Actress Kim Geum-soon has opened up about battling menopause symptoms and publicly vowed to lose weight.
On December 18, JUVIS Diet released an interview with actress Kim Geum-soon. She confessed, “As a working actress supporting my family, I was busy raising my kids and didn’t take care of myself. After menopause hit, even with exercise and diet control, my weight wouldn’t drop, and I ended up stress-eating until I reached 71 kg (about 156 lbs).” Speaking about her worsening symptoms, she added, “In the middle of filming, my face suddenly flushes and I start sweating. As soon as the director yells cut, the makeup and hair teams have to rush over to wipe me down,” noting that the weight gain seems to worsen the hot flashes.
She previously managed to slim down by working out two hours a day and controlling her meals, but after a leg injury forced her to stop exercising for six months, the weight came back. With help from JUVIS Diet, Kim is starting over, saying, “I feel like this diet will mark the beginning of act two of my life for real.”
Sharing her post-diet goals, Kim said, “As an actress, I want to take on a wider range of characters. I want people to say, ‘Wow, Kim Geum-soon looks completely transformed.’ I hope to broaden my acting spectrum and take on diverse roles beautifully.”
Meanwhile, Kim Geum-soon recently appeared as Jenny’s mother in Netflix’s When Life Gives You Tangerines, drawing praise for her standout performance.