14 DAY TRIAL // Ever since he was on his own show, The Drew Carey Show, Carey was known for a certain teddy-bear-like quality that was due partly to his weight. Since January, the star has been on a very strict diet and workout routine, and not only has he lost 80 pounds, but he’s also no longer on medication for diabetes, People magazine informs.
Unveiling his much slimmer figure the other night at the CBS, Showtime and The CW TCA Party in Beverly Hills, Carey also talked a bit about the effort he put in looking this good. Apparently, it’s only the first few pounds that are the hardest to shake off because, once you get to see actual results, there’s literally no stopping you. Carey’s secret for his amazing weight loss is no carbs, no sugar and plenty of water and working out, he says.
“‘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’,” People writes. Asked for his secret behind the weight loss, Carey is more than happy to share it with everybody else, including how he snacks only on food and doesn’t drink anything else but water.
“No carbs. I have cheated a couple times, but basically no carbs, not even a cracker. No bread at all. No pizza, nothing. No corn, no beans, no starches of any kind. Egg whites in the morning or like, Greek yogurt, cut some fruit. I don’t drink anything but water. No coffee, no tea, no soda. Lots of cardio. About 45 minutes of cardio, at least 45 minutes of cardio. I’ve been kind of lazy like lately, so I’m not doing it 6 days a week, but I will be for this next month. I like being skinny. I was sick of being fat on the camera. Really, I just got sick of it. Once I started losing weight, again, like once I started dropping a couple pant sizes, then it was easy ‘cause once you see the results, then you don’t wanna stop,” the star explains.
Drew Carey dropped to a 33-34 pants size from a massive 44 but he doesn’t think his journey is over just yet. In fact, he plans to continue losing weight, having set his goal for a weight with 10 pounds less, which would make him a pants size 32.
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