"By the time I was 13, I weighed 186 pounds and my body was failing me. My entire life I've really struggled with my weight," says Miranda, a teen who lost all her friends after being teased for years about her size. She realized she had to change when her doctor gave her a scary diagnosis. "She had told me that I had high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol and a fatty liver and I was really scared." So she jumped on the treadmill and lost 56 pounds in one year, discovering she could endure a long run by tuning into Rachael Ray. "I think that's a big factor in me losing the weight because I focus on the Rachael Ray show instead of how tired I am," she says. She also learned to cook and completely changed her family's eating habits. "Our entire family is just eating a lot healthier than we used to."

Rachael says it's a "jaw-dropper" to hear the show was so inspiring to this teen, and decides to help Miranda gain back some confidence and make new friends, starting with one of her Hollywood idols. "I love Amanda Bynes so much," says Miranda, as she gets to meet the actress on Rachael's set. "To have my idol come and to have a celebrity care about me when they don't know me? Oh my God." Amanda tells Miranda about her own insecurities, and offers some advice for making new friends. "The best advice I have I think is just changing that attitude and sort of putting it out in the atmosphere that people will like you," Amanda says. "I think if you sort of say, 'People will like me,' that they will. And it just takes one friend to get a couple more friends and I think you'll be fine."

Rachael then offers her own praises to Miranda for her discipline and transformation. "I can't believe we were that much of an inspiration," Rachael says. "That's so moving. I'm going to commit to get healthier for you!" She also gives Miranda a set of pots and pans with a copy of The Big Orange Book to help her in the kitchen, and then ensures Miranda will make some new friends by enlisting the mayor of her hometown of Calgary to declare an official "Meet Miranda Month!" She's thrilled with the experience and offers one last thank you to Rachael. "Without your show I know deep down I couldn't have done it," she says. "I used to hardly be able to run 30 seconds without practically passing out, now I can run for like an hour and it's easy as pie."