Amanda Bynes said she is focused on reaching her new goal weight.
The 37-year-old former child star, who was reportedly approached to tell her story in the TV documentary Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids but declined, accepted it. Instagram Stories on Thursday to give fans an update on his health journey.
“I have gained over 20 pounds in the last few months due to my depression,” she wrote. “I’m much better now and I’ve learned to do the opposite when I don’t feel like exercising or eating healthy.”
She concluded, “I’m 162 pounds now and I want to be 110 pounds again.”
The All That alum, who is five-foot-seven, previously admitted that she turned to the prescription drug Adderall to maintain a certain weight.
Amanda Bynes took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday to give fans an update on her health journey.
“I have gained over 20 pounds in the last few months due to my depression,” she wrote.
“I definitely abused Adderall,” he said. Paper in 2015.
When she was filming 2007’s Hairspray, Amanda recalled reading an article in a magazine that called Adderall “the new diet pill” and talked about how women were taking it to stay thin. I thought, “Well, I have to get it.”
The star told the outlet that she was able to get a prescription after going “to a psychiatrist and faking ADD symptoms.”
At the time of the Paper interview, Amanda had been sober for four years.
The star’s latest post about her weight gain comes after she and her parents were allegedly asked to do an interview about her experience as a child star for Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, according to a report of TMZ on Friday.
The source added that Bynes, who was recently seen in disturbing images as a bikini-clad 16-year-old in a hot tub with alleged abuser Dan Schneider, is grateful Nickelodeon launched her acting career.
According to a source cited by the outlet, Amanda, who rose to prominence as a cast member of Nickelodeon’s beloved children’s variety show All That, turned down an offer because she felt she lacked significant input for the project.
The same source informed the outlet that Bynes had not seen the documentary, which delves into the previously undisclosed narrative of the toxic and abusive environment within ’90s children’s television, as recounted by former child stars and crew members.
“I’m much better now and have learned to do the opposite actions when I don’t feel like exercising or eating healthy,” she wrote, before adding, “I’m now 162 pounds and I want to be 110 pounds again.” ‘; In the photo on the left in 2024, on the right in 2009.
The All That alum previously admitted that she turned to the prescription drug Adderall to maintain a certain weight; photographed in 2010
When she was filming 2007’s Hairspray, Amanda recalled reading an article in a magazine that called Adderall “the new diet pill” and talked about how women were taking it to stay thin. I thought, “Well, I have to get it.”‘; in the photo 2003
Regarding his parents, Lynn Organ and Rick Bynes, the source revealed to the outlet that they saw the documentary and were “saddened and disgusted” by the accusations.
They reportedly declined the interview request because they are private people who wanted to stay out of the spotlight.
Despite refusing to participate in interviews, Amanda remains a central figure in the series.
One episode was dedicated to her journey as a former child actress and her discovery at the Laugh Factory in the 1990s.
The source claimed that Amanda and her family did not go through the same experiences as other child actors associated with the network.
Amanda previously appeared on the Nickelodeon comedy series All That from 1996 to 2000.
She later starred in her own spin-off series, The Amanda Show, from 1999 to 2002, and later gained prominence in leading roles in teen romantic comedies.
His former co-star on the show, Drake Bell, recently revealed the “unspeakable, brutal abuse” he experienced at the network and claimed he was abused by dialogue coach Brian Peck.
The star’s Thursday post about her weight gain comes after she and her parents were reportedly asked to do an interview about her experience as a child star for Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV; in the photo 2024
Despite refusing to give an interview, Bynes remains a focal point of the series, as one episode focuses on the former child actress and how she was discovered at the Laugh Factory in the ’90s. Her former co-star on The Amanda Show, Drake Bell recently revealed the ‘brutal, unspeakable abuse’ he experienced at the network and claimed he was abused by dialogue coach Brian Peck, who is not related to his other co-star, Josh Peck.
Bells’ former co-star Josh Peck, who is not related to Brian Peck but also worked with them on The Amanda Show, recently broke his silence on the docuseries to show his support for his former co-star.
Since her days as a child star, Bynes has triumphed over a host of personal challenges, including a nine-year conservatorship, and opted to leave her acting career behind to pursue cosmetology.
Struggling with mental health issues, he found himself under guardianship, a situation his parents chose to end in 2022.
When guardianship was established in 2013, her parents expressed to the court their fears about the potential for their daughter, then 27, to harm herself or others if they did not take charge of her medical treatment and financial affairs.