Country music star Jelly Roll has been on quite the weight loss journey this year. He's now down more than 100 pounds (and counting), and the Tennessee-bred singer is opening up about how an unhealthy relationship with eating led him to such a difficult place.
The "I Am Not Okay" crooner told People magazine in a new interview that learning how to relate with food in a healthy way was the hardest part.
"The battle was with the food addiction, changing the way I’ve looked at food for the last 39 years," he said. "I’ve never had a healthy relationship with food, so that was the hard part. But once you get into that discipline and commitment, it’s like an avalanche. Once that little snowball started rolling, it was on its way."
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It's a struggle that Jelly Roll has had since childhood. "Nobody in my house ever had [a healthy relationship with food], so that was the hard part—really fighting that demon at first and getting into that discipline and that commitment," he said.
The singer kicked off his Beautifully Broken Tour in August and will wrap it up later this month. So far, he's lost more than 60 pounds on tour, thanks to him and his crew playing basketball every day on the road. He also emphasizes eating nutritious food rather than easily accessible unhealthy options.
"It’s cool because there was once a time in life that the culture I built on tour was the opposite. It revolved around alcohol and drugs," he said honestly. "And now our tour culture is around good eating and around exercising and doing emotional check-ins with our crew every day."
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Earlier this year, Jelly Roll reached a major personal goal by training for and completing a 5K. With 110 pounds now gone, his focus now is keeping up that momentum and continue seeing the numbers drop: "I hope I continue to lose this weight."
Jelly Roll's new album Beautifully Broken is out now.
