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    Jason Kelce Bares His Post-Retirement Body While Sumo Wrestling

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    Jason Kelce is bringing the push tush to the ring.

    Two years after retiring from the NFL, the Philadelphia Eagles alum tried his hand at sumo wrestling against three champion rikishi, including the 540-pound Ichinojo Takashi. 

    And that also meant stripping down in order to wear the tradition mawashi, a loincloth sported by sumo wrestlers.

    “My belly is a little bit amped up,” the 38-year-old admitted on the Oct. 27 episode of his Kelce Versus video series. “I’ve been eating a lot of ice cream this summer.”

    Kelce also acknowledged that his body isn’t as limber as it used to be, quipping as he stretched out his inner thigh, “Is it normal to sweat this much?”

    “You’ve got good flexibility,” he told former sumo wrestler Nasanjargal “Zorig” Chinzorig while trying to maintain his balance. “I feel very open to my hips, that’s for sure.”

    And when Kelce struggled with pushing a massive tire as part of his workout, prompting Zorig to help him, the former football player joked as he caught his breath, “OK, that’s embarrassing.”

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    Jason Kelce Is Unrecognizable Without a Beard in Resurfaced Photos

    So, how did Kelce fare? He scored one win out of eight rounds.

    “Wouldn’t have won a Super Bowl at this, but I’m calling this a success,” he said. “There is some definite carryover. You have to stay low, get the hands inside, never stop moving your feet, maintain your balance.”

    Indeed, Kelce’s body has gone through some changes since hanging up his helmet. After all, he lost 30 pounds in the years after his retirement.

    “Right now, I’m about 277. I’m almost 20 pounds down right now,” Kelce told GQ in 2024. “It’s hard to imagine another nearly 20 pounds coming off, being honest with you. But my back already feels better. My knees already feel better. So another 20 pounds hopefully will make that much more adept at playing with my children.”

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    But Kelce—who shares daughters Wyatt, 7, Elliotte, 5, Bennett, 3, and Finnley, 18 months, with wife Kylie Kelce—noted that he doesn’t want to get “too small.”

    “I’ll still be big and be happy with the way I look without having a six-pack,” he added. “But I’ll still be able to have that stature a little bit.”

    For more stars speaking out about their weight loss journeys, read on.

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    Luke CombsThe country musician explained that his physical appearance has prompted “a lot of self-doubt” throughout his wildly successful career.“I knew I could perform as good as anybody and put on a good show and write songs that I felt like people would enjoy,” he said on a February 2026 episode of The New York Times’ Popcast podcast. “That was one of my biggest fears is like, ‘Man, maybe I don’t get a shot just because of the way I look.’”And though Luke described his fitness journey as “this puzzle I can’t figure out,” he is against using GLP-1 medication to help him lose weight.“That stuff scares me more than I would enjoy the benefits,” he explained. “I will [lose the weight], but I’m not going to do it the short way.”He concluded, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that. That’s a personal choice. Just for me, I need to win the thing. I need to beat myself.”

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    Andy CohenThe Bravo host detailed his health and fitness journey using an Ozempic-like drug.”I did, this summer, lose a good chunk of weight by micro-dosing a GLP-1,” the 57-year-old revealed in September 2025 during an episode of his SiriusXM Andy Cohen Live radio show. “I was really unhappy with my weight. My doctor and I talked about this last year, had recommended a GLP-1 a few times to not only address what I was feeling about my weight, but treat plaque in my arteries and high blood pressure. This is a medication that actually is beneficial to a lot of elements of health and I finally said ‘yes.'””I have to say, it really helped me with cravings,” he continued, “which I was having a very hard time with, and really forcing myself to be more disciplined with my diet and with working out.”

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    Jelly RollThe singer shared in November 2024 that he had lost 120 pounds.”I did this publicly for a reason,” Jelly Roll said on his wife Bunnie XO‘s Dumb Blonde. “I want to be honest about my struggles with it with people.””What I want the world to know and I want the people to see, he continued, “is that I didn’t become successful because of my weight, I became successful in spite of it.”

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    Kelly ClarksonYep, the talk show host is standing a little taller these days. Informed by doctors she was pre-diabetic, “I dropped weight because I’ve been listening to my doctor—a couple years I didn’t,” the singer explained to People. “And 90 percent of the time I’m really good at it because a protein diet is good for me anyway.”She is a Texas girlie after all, “so I like meat—sorry, vegetarians in the world!”The mom to River and Remington is also enjoying exploring her new life in NYC. “Walking in the city is quite the workout,” she added. “And I’m really into infrared saunas right now. And I just got a cold plunge because everybody wore me down.”Not in her tool kit: The weight loss drug du jour. “My doctor chased me for like two years and I was like, ‘No, I’m afraid of it. I already have thyroid problems,'” she explained on a May 2024 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. “Everybody thinks it Ozempic. It’s not.” Rather, it’s another unnamed medicine, she continued, “Something that aids in helping break down the sugar—obviously my body doesn’t do it right.”

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    Oprah WinfreyYou get some health advice! And you get some health advice! Because now that the media legend is feeling better than ever, she’s dishing out her best tips. “It’s not one thing,” she stressed to Entertainment Tonight of her treadmill workouts, hikes, water consumption and nutritious eats, “it’s everything.”While Winfrey hasn’t named the weight loss medication she’s using, she told People in December, “The fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for,” she explained of adding that particular tool to her arsenal. “I’m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself.”

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    Tarek El MoussaLiving proof that you can, in fact, flip your life, the HGTV personality detailed his two-year fitness journey in a July 2023 Instagram post. “Sometimes you think you’re doing the right thing but what you actually need is redirection in order to see growth,” he wrote. While his previous regimen included the occasional hot yoga class with wife Heather Rae El Moussa, the reality star noted that he wasn’t following a particular routine, tracking his protein intake or receiving any sort of guidance. Enter: nutritionist Sean Torbati. Now, “I’m eating the right food & Hot yoga 1-2 times a week which is so good for my mental & physical state,” the dad of three explained. “It all comes down to motivation and perseverance.”For him, “Once I realized how BADLY I wanted to feel good and be healthy—for myself, my wife, my kids, and my longevity—was the second I put my head down and got to work!!”

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    Whoopi GoldbergThe View cohost revealed she used Mounjaro—a type 2 diabetes medication—to slim down after gaining weight in 2021.”I weighed almost 300 pounds when I made Till,” she said on the March 19 episode of the daytime talk show. “I had taken all those steroids, I was on all this stuff, and one of the things that’s helped me drop the weight is Mounjaro. That’s what I use.”

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    Meghan TrainorThe Grammy winner knows she made you look with her body transformation, which she credited to several factors including diet and exercise—as well as a GLP-1 weight loss medication.“I’ve worked with a dietician, made huge lifestyle changes, started exercising with a trainer and yes, I used science and support (shoutout to Mounjaro!) to help me after my 2nd pregnancy,” she wrote on Instagram in March 2025. “And I’m so glad I did because I feel great.”

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    Whitney Way ThoreThe reality star knows she’s fabulous with or without your compliments thank you very much. Responding to speculation that she had undergone a dramatic body transformation, the My Big Fat Fabulous Life star responded in a February Instagram post, “I hate addressing this, but no, I have not had medical intervention to lose weight.”And while she noted she had dropped 100 pounds from her previously 385-pound frame, including 50 after mom Barbara “Babs” Thore‘s December 2022 death, “I weigh 285 pounds and I have been this weight for almost a year now.”Bottom line, she continued, “Thank you for the compliments, but I really don’t like obsessing over my body and I don’t like it when others do it either.”

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    Valerie BertinelliWell aware that she’s hot in Cleveland, L.A. or wherever else she happens to be, the actress gave her refreshing take on body image with a February Instagram post. “This is a 150lb body on a 5’4 frame,” the Food Network host wrote, sharing a 2014 bikini photo. “I don’t weigh myself anymore because this is considered overweight by who’s [sic] standards, I don’t know. It’s stupid and I believed them for far too long.”Fully removed from the pressures of dieting, “I now, finally, know that I am a kind, considerate, funny, thoughtful woman,” she continued. “So please remember, who you are and what your character is, should never be overshadowed by what size you are or how much you weigh. You are enough. Just the way you are.”As for anyone that might not agree, she summed up, “F–k ‘em.”

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    Post MaloneMan, the musician feels just like a rockstar since dropping 55 pounds. “I’ve had a lot of people ask me about my weight loss and i’d suppose, performance on stage,” he acknowledged in an April 2023 Instagram post. “i’m having a lot of fun performing, and have never felt healthier.”His inspiration, he continued, was the daughter he welcomed in 2022: “i guess dad life kicked in and i decided to kick soda, and start eating better so i can be around for a long time for this little angel. next up is smokes and brews, but i like to consider myself a patient man.”

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    Kelly OsbourneWhy, yes, she did feel the pressure to snap back after welcoming son Sidney in November 2022. “It became my mission,” she told E! News of dropping 85 pounds in that initial postpartum period. “I was obsessed with it because I didn’t even want to get brought into the conversation, I just wanted to be left alone.”Not that she’s recommending her strict AF approach. “It was a lot of work,” she said. “It was miserable. I was hungry all the time, but I’m really happy with the results.”

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    John GoodmanThe Roseanne alum has hit a lot of highs and lows throughout his health journey. “In the old days, I would take three months out, lose 60 or 70 pounds, and then reward myself with a six-pack or whatever and just go back to my old habits,” he explained in 2017. “This time I wanted to do it slowly. Move, exercise. I’m getting to the age where I can’t afford to sit still anymore.”His sensible approach—lots of walking and a Mediterranean diet heavy on fish, vegetables and nuts—has helped him maintain a 200-pound weight loss. “It’s a life of rehab,” he admitted to Men’s Health. “But it’s a labor of love.”

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    Drew CareyAfter being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and losing both his dad and brother to heart attacks, The Price Is Right host decided to take a spin at healthier eating. “No carbs,” he told Entertainment Tonight of his winning formula that also included a lot of daily cardio. “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.”And to wash it all down, “I don’t drink anything but water,” he said. “No coffee, no tea, no soda.”

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    Tammy SlatonA huge loss has led to some pretty big gains for the 1000-lb Sisters star. Since shedding a remarkable 440 pounds, she’s celebrated a series of milestones, documented on her TLC show: Flying for the first time, being able to buckle her seatbelt on a plane and ride in the front seat of a car, inside a hot air balloon and on rides at Disney World.”Some people take small things for granted,” Slaton explained in a February TikTok. “Like being able to buckle a seatbelt and not have to use an extender. It’s big for me. Because I hadn’t been able to do that stuff in years.”Now, continued the reality star, “I’m more or less like giving myself a pat on the back for achieving something and doing it. Getting the weight off and living. That’s what I’m doing. I can finally say I’m living life.”

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    Brittany CartwrightRaise your glasses high to this healthy take from the Vanderpump Rules alum. While the Jenny Craig brand ambassador is hoping to see some results now that she’s recommitted to the meal plan, “I’m also just trying to maintain and be the best version of myself for my son,” she explained to E! News in February. Because while she “would definitely love to lose some weight,” it’s more important to model healthy habits for her and Jax Taylor‘s son Cruz. “I just think it’s important to show him a healthy routine,” said the future star of The Valley. “Working out is so important to me and for my mental health. I just think that being involved in a good healthy journey is super important for me.”

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    Megan Thee StallionAll that work on her body-ody-ody-ody-ody has paid off for the musician who has dedicated herself to going hard on strength training. “I’m really proud of my journey,” the star told People in 2023. “Fitness has become a part of my lifestyle. I’ve been disciplined and committed to working out on a regular basis and investing in my health.”And with all the work she’s been putting in, she continued, “I might have to drop a Hottie Bootcamp sometime soon.” A little sample: A heart-pounding mix of deadlifts, jump-roping, forward lunges and mountain climbers. “This s–t burn like a motherf–ker,” she said in one video. “But I know you see them thighs popping.”

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    Shay MitchellWhen the world shut down in March 2020, mere months after the Pretty Little Liars alum gave birth to her first daughter Atlas, “I felt the least motivated I ever have,” she shared with E! News. “Everything had kind of come to a halt and so truly I just thought, well, eff it.”Workout plans were tossed out the window along with her long-held “everything in moderation” way of eating. Having slid from the first few months of postpartum into the free-for-all that was 2020 “eating 100 percent s—ty food” had taken a toll and she missed feeling good about her body. Approached with the idea of signing on for Openfit’s 4 Weeks of Focus with trainer Kelsey Heenan, she was pumped but skeptical.  After four straight weeks kicking off her mornings with lemon-infused warm water and a 30-minute sweat session (“It included HIIT, it included cardio, it included strength training,” she said of the varied full-body routines) and recommitting to healthy meal choices (“If I want pizza, I’ll have pizza and dump some spinach on it”) she was a convert. “I was like, ‘Hoooooly…’ you know,” she admitted. “I’ve been active my entire life. I have never lifted a 40-pound weight, lifted a 50-pound.” 

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    Lexi ReedThough the fitness influencer does a fair amount of sweating, it’s never about the small stuff. The social media star—also known as Fat Girl Fed Up online—revealed in a December Instagram that she didn’t quite hit her goal of getting under 200 pounds. But she still felt like celebrating. “I have to keep reminding myself progress is progress, no matter how small,” she noted. “I just know I worked really hard this week. But it’s OK, because I didn’t gain all that weight overnight, I’m not gonna lose it overnight either. So keep going, no matter what.”Because she knows all of her health goals are within reach. “I will get to wonderland,” she said. “Whether it’s next week or next year, we’re gonna get there, eventually. Keep going, believe in yourself, progress not perfection.”

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    Jonathan Van NessWanting to get stronger so they could tumble into a more intense gymnastics routine, the Queer Eye star truly stuck the landing when it came to their health journey. “I got a nutritionist back in April. I’ve lost 35 lbs,” they shared in an August 2022 TikTok, showing off their body transformation. “Here’s the thing, I wanted to change my body size because of my gymnastics and my career.”However, they cautioned, don’t assume you’re going to nail that metaphorical aerial on your first try. “It took three weeks before I saw any change,” the Love That Story author admitted. “So, if you’re wanting to make a change, literally three weeks of working out and eating differently before I saw any change.”

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    Dylan SprouseBefore turning 30 in 2022, the Disney Channel alum made the choice to dive into a new training regimen. “Used to wear a shirt in the pool as a kid so I decided in my late twenties I wanted to change my body and become a meat head,” the actor, wed to model Barbara Palvin, captioned an Instagram post that April. “This is my meat head post.” Between hitting the weights and the kettlebells, it was “a long slog,” he continued, “but I’m proud of the progress I’ve made and I ain’t done yet.” 

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    Rebel WilsonSometimes you’re hitting every high note, sometimes you’re admitting life isn’t always pitch perfect. Such was the case when the actress revealed in a candid January 2024 Instagram post that she’d regained 30 pounds after hitting her 75-kilogram goal weight in 2020. With filming committments making it harder to keep up with her grueling boxing and hiking workouts, “I’ve lost focus on my healthy lifestyle,” said Wilson, who’s spoken about the work she’d put in to ditch her emotional eating habits and trade a carb-heavy diet for more protein. The extra stress leading to extra pounds, “It makes me feel bad about myself,” Wilson admitted, “it shouldn’t…but it does.” 

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    Chris PrattSaying buh-bye to his favorite beers? Fine. Committing to “three to four hours a day of just consistent, ass-kicking hard work,” as he described his P90X, kickboxing and running sessions to Men’s Journal? Sure. But for Pratt, the toughest part of his 60-pound transformation from Parks and Recreation‘s Andy Dwyer to Guardians of the Galaxy superhero was all the water—drinking an ounce a day for every pound he weighed. “I was peeing all day long, every day,” he explained. “That part was a nightmare,”

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    Paul RuddThough he was already “kind of a Baldwin” as Cher Horowitz would note, the Clueless alum understood why fans were shocked to hear he would be crawling into Ant-Man’s suit as the the Marvel’s latest hero. “When people heard that I was cast in this movie, I think most people’s reactions were ‘Huh? Paul Rudd as a superhero? Really?’” Rudd admitted to Variety in 2015. So he knew what he had to do. The ageless star “took the Chris Pratt approach to training for an action movie,” he shared. “Eliminate anything fun for a year and then you can play a hero.”

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    Jessie James DeckerThe Just Eat author has turned to her tried-and-true South Beach diet to feel more herself after the births of her older children. “I saw results instantly,” she told E! News of the protein-heavy plan. “I got on the program and I worked out and it was just like, okay.” But first she soaks up every second of the postpartum period. “I always tell mothers, like, that should be the last thing on your mind,” stressed Decker, mom to Vivianne, Eric Jr., Forrest and February 2024 arrival Denver. “After you have a baby, please do not think about trying to lose weight. Just feed your baby. Love on your baby. You have a newborn. Your body is trying to heal. You will know when your body is ready. Don’t listen to your brain telling you, ‘Lose weight, lose weight.’ You’ll know when you physically feel like, ‘Okay, I feel like I’m ready to kind of have that energy and can run around.'” 

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    Nolan GouldSure, the six-pack has been a nice benefit of the Modern Family alum’s 90-minute training sessions and healthier diet (“What I get is actually really healthy food for you: Lean protein, eating as many vegetables as you want and staying away from things like soda,” he described to People). But completing an ambitious bucket list is really what drives him. “A lot of my life goals outside of acting have to do with the outdoors—I know I want to climb big rock walls in Yosemite, and so, I want to get fit for that,” he explained. “One of my big life goals is to do the Pacific Crest Trail, which is up the coast of America, Mexico to Canada and back.”

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    Ashley GreeneFollowing the September 2022 birth of daughter Kingsley, the Twilight alum sunk her teeth into a hard truth: “I don’t think my body will ever be quite ‘the same,'” she shared in a January 2023 Instagram post, “and I’m learning to be ok with that.”And should she find herself struggling, she’s picked up a strategy every bit as important as the workout routine she recommitted herself to postpartum. “I go and pick up my child,” she told E! News of her “sweet angel” daughter. Staring into Kingsley’s eyes “allows you to be grateful versus kind of nitpicking yourself,” she explained of her strategy. “And so that is one of my hacks that I do because no matter what you put out there, it’s hard not to be self-critical.”

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