John Goodman Faces 'Hip Injury' While Shooting Tom Cruise Film In London Following Incredible 200-Lb Weight Loss
Goodman reportedly began his fitness journey back in 2007, and has since lost 200 lbs. according to a June 2023 interview with Rolling Stone. The Righteous Gemstones alum reportedly weighed 392 lbs. at his heaviest.
In a 2016 interview with ABC News, Goodman described his eating habits as "eating alcoholically," whereby he felt he had to reward himself for working out in the gym with a beer or an unhealthy snack.
He then confessed that the way he was living was "dangerous," as he didn't even want to look at himself in the mirror. He said: "I just got tired, sick and tired, of looking at myself. You're shaving in the mirror and you don't want to look at yourself. It gets dangerous."
John Goodman Discusses His Previous Eating Habits, And Reveals How Quitting Drinking Helped Him
According to reports, the first step in the Roseanne star's fitness journey was to quit drinking – and it's something he has been very candid about. Discussing his decision to go to rehab, Goodman previously told The Guardian: "It was getting to be too much. It was 30 years of a disease that was taking its toll on everyone around me and it had got to the point where, every time I did it, it was becoming more and more debilitating. It was life or death. It was time to stop."
Goodman also went into detail about his decision to stop drinking completely in 2007 after he won an Emmy for his guest appearance on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and was "drunk" for the rehearsal.
"I missed the rehearsal because I was drunk. And then by the time Sunday morning rolled around I was shaking," he previously told The Sun. "I was still drinking, but I was still shaking. I had the clarity of thought that I needed to be hospitalized," he continued at the time. "I called my wife, which was like turning myself into the Gestapo. And she made some phone calls; we got me into a treatment center, and I detoxed there and decided I liked the feeling."
Goodman reportedly lost almost 100 lbs. by 2016, and continued to eat well and exercise to lose even more weight. He reportedly hired health coach Mackie Shilstone to help him shed the pounds. Shilstone previously told People: "He remembers what it feels like to be extremely heavy, and it's something he doesn't want again."
"Move, exercise. I'm getting to the age where I can't afford to sit still anymore," Goodman said in 2017. One year later, he went into more detail about some of the things he did to lose weight, including cutting back on sugar, walking at least 10,000 steps every day, adopting a Mediterranean-style diet, and controlling his portion sizes.
"It was basically just portion control and 'I don't need it.' I was just shoving everything into my mouth," Goodman told AARP in 2018.