Brianna LaPaglia.Photo:Michael Buckner/WWD via Getty
Michael Buckner/WWD via Getty
Brianna “Chickenfy” LaPagliais celebrating her health progress.
The content creator, 25, gave her followers an update on returning to a healthy weight in a newTikTokvideo approximately one month after revealing online thather weight dropped to what it wasin high school.
“We have exciting news. I think I’ve gained 11 lbs.,” LaPaglia began her video posted on Friday, Dec. 27. “And it’s great and it’s awesome because I have an appetite again. I’m eating. But I’m like, ‘B—-. I know you haven’t eaten for a year, but maybe relax a little bit’.”
Before detailing the progress she made and her feelings about it, thePlan Bri Uncutcohosttook the time to give background to her followers who might not have been familiar with her story.
Brianna LaPaglia at the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas on Nov. 23, 2024.Bryan Steffy - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty
Bryan Steffy - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty
“If you’re confused, I lost a lot of weight,” she said. “It was like … toxic, awful, horrible situation. I was mentally going through it so bad that like I couldn’t eat and I became skin and bones.”
LaPaglia first made note of her weight loss in November both on theBFF Podcastand in aTikTok, shortly after her breakup with ex-boyfriendZach Bryanwasmade publicon Oct. 22. She detailed her 15-lb. weight loss at the time, revealing that she was currently the same weight she was at age 15.
Elsewhere in the NovemberTikTok, LaPaglia revealed that she has “new anxiety” that she’s “never had” in her life, saying that she’s “still really struggling” and is searching for “ways to cope with it.” Now, she says she’s trying to figure out how to “gain weight” and not feel “sick from anxiety.”
Fast forward to her most recent TikTok, posted on Dec. 27, LaPaglia explained what she did to gain the 11 lbs. back. “I started force feeding myself s—– food,” she said. “Like I’ve been eating pasta, fast food, like anything that is like shitty that will make me gain weight.”
The internet personality told her followers that her jeans are starting to fit her and she’s looking like herself again. “These are things that are making me feel happy and making me feel good,” she made clear. “It took me like three months to get an appetite back … I literally feel like I’m ravenous.”
Brianna LaPaglia at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards in January 2024.Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
LaPaglia continued, “It’s possible, it’s happening and gaining weight isn’t a bad thing. Sometimes it can actually be a really good thing and a really good sign that things are going well.” She concluded, “So that’s an update. People keep asking about that in my DMs on Instagram.”
Towards the end of the TikTok, LaPaglia shared another life update about her living situation after taking the time “to enjoy” her family and “be a regular normal person.” While she said she’s “back in the city,” she has a few other travel responsibilities before settling in long-term.
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Brianna LaPaglia arrives for the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards in May 2023.Omar Vega/FilmMagic
Omar Vega/FilmMagic
“I go to Vermont tomorrow, then I go to L.A., then I go on a special trip — and then I’m finally back and I’m moving into my apartment,” she explained. “I still don’t have any of my clothes or any of my boxes. I have some furniture.”
LaPaglia said she’ll be “done traveling for work for a while” after that, which is when she’ll move in. “Me, Boston, Mango and Ollie,” she said of her pets. “We’re going to be back together forever.”
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source: people.com
