


“It wasn’t even really myself it was more thinking of a future mini-me, really.” Wilson has documented her weight loss journey on Instagram. “That’s kind of what started it, that if I lost some excess weight that it would give me a better chance for freezing eggs and having the eggs be a better quality,” she said. Wilson was initially offended that her doctor would suggest she lose weight because she believed herself to be “pretty healthy,” but after giving it some thought, she realized she should shape up in order to try to start a family.

“It first started when I was looking into fertility stuff, and the doctor was like, ‘Well, you’d have a much better chance if you were healthier,’” she said on Instagram Live in July. The Aussie star has also opened up about wanting to focus on her health and fitness in order to increase her chances of getting pregnant. “She’s certainly struggled with eating issues, and I would always watch her episodes when she spoke about that.” The actress, seen here in 2015’s “Pitch Perfect 2,” says she used to be viewed as the “funny fat girl.” Universal/Everett Collection “Oprah is one of my heroes,” she told the Daily Telegraph’s Stellar in October. Wilson has acknowledged that she understands why the public is “obsessed” with her weight loss, as she once paid close attention to Oprah Winfrey’s own journey. She added, “I think it was dealing with not being a natural performer and having to perform every day and that pressure and internal stress to be able to perform like that.” “That was me kind of numbing emotions using food, which wasn’t the healthiest thing.” Rebel Wilson has lost more than 70 pounds since early 2020. Like, I did not need a tub of ice cream every night,” she admitted. “I knew deep down inside that some of the emotional eating behaviors I was doing not healthy. “Because I was earning millions of dollars being the funny fat girl and being that person.”īut Wilson knew she wanted to reshape her relationship with food, saying that while she was comfortable with her weight, she knew her eating habits were problematic. “And they were like, ‘Why? Why would you wanna do that?'” she recalled. I feel like I’m really gonna physically transform and change my life,'” the “Pitch Perfect” star, 41, told the BBC on Monday. “I got a lot of pushback from my own team actually, here in Hollywood, when I said, ‘OK, I’m going to do this year of health. Rebel Wilson’s management team initially wasn’t supportive of the actress’ 2020 fitness journey that ultimately saw her lose over 70 pounds. Rebel Wilson lost 65 pounds to have a ‘better chance’ at getting pregnant
