Amber Riley shares her weight loss journey
The talented Amber Riley opens up about her transformative weight loss journey, sharing her experience with Jason Lee
Transcript
00:00 So we talked about the weight loss.
00:04 What was the journey to get there?
00:05 'Cause mine was a trip to Houston.
00:08 - What's that mean?
00:09 A trip to Houston?
00:11 - I had surgery, I didn't have time to lose weight.
00:14 I mean, you know, like I tried, I tried, I ran,
00:17 I ran, I ate well, I stopped drinking,
00:21 I did all the, I did everything,
00:23 and it just wasn't working for me.
00:24 So I took a trip, and then I came back
00:27 22 and a half pounds lighter,
00:28 and every week after that I kept losing weight.
00:29 But then I had to change, of course, my lifestyle.
00:31 But what was your process?
00:34 - Oh man, this is five years.
00:35 When I started therapy, that's when I really started
00:39 taking my health seriously.
00:41 It was blood tests, checking your hormones.
00:44 It was food tests to see what you're allergic to,
00:48 what foods make you bloat, what foods hurt your stomach.
00:51 It was changing my relationship with food
00:54 because I used to feel like,
00:55 oh, eating less means you lose weight,
00:57 when it was actually eating more means you lose weight,
00:59 which was a mind-fuckin'-self.
01:02 'Cause we're just, we're taught the opposite.
01:04 It was not paying attention to the scale
01:06 and just being consistent and showing up at the gym
01:09 and cooking instead of going out to eat.
01:11 Like, it literally was just,
01:13 I mean, there is no secret way to being healthy,
01:17 and if you wanna lose weight, there's no secret way.
01:19 It's literally just discipline and consistency.
01:23 Or surgery.
01:24 - And you talked about your body.
01:25 You said to people online, "Falling in my DMs
01:27 "because I've lost weight,"
01:28 and you said, "Keep that same fat-phobic energy
01:31 "because ain't nothing changed with the scale."
01:34 Who was in your DMs?
01:35 Did Drake slide? - Ooh!
01:36 - 'Cause you know, Drake likes 'em thick.
01:38 - No, you know what?
01:39 And it's not even famous people.
01:40 It's like guys that I've known for a long time
01:42 or guys that I've worked with.
01:43 It's like, the DMs went from, "Hey, sis,"
01:45 to being a little bit more flirty, and it was weird to me.
01:49 I've known you for a long time,
01:51 and just because I may look a little bit different,
01:55 you don't get to hit on me now?
01:56 That's weird, bro.
01:57 Because you liked me when I was fat,
01:59 but because I was fat, you didn't wanna hit on me.