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Kathy Bates credits 'hard work' for 100-pound body transformation. The 76-year-old actress has lost 100 pounds (45 kilograms) since 2017, beginning her health transformation after being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes that year. While the American Horror Story star has attributed diabetes treatment drugs with helping her lose 20 pounds (nine kilograms), she says the other 80 pounds (36 kilograms) was down to lifestyle and diet changes. ”There's been a lot of talk that I just was able to do this because of Ozempic. But I have to impress upon people out there that this was hard work for me, especially during the pandemic. It's very hard to say you've had enough.” She went on to explain she assessed her approach to food after being diagnosed with the chronic disease. ”I used to eat terribly. Burgers and Cokes and pizza... I ate because I was afraid. And I ate because it was a big FU to my self-esteem.” Bates also shared that there was a history of diabetes in her family - and had previously witnessed how it can destroy lives. ”I'd seen what my father had gone through. He had had a leg amputation. One of my sisters is dealing with it very seriously, and it terrified me. It scared me straight.”
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