John Goodman Shows Off 200-Lb Weight Loss After Cutting Back On Alcohol And Sugar: 'It Was Life Or Death And Time To Stop'

John Goodman is looking better than ever these days – and a large part of it is down to his epic 200-lb weight loss, which he has been working on since 2007!

The 71-year-old Big Lebowski star reportedly began his fitness journey back in 2007, and has since lost a super-impressive 200 lbs. according to a June 2023 interview with Rolling Stone. The Righteous Gemstones actor reportedly weighed 392 lbs. at his heaviest, with side by side before and after pictures, such as the one below, proving just how far he has come!

John Goodman Talks About Quitting Drinking

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 open about!

Talking about 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 give up 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."

How Did John Goodman Lose 200 Lbs.?

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 shift the pounds, which seems to have worked wonders! 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.