Comedian Eric André opened up to Men’s Health about his recent weight loss and newly shredded physique. This isn’t the first time he’s “disguised” himself for “The Eric André Show.” Yet, this transformation felt like one of the toughest.
“It took me six months. It’s a full-time job,” he told Men’s Health. “If you see any middle aged person with abs, know that they’re either psychotic or unemployed because it’s a full-time job.”
In Season Four of the eponymous program, which aired in 2016, André attempted to become “as skinny as possible,” but he didn’t succeed, he said. The next season he gained weight, “eating pizza and peanut butter sandwiches and pina coladas.”
His highest weight was 218 pounds after Season Five, and his lowest was 173 in Season Six, which started airing this month. To shed the weight, he worked with three personal trainers for intense 90-minute sweat sessions every morning except for Sunday, his rest day.
“It was a little bit of everything. It was strength training and HIIT,” he said. “Chest and triceps on Monday, Barry’s Bootcamp on Tuesday, legs on Wednesday, Barry’s Bootcamp on Thursday, back biceps and shoulders on Friday. I would do abs for 10 to 15 minutes and walk for low intensity at night.”
He also worked with a nutritionist, who helped him eat 1,800 to 2,000 daily calories, which he logged on a calorie-counting app.
“I was eating nothing but fish, chicken, fruits and vegetables,” he said.
The diet eventually felt grueling.
“If your only carbs are Japanese sweet potato and sourdough bread and you can’t eat after 6 o’clock in the evening, and you’re drinking a gallon of water, and you can’t drink any alcohol and you can’t have hot Cheetos — you start losing your mind,” he said.
André did have cheat days, but he would…
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