After tipping the scale at 262 pounds comedienne/actress [her role in Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins was absolutely compelling] Mo’Nique tells Jet magazine that she decided to get her body in check after her husband pulled her to the side and expressed his concern about her health.

He should have pulled her ass to the side to tell her about leaving the house with hairy legs but whatever.

“I decided that I had to get some of that off of me,” she says. “Sid and I had a conversation. What he said to me was motivation. It was so gentle and sweet and he wasn’t judgmental. He said, ‘Baby, that’s too much and I want you for a lifetime.’”

No one had ever challenged Mo’Nique to lose weight in quite that way, so she decided she had to do it, so she could be here to enjoy her family. As the pounds melted away, speculation began that Mo’Nique had had gastric-bypass surgery, but she tells Jet no way.

“I’m so scared of needles,” says the mother of three, including 3-year-old fraternal twins. “Baby, for them to take blood from me, it’s a production. This was truly making the commitment to watch what I eat and commit to working out. I stopped eating red meat. I want to say to big people, ‘Let’s be healthy big people.’ Everybody can’t be a size 0 or 45, but let’s be healthy.’”

Mo’Nique says she currently tips the scale at 224 pounds, and she hopes to get down to an even 200. [source]

I’m sure her comment on being a healthy member of Team Chunk will give critics plenty of ammunition but kudos to her for putting down the Baconators and hitting the gym. Now maybe she can pick up a razor or a bottle of Nair.