How John Goodman Lost 200 Pounds Over the Years, In His Own Words
John Goodman got a lot of attention over the past few days for red carpet photos that have showed his 200 pound weight loss.
Thee 73-year-old The Conners previously revealed why he decided to make a change, and how it happened.
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In 2016, John told ABC, “I just stopped eating all the time. I’d have a handful of food and it’d go to my mouth. I was just eating all the time. I was just eating alcoholically. In the old days, I would take three months out, lose 60 or 70 pounds, and then reward myself with a 6-pack of bud or whatever and just go back to my old habits. Then this time I wanted to do it slowly, move, exercise. I’m getting to the age where I can’t afford to sit still anymore. And it gives me the energy to work, ‘cause work is very draining.”
About why he decided to make a change, he shared, “I just got tired, sick and tired of looking at myself. You’re shaving in the mirror and you don’t want to look at yourself. It gets dangerous.”
John continued, “I think you’re trying to fill a hole that can’t be filled unless it’s filled with goodness, some kind of spirituality, not saying religion. But just a belief in something higher than yourself, a purpose. But instead of filling it with booze or cocaine or food, you just acknowledge that it’s there. You can’t fill it. And you go on and live with it.”
John‘s next movie, Smurfs, hits theaters on Friday, July 18. Watch the trailer here!