Mo’Nique lost 80 lbs by performing exhausting workouts

Mo’Nique has shed 80 pounds since starting performing her exhausting workouts.

Mo’Nique, 45, said she now weighs 218 pounds after “tipping 300” when she starred in the 1999 sitcom The Parkers, adding: “My goal is between 190 and 200.”

The actress also said: “I am the best Mo’Nique I’ve ever been in my life right now, and I still have a ways to go. But I feel amazing.”

Mo’Nique has been documenting her daily workouts in pictures on Twitter, and writing inspirational messages in hopes that others will join her.

On Wednesday the actress tweeted: “We can always get a quick fix. However what will be the long term effects. Do it naturally, benefits . . . PRICELESS.”

The star mixes up her workouts, with weights, running, yoga, and basketball just some of the activities she pursues.

Mo’Nique also tells her fans she takes a minimum of 10,000 steps and does 50 sit-ups in a single day.

In a radio interview the actress revealed it was her husband Sidney Hicks who encouraged her to change her ways

Mo’Nique said: “It made me say [to myself], <<OK sis, you got these babies. The twins [Jonathan and David] are 7, [stepson] Michael’s 9, Shalon’s 22>>.

“And I want to meet their babies. So, I said, <<Let me stop being selfish, and eating everything>>. And I ate everything . . . I was a food junkie.”