Secrets of John Goodman's Life-Saving 200Lb Weight-Loss Revealed — and How He Did It WITHOUT Turning to Ozempic

John Goodman, who made his film debut in 1982, gained a big fanbase when he appeared in The Flintstones. Between the 1980s and 1990s, he reportedly struggled with yo-yo dieting while playing Dan Conner on Roseanne.

He told David Letterman in 2010: "Then I got too fond of the barleycorn. I'd gain it back and then some, every year. It's going to be an ongoing process for the rest of my life."

Goodman managed to lose 60lbs after appearing on the sitcom.

After initially losing weight, Goodman looked like he gained some of the weight he shed when he attended the premiere of Monsters Inc. Still, his smile captivated everyone's hearts.

Goodman joined Haley Joel Osment and Mae Whitman at the premiere of Jungle Book 2.

The following year, he opened up about his struggles with maintaining weight-loss while appearing at a CBS party's red carpet event.

He said: "This time, I wanted to lose weight slowly, move, exercise. I'm getting to the age where I can't afford to sit still."

Goodman made everyone smile at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

Starting in 2007, Goodman reportedly quit drinking alcohol to help himself get on an effective health journey.

Goodman told The Guardian of his alcohol consumption: "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 was becoming more and more debilitating. It was time to stop."

He also told People in 2010 he decided to make a change in 2007 and received health coaching from Mackie Shilstone. He managed to lose weight when he started working out six days a week and cutting alcohol and sugar from his diet.

Goodman showed off his 100lbs weight-loss at the AFI Life Achievement Award event.

he said: "I'm breaking a sweat, but I'm not going nuts."

His dramatic weight-loss continued, but he seemingly gained some of what he lost, as seen in the photos from The Big Lebowski event at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

In 2015, Goodman rocked his suit as he walked the red carpet at the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special.

Speaking with The New York Post that year, Goodman's health coach revealed he introduced the10 Cloverfield Lane actor to the Mediterranean diet.

Shilstone said of Goodman's 100lbs weight-loss: "This didn't happen overnight – it's been an ongoing process."

Goodman's health journey continued, and he showed his slimmest physique so far during an outing in New York.

He told ABC News he decided to make a change after getting "sick and tired" of looking at his reflection.

Goodman said: "You don't want to look at yourself. It gets dangerous.

"I was just eating all the time. I was just eating alcoholically. In the old days, I would take three months out, lose 60 or 70lbs, and then reward myself with a six-pack of bud or whatever and just go back to my old habits."

In 2018, Goodman admitted to drinking on the set of Roseanne.

He told Sunday Today With Willie Geist: "My speech would be slurred. I thought I was fooling people. My cheeks would turn bright red when I was liquored up. I just looked like a stop sign."

Decades after starring in Roseanne, Goodman reunited with his costars Michael Fishman, Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, Sarah Chalke, Emma Kenney and Jayden Rey at Walt Disney Studios.

After the ups and downs in his weight-loss journey, Goodman shed a whopping 200lbs.

He quipped in an interview with AARP: "I don't want to be an example to anybody when the weight comes thundering back on – when I start eating Crisco out of the can with a spoon and a side of confectioner's sugar."

Goodman also revealed to Rolling Stone aside from his diet and exercise, he started boxing before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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