After suffering a public mental health breakdown before saying she was addicted to drugs, fans are thrilled to see Amanda Bynes on the road to recovery
Amanda Bynes shows off the result of her recent weight-loss after gaining almost two stone after struggling with her mental health and addiction.
The Nickelodeon child star has undergone a radical physical transformation since she announced her retirement from showbiz, including face surgery, several tattoos, and ever-changing hair styles. The actress still has a loyal fan base and thrilled them by showing she is returning to full health again after a difficult few years.
She looked noticeably slimmer and was keen to be noticed as she threw on a colourful Karl Kani t-shirt as she went out for a stroll in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. Amanda wouldn’t have minded the attention, saying in the summer that, thanks to weight-loss injections Ozempic, she would soon “look better in paparazzi pictures”.
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She announced big progress in November, saying in a video: “I’ve lost 20 pounds so far. I’m so excited about that to be honest. Also, I want to lose about 50 more pounds. I’m 163 now — I actually shot up on the Ozempic pill to 180 from 173, so I was able to lose 20 pounds from 180, and now, I’m down to 163 on the Ozempic injection.
“So I’m really glad that I’m on the injection. It’s really working for me, and I’m trying to lose more weight just to feel skinny and cute.” Her confession comes as experts continue to warn about the risks, saying that the after-effects are becoming harder to ignore.
Amanda has been on a weight loss journey for some time. Last June, she excitedly told fans that she had lost 6lbs. She told her fans: “Down 6lbs! 154lbs now!” But months earlier she took a turn and revealed that she had gained 20 1bs due to depression. She told her followers: “Gained over 20 lbs. in the past few months from being depressed.”
She went on to say: “I’m doing a lot better now and have learned to do opposite action when I don’t feel like working out or eating clean. I weigh 162 lbs. right now and want to get back to 110 lbs.”
The 39 year old Haispray star revealed last year that she put on weight after a bout with depression in a candid post on Instagram. The children’s TV star shared “I’ve gained over 20lbs in the past few months from being depressed.” The former All That alum admitted she wants to get herself back on track and ‘eat clean’.
She added: “I’m doing a lot better now and have learned to do opposite action when I don’t feel like working out or eating clean. I weigh 162lbs right now and want to get back to 110lbs.” Amanda has previously turned to drugs when it comes to weight loss.
“I definitely abused Adderall,” she said of the prescription drug back in 2015. In the archived interview with Paper, she recalled seeing a magazine advert for the drug that branded it, ‘the new skinny pill’ while filming Hairspray in 2007.
“They were talking about how women were taking it to stay thin. I was like, ‘Well, I have to get my hands on that’.” She got a prescription by “faking the symptoms of ADD”. At the time of her interview with Paper, she had been four years sober.
It’s not the only time her look has changed. In August, she posted a clip of herself on social media, telling fans that she has had lip filler injections. was seen sat in a car as she took a picture of herself.
Amanda is no stranger of going under the surgeon’s knife as she has also undergone a surgery called blepharoplasty. This particular procedure removes loose skin from eyelids.
ho had starring roles in She’s The Man, What A Girl Wants and Easy A, stepped away from her career as an actress, which began when she was just seven years old, in 2012 amidst legal troubles that included an arrest for a hit-and-run where she was suspected for driving under the influence.
In 2013, the retired actress was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and placed under a conservatorship. A few years later, she admitted to having struggled with substance abuse, particularly with Adderall, and that she was doing her best to rehabilitate herself.
Source: Mirror
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