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Country music star Jelly Roll is opening up about his weight loss journey.
Five years ago, the singer decided he wanted to get healthy after his weight ballooned to over 500 pounds.
This week, Jelly Roll revealed that he has lost over 275 pounds in the past two years and has been featured on the cover of Men’s Health magazine.
Via Men’s Health
“I’m loving my body,” he told Men’s Health. “This is a whole new thing for me, y’all, I’ve been imprisoned in a fat suit for 30-something years.”
“I am on the cover of Men’s Health magazine,” he boasted. “You know, I was thinking, when I was 500-something pounds and walking a 40-minute mile, probably, I was screaming [that] I was going to be on the cover of Men’s Health. And, even to me, as wild as I think, and big of a dreamer as I am, that was pretty ambitious.”
The 41-year-old explained how he felt sad when he was overweight, and described how his weight issues affected his everyday life.
“It was never-ending sadness,” he said. “And anger. I was a prisoner to my own body. Dude, wiping my ass was a problem. Washing myself properly was a problem. Getting in cars. Every decision I made in life had to be based on my weight. If it could hold me, facilitate me, or fit me — people don’t think about every facet of ‘I still want to be able to do that and I can’t.’ I was so inspired by that kind of stuff.”
“I was killing myself, literally. I mean, I was eating myself to absolute death….I can’t talk about one area of my life it was not affecting,” he said. “I’m ashamed of it. When I think of it being disgusting, I feel shame again. And shame is the exact same thing that will send me right back into the pantry. It’s the same thing that sends an alcoholic right back to the bar.”
Jelly Roll has credited exercising for changing his life.
“There’s this magical thing that happens when you start exercising. And you get through the absolute misery of the beginning of it. This thing happens in the middle of your workouts where it just sucks, and all of a sudden, it opens up and you feel incredible,” he said. “I can touch my toes now. I seen my knee caps the other day, standing up. That’s a real thing. That’s a whole new concept for me, man.”