TV star 'didn't count calories' to lose 273lbs and undergoes 'transformation'

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1000-Lb Best Friends fans are totally blown away by Vannessa Cross’ weight loss results this fall. The TLC star has dropped almost 300 lbs since the show began two years ago, and her followers tell her she should be “proud” of her achievement.

As TLC fans will see during 1000-Lb Best Friends season 3, Vannessa and her friends go through it as they navigate changes in their lives. Their long-time friendship is put to the test as there’s a clear divide among Meghan Crumpler, Ashely Sutton, and Vannessa. Vannessa tells the cameras: “My best friends of over 30 years exiled me for losing weight.” As she navigates her weight loss journey alone, the reality TV star explains how she “doesn’t count calories” despite her drastic weight loss.

Vannessa reached her goal

As an all-new 1000-Lb Best Friends season kicks off on October 22, fans get the inside scoop on what’s been going down between Vannessa and her besties.

During episode 1, Vannessa exclaims she “would’ve been there” for her friends, but Meghan calls her “toxic” and Ashely tells the cameras she thinks Vannessa “thinks she’s better” than her since her weight loss.

Drama aside, Vannessa shares with Us Weekly some more positive aspects of her life, including how she hit her goal weight.

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The TLC star explains: “My goal weight is 180 lbs. When Proctor set that goal, at first, I was like ‘What? 180, no’… let’s go on to say your girl has reached that goal… I’m doing amazing.”

She gives an insight into the lengths she’s gone to drop hundreds of pounds: “When you’re at this weight, to lose weight, you have to go extreme, you can’t just cut the food down and do your little exercises. No, my body’s immune to that.”

She ‘doesn’t count calories’

Outside 1000-Lb Best Friends, Vannessa tells more of her weight loss story.

Three years on from weight loss surgery, she says: “Right now, I’m at a steady weight.”

The TV star explains how she eats around 1000 to 1500 calories per day:

“I haven’t been able to reach the 2000 calories because of my stomach… I can’t ingest, so I don’t count calories. I try to push more in, but the stomach only lets you have what you’re allowed to have.”

She also excitedly explains how she opted in for skin removal surgery. Vannessa says she “cried” following surgery because “it was such a transformation” that she “didn’t know how to accept.”

The TLC star explains how her “mind was blown” when it came to clothes shopping after her weight loss and surgery.

She says: “Mentally I still see myself as this big, big person… mentally I’m still trying to work through, yes, physically I lost this weight, but mentally, I’m still over 400 pounds.”

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