Anthony Anderson is Back on Television and Healthier Than Ever
Anthony Anderson has been making the country laugh for a long time, but now he’s the one laughing. The famous actor recently shed 47 pounds, and he’s back on television and looking better than ever. He stars in the new ABC sitcom, “Black-ish,” and he’s happy about his new job and his new look.
“This is what I’m supposed to look like. I’ve always been confident. Being overweight was never an issue for me. I started eating healthier and in moderation, but I was still sort of eating the same stuff that I’d been eating all my life,” he says of his desire to lose weight and get healthy when he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes more than 13 years ago. He thought he’d lose weight this way, and couldn’t understand why it wasn’t falling off when he began his life changing moderation.
“When I was cast in Law & Order, I decided to make a drastic change. I got more serious about my health and appearance – not from a vanity standpoint. I just started making healthier choices. Six weeks ago, I moved to a plant-based diet. I’m vegan-ish – I’m not going to send anything back to the kitchen if some butter or cream found its way onto the plate,” he says of his new, trim body and his new look on life and eating.
The actor noticed he really had a problem when he was up to more than 260 pounds, and he’s not down to 223 pounds. He says his wife and kids are very helpful and supportive of his desire to get fit and healthy, and he appreciates their efforts, even if they do think it’s annoying.
“My daughter hates going out to eat with me because I’ll find the most obscure places that cater to what I need. And I’m always on the basketball court with my son,” he says of his new life choices.
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