2024-12-27T01:02:16-0600

Ricki Lake opens up after losing 35 pounds: 'This is what happy looks like' Media mogul Ricki Lake is speaking out for the first time about her recent weight loss journey, saying she was able to shed 35 pounds without using medication. Lake told "Good Morning America" she made a decision to take a bet on herself, and in the process, discovered a newfound happiness. "I feel the best I can remember feeling in my life," Lake told ABC News' Kayna Whitworth. I have this new marriage and I'm so blissfully happy with this amazing man, my perfect man. And if I pinpoint one thing that was not working in our lives, is that we were carrying this extra weight."Throughout her longtime career, Lake has been an open book about her weight challenges and health struggles. But in the last seven months, she said she and her husband teamed up to lose weight and began to share their joint journey on Instagram. "It's been a commitment. You know, it's been a financial commitment. It's been a like, a time commitment," Lake said. "But it's awesome. Like, I'm just, I'm so happy and proud of us.Lake said at 55 years old, she is in perimenopause and said a doctor suggested she go on medication to help her lose weight, an idea she wasn't on board with. "He was saying you weren't going to be successful without it, is what he said to me," Lake recalled. "And I like a challenge. And I like proving people wrong. And so, it pissed me off."