Shocking 150 pounds Weight Loss Journey of ‘Hairspray Live!’ star Maddie Baillio!
- Maddie Baillio dropped a big atomic bomb surprise after revealing her weight loss of 150 pounds.
- The Hairspray Live actress has been focusing on her fitness journey since early 2020.
- The former plus-size actress revealed how she had complexities working with her Cinderella co-stars due to obesity.
Maddie Baillio is 150 pounds down!
Maddie Baillio herself is surprised and happy at her fitness achievement. She nearly weighs more than half less than she once weighed. She talked about the set of Cinderella, where she worked with Camilla Cabello.
“There was a scene that didn’t make it in the movie, where me and the other stepsister [Charlotte Spencer] led a group of like 300 girls — fantastic dancers, slender, they had it going on — down this 50-yard pathway to the castle singing ‘Single Ladies’ and dancing.”
The Dumplin actress further revealed how she could not keep up with the choreography adding,
“I couldn’t keep up with the choreography. I kept losing my breath. We’d have to start reshooting the scene over and over for me.”
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How did Maddie Baillio maintain her fitness from plus size to zero size?
Maddie Baillio lost weight after she got fitness-conscious at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. She used to walk in her free time back then starting from 30 minutes a day which gradually increased to an hour then two and changes started happening.
Baillio then confessed that she also became vegan and tried more extensive workouts like hot yoga and the changes were evident.
“I stepped on the scale, and that was inspiring to see that I had control over something — that I had control over my body.”
The Raso Life Story actress continued explaining on how her body weight was diminishing. It made her feel good, focused, and able to keep up and gain that physical stamina. She added,
“I’m inspired by the changing mentality. I wanna play my dream roles on Broadway that have nothing to do with my weight. And I definitely see it going that direction.”
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Ballio revealed how her boyfriend loved her as a plus-size girl! Tips on Body Positivity
Maddie Baillio has been a chubby girl since high school. On explaining how she first met the smart guy, her boyfriend Solomon Reynolds in high school 10 years back. He was a crush as Baillio confirmed,
“I was a plus-size girl in high school as well, and he was like one of the few boys who was just so kind to me.”
Body positivity comes from within after you start giving a conscious thought about your body, not on the weighing scale. There is a point where you must just try to be healthy, not hyper-fixated on the number on the scale which Maddie revealed,
“I refrain from commenting on people’s physical appearance because I know that when I was struggling — when I was so hyper-fixated on the number on the scale, and people were telling me that I was doing good and [to] keep going — that wasn’t good for me.”