Teddi Mellencamp Reveals She Went Into An Unhealthy Spiral After Being Told To Lose Weight
Feb. 20 2019, Published 6:35 p.m. ET
Teddi Mellencamp got emotional while opening up about her struggles with weight on the latest episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She went down an unhealthy spiral after her manager flat out told her that she had to lose weight in order to make it in Hollywood. Read on for the details.
Teddi opened up about her weight issues while taking a hike with RHOBH costar Lisa Rinna.
The 37-year-old revealed she put on a bunch of pounds when she moved to Los Angeles.
She was sent out on a ton of auditions during television pilot season. Her manager told her that she had to lose weight; otherwise, she wouldn't be hirable.
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As a result, Teddi admitted to developing "a whole problem where food was my best friend... and all I cared about."
Teddi admitted that her weight struggles went on for years. She can look back on it now and say that it didn't define her. These days, Teddi is helping others get in shape in a healthy way via her accountability workout program, All in by Teddi.
She's been able to help transform the bodies and lives of several people along the way with her routines, so much so that she developed her first workout video in October of 2018.
The mother-of-two has also been very vocal about her weight loss journey in the past and how she uses her own personal experience to help her hundreds of clients do the same.