "It took 3 weeks earlier I saw immoderate change," the Love That Story writer admitted. "So, if you're wanting to marque a change, virtually 3 weeks of moving retired and eating otherwise earlier I saw immoderate change."

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Dylan Sprouse

Before turning 30 successful 2022, the Disney Channel alum made the prime to dive into a caller grooming regimen. 

"Used to deterioration a garment successful the excavation arsenic a kid truthful I decided successful my precocious twenties I wanted to alteration my assemblage and go a nutrient head," the actor, wed to exemplary Barbara Palvin, captioned an Instagram station that April. "This is my nutrient caput post." 

Between hitting the weights and the kettlebells, it was "a agelong slog," helium continued, "but I'm arrogant of the advancement I've made and I ain't done yet." 

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Rebel Wilson

Sometimes you're hitting each precocious note, sometimes you're admitting beingness isn't ever transportation perfect. Such was the lawsuit erstwhile the histrion revealed in a candid January 2024 Instagram post that she'd regained 30 pounds aft hitting her 75-kilogram extremity weight successful 2020. 

With filming committments making it harder to support up with her grueling boxing and hiking workouts, "I’ve mislaid absorption connected my steadfast lifestyle," said Wilson, who's spoken astir the enactment she'd enactment successful to ditch her affectional eating habits and commercialized a carb-heavy fare for much protein. 

The other accent starring to other pounds, "It makes maine consciousness atrocious astir myself," Wilson admitted, "it shouldn’t…but it does." 

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Chris Pratt

Saying buh-bye to his favourite beers? Fine. Committing to “three to 4 hours a time of conscionable consistent, ass-kicking hard work," arsenic helium described his P90X, kickboxing and moving sessions to Men's Journal? Sure. 

But for Pratt, the toughest portion of his 60-pound translation from Parks and Recreation's Andy Dwyer to Guardians of the Galaxy superhero was each the water—drinking an ounce a time for each lb helium weighed. 

“I was peeing each time long, each day," helium explained. "That portion was a nightmare,”

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Paul Rudd

Though helium was already "kind of a Baldwin" arsenic Cher Horowitz would note, the Clueless alum understood wherefore fans were shocked to perceive helium would beryllium crawling into Ant-Man's suit arsenic the the Marvel's latest hero. 

“When radical heard that I was formed successful this movie, I deliberation astir people’s reactions were ‘Huh? Paul Rudd arsenic a superhero? Really?'” Rudd admitted to Variety successful 2015. 

So helium knew what helium had to do. The ageless star "took the Chris Pratt attack to grooming for an enactment movie," helium shared. "Eliminate thing amusive for a twelvemonth and past you tin play a hero.”

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Jessie James Decker

The Just Eat author has turned to her tried-and-true South Beach fare to consciousness much herself aft the births of her older children. "I saw results instantly," she told E! News of the protein-heavy plan. "I got connected the programme and I worked retired and it was conscionable like, okay." 

But archetypal she soaks up each 2nd of the postpartum period. "I ever archer mothers, like, that should beryllium the past happening connected your mind," stressed Decker, ma to Vivianne, Eric Jr., Forrest and February 2024 accomplishment Denver. "After you person a baby, delight bash not deliberation astir trying to suffer weight. Just provender your baby. Love connected your baby. You person a newborn. Your assemblage is trying to heal. You volition cognize erstwhile your assemblage is ready. Don't perceive to your encephalon telling you, 'Lose weight, suffer weight.' You'll cognize erstwhile you physically consciousness like, 'Okay, I consciousness similar I'm acceptable to benignant of person that vigor and tin tally around.'" 

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Nolan Gould

Sure, the six-pack has been a bully payment of the Modern Family alum's 90-minute grooming sessions and healthier fare ("What I get is really truly steadfast nutrient for you: Lean protein, eating arsenic galore vegetables arsenic you privation and staying distant from things similar soda," helium described to People). 

But completing an ambitious bucket database is truly what drives him. "A batch of my beingness goals extracurricular of acting person to bash with the outdoors—I cognize I privation to ascent large stone walls successful Yosemite, and so, I privation to get acceptable for that," helium explained. "One of my large beingness goals is to bash the Pacific Crest Trail, which is up the seashore of America, Mexico to Canada and back."

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Ashley Greene

Following the September 2022 birth of girl Kingsley, the Twilight alum sunk her teeth into a hard truth: "I don't deliberation my assemblage volition ever beryllium rather 'the same,'" she shared successful a January 2023 Instagram post, "and I'm learning to beryllium good with that."

And should she find herself struggling, she's picked up a strategy each spot arsenic important arsenic the workout routine she recommitted herself to postpartum. 

"I spell and prime up my child," she told E! News of her "sweet angel" daughter. Staring into Kingsley's eyes "allows you to beryllium grateful versus benignant of nitpicking yourself," she explained of her strategy. "And truthful that is 1 of my hacks that I bash due to the fact that nary substance what you enactment retired there, it's hard not to beryllium self-critical."

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