Amanda Bynes shares an update on her health journey.
On November 5, the former child star posted a screenshot of her pedometer app to her Instagram Stories, revealing that she had walked 14,895 steps and 6.60 miles for the day, completing her set exercise goal. It also showed that she burned 481 calories, which is more than the amount she should have burned that day.
“Down 6 pounds! She now weighs 154 pounds,” 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 struggles with depression, had recently affected her weight.
“I gained over 20 pounds. in the last few months of depression,” she wrote at the time. “I’m much better now and I’ve learned to do the opposite when I don’t feel like working out or eating clean.”
“I weigh 162 lbs. right now and I want to get back to 110 lbs.,” the Hair spray star added.
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Amanda Bynes shows off her pedometer app.
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In 2018, Bynes admitted that at the height of her career, she dealt with severe body insecurities that led to Adderall and drug addiction, which influenced her decision to quit acting in 2012.
Bynes pinpointed her role in the She is a Manan update of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in which she plays a girl who pretends 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 4-6 months because I didn’t like how I looked when I was a boy,” she said. Paper magazine. The short hair and sideburns she wore for the role were “a super weird and out-of-body experience. It just really pissed me off.”
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The actress began experimenting with drugs like ecstasy and cocaine, and her goal to lose weight led to an addiction to Adderall. After she went through similar experiences with her weight and appearance after filming Hall Pass and Easy A In 2010, Bynes decided to stop acting altogether.
The next few years were filled with several arrests for drug possession, DUI, reckless driving and more.
In 2013, she was hospitalized for an involuntary psychiatric stay, which her parents extended to nearly six months after explaining in court documents that Bynes is “obsessed with the idea that she and others are ‘ugly.’ She keeps talking about the cosmetic surgeries she wants to have… We are concerned that the surgeries she wants to have are dangerous and harmful to her health.”
After her release, Bynes returned to a more peaceful life. She is now sober and gradually coming back.
If you or someone you know needs mental health help, text “STRENGTH” to the text crisis line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor. If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the SAMHSA Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.
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