Maddie Baillio dropped 150 pounds – or “more than half” of what she once weighed – since she began her health journey in early 2020.
The “Hairspray Live!” actress, 26, told People that she knew she needed to make a change after she had trouble keeping up with her co-stars while filming “Cinderella” with Camila Cabello.
Baillio realized she wanted to make a change while filming “Cinderella.”
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“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,” she told the outlet.
“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.”
The “Dumplin’” actress explained that the timing aligned with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, so she began walking in her free time. 30 minutes a day turned into an hour, turned into two hours a day, and “that’s how it began for me.”
“I stepped on the scale, and that was inspiring to see that I had control over something — that I had control over my body,” Baillio said, adding that she also became vegan and tried more extensive workouts like hot yoga.
Baillio said her health journey began by walking more during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Baillio said her health journey began by walking more during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Baillo explained that while her diminishing weight was nice, she was more focused on being able to “keep up” and gain “that physical stamina.”
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