Photo:Milania Giudice/INSTAGRAM; gettyMilania Giudicesaid that a little pressure from her family led her to seek out a change.The teen daughter ofThe Real Housewives of New Jerseystar, 51, appeared on momTeresa Giudice’s"Namaste Bitches" podcast on PodcastOne, where the 17-year-old commented on losing 40 lbs between middle school and high school.Calling middle school her “weird era,” Milania said, “I was way thicker in middle school. Like, I was a pumpkin.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Milania Giudice/Instagram"And then one day it hit me, I was like, ‘That’s it,’ " she continued. “I literally felt like suffocating with my own body. I was like, ‘No, no, no, I can’t do this anymore.’ ““So one day I told my mom to get me a nutritionist and she did, and I ate three meals a day and they were literally the healthiest meals. I would never eat those meals that I eat. It was the healthiest meals, I was like, ‘What am I eating?’ But you know, I ate it,” she went on to explain.“I ate it and I woke up before school and I worked out 30 minutes. I woke up like at 5:00, waiting for school because my school starts early. So I woke up before school. I worked out and then after school I would work out again. And in two months, I lost 50 pounds.“Manny Carabel/GettyMilania said she was “like a stick,” though she says she’s gained some of the weight back.When asked if seeing herself on the show had something to do with her decision, Milania recalled commentary she’d get from her mom and sisters. “My mom would never say anything to me, but she’d say, ‘Oh, you’re gonna have another ice cream?'““My sisters would always throw jabs at me like, ‘Oh, you’re going to haveanotherice cream after dinner?'” she said of sistersAudriana, 13,Gabriella, 19, andGia, 22,“They have to want to do it themselves,” the reality star mom said of her approach. “You can’t force them and I didn’t want her to have a complex or anything. I thought she looked adorable, she was just a little thicker.”

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Milania Giudicesaid that a little pressure from her family led her to seek out a change.The teen daughter ofThe Real Housewives of New Jerseystar, 51, appeared on momTeresa Giudice’s"Namaste Bitches” podcast on PodcastOne, where the 17-year-old commented on losing 40 lbs between middle school and high school.Calling middle school her “weird era,” Milania said, “I was way thicker in middle school. Like, I was a pumpkin.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Milania Giudice/Instagram"And then one day it hit me, I was like, ‘That’s it,’ " she continued. “I literally felt like suffocating with my own body. I was like, ‘No, no, no, I can’t do this anymore.’ ““So one day I told my mom to get me a nutritionist and she did, and I ate three meals a day and they were literally the healthiest meals. I would never eat those meals that I eat. It was the healthiest meals, I was like, ‘What am I eating?’ But you know, I ate it,” she went on to explain.“I ate it and I woke up before school and I worked out 30 minutes. I woke up like at 5:00, waiting for school because my school starts early. So I woke up before school. I worked out and then after school I would work out again. And in two months, I lost 50 pounds.“Manny Carabel/GettyMilania said she was “like a stick,” though she says she’s gained some of the weight back.When asked if seeing herself on the show had something to do with her decision, Milania recalled commentary she’d get from her mom and sisters. “My mom would never say anything to me, but she’d say, ‘Oh, you’re gonna have another ice cream?'““My sisters would always throw jabs at me like, ‘Oh, you’re going to haveanotherice cream after dinner?'” she said of sistersAudriana, 13,Gabriella, 19, andGia, 22,“They have to want to do it themselves,” the reality star mom said of her approach. “You can’t force them and I didn’t want her to have a complex or anything. I thought she looked adorable, she was just a little thicker.”

Milania Giudicesaid that a little pressure from her family led her to seek out a change.

The teen daughter ofThe Real Housewives of New Jerseystar, 51, appeared on momTeresa Giudice’s"Namaste Bitches” podcast on PodcastOne, where the 17-year-old commented on losing 40 lbs between middle school and high school.

Calling middle school her “weird era,” Milania said, “I was way thicker in middle school. Like, I was a pumpkin.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

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“And then one day it hit me, I was like, ‘That’s it,’ " she continued. “I literally felt like suffocating with my own body. I was like, ‘No, no, no, I can’t do this anymore.’ "

“So one day I told my mom to get me a nutritionist and she did, and I ate three meals a day and they were literally the healthiest meals. I would never eat those meals that I eat. It was the healthiest meals, I was like, ‘What am I eating?’ But you know, I ate it,” she went on to explain.

“I ate it and I woke up before school and I worked out 30 minutes. I woke up like at 5:00, waiting for school because my school starts early. So I woke up before school. I worked out and then after school I would work out again. And in two months, I lost 50 pounds.”

Manny Carabel/Getty

Gabriella Giudice, Gia Giudice, Teresa Giudice, Milania Giudice and Audriana Giudice attend Antonia Gorga’s Sweet 16 Birthday Celebration on August 19, 2021 in Ridgewood, New Jersey

Milania said she was “like a stick,” though she says she’s gained some of the weight back.

When asked if seeing herself on the show had something to do with her decision, Milania recalled commentary she’d get from her mom and sisters. “My mom would never say anything to me, but she’d say, ‘Oh, you’re gonna have another ice cream?'”

“My sisters would always throw jabs at me like, ‘Oh, you’re going to haveanotherice cream after dinner?'” she said of sistersAudriana, 13,Gabriella, 19, andGia, 22,

“They have to want to do it themselves,” the reality star mom said of her approach. “You can’t force them and I didn’t want her to have a complex or anything. I thought she looked adorable, she was just a little thicker.”

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