Drew Carey: How I Lost 80 Lbs.

[Johnboy60]

Drew Carey has been known as a loveable, teddy-bear type as far back as his long-running sitcom The Drew Carey Show. But, he says, being big was a burden – and he had to make a change.

"It sucks being fat, you know," Carey, 52, said Wednesday at the CBS, Showtime and The CW TCA Party in Beverly Hills. "I was diabetic with Type-2 diabetes.”

Not anymore. After Carey embarked on a strict regime, shaving his diet of carbohydrates and hitting the gym religiously, he dropped 80 lbs. since January and says, "I'm not diabetic anymore. No medication needed."

Drew Carey: How I Lost 80 Lbs. - Bodywatch, Drew Carey : People.com

 

[talitha]

WOW - I'm inspired!

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Good for him,It's so hard to lose weight,Keep it off.

 

[mpok1519]

Huh. Strange; I imagined he'd gain weight after eating Bob Barker.

He's 52 though?!? Jeeze I hope I look that good at that age!

 

[Yusuf Evans]

He's 52 though?!? Jeeze I hope I look that good at that age!

You can, but it's all about willpower and determination.

 

[moonkitty]

Good for him. He looks great. I hope he can keep it off. For me loosing weight is the easy part, it is the keeping it off that is hard.

 

[mpok1519]

You can, but it's all about willpower and determination.

Well since I lack all of that hopefully I won't even live that long to see myself fall apart at the seams! Lol

 

[talitha]

At twenty-five, you're not far off - roughly five years, give or take.

 

[mpok1519]

Well hopefully I won't have to live even that long.

 

[FreeSpirit74]

Wow -- great job!

I do wish he had stressed that the carbs he's avoiding are simple carbs, because veggies have carbs, too, but they are of the complex variety. It is simple carbs that should be avoided.

Mpok1519, everybody has determination and willpower, it's just that some of us choose to work with it and develop it, and others of us don't seem to be able to look within to find it. It's like a muscle, it has to be exercised or it will shrink and become withered to the point of uselessness.

 

[mpok1519]

^some of us aren't really born with willpower or determination. I mean, is it really fair to give birth to someone who ultimately doesn't want life?

 

[Phylogeny]

Now the hardest part: keeping the weight off. I hope he maintains a healthy diet and keep an exercise regime. It's the only surefire way to keep the weight off.

 

[Yusuf Evans]

^some of us aren't really born with willpower or determination. I mean, is it really fair to give birth to someone who ultimately doesn't want life?

If a person truly does not want to live(if they are not terminally ill), then I truly feel sorry for them. Only the dead truly appreciate what life offered.

 

[mpok1519]

How do dead people appreciate things or do anything?

 

[Speculative]

Go Drew! Go Sounders! Cleveland ROCKS!!