Whitney Way Thore Shares That She Lost 100 Pounds Without 'Medical Intervention'
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My Big Fat Fabulous Life star Whitney Way Thore shared on Instagram that she lost 100 pounds.
She also explained that she did not have "medical intervention to lose weight."
The body positivity advocate has spoken publicly about her weight in the past.
Whitney Way Thore has been a body positive advocate for years, and she has spoken plenty of times in public about her approach to health and wellness. Now, the My Big Fat Fabulous Life star is here with an update: She recently lost 100 pounds.
Whitney made the announcement on Instagram in a post celebrating her dad’s birthday, but she also made it clear that she’s uncomfortable with people making comments about her body. Here’s what Whitney has said about her weight loss journey over the years:
Whitney shared that she has not had weight loss surgery.
“I hate addressing this, but no, I have not had medical intervention to lose weight,” Whitney wrote in the caption of a recent Instagram post. “In 2015 (season 1), I weighed 385 pounds. In 2018, I lost 50 pounds. When my mom got sick and eventually died, I lost 50 more. I weigh 285 pounds and I have been this weight for almost a year now.”
The 39-year-old reality TV personality also set the record straight in a September 2023 interview with ET. “I think it's obvious that I have lost some weight and that is true," she said. “And people say, like, 'Is it surgery?' and I'm like, 'No, it's grief, but thanks.'"
"I see a lot of chatter online and people have asked me, 'Have you had weight loss surgery?' or something like that. No I haven't," Whitney continued. "On the show, I'll talk about my weight more, but in my personal life, I don't really find it necessary to talk about how much I weigh. It's just not something that I care to focus on and talk about."
She doesn't care about a number on the scale.
Whitney also shared in her most recent Instagram post that she's "been this weight for almost a year now" and this is the second time she’s lost 100 pounds in her life. But she quickly acknowledged that she's not one to keep tabs on her weight: “I’m still very fat. Thank you for the compliments, but I really don’t like obsessing over my body and I don’t like it when others do it either 💜,” she said.
Whitney shared a similar sentiment in a 2019 Instagram post that’s since been removed. “I’m just not out here to be anybody’s weight loss inspiration,” she wrote, per PEOPLE. “If you’re inclined to be inspired by me I appreciate that, I see you, but I’m just a complex human being focusing on a lot of other things in life besides losing weight. So it’s just not something I will ever feel comfortable saying thank you for.”
Whitney loves to work out—on her terms.
Whitney is co-founder of No BS Active, a fitness and lifestyle app designed for people of all sizes. The program features workouts geared toward meeting the needs of both beginners and experienced athletes because No BS Active "makes workouts work for you by providing multiple modifications with clear instructions for all levels," according to the app's description.
Whitney is also super active and regularly posts photos and videos of herself exercising with the No BS Active program.
"I’m Whitney. 39, never married, no kids. Likes working out and drinking Coke. I’m so ~*~multifaceted~*~ 💁🏻♀️,” she joked in one post.
In another, she totally owned the dance floor:
And then there was this sweet video of Whitney and her dad working out in the pool:
Go Whitney, go!
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