Mindy Kaling She has been open about her health journey over the years.
Many fans met the comedian through her character The officeKelly Kapoor, who first appeared in 2005. In addition to recurring on screen, Kaling was in the writer's room. During one episode of Season 5, Kelly went on a Beyoncé-inspired diet — replacing meals with a cleanser consisting of lemon, cayenne pepper, water, and maple syrup.
In the same year, Kaling She published her first book, Is everyone hanging out without me? In her candid memoir, she wrote about creating a “temporary diet formula” in high school after a classmate told her she “would be really beautiful if you lost weight.” As a result, Kaling was “eating exactly half of what was put in front of me, and not eating any sweets.”
The actress explained that she “stayed at a very normal weight until college” when she gained 35 pounds during the first six months of her freshman year. She reduced her weight by introducing exercise into her life, but declared that she would be “fat for life” for four reasons: “She had no hobbies except dieting,” she had no “discipline,” and the men she “dated liked me the same way.” “I'm very happy with the way I look, as long as I don't break my beach chair.”
Kaling's new approach to wellness came about after she successfully lost the baby weight. Girls welcomed Catherine and Anne in 2017 and 2024 respectively, and their son Spencer in 2020.
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