Rebel Wilson reveals why she 'never thought' she would lose weight after her dramatic 36kg slimming

Rebel Wilson has admitted that she never believed she could do this lose weight.

The Pitch Perfect star, 44, dramatically lost 36kg (80lb) after embarking on a 'year of health' in 2020 – and has now opened up OK! Magazine about the feeling of doubt leading up to her weight loss journey.

“I never thought I could do it,” Rebel said recently admitted to using the weight-loss drug Ozempictold the publication.

“When I really focused and did it in 2020, I felt sad because I thought, 'I'm 40. Why didn't I do it 10, 20 years ago?' I had a feeling of sadness that I had hidden from people and relationships.'

The Australian actress has looked back on her life so far as part of her memoir Rebel Rising, noting that now was the right time to do so as she can really reflect on her journey to Hollywood stardom – rather than write what she thinks would happen. being a 'boring book' about her body transformation.

She said: 'In 2020 I did this experiment called 'the year of health'. And I lost a lot of weight. That attracted more attention than any film I had ever made.

'Then I got an offer to write a book about it. It was going to be “my year of health,” but when I started thinking about my relationship with food and emotional eating, I thought, “There are so many things from my life and past that play into this.”

And it's boring to write a book about: “Yes, I exercise two and a half hours a day and drink eight glasses of water…”.'

The Senior Year star also recalled that at times when she was younger she couldn't “stand up” for herself, saying she would turn to food for comfort and falling into a vicious cycle of “destroying” her own body .

It comes after Rebel claimed her received more attention for her weight loss than any film she had ever appeared in – and how she became 'visible' to the world after being 'sexually invisible' before the transformation.

The Australian actress opened up People in March about how she started getting a different kind of attention after getting her slimmer figure.

“I got quite a lot of attention for the weight loss,” she told People. “I thought, 'Gosh, people are so intrigued by this.' Literally, I got more attention for weight loss than any movie I had ever done.”

Rebel admitted that she liked the extra attention: 'I know it's superficial, but it was nice. And I said, “Oh, is this what good-looking people experience all the time?” Their lives must have been so bloody blessed.”

She noticed that doors were held open for her, otherwise others would simply pay more attention to her.

The attention only encouraged Rebel to continue her weight loss journey, calling it all “positive reinforcement.”

“It was interesting to know exactly what it's like to be sexually invisible and then to be visible,” she said. 'I have experienced both sides of the coin.'