Fat Joe is sharing his story of how he lost 250 lbs over the last 10 years.
During an appearance on the 3rd Hour Today on Wednesday (April 9), the Terror Squad rapper’s weight loss was not lost on co-host Craig Melvin who said he isn’t “fat” anymore, and called him “Slim Jim.”
“No, I’m Al Roker’s twin. That’s who I am. Not-so-fat Joe,” Joe replied. “We tryna stay alive, brother.”
While he is currently in the best shape of his life, Joe admitted that sometimes he feels like the same guy.
“Healthwise, yes, [it’s been transformative],” Joe explained. “I still feel like Fat Joe. Do you feel like Fat Al?”
“Yeah, I still make those jokes, and people say, ‘You can’t make those jokes,” Al Roker added.
“They say you can’t make those jokes? The world changed on us. You gotta watch what jokes you say these days,” Joe said.
Back in October 2021, Fat Joe shared how Ozempic was a key factor in the his weight loss. At his heaviest, the “Lean Back” rapper weight 470lbs.
“We just try to eat everything with the least carbs as possible…so we try to stay away from the bread, the pasta, the rice. That’s the smartest way to eat,” Joe told Us Weekly.
He also credited Ozempic with taking away his late-night cravings
“Ozempic says you may only have two pieces of your favorite stuff,” he joked.
“This morning I ate breakfast, I had this toast. I cut the corner off, ate it, and kept it moving,” he added. “Normally I would’ve ate the whole thing. But you know, that’s what we do. We cut carbs and try to be smarter.”
In an interview with Men’s Health, the death of Big Pun in 2000 at the age of 28 was his first wake-up call.
“I went to his funeral and I felt like Ebenezer Scrooge,” Joe said. “And I’m looking at his little daughter. She was the same age as my daughter. I said, ‘You gotta lose weight; otherwise you outta here.”
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