Mama June still needs to lose 72.6 pounds before she reaches her goal weight

Mama June Shannon has her eyes on the prize when it comes to her weight loss goals.

“I’ve been doing tirzepatide, which is similar to Mounjaro, for eight weeks,” the reality personality, 44, told exclusively We weekly prior to the premiere of Friday, June 14 From not to hotthat is broadcast WE TV.

“I’m going [into] my ninth week this week and I’ve lost 30 pounds, and I’ve been really strict with myself,” Mama June continued, adding that daughters Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efrid And Jessica Shannon have “been to all kinds of bakeries this week.”

(The girls unanimously confirmed that despite the temptations of pastries, Mama June has “been very strict” with her diet.)

Note that she loses “only four to five pounds a week” and that she is “at the gym three or four times a week” [week],” the Here comes honey Boo Boo alum went on to say that she hasn’t had any of the typical side effects — nausea, heartburn, stomach issues, to name a few — from the weight-loss medications.

“I have 72.6 pounds left,” she continued Us that she “probably wants to weigh about 170.” [or] 180 [pounds]. I never want to weigh more than 130 pounds, [which] I was in season 1 at the time [of From Not to Hot]. I went from a size 24 to a size zero.”

She added of her more realistic approach to weight loss: “It gives you enough to do lifestyle training. I’ve been trying new foods like cottage cheese and stuff like that, and [have] have been trying to incorporate new foods [into my diet] getting protein.”

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Like previous seasons, the latest episodes of From not to hot will document Mama June’s family as they deal with relationships, drama and changing family dynamics. They also show the last days of Mama June’s deceased daughter Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell, who died in December last year due to complications from stage four adrenal carcinoma. She was 29 years old.

“We wouldn’t have shared this trip if she wasn’t okay with it [it]. This is something Anna wanted,” Mama June said. “Anna loved being in front of the cameras. She really shared a lot of her journey. She loved it. Even in the last days the cameras were there and she joked with them until the last hour of her life.”

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi