Raven-Symone achieved 40 pound weight loss by 'kicking sugar' from her diet

Raven-Symone shared one of the secrets behind her dramatic 40 pound weight loss during Wednesday’s episode of The View.

The 36-year-old credited her wife Miranda Pearman-Maday, 34, who joined her on the talk show, for helping her get her sugar consumption under control.

‘With [my wife’s] help, and guidance, and love, and fantastic cooking skills — which everyone here knows — she helped me kick sugar,’ she revealed, before classifying sugar as ‘an addictive drug.’

‘I say kick sugar because it is an addictive drug. I was addicted to it in wheat form, in regular form, and it’s out of my system,’ The Disney Channel star explained.

She joked that her sugar consumption also came in the form of a ‘fish filet with an extra packet of ketchup — two on Fridays!’ 

Though she still has the occasional cookie, Raven insisted that the cookies she eats are ‘keto-friendly’ and that her diet mainly consists of ‘whole food.’

‘And I actually talk to someone here at The View every day about fasting because I’m also an intermittent faster and an extended faster as well,’ she added.

Raven told the hosts that it was her wife Miranda who made her want to get her health under control after getting some shocking test results from her doctor.

‘What made me want to change was [Miranda]. I want to be here for her as long as I can.

‘I found out some numbers at the doctor that were not pleasant for someone in my age bracket or any age bracket, to be honest with you,’ the actress admitted.

Co-host Joy Behar was the one to remark on Raven having ‘lost a lot of weight,’ which prompted the actress to divulge just how many pounds she’s lost.

‘I’ll tell you the numbers,’ she began. ‘When I ended [my time on The View in 2016] and I started Raven’s Home, I was 210 lbs. I am now 170.’

She also noted that it was a milestone that she reached with ‘no exercise,’ just diet changes.

Raven has been candid about her weight loss journey over the past year, with the star notably opening up in May 2021 that she was 28 ‘pounds down’ during an Instagram Live with Miranda.

‘Just so you guys know, I am 28 lbs. down. I lost a s*** ton of weight,’ she announced to her 2.4million followers at the time.

Raven and Miranda got married in June 2020 after enjoying an ultra private dating life.