Comedienne Mo’Nique Sheds 40 lbs!!

By The Twirlit Team on June 2nd, 2009

I have been a huge fan of actress/comedienne Mo’Nique ever since I saw Queens Of Comedy in 2001! She is just beyond hilarious and now, I can look at her for more than just a good laugh, she can be my inspiration! Mo’Nique is on the cover of JET Magazine showing off her 40 lb weight loss!!

Mo’Nique always declared herself as being “fat and fabulous” however, she says that she made the decision to loose weight after a conversation with her husband Sidney Hicks.

“I decided that I had to get some of that off of me,” she tells Jet Magazine. “Sid and I had a conversation. What he said to me was motivation. It was so gentle and sweet and he wasn’t judgmental. He said, ‘Baby, that’s too much and I want you for a lifetime.’”

No one had ever challenged Mo’Nique to lose weight in quite that way, so she decided she had to do it, so she could be here to enjoy her family. As the pounds melted away, speculation began that Mo’Nique had had gastric-bypass surgery, but she tells Jet no way.

“I’m so scared of needles,” says the mother of three, including 3-year-old fraternal twins. “Baby, for them to take blood from me, it’s a production. This was truly making the commitment to watch what I eat and commit to working out. I stopped eating red meat. I want to say to big people, ‘Let’s be healthy big people.’ Everybody can’t be a size 0 or 45, but let’s be healthy.’”

Mo’Nique says she currently tips the scale at 224 pounds, and she hopes to get down to an even 200.