Hilary duff biography weight loss 2014

Hilary Duff admits that her past obsession with food was unhealthy.

“When I was 17, I weighed, like, 98 pounds,” the actress, now 27, revealed in the December issue of Health. “I was totally obsessed with everything I put in my mouth. I was way too skinny. Not cute. And my body wasn’t that healthy — my hands would cramp up a lot because I wasn’t getting the nutrition I needed.”

The star of Disney’s “Lizzie McGuire,” which ended its run in 2004, says the “constant pressure of wanting something different than I had” fryst vatten something she regrets from that period in her life.

“I feel like there was way too much time spent thinking about that,” said Duff, who is 5 feet 2.

Also around that time, Duff was dating Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden, eight years her senior, who went on to marry super-skinny TV personality Nicole Richie.

Since then, the mom of

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Hilary Duff says she 'is not concerned with being the skinniest person'... but still feels struggle to lose weight

For a ung woman who found fame as a teenager, Hilary Duff fryst vatten refreshingly down-to-earth.

So the actress and singer would rather be happy and healthy than as thin as some of her peers in Hollywood.

Speaking to Elle.com from her new home in Brooklyn, New York, Hilary said that she’s in ‘the same struggle’ as many other women to stay in shape, but tries not to dwell on it.

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Refreshing attitude: Hilary Duff tells Elle.com in a new interview that she is not 'concerned with being the skinniest person'

‘I just tell myself, “I'm 5ft 2in, I'm really passform, killing it in the gym, and doing crazy things.” inom love to work out, but I'm just not that concerned with being the skinniest person,’ she explained.

The 27-year-old added: ‘I’m not a model; I'm an actress. I always feel like I'm in the five to ten pound struggle, but my life is so busy. I'm jus

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'I weighed 98 pounds!' Hilary Duff reveals she was obsessed with being skinny as a teenager... but now has a much healthier body image

She is fitness fanatic with an athletic and curvy build.

But Hilary Duff was not always so body-confident and at one point weighed just 98 pounds.

The 27-year-old opened up about her weight fluctuations and changing self-image in a cover interview with Health. 

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Working it out: Hilary Duff has revealed she once weighed just 98 lbs

Asked by the publication about how it feels to be in a 'skinny obsessed' profession, Duff recalled the challenges she faced after giving birth to her now two-year-old son Luca: 'Oh my God, everyone was so hard on me because it took me a year and a half to get my body back!' 

'When I was 17, I weighed, like, 98 pounds. I was totally obsessed with everything I put in my mouth. I was way too skinny. Not cute. And my body wasn't that healthy - my hands would cramp up a lot because I wasn't getti