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Ricki Lake is displaying off her 30-pound weight reduction amid her current well being journey.
“Hello pals. I’ve been desirous to share with you what I’ve been as much as these final 4 months. On October twenty sixth, 2023 I made a dedication to myself to get more healthy,” Lake, 55, wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday, February 24.
The previous speak present host, who mentioned she’s “guessing” she weighed about 170 kilos when she began, defined that she and her husband Ross Burningham have every misplaced over 30 kilos. (The pair tied the knot in January 2022 almost one yr after their engagement.)
“I actually need to share, as a result of we did this with out counting on a pharmaceutical. (Not that there’s something improper with that.) However neither of us had been pre diabetic and each of us felt like we wished to no less than try to do it on our personal,” she wrote.
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Lake admitted that at her age — and in “perimenopause” — she was “a bit fearful” that her physique wouldn’t shed extra pounds like she had beforehand.
“I’m so so pleased with us. I really feel wonderful. I really feel robust,” she famous. “I’ll go in depth in one other put up of what I did precisely, however suffice to say that is the healthiest approach I’ve misplaced weight in all of my years.”
Alongside the caption, Lake shared a number of snaps, together with certainly one of her and Burningham on their “day by day hike” and one of many pair embracing one another as they stood exterior. She posed for a mirror selfie in one other pic, revealing her abs. The final photograph confirmed a screenshot of Lake’s weight of 140 kilos.
Lake isn’t any stranger to opening up together with her followers and has been notoriously candid about her journey to embracing her physique. In 2019, Lake shaved her head after years of struggling with androgenic hair loss. She solely informed Us Weekly in 2021 that she started utilizing Danish model Harklinikke to develop her hair after shedding her brunette locks.
“It has given me my life again,” she informed Us. “And I do know these are huge phrases, however actually, anybody that’s suffered with this is aware of what I’m speaking about. It takes over your life. Each time you stroll previous a mirror, each time you run a brush via your hair, anytime your boyfriend needs to seize your hair and pull it, each time you’re within the bathe, it consumed me.”
In June 2023, she celebrated her physique and age whereas on a retreat in Mill Valley, California. Whereas sitting in a tub in the course of the woods, the Hairspray actress crossed her arms over her naked chest and leaned again with a giant smile on her face.
“Fingers down, as of late are the most effective of my life,” she wrote by way of Instagram in June 2023. “54 1/2 years outdated (younger!). Grateful for all that needed to occur for me to get to right here. A spot of full self-acceptance and self-love.”
Lake additionally gave a candy shout-out to Burningham, who she mentioned makes “each journey probably the most enjoyable ever.”
