Hilary Duff loves her current healthy figure, in fact she flaunted it on Instagram just weeks ago, however, the actress openly admitted that back when she was a teenager, she fell victim to a trend that alarmed many.

Talking to People, Hilary, now 27, says of her 18-year old self that she was too thin. "That was not a healthy place for me. I was so unhappy," and recalled a time when her hands started cramping because she was not "getting enough nutrients."

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Her fixation on her weight came at a time when stars and models were under extreme pressure to be skinny. Hilary, who stars in the new show "Younger" said that many girls here age were extremely thin and thinks that it's still just as bad now, though maybe just a little bit normal. She described the trend as "crazy" and added, "It's not my normal state."

But now, the mom of Luca, who just celebrated his third birthday last month and the son he shares with Mike Comrie, who she just recently filed a divorce from is flaunting and loving her extremely fit and healthy post-baby body.

Though she admitted that her body is not exactly the way it was before, she also said that she knows she does not have to weigh 110 pounds. "I'm a 27 year-old mother. I feel fit and strong and happy."

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