Dave Bautista reveals plan that helped him shed 75lbs - after shocking fans with slimmed-down athletic look READ MORE: Dave Bautista breaks his silence over weight loss transformation By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 12:56 EDT, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 13:39 EDT, 17 September 2024 e-mail 3 View comments Action movie star Dave Bautista has wowed fans with his drastic weight loss, having dropped 75 pounds in just over two years. The former WWE star began training after filming wrapped on the 2023 release Knock at the Cabin.
At the time, he weighed 315 pounds, which was higher than when he wrestled professionally. Losing the added pounds, which he packed on with help from French fries and pancakes, took a lot of work . To do it, he cut his calorie intake to 2,500, around 1,000 fewer calories than the Mayo Clinic recommends for a person of his age and size to lose weight .
He fasted until at least 1pm and then ate largely vegetarian , with eggs and fish added in for protein, and he ate his last meal at least three hours before bed. Former WWE star Dave Bautista, 55, shed 75 pounds after filming Knock at the Cabin in 2022 Your browser does not support iframes. The 55-year-old former wrestler spoke to TikTok personality Chris Van Vliet about his weight loss journey: ‘I started trimming down because I had just gotten fat.
‘I got really big for a role and it was uncomfortably big...
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I got really big. I was around 315 pounds and I put the weight on really fast.’ Putting on a drastic amount of weight – before Knock at the Cabin, it hovered around 275 to 300 – comes with some concerning risks to one’s health.
While it’s unclear how he was training or what kind of exercise regimen he followed during this period of packing on pounds, he told fans that he ate a lot of high-sugar, high-fat foods. This often leads to an accumulation of body fat, which can endanger one’s health even if their body mass index (BMI) falls within a normal range. It also adds more stress to the heart, increases blood pressure, and drives up cholesterol levels.
Rapid weight can also alter the way the body responds to insulin in the body, which increases the odds of developing type 2 diabetes. Bautista said he put on an ‘uncomfortable’ amount of weight before filming Knock at the Cabin: ‘I was probably a little too big, but at the time, I was just thinking, I gotta get big.’ He added: ‘It took me forever to shed it off.
' Bautista weighed in at around 315 pounds while filming the 2022 thriller. He is pictured here in May, 2022 He gained an 'uncomfortable' amount of weight for the film. Before filming, he weighed between 275 and 290lbs For about two years since wrapping filming on Knock at the Cabin, Bautista has been eating 2,500 calories a day, largely vegetarian, with eggs and fish added in for protein.
The total allowance was an exceedingly low amount given the estimated 3,100 to 3,700 recommended for a person of his height—6’4”—and starting weight of 315. The Glass Onion star credits his weight loss to Brazilian jiu-jitsu, even flying a trainer to Budapest to work with him while he filmed Dune 2. He told Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly and Mark earlier in the summer: ‘It's the way I lose weight.
Bautista and trainer Jason Manly ‘did nothing but grapple, like for hours. And so I started shedding the weight off and I figured I'll just stick with it so I'll get my brown belt,’ which he obtained in 2023. The more he slimmed down, the better he felt.
His new regimen even helped him overcome allergies and asthma. He also follows an intermittent fasting plan, holding off on eating until around 1 pm, allowing himself to eat for a few hours, and stops around three hours before bed. He said: 'I was trimming down, and I’ve sacrificed a lot of muscle.
But I’m okay with it, because I just feel more comfortable.’ Bautista has faced allegations that he used performance enhancing drugs to obtain his hulking figure. While he has admitted to using anabolic steroids to recover from muscle injuries, there is no concrete evidence to support those claims that he abused steroids.
Bautista is known for playing intimidating, hulking characters, including Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy. Fans say he is now unrecognizable But fans have been shocked by his weight loss, even speculating that the actor is dealing with an eating disorder because ‘people have seen me so much bigger over the years, they think I'm anorexic. Read More Hollywood superstar Dave Bautista makes emotional post after passing sporting milestone - with Vin Diesel, Ryan Reynolds and Bear Grylls congratulating him He told Chris Van Vliet: ‘It's weird because people think, like for me, people say, “God, you're skinny.
” I even saw online some people are worried about my health.’ The journey hasn’t been an easy one. Bautista said: I'm basically killing myself to be this trim.
I mean I'm training hard, not only training hard, but my calories are pretty restricted’ at about 2,500 daily. He added: ‘For me, it's like nothing. I'm just not eating much.
I'm not starving or anything.’ Still, he plans to drop a few more pounds, adding that his weight is now the lowest since he was 19. WWE Kelly Ripa Dave Bautista Glass Onion Share or comment on this article: Dave Bautista reveals plan that helped him shed 75lbs - after shocking fans with slimmed-down athletic look e-mail Add comment.
