- During a recent guest appearance on The View, Raven-Symoné revealed she lost 40 lbs.
- The actress said she lost weight by kicking sugar and following a keto diet with intermittent fasting.
- “I want to be here for her as long as I can.”
Over the past year, Raven-Symoné has been working to put her health first, and fans are taking notice. The former The View host returned to the talk show for its special season 25 celebration, and during the episode, she opened up about her recent weight loss.
While visiting The View, co-host Joy Behar noted the Raven’s Home star’s slimmer appearance and said, “You lost a lot of weight!” The 36-year-old was at first reluctant to share how much weight she had lost, but then revealed she had slashed 40 lbs.
“When I ended this show and I started Raven’s Home I was 210 lb. I am now 170,” she announced. With such a major weight loss, the co-hosts shared how proud they were and asked how and what drove her to make such a change.
“What made me want to change was her,” Raven-Symoné said, gesturing to her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday, who sat next to her on the set. “I want to be here for her as long as I can, and I found out some numbers at the doctor that were not pleasant for someone in my age bracket or any age bracket, to be honest with you.”
She continued, “With her help and guidance and love and fantastic cooking skills, which everyone here knows, she helped me kick sugar. And I say kick sugar because it is an addictive drug. I was addicted to it in wheat form, in regular form, and it’s out of my system.”
Symoné explained that her new diet doesn’t just cut out sugar, but also follows a keto diet focused on low-carb foods, eats in a style of intermittent fasting and extended fasting, and enjoys whole foods. Symoné added that with her wife’s help she does still eat treats, like cookies, but opts for a keto-friendly version Pearman-Maday whips up for her.
Though Symoné said in The View interview that she dropped the weight just by changing her diet and “no exercise,” she had previously shared Instagram videos of her walking in June 2021. “Me and exercise don’t get along, but when we do, it’s a quick walk,” she shared in the video.
Over the last year, Symoné has shared videos on her Instagram account cooking healthier versions of her favorites with her wife. In August, the two made a keto key lime pie on Instagram Live.
And in May 2021, she updated fans that she had successfully lost 28 lbs. in an Instagram Live video. “If you all watch Raven’s Home literally right now, and come on this Live and see this joint, I got a whole different face going on,” she said in the live video. “It’s a whole pounds-down journey. Just so you guys know, I am 28 lbs down.”
While we’re less focused on the numbers on the scale and more about a holistic view of health and wellness, we’re so happy Symoné is feeling great.
Arielle Weg is the associate editor at Prevention and loves to share her favorite wellness and nutrition obsessions. She previously managed content at The Vitamin Shoppe, and her work has also appeared in Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Cooking Light, MyRecipes, and more. You can usually find her taking an online workout class or making a mess in the kitchen, creating something delicious she found in her cookbook collection or saved on Instagram.
