Fats Joe has been on a weight reduction journey for over 20 years and revealed final July that he has misplaced a whopping 200lbs.
The “Lean Again” rapper, 54, has taken important measures to keep up his slimmed-down physique and not too long ago revealed the key to his weight reduction.
Fats Joe – who weighed 470lbs at his heaviest – admitted that slicing again on carbohydrates has performed an essential position in his eating regimen – however he has additionally had a serving to hand from Ozempic.
Ozempic is a drug initially utilized for diabetes administration however famous for its weight reduction properties. The rapper turned to the drug for his diabetes, which he was recognized with as a child, nevertheless it additionally helps preserve his weight.
“We simply attempt to eat every thing with the least carbs as potential…so we attempt to avoid the bread, the pasta, the rice. That is the neatest approach to eat,” he advised Us Weekly.
“Ozempic says you could solely have two items of your favourite stuff,” he added, though he admitted he does nonetheless take pleasure in carbs carefully.
© Getty Pictures“This morning, I ate breakfast, I had this toast. I lower the nook off, ate it and stored it shifting,” he mentioned. “Usually I’d’ve ate the entire thing. However , that is what we do. We lower carbs and attempt to be smarter.”
Fats Joe began his journey to higher well being following the demise of his good friend and fellow rapper Huge Pun, who died of a coronary heart assault in 2000 at age 29.
© Getty Pictures“I went to his funeral, and I felt like Ebenezer Scrooge. Like, I seen me. And I am his little daughter. She was the identical age as my daughter. I mentioned, ‘You gotta shed some pounds; in any other case, you outta right here,” he advised Males’s Well being final July.
Nevertheless, Fats Joe has no intention of fixing his stage identify now that he has slimmed down.
© Getty Pictures“Though I’ve gotten well being acutely aware on one other degree, it would not make sense to alter it. Now it is my model. It is what I constructed,” he advised the outlet, admitting he briefly thought of turning into Slim Joe or one thing related.
Sharing his recommendation for entering into form, Joe, who incorporates health into his every day actions, like biking round Miami, defined: “Everyone is totally different, as a result of I received some pals that love the gymnasium, and these guys spend hours lifting weights. They usually those that received the again issues!
© Getty Pictures“You gotta do no matter retains you wholesome. You begin off exercising ten minutes a day, doing a little cardio. Then quarter-hour. Then 20. And earlier than it, you are at 45, an hour. It is a gradual factor.”
The rapper can be adamant about checking his blood stress, ldl cholesterol, and blood sugar ranges each three months.
© Getty Pictures“It will get actually, actually scary if you assume you are doing every thing proper and your numbers are increased than you need,” he mentioned.
“I may do the identical factor now that I did ten years in the past, and now my numbers are a bit increased as a result of I am older, and my metabolism and physique are getting older. So that you gotta strive new methods to determine find out how to hold your stuff below management.”
