While Rosie is satisfied she's slimmer, her weight loss was necessary for her health. O'Donnell, 52, decided to get a vertical gastric sleeve surgery in 2012
soon after suffering a heart attack. "When you have a cardiac arrest and almost die, it kind of puts things in perspective instantly, also it did for me
personally," she told Variety Sept. 9. "I was 230 pounds. I was morbidly obese."

O'Donnell overhauled her te chino del dr ming tea lifestyle completely after her weight loss: She stopped alcohol consumption and started meditating Twenty minutes a day, twice a
day. Rosie, who was pre-diabetic before her gastric sleeve surgery said she attempts to follow a low-carb, sugar-free diet. She admits kicking her sugar
addiction remains a regular struggle.

Before her bariatric surgery, Rosie had high cholesterol levels, hypertension and pre-diabetes. In gastric sleeve surgery, about 80 % of the stomach is taken
away to produce a small sleeve-shaped stomach, concerning the size a banana, based on the Mayo Clinic. Consequently, you get full after three or four bites
of food and can no more eat huge portions.

Took Antidepressants Prozac and Effexor for Depression

Despite her dramatic weight reduction, O'Donnell said she still feels big and thinks she may have body dysmorphic disorder. Adjusting to her smaller size
will take a while, said O'Donnell, who also revealed her longtime have a problem with depression.

Rosie said the 1999 Columbine High School massacre threw her into a deep, debilitating depression. After seeing the horrific news coverage from the senseless
tragedy, O'Donnell started taking antidepressants, including Prozac and Effexor. Rosie said she's better now and it is off the medication but could not have
recovered without antidepressants. "I'm pretty much on nothing now," she said. "I'm calmer."

O'Donnell previously revealed she japan hokkaido slimming pills experienced depression growing up and said it runs in her family. Rosie's aunt suffered from severe depression and
attempted suicide before you take lithium. O'Donnell said her aunt would have benefited from some of the new antidepressants. Rosie said she resisted taking
antidepressants for a long time, thinking it had been cowardly, but is glad she did since they helped her.