Lauren Manzo He really deals about her decades-long battle with weight and how she finally found her balance.

"Real Housewives New Jersey", who first appeared on the lock, with Mom, Caroline Manzo, back in 2009. years, he found that her body under public surveillance from the early 20s.

In fact, when Lauren Manzo was only 21, television viewers would tell her that she was "thick" and "disgusting."

Growing up in a tight Italian family with food always in the center, from the catering business of his family to dinner, Lauren admitted that she had a practical hobby.

"We like to eat. We don't eat to live," said a 37-year-old now People. But despite doing and trying out a diet, she recalled, "I could have been full to the point where I was painful, but my brain was calm," It's time to eat. "

Under the high school, her struggle for weight was already kept from entertainment and trips of jersey with friends. "I was just a big girl and I never understood why," she explained.

In her early 20s, Lauren has underwent the Lap-Band surgery, desperate for a solution. As it helped in the ruin, she admitted that she ignored the concerns of side effects, including vomiting, because she was just happy that she was "skinny."

Finally, the band removed, only to return the "insane amount of weight", top at 208 kilograms. "I felt unhealthy, swollen and depressed," she recalled.

Everything moved three years ago when Lauren began to see a doctor of functional medicine. The cutting gluten and dairy helped her lose 50 pounds and feel less exhausted, but she was still struggling to get additional results.

Then the GLP-1 cure for the weight loss of Mounjaro, the decision he says she saved her life. "I really believed (Mounaro) saved my life. What they say about the food noise. I never heard that term," she explained.

In total, Lauren fell another 50 kilograms on medicines. But until her physical health improved, critics began to strive, accusing that he was taking "simple output".

"It wasn't easy exit, the operations weren't easy," she shot back. "Comments like that. I don't think it's fair. What are you teaching your children? That it's okay to attack someone for your body, especially knowing how much they fought?"

Today, Lauren is still on Mounder, but he says he focuses on long-term health training and eat a balanced diet for muscle construction. "Being skinny doesn't mean you're healthy," she said.

The transformation provided her trust and life. Last year, she wore a bikini for the first time as she rested in Florida with his 8-year-old daughter, a turning point that once thought of impossible.

"I used to be out for 10 minutes, tops. I would sweat, I breathe, and so embarrassed. Now, I'm in a daughter every day," he proudly reflects on everyday benefits from living in a healthier weight.

Lauren's health transformation comes on fifth larger personal changes in her life.

Earlier this year, the news broke that the former "real housewives of New Jersey" star quietly finalized his divorce from Vito Scalia a few days ago. Toward Daily mailThe judicial documents found that the judge was signed on their Split in November 2024, almost a decade after their wedding in 2015.

As part of the settlement, they agreed to share common legal custody over their daughters, Marches, with Laurens Mother, "Rhonj" Alum Caroline Manzo, serving as "exchanging" for transitions.

Scalia was ordered to pay $ 1,000 per month in children's support and $ 4,000 in a limited permanent alimony for just over two years. Lauren also kept ownership of new jersey's house and its contents, while both kept their vehicles.