AOA’s Chanmi Drops Her Shocking Diet Routine From Her Girl Group Days

AOA’s Chanmi was known for being the maknae and main dancer of her group. She once faced criticism for her curvy body, compared to the other members.

Given the super small and tight clothes that AOA had to wear to fit their sexy concept, she faced pressure to lose some weight. By the time she debuted in the unit AOA Cream with “Jelly”, Chanmi had lost a significant amount of weight.

Years later, in 2023, Chanmi is now a soloist. She changed her name to Im Dohwa, and is currently the only member left in AOA. On Free Doctor, she dropped the intense diet plan that she went through as part of a girl group.

Chanmi was unable to eat the celebratory feasts each holiday. Even during huge family events such as at Thanksgiving or New Years, Chanmi had to stay on her diet. This led to her mother deciding not to cook up a feast not to put any pressure on her daughter.

Chanmi lost weight through an intense diet. She would seperate an apple into fourths and eat the pieces throughout the day. At other times, she would have carbonated water and two boiled eggs.

Chanmi recently started up her diet again thanks to her participation on the show Queendom Puzzle. A survival show, she felt the pressure to manage her weight once more as everyone else was “skinner than AOA’s average back then.”

Chanmi’s performance on Queendom Puzzle can be watched below.