Lisa Lampanelli Weight Loss Secrets Revealed! Get Her Diet, Fitness & Beauty Tips Here

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Comedy's "Queen of Mean," Lisa Lampanelli, has opened up about her weight loss journey from beginning to end and some of the realizations she has had after losing the excess weight.

According to Yahoo, Lampanelli's weight loss journey started in 2012 after going under the knife for a gastric sleeve surgery.

The comedienne says, " [the surgery] started a big chain reaction of me changing my whole life over. I turned back the clock. I'm reliving my life..."

She adds that she lost 90 pounds in 9 months—presumably right after the surgery—and has lost a total of 107 pounds ever since.

Lampanelli admits that her weight struggles started in college when she was 18-years-old. She tells Yahoo that she began "emotionally eating and using food as medicine" due to her insecurities.

At age 50, she visited a doctor in New Jersey who really laid everything out on the table for her. The doctor put everything in perspective for Lampanelli and her husband at the time saying: "How many people do you see at 70-years-old who are as overweight as you guys are?"

After hearing the doctor's words, Lampanelli says she immediately thought: "Wow, am I going to cut my life short for food and emotional eating? Forget it."

After meeting with the doctor, both Lampanelli and her husband signed up for gastric sleeve surgery.

Even though plastic surgery has helped her lose weight, Lampanelli does not believe it is the ultimate solution to losing weight, reports the Inquistr.

The former contestant of "Celebrity Apprentice" advises people to work on their inner emotional issues, which trigger overeating habits before considering surgery.

She explains, "Many, many people have the surgery and gain [the weight] back because they're just too uncomfortable in their own skin, and they don't work on the underlying feelings for the reasons they eat. The weight is just the tip of the iceberg."

She also states that a lot of work still needs to be done after the surgery. In her case, she frequently joins yoga retreats and constantly questions whether she is emotionally hungry or physically hungry before eating anything.

As for feeling beautiful regardless of weight, Lampanellis says people should avoid comparing themselves to others.

She says, "...If you compare yourself to someone who you think is better than you, you're going to always feel like the loser...lack of comparison helps you succeed and feel good about yourself on your own terms."