1 / 5Balika Vadhu actor Avika Gor, who starred as Anandi on the popular show and went on to work on Sasural Simar Ka later, has revealed that she lost 13 kgs2 / 5In an Instagram post, the 23-year-old actor talked about how she was filled with insecurities about her body and even broke down when she looked at herself in the mirror one day.3 / 5Avika said that her weight gain was not due to health conditions like thyroid or polycystic ovary syndrome but because of eating ‘anything and everything’ without working out at all. She added that she did not give her body the ‘respect’ that it deserves.4 / 5“I still remember one night last year, when I looked at myself in the mirror & I broke down. I didn’t like what I saw. Big arms, legs, a well earned belly. I had let go too much. If it were due to an illness(Thyroid,PCOD, etc), it would be okay because that would be out of my control.5 / 5 But, it happened because I ate anything & everything, and I didn’t workout at all. Our bodies deserve to be treated well, but I didn’t respect it. As a result, I disliked the way I looked so much that I couldn’t even completely enjoy dancing (which I love) without thinking ‘how I must look right now’. I got so busy judging myself & feeling bad that I didn’t leave any scope for outsiders to make me feel bad,” she wrote.