The 'My Name Is Earl' alum looks completely unrecognizable as he shows off his ripped body on numerous Instagram posts after years of weight loss journey.
- Jan 11, 2020
AceShowbiz - Ethan Suplee has gone through one amazing body transformation. Known for years as the overweight Louie Lastik from "Remember the Titans" , the 43-year-old actor wowed many when he flaunted his ripped body on social media following a dramatic weight loss and gain journey in the past 20 years.
Having shared multiple Instagram posts on his body transformation, the 43-year-old actor showed off a new gym photo on January 10 with a caption that read, "Between sets ama? All done now, thanks for the company!" It was quickly flooded with praises and calls for guidance and advice from his followers.
One Instagram user applauded his effort, "I'm so amazed by you in so many ways, you seem like such a genuine and awesome person, it makes me upset to see people posting that this is fake news...You're killin' it, man!" Another chimed in, "Damn man. IF YOU CAN LOOK LIKE THAT SO CAN I!!! I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DIET!!!"
Suplee did not get his ripped physique the easy way though. In the first episode of his "American Glutton" podcast, he revealed that he had "gained and lost probably close to 1,000 pounds at this point." He additionally opened up about his relationship with food which caused him to weigh more than 200 by the age of 10.
"I guess the first diet I was ever on, I was 5-years-old," he spilled. "I had not thought about food really other than enjoying food up until that point. I went to visit my grandparents in Vermont and they were kind of shocked at the state of me. Now back then - this was like late '70s, early '80s - the fat version of me at 5-years-old was probably close to what the average is today, but back then it was startling. You know, there weren't a lot of fat kids back then, certainly not as many as there are now."
"So they weighed me and they were just shocked. I don't know what the numbers were but their response was not good and they started limiting my food," the Randy Hickey of "My Name Is Earl" continued on. "I learned really quickly that when I wanted a second plate of lasagna I had to do it really quickly without them seeing."
The "American History X" star further recalled how his fat body back then caused "a lot of trouble" as he confessed that he used food, alcohol and drugs to "numb" himself throughout his teen years. "Health wasn't something I ever thought about," he admitted.
It was not until he got sober in 2002 that he started to try dieting. "I lost a s***load of weight. I went from 530 to, at my lowest, 220," he stated. "At 220, I was very, very thin." His slimmer figure, however, cost him jobs since filmmakers found him "too thin". He added, "At some point I was like, 'Well f**, I'm just gonna get fat again because maybe it'll be better for work.' And honestly, it was."
At this point in his life, Suplee claimed that he had "gained and lost probably close to 1,000 pounds." Yet, what matters most was his current relationship with food. "Food is a functional fuel I use to live and that's how I am thinking about it right now," he elaborated.
