{"id":2237882,"date":"2026-01-16T18:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2237882"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:46:19","slug":"mindy-kaling-reacts-to-her-2016-pics-after-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mindy-kaling-reacts-to-her-2016-pics-after-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindy Kaling reacts to her 2016 pics after weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mindy Kaling participated in the nostalgic 2016 Instagram trend \u2014 but her post was a little more emotional. <\/p>\n<p>The actress admitted in the caption of her throwback snaps that she hesitated to join in on the viral trend because of how \u201cdifferent\u201d she looked ten years before her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/05\/10\/mindy-kaling-runs-hikes-20-miles-per-week-after-weight-loss\/\">weight loss transformation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw this 2016 trend and loved it and almost didn\u2019t post because I look different but these pics are too fun not to share. (I wonder if anyone else can relate lol)\u00a0but I loved this time and all my memories from then, so had to post! enjoy!!!!\u201d she penned on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mindy Kaling had an emotional reaction to her 2016 pics after participating in the viral social media trend. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mindykaling<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress admitted she was hesitant to post throwback snaps because of how \u201cdifferent\u201d she looked before her weight-loss transformation. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mindykaling<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>But her fans hyped her up in the comments section of her carousel that included several behind-the-scenes pics from her hit show the \u201cMindy Project.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHilarious then. Hilarious now. Beautiful then. Beautiful now,\u201d one gushed, with another fan adding, \u201cIiiiiii relate. But we wouldn\u2019t be here now without being there then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the Mindy we fell in love with. Not your weight, not your dress size but the talented writer, creator and comedic genius you are,\u201d a third fan wrote. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Many of her fans hyped her up in the comments section insisting that she is beautiful at any weight. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mindykaling<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kaling has lost 40 pounds since beginning her weight loss journey in 2020.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@mindykaling<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kaling \u2014 who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/26\/mindy-kaling-flaunts-slimmed-down-figure-in-plunging-black-dress\/\">began her weight loss journey<\/a> in 2020 \u2014 flaunted her 40-pound weight loss in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/07\/celebrity-news\/mindy-kaling-shows-40-pound-slimdown-in-daring-cutout-dress\/\">daring cut out dress<\/a> while attending <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/07\/photos\/golden-eve-red-carpet-sarah-jessica-parker-kristin-davis-mindy-kaling-and-more\/\">the star-studded Golden Eve event<\/a>\u00a0last week.<\/p>\n<p>Although Kaling, 46, has been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/02\/24\/lifestyle\/hollywoods-ozempic-craze-has-changed-the-narrative-of-body-positivity-as-celebs-are-noticeably-slimmer-than-ever\/\">hit with speculation<\/a>\u00a0that she turned to a GLP-1 weight loss drug to trim her figure, she claims she did so just by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/04\/06\/mindy-kaling-on-how-she-lost-weight-without-restricting-diet\/\">eating smaller portions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI eat what I like to eat. If I do any kind of restrictive diet, it never really works for me. I just eat less of it,\u201d she\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/mindy-kaling-on-how-she-got-healthy-and-her-kids-adorable-reaction-to-her-awards-season-style\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Entertainment Tonight<\/a>\u00a0in April 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Despite facing allegations that she uses a GLP-1 weight loss drug, she has attributed her slim figure to eating smaller portions. <span class=\"credit\">mindykaling\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI eat what I like to eat. If I do any kind of restrictive diet, it never really works for me. I just eat less of it,\u201d she\u00a0said\u00a0in April 2022. <span class=\"credit\">mindykaling\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also shared that she decided to start being more aware of what she consumes after\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/10\/09\/mindy-kaling-secretly-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-named-spencer\/\">welcoming her second child<\/a>\u00a0in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p>By March 2023, the \u201cNever Have I Ever\u201d creator<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/03\/12\/mindy-kaling-shows-off-40-pound-weight-loss-at-2023-oscars\/\"> lost 40 pounds<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m feeling really confident in my body these days, which is not something that I\u2019ve been able to say for my whole life, unfortunately,\u201d she told People in May 2023, adding that she tries \u201cnot to tune into\u201d headlines about her weight. <\/p>\n<p>By July of that year, the \u201cOffice\u201d alum <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/18\/mindy-kaling-is-done-talking-about-her-weight-loss-people-take-it-so-personally\/\">declared she was done talking about her weight loss<\/a> because people take it \u201cso personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>By 2023 she had lost 40 pounds and began \u201cfeeling really confident\u201d in her body for the first time. <span class=\"credit\">mindykaling\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>That same year, the \u201cOffice\u201d alum shared  that she was the \u201chealthiest [she\u2019s] been in years\u201d because of her weight loss.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allure.com\/story\/mindy-kaling-skin-care-routine-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Allure<\/a>, Kaling was asked if she had anything to say to people who felt they\u2019ve lost \u201can ally\u201d in the body inclusivity movement, but she shut down the question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not super exciting for me to talk about my body and how it\u2019s analyzed. So I think I\u2019m just not going to get into it because it takes over the conversation unfortunately,\u201d she told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Despite any backlash she faced, Kaling proudly shared that same year that she was the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/06\/25\/mindy-kaling-healthiest-shes-been-in-years-after-weight-loss\/\">\u201chealthiest [she\u2019s] been in years\u201d<\/a> because of her weight loss. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindy Kaling participated in the nostalgic 2016 Instagram trend \u2014 but her post was a little more emotional. The actress admitted in the caption of her throwback snaps that she hesitated to join in on the viral trend because of how \u201cdifferent\u201d she looked ten years before her weight loss transformation. \u201cI saw this 2016 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2237883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21787,315102,356905],"class_list":["post-2237882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-celebrity-weight-loss","tag-mindy-kaling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mindy-Kaling-reacts-to-her-2016-pics-after-weight-loss.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2237884,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237882\/revisions\/2237884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}