14 DAY TRIAL // Perez Hilton, real name Mario Lavandeira, wanted to write about celebrities, so he started a blog. It was 2005 and the blog in question would become in just a couple of years the biggest of the kind, a pioneer of sorts. On a personal level, though, things were not that peachy for Perez, as he weighed over 240 pounds and was unfit, unhealthy and, as he puts it, “not pretty.”
The blogger, who has long become a celebrity on his own, is featured in the latest issue of InTouch Magazine (story via here), with an exclusive interview on how he came to realize he needed to change something about his lifestyle, his journey to a now slimmer and healthier self, and, ultimately, what is it that keeps him motivated. The article also includes before and after pictures, just in case readers are not convinced that the weight loss is real – even more, Perez claims on his website, none of pictures included has been photoshopped.
“Hollywood blogger Perez Hilton has made a career out of poking fun at celebrities, but says he could no longer exclude himself from the finger pointing when he ballooned up to 248 pounds two years ago. Perez, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, says he was so ashamed of his body, he took a long, hard look in the mirror and vowed to make a change. And now, committed to staying active seven days a week and sticking to a healthy diet, he has shed 61 pounds and transformed his life. Here, Perez, 32, exclusively tells In Touch how he lost the weight – and why he won’t stop until he has a six-pack!” InTouch writes.
Perez himself admits his body is still a work in progress – but at least he has professional help to keep him focused. “I began my journey toward leading a healthier life in January 2008. Looking at those before pictures, I’m horrified that I let myself get to that place. It was not healthy and it was not pretty. I did it slowly. I began by just eating healthy, and a month later, I started to incorporate a little bit of exercise – just walking for about 30 minutes a day – and then I became motivated to do more and more. I have two trainers who I work out with in the gym Mondays through Thursdays. On Fridays and Saturdays I do Pilates, Sundays I do yoga, and I also do spinning,” he says in the interview.
If the two trainers are not enough to provide the necessary motivation, the blogger can always turn to the celebrities he writes about on a daily basis for that. In the same interview, Perez says the stars whose body he finds the hottest are footballer David Beckham and “High School Musical” heartthrob Zac Efron. In fact, it’s Efron’s abs that Perez wants – and he won’t stop until he too gets a six-pack, as also noted above.
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