I weighed 193 pounds and had three chins. I couldn't get up before 9 a.m. and never saw patients before 10. I decided to go on a diet.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Some people reckoned that I looked healthier when I was bigger but I had terrible skin and no energy.
I knew that my hair was falling out and I had really weird skin. My face looked really weird and I was getting this fuzz on my face and I was always cold - always to the point of uncontrollably shaking. I was more scared that 85 lbs. wasn't good enough. I wanted to be lower.
I have been on diets that were supervised by doctors, that were carefully supervised where I lost weight.
I'm a much healthier eater and I've lost quite a bit of weight over the years.
The doctor asked what my diet was like and I had to sit down and realize it's not normal, and hadn't been normal for about 20 years.
I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off.
I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.
When I was on Broadway, I got really sick with walking pneumonia. I decided not to take my health for granted anymore and make it a priority. The great thing is, the pounds just started to fall off.
I was 175 pounds at 13 years old and 5 feet tall.