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After years of struggling with diets and depression, This Is Us star Chrissy Metz looks back on her journey to self-acceptance, fame, and becoming a role model for body positivity. Subscribe now for the inside story only in PEOPLE!

Its only natural thatChrissy Metzs bodyis a topic of conversation.

The star ofThis Is Ushas become a beacon of self-acceptancesince breaking outon the shows premiere last September, and Metz is the first to acknowledge how herown journey with weight and weight loss relates to her character Kate Pearsons.

You have to use what you have, she tells PEOPLE exclusively in this weeks issueof her fan-favoriterole on the the NBC smash hit, and I wouldnt have this role if I had already lost weight. Now its about telling a story of a woman struggling with her weight, just as I have and still am.

And while viewers have been curious about, not to mention fairly resistant to, Metzs previous statements the part of taking the role meantlosing weight in step with Kate onThis Is Us, the actressnow tells PEOPLEher contract with NBCdoes not mandate a specific workout regimen, any surgery or include an explicit weight-loss target.

Still, shes facedrumors in recent months about the way shes losing weight. Though Kate has considered gastric bypasssurgeryon the show, Metzis ruling out the procedureat this time.

Therehave been so many discussions about my weight: How is shegoing to lose weight? Is she going to lose weight? When is she going to lose weight? Its kind of its funny, she says.

I do want to lose weight, she says, but addsthat her priority is onherlongevity both personally and professionally.I want to have a fit, healthy body and not have to be put in a box. I dont want to be limited by anything.

Having overcomeyears of self-doubt, depression and weight gain, Metzadmits that reclaiming her confidence is still an ongoing process,Sometimes I feel like Im two people, she says.Im proud of who I am as a person, but I do want to be at a healthy weight. Just not for anybody but myself.

This Is Us airs Tuesdays (9 p.m. ET) on NBC.

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This Is Us' Chrissy Metz Shuts Down Surgery Rumors but Does Want to Lose Weight: 'I Want to Be Healthy for Myself' - PEOPLE.com

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