'I'll Never Go Back': Exactly How Mama June Shannon Lost

(Shannon also has a 20-year-old daughter Jessica "Chubbs" Shannon and eldest, estranged daughter child Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell, 22.) After years of binge eating junk food combined with little to no exercise, Shannon steadily packed on the pounds. "I do worry about their health, but I'm not going to say, You got to eat salads all the time,' " says Shannon. Once she found out her ex husband Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson was getting remarried, Shannon decided to get in shape for the wedding. At her highest weight Mama June Shannon tipped the scales at 460 lbs., now after intense surgery and seven weeks of hiding she's finally debuting her new body and why she'll "never go back" to being overweight.

Mama Jun Shannon: How did she lose weight and how much she weighs now?

"Honey Boo Boo," Lauryn ("Pumpkin"), Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell and Jessica "Chubbs" Shannon worked with Atlanta-based trainer Kenya Crooks. Mama June Shannon — who revealed her incredible size-4 figure on the Friday, March 31 episode of Mama June: From Not to Hot — is almost a quarter of her former self. The once 460-pound Here Comes Honey Boo Boo alum, 37, revealed to Entertainment Tonight April 4 that she's lost nearly 300 pounds. "I'm probably four or five pounds off from being there."Ryan Turgeon/Splash NewsShannon had gastric sleeve surgery last May to jump-start the weight loss. "I'm in the 160s," the WE tv star revealed.



RELATED: Honey Boo Boo and Mama June Shannon return to TV with new reality series#MamaJune is almost unrecognizable in new photos showing off her slimmed-down figure. From 460-pounds to a size four, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo star "Mama June" Shannon reportedly spent a total of US$75,000 on her controversial weight loss makeover, but says "I'll never go back to that size."Shannon sat down with People to talk about how she lost over 300-pounds with many weight loss surgeries. Who would want that?"RELATED: Mama June Shannon and Honey Boo Boo announce they'll be returning to TVAfter months in hiding and with the big reveal of her new body, Shannon said: "I'm just trying to live for the moment, and whatever happens, happens. Tap the link in the bio to see more and learn about how she lost the weight. Finally Shannon finished her extensive makeover with pricey porcelain veneers to have a pearly white smile, costing US$10,000.


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