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Amanda Bynes shares an update on her health journey.
On November 5, the former child star posted to her Instagram Stories a screenshot of her pedometer app, showing that she had walked 14,895 steps and 10.60 miles that day, reaching her stated exercise goal. It also showed that she burned 481 calories, more than the amount she needed that day.
“6 pounds less! 154 pounds now,” the 38-year-old wrote about her weight loss progress.
In March, Bynes shared on her Instagram Stories that her mental health issues, specifically her battle with depression, have been impacting her weight lately.
“I have gained over 20 kg. in recent months because I was depressed,” she wrote at the time. “I’m doing a lot better now and I’ve learned to do the opposite when I don’t feel like exercising or eating clean.”
“I weigh 162 pounds. right now and want to get back to 110 lbs.”, the Hairspray star added.
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In 2018, Bynes admitted that at the height of her career, she faced serious body insecurities that led to Adderall and drug addiction and contributed to her decision to quit acting in 2012.
Bynes described her role in it She’s the manan update of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in which she plays a girl pretending to be her twin brother, as one of the moments when her body image issues became an issue.
“When the movie came out and I saw it, I went into a deep depression for four to six months because I didn’t look nice as a boy,” she said. Paper magazine. The short hair and sideburns she had for the role were “a super strange and out-of-body experience. It really confused me.”
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The actress began experimenting with drugs like ecstasy and cocaine, and her goal to lose weight led to an Adderall addiction. After having similar experiences with her weight and appearance after filming Hall pass And Easy A in 2010, Bynes decided to quit acting altogether.
The next few years were filled with several arrests for drug possession, drunk driving, reckless driving and more.
In 2013, she was hospitalized for an involuntary psychiatric stay, which her parents extended for nearly six months after explaining in court documents that Bynes is “obsessed with the idea that she and others are ‘ugly.’ She talks incessantly about cosmetic surgeries she wants to undergo. We are concerned that the surgeries she plans to undergo are dangerous and detrimental to her health.”
After her release, Bynes returned to a quieter life. She is now sober and is gradually making her comeback.
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