Hollywood has seen an influx in weight loss lately, thanks to weight loss shots and pills. However, Mindy Kaling says the reason behind her change was personal. Mindy Kaling revealed the real reason behind her weight loss.
The Office alum explained in a Bustle interview, which was published Tuesday, that she wants to “live at least 20 more years” for her kids. The star is mother to Katherine, 8, Spencer, 5, and Anne, 2.
“Do I wake up every day being like, ‘I look amazing, and I’m so gorgeous?’ No, unsurprisingly, but I truly feel so healthy,” she said during the interview.
She went on, saying, “When I was younger, I would want to lose weight because of vanity reasons. Now I want to lose weight or have lost weight because I want to stave off things like diabetes.”
“I had it on both sides of my family, and trying to avoid those kinds of things will, I think, help longevity for me. And that’s my goal.”
Over the years, she has lost a significant amount of weight. And while Kaling is doing it for her health reasons, she has been vocal about how social media is affecting her, saying, “it’s never a joy to be scrutinized,” she begins, though she understands why.
“It’s sometimes no fun when one of your favorite actors loses weight,” she admits. “You have no idea of what they were like when you grew attached to them, and it made them endear themselves to you.”
The Mindy Project alum explained that her journey started in 2020, and while many have thought that she turned to GLP-1, the common weight loss drug, she claims she did so by eating smaller portions.
“I eat what I like to eat. If I do any kind of restrictive diet, it never really works for me. I just eat less of it,” she shared with Entertainment Tonight in 2022.