Raven-Symone Credits Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss: See Her Body Transformation Through the Years

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Raven-Symone Credits Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss: See Her Body Transformation Through the Years

Doing things her way! Raven-Symoné has been candid about her body image for decades as she grew up in the public eye. While the actress rose to fame as the titular character on That’s So Raven, which premiered on Disney Channel in 2003, she previously appeared on The Cosby Show and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper in the ‘80s and ‘90s. In October 2021, Raven revealed that she first started getting messages of “don’t eat this, don’t eat that, you know, you have to be on point” when she was a child star. “I’m sure those thought processes started to permeate within my body, making my stress level go up a lot more,” she recalled on the “Uncensored” podcast. “I heard it, didn’t understand it, did what I was told, but then behind-the-scenes ate because looking back that was the only thing that I could really control. It was the only thing that I had for myself.” She continued: “Food was pretty much the only thing that I could [control]. My favorite was, like, two bagels with cream cheese and tomato in the microwave and I just remember [hearing], like, ‘She can’t eat that anymore!’ and I’m like, ‘This is the only thing. I get A’s so let me have something.’” [jwplayer ujvUoFLe-zhNYySv2] Months before the podcast appearance, Raven revealed that she dropped 28 pounds after marrying Miranda Pearman-Maday in 2020. “Pounds down, pounds down. Check out the chin,” she declared via Instagram Live in May 2021. “If y’all watch Raven’s Home literally right now, and then come on this live and see this joint, I got a whole different face going on. It’s a whole pounds down journey.” The Cheetah Girls alum later credited her wife for helping her make the lifestyle changes. “This was because we want to have a life together. She doesn’t want to take me to an early grave and I want to make sure I am there for her in the best health possible,” the singer explained to E! News in July 2021. Less than a year later, Raven announced her weight loss was up to 40 pounds shed. “With [Miranda’s] help and guidance and love and fantastic cooking skills … she helped me kick sugar,” she said on The View in March 2022, revealing she weighed 170 pounds. “I say kick sugar because it is an addictive drug, and I was addicted to it in wheat form, in regular form. And it’s out of my system.” Scroll through for a timeline of Raven’s body transformation and quotes:

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Raven-Symone Credits Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss: See Her Body Transformation Through the Years

Doing things her way! Raven-Symoné has been candid about her body image for decades as she grew up in the public eye. While the actress rose to fame as the titular character on That’s So Raven, which premiered on Disney Channel in 2003, she previously appeared on The Cosby Show and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper in the ‘80s and ‘90s. In October 2021, Raven revealed that she first started getting messages of “don’t eat this, don’t eat that, you know, you have to be on point” when she was a child star. “I’m sure those thought processes started to permeate within my body, making my stress level go up a lot more,” she recalled on the “Uncensored” podcast. “I heard it, didn’t understand it, did what I was told, but then behind-the-scenes ate because looking back that was the only thing that I could really control. It was the only thing that I had for myself.” She continued: “Food was pretty much the only thing that I could [control]. My favorite was, like, two bagels with cream cheese and tomato in the microwave and I just remember [hearing], like, ‘She can’t eat that anymore!’ and I’m like, ‘This is the only thing. I get A’s so let me have something.’” [jwplayer ujvUoFLe-zhNYySv2] Months before the podcast appearance, Raven revealed that she dropped 28 pounds after marrying Miranda Pearman-Maday in 2020. “Pounds down, pounds down. Check out the chin,” she declared via Instagram Live in May 2021. “If y’all watch Raven’s Home literally right now, and then come on this live and see this joint, I got a whole different face going on. It’s a whole pounds down journey.” The Cheetah Girls alum later credited her wife for helping her make the lifestyle changes. “This was because we want to have a life together. She doesn’t want to take me to an early grave and I want to make sure I am there for her in the best health possible,” the singer explained to E! News in July 2021. Less than a year later, Raven announced her weight loss was up to 40 pounds shed. “With [Miranda’s] help and guidance and love and fantastic cooking skills … she helped me kick sugar,” she said on The View in March 2022, revealing she weighed 170 pounds. “I say kick sugar because it is an addictive drug, and I was addicted to it in wheat form, in regular form. And it’s out of my system.” Scroll through for a timeline of Raven’s body transformation and quotes:

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2003

“I remember not being able to have the bagel or anything at — we would call it crafty, where it’s just a table of food, ready for you to eat whatever you want,” Raven recalled of her child acting days on The View in 2015. “And I remember people would be like, ‘You can’t eat that. You’re getting fat!’ I’m like, ‘I’m 7! I’m hungry!’”

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2005

A season 2 episode of That’s So Raven tackled body image as Raven fired back at a magazine for Photoshopping.

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2007

While reflecting on her career, Raven told People that the 2000s was an era of body-shaming.

“I wish I was living now as a younger person,” she said in 2017. “I probably wouldn’t have so many mental issues.”

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2010

“[They said] I was too big to be doing an hour and a half concert. ‘I don’t know how she can dance being that big.’ And I was like, ‘I still did it!’” she recalled in the same interview. “I was on tour forever because it’s not about your size, it’s about what you have to say, if you can sing or dance, and performing. It’s not about your size.”

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2012

Raven told The Huffington Post that she was “not amazed” by the amount of attention she got for losing weight in 2012.

“We’re in a society based on beauty. We have fast-food commercials followed by a [weight-loss] commercial, so I can understand the fascination,” she told the outlet that year. “The way we function in society — it doesn’t make sense sometimes because it’s all based on how you look and then how badly you should feel after you eat the food we just advertised. And then when someone in the public eye goes up or down, it’s like a major moment.”

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2015

She returned to Disney Channel for two episodes of K.C. Undercover in 2015.

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2017

Disney officially brought back Raven for a reboot titled Raven’s Home in 2017.

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2019

Raven met Pearman-Maday in 2015 and they wed five years later.

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2021

"I'm still not subscribing to the standard American diet, which has made a mockery of the human body and created the obese epidemic that is our world today … and I continue to fast because it's how humans are supposed to eat," Raven told Hollywood Life of intermittent fasting in 2021. “As I continue to sustain those tactics, I know that my body's going to continuously change.” 

That same year, she told Good Morning America that she didn't want to be a "twig," but just aimed to get and stay healthy. 

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2022

In addition to intermittent fasting, Raven credited Keto and light exercise for her weight loss, revealing via Amazon Live that black olives and celery juice were two of her favorite snacks.

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2022

“I’ll tell you the numbers — when I ended [my stint on The View in 2016] and I started Raven’s Home, I was 210 pounds. I am now 170,” she said in March 2022. “I have whole food. And I actually talk to someone here at The View every day about fasting because I’m also an intermittent faster and an extended faster as well.”