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Maria Menounos Encourages Others To Get Healthy With Heavier-Looking Social Media Snap!
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Maria Menounos' abs are unreal but she didn’t always look like that. The E! News anchor was 40-lbs. heavier when she was younger.
The 37-year-old posted a throwback photo of herself looking much heavier and frumpy.
She captioned it: “#TBT I was able 2lose 40lbs by cooking 4myself &I want 2teach U how 2do it too! My new book “The EveryGirl’s Guide to Cooking” out now #EveryGirlCooking.”
Maria Menounos shows off her bikini body on South Beach in Miami
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Maria admitted she was a size 14 and depressed going into her junior year of college and decided to make a lifestyle change for the better.
Maria Menounos spends the day at a Malibu Beach House in Malibu
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She had previously said keeping a food journal and portion control mixed with exercise helped her drop the pounds!