The Coyote Ugly actor made his slimming debut at the Monaco Monte-Carlo Television Festival in 2023.
John Goodman has been a regular presence on our screens since the 1980s, but in his most recent performance, the 71-year-old, who celebrates his birthday on Tuesday, doesn’t look anything like the John Goodman we’re used to seeing.
John lost 200 pounds and appeared at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco looking almost unrecognizably slimmer, but it is said that it took him 16 years to lose the weight after he began his journey in 2007 at a weight of 400 pounds, not quickly or with a fad diet.
In 2017, John admitted to ABC that in order to lose weight, he had to alter his entire way of thinking. “In the past, I would take three months off, lose 60 or 70 pounds, then treat myself with a six-pack or something and just revert to my old behaviors,” he said.
“I decided to move more slowly this time. Get up and exercise. The older I get, the less I can afford to sit still. “.
How did John Goodman manage to lose weight?
In his quest for a healthy lifestyle, John claimed to have given up alcohol, hired a personal trainer, and switched to a Mediterranean-style diet that focuses primarily on fish, olive oil, vegetables, nuts, and fruit. Along with that, he tried to walk between 10,000 and 12,000 steps every day.
It’s going to be an ongoing process for the rest of my life, John said in 2011 when he told David Letterman that he needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle. “.
Through tweets, followers of John showed their admiration for his dedication. “John Goodman has shed so much weight that he hardly even resembles him. He looks fantastic,” one person wrote, while another added: “Wow. I wouldn’t recognize him because of how different he looks on his face.
Did John Goodman use Ozempic to help him shed pounds?
Some questioned John’s use of Ozempic, a weight-loss drug that resets metabolism. It mimics the hormone your digestive system produces in response to eating food and works on the brain and digestive system to control how full you feel after a meal.
John hasn’t said whether he’s taken the divisive medication, but given his long-term plan of eating well and exercising more, we doubt it.
In preparation for his 71st year, let’s hope John is in good health!