SHONDA RHIMES

When Shonda Rhimes lost 150 pounds, she gave credit to herself for sticking through with her weight-loss journey, despite the challenge it posed for her. With that said, though, the TV producer isn’t too happy with how people reacted to her transformation. Sadly, she realized that people only found someone valuable when they looked pleasing in their eyes. In a newsletter she sent to Shondaland subscribers, she admitted that she was never pleased with the attention she got after shedding a lot of weight.

Shonda pointed out that a person’s size was often linked to their worth–a sad truth that she experienced firsthand. Although she made plenty of achievements for herself throughout her career, Grey’s Anatomy producer found it baffling how people only congratulated her when she burned off some pounds. Despite the usual notion of losing weight to look better, Shonda did the task so she could live a healthier life.