Rebel Wilson says she 'never thought' she 'could overcome' emotional eating

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By Nika Shakhnazarova

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Rebel Wilson is getting candid about her incredible weight loss journey after a "year of health".

The Pitch Perfect star, 41, has lost more than 77 lbs after overhauling her lifestyle for the better.

What makes the health transformation even more special for Rebel, is that she "never thought" that she'd be able to "overcome" emotional eating.

Speaking to People, the 41-year-old said: "One of the emotions was that I'm sad I didn't do it before."

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"Last year, I lost a lot of weight - close to 80 lbs. - and then I've maintained it for this year. [So] part of me was like, 'Well, damn! If I could have done it before, should I have done it?' And I felt a bit sad about that point," she added.

The Aussie actress said that it was partly due to a lack of faith in herself.

"I thought I was the person that [would] never do it," she said. "Like, yeah, I can lose a few pounds if I try really hard one week and be really strict with myself, but then I'll always gain it back. So I never thought that I could successfully do it."

"I'm not perfect, like, I still emotionally eat at times, there's stressful things that still go on in my life and in my work that can be high pressure, ... but I'm not perfect. I've [just] learned to manage things."

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It comes as Rebel said that she now gets "more press" than she ever did from her acting roles.

"In 2019, I had, like, four movies come out, two which I [also] produced and one, Jojo Rabbit [in which she starred], which got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture," she told Australia's Daily Telegraph. But the attention has all been "when I do nothing except lose weight."

"People are so obsessed with it," she said of her weight loss. "But I get it. Oprah is one of my heroes. She's certainly struggled with eating issues and I would always watch her episodes when she spoke about that."

What's more, she said that the new focus on her appearance has been a major shift for her after she "grew up not really trading on my looks."

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