Jelly Roll has made major changes to his health and fitness goals over the past year for the better, and the singer is just getting started.
He appeared at the 2024 CMA Awards on November 24, looking noticeably thinner as he performed with country music legends Brooks and Dunn. He joined them to perform their song “Believe”. However, his weight loss is what attracted attention besides his emotional performance.
Before performing, Jelly Roll sat down with him Everybody where he talked about his impressive weight loss and shared that he lost 110 lbs. so far this year.
“My battle with food addiction has changed the way I’ve looked at food over the past 39 years. I’ve never had a healthy relationship with food so that’s the hard part. But once you do having that discipline and commitment, it was like an avalanche once that little snowball started rolling, it was on its way there,” he said.
Jelly Roll is currently on his Beautifully Broken tour and shares how he stays in shape while on the road. He said that playing basketball while also making nutritious food choices has helped him continue his journey.
“It’s great because at one time in my life, the culture that I built around touring was the exact opposite. It revolved around alcohol and drugs. And now, our travel culture revolves around eating well, exercising and checking in emotionally with our crew.” every day,” Jelly explains.
The hardest part of his journey was his battle with food addiction, which he said started at a young age.
“No one in my family has ever had one [a healthy relationship with food]so that was the hard part, really fighting that demon at first and getting into that discipline and commitment,” Jelly shared.
He also has no plans to take it slow and told the publication that he hopes to continue losing weight.
His dramatic transformation comes after the singer shared that he lost 100 lbs. last month. In May of this year, he participated in the 5K organized by Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura. At that time, he shared that he had lost 70 lbs.
At his heaviest, Jelly Roll shared in an Instagram post that he weighed 500 lbs.
“I’ve been obese since I was a kid. All I knew was fat, and I was miserable. I wanted to skydive, bungee jump, bull ride, parasail, ride roller coasters, I wanted to LIVE a life I live a normal life and have a normal relationship with food. I fight addiction and alcoholism every day,” he said.
In 2023, he revealed on into this new album and tour… this is what growth and gratitude looks like in real time.”
Just know that I am doing my part – I am exercising daily…praying and meditating…. Eat better – lose weight. Making sure I bring the best version of me on this new album and tour… this is growth and gratitude in real time.
– Jelly Roll (@JellyRoll615) February 28, 2023
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