Former Dancing with the Stars pro Cheryl Burke has dished about her weight-loss journey now that she's lost about 40 pounds.

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"I don't weigh myself daily anymore because it was a problem. At my heaviest I was about 150," Cheryl, 41, told Us Weekly.

"The last time I checked, I was 109. I feel f-cking great; my energy is on another level. That 109 doesn't matter, what matters is how I feel."

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Cheryl insisted, however, that she's "not trying" to shed any more weight.

"I eat licorice. I have my morning fruit shake, which is more calories than any of my meals that I'm eating," shared the pro dancer and podcaster.

"I have to have my matcha from Peet's Coffee every morning, and if they have the warm pretzel bread, I'll get it because it's just the best thing in the world. I'm very lenient."

Cheryl said a big part of her physical transformation has been thanks to portion control and eating between 1,200 to 1,400 calories per day.

"I have oatmeal with fruit every morning. I have a snack, pita, chips and hummus. Lunch is normally a salad and then I will have my dinner. It's not diet food, it's real food," Cheryl said of her meals.

Cheryl apparently used to struggle with eating fast food because she was "actively dancing" and was an "emotional eater."

Cheryl also recalled having bad eating habits, such as only eating at night.

"Now I don't even remember the last time I had fast food; it's just not something I'm craving," Cheryl shared.

Cheryl added that she tries to eat multiple meals a day.

"I've learned that starving myself, then eating one big meal, doesn't work for my body," Cheryl explained.

"I was also not wanting to eat in front of people -- that was a trigger for me. Being called out for being overweight, the last thing you want to do is shove food in your mouth in front of people, especially people who are fit and on the show with you."

Not only is Cheryl eating a healthy diet, but she also continues to exercise and stay active.

"I walk my dog a couple miles a day," Cheryl said.

"I have a treadmill where I edit my content because now that I'm a full-time beauty influencer, I actually can only edit content on a treadmill. It's the craziest."

In May, Cheryl had slammed trolls for criticizing her appearance and claiming she was using Ozempic to be thin.

The former Dancing with the Stars pro took to TikTok on May 18 with a fiery message to the people who were leaving "cruel" comments on her social media.

Cheryl captioned her post, "I'm not on Ozempic. I'm not sick. I didn't get 'a new face.' Stop dissecting women's bodies like they belong to you."

She added, "This is YOUR reminder: I don't owe you an explanation for my healing or for anything quite frankly. Let this be the last time I have to say it."

In the video, Cheryl spoke her mind while taking off her makeup.

"Let's just address the elephant in the comments section. I am not on Ozempic. I am not sick. I didn't get a face transplant and, no, I didn't get a brow lift," Cheryl told her followers.

"The level of projection that is happening and that I am witnessing is wild. The way you guys talk about me is like you think I'm a headline or a filter, not a person. That's the most disappointing part that really gets me."

Cheryl also snapped at people saying they missed "the old Cheryl" from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody in 2006 and when she had joined Dancing with the Stars for Season 2 in 2005 when she was 21-years-old.

Cheryl even saw remarks about how she looked much better when she was going through a divorce from actor Matthew Lawrence.

Cheryl and Matthew met in 2006 through his brother, actor Joey Lawrence, who competed on Season 3 of Dancing with the Stars.

Cheryl filed divorce papers in February 2022 to dissolve her marriage from the former Boy Meets World and Brotherly Love actor, and the pair's divorce was finalized in September of that year.

"I hate to break it to you, but that Cheryl doesn't exist anymore," Cheryl vented.

"The assumptions are exhausting as hell. The accusations are completely cruel, and the fact that so many of them are actually coming from women is what is so shocking and hurtful, to be quite honest."

Cheryl pointed out how she's been in the public eye for 20 years and so her appearance has naturally changed.

"My face has changed because I have changed," Cheryl noted.

"I have experienced so much trauma, divorce -- and this is by no means a pity party -- but [also] sobriety, burn out and reinvention. I've healed, I've lost, I've grieved like anybody else. And yeah, maybe it shows, but I am not sorry for it -- not one bit."

And the pro dancer said she hates, more than anything, seeing "women tear down other women while pretending" that it's coming from a place of concern.

After joining Dancing with the Stars in 2005, Cheryl went on to compete on more than two dozen seasons of the show.

The two-time mirrorball trophy champion announced her retirement from Dancing with the Stars in November 2022 after 17 years of competing on the show.

Cheryl got to perform a farewell dance during the show's Season 31 finale that same month, but she later admitted that she felt like Dancing with the Stars ghosted her.

Cheryl admitted she didn't really want to leave Dancing with the Stars but felt she had no choice. She said it hurt so badly that she wouldn't wish any of that pain on her worst enemy.

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Cheryl also finished in second place on the first season of I Can Do That, losing to Nicole Scherzinger. The talent competition aired on NBC from May to June 2015.




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