magician Penn Jillette loses 105lbs in 4 months on 1000 calories a day

[Liberal_in_LA]

Ta-da! Magician Penn Jillette loses 105lbs in just four months thanks to 'extreme low-calorie' diet



By Olivia Fleming For
Master illusionist Penn Jillette has lost 105lbs - without using any of this magic.

The 60-year-old entertainer and Wizard Wars judge dropped from 330lbs to 225lbs the old fashioned way, by making a change in his eating habits.

For four months, from December 2014 to March 2015, Jillette undertook an 'extreme low-calorie program,' he told People.com, only consuming 1,000 calories per day.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3032338/Ta-da-Magician-Penn-Jillette-loses-105lbs-just-four-months-thanks-extreme-low-calorie-diet.html

[ZombieHorde]

1. I wonder how the body reacts to that diet, besides the fast weight loss. nt

[Rex]

2. Did the same thing, sorta, and lost 50 pounds in 4 months.

Amazing what the body does when you stop eating junkfood, fastfood, drinking sodas and eating candy.

[sharp_stick]

3. Now he has to be very careful

that he doesn't yo-yo back. Those extremely low cal diets can work wonders but his body has adjusted to it and if he goes back to a 2200 calorie or whatever diet those pounds will climb on just about as fast as he lost them.

[Rex]

7. That's why I did not go for a crash diet...most gain the weight back plus more. nt

nt

[oberliner]

4. That is messed up

He looks awful.

[Logical]

14. WTF kind of comment is that? Based on what? He looks different. You are a joy I bet. nt

[oberliner]

21. I always read one was not supposed to lose weight that quickly

I thought it was healthier to maybe lose a pound or two a week.

That was why I thought it was messed up that he lost so much so quickly.

And, I don't know, I just thought he looked healthier before.

[AgingAmerican]

23. He looks gaunt

Like he is sick or something. Probably lacking vitamins or something. Diets never work, they are a short term fix. The only thing that works is changing your fundamental eating habits.

[Skittles]

16. yes he does indeed look bad

[951-Riverside]

30. He does not look healthy

Losing that amount of weight in that short amount of time can't be good for the heart ether.

[teenagebambam]

35. He looks like a 60 year old man

I don't get how that equals "awful"

[brooklynite]

5. It's as if he made them.....disappear!

[DawgHouse]

18. Now you see him, now you don't!

[Dreamer Tatum]

6. Looks like they migrated to Teller's feet. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. lol nt

[B2G]

8. Good for him...he looks great! nt

[NaturalHigh]

9. Impressive if not entirely healthy.

[AtomicKitten]

10. 1000 calories is brutal for a man his size.

Really impressive effort.

[Feron]

11. Crash diets usually don't end well..

Losing that much weight in 4 months without being like 500+ lbs obese is unhealthy.

And 1000 calories a day is very little. In addition to fat, he probably lost a lot of muscle mass as well.

[johnnysad]

12. The same can be done with 2500 a day with a little exercise

What he did is not a healthy way to lose weight

[REP]

13. Maybe that and a gastric bypass

I know people who've done the medically supervised 960 calorie per day with exercise program that didn't drop that kind of weight or look that terrible.

[AngryAmish]

15. Admirabke at his age.

My record was 30 lbs in 32 days.

[DawgHouse]

17. Good for him!

He does look quite different. I remember when Al Roker lost weight, I thought he looked awful, but he really didn't, it was just so quick and dramatic. He looks normal to me now.

[PasadenaTrudy]

19. Now can he keep it off? that's the hard part n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. very hard. Oprah, with private chef and all her money, couldn't keep it off

[Marr]

31. It's only hard for most people to maintain a lower weight because they've

employed some absurd crash diet that isn't sustainable, and isn't meant to be. They reach their goal and go back to eating and living the only other way they know, which, unsurprisingly, takes them right back to where they were before the diet.

If you lose weight by changing your habits, and just slowly switch over to a healthy lifestyle you can maintain for good, you'll keep the weight off permanently.

[CrispyQ]

22. Hope he can maintain it.

Three and half years ago I went off some meds & dropped 40 pounds in 8 weeks. It was amazing. Then I had to work like hell to get another 10 off.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Not sure if 1,000 calories a day is smart.

And this is coming from someone who over the past year has been rather conscious about how many calories he is intaking per day.

But you probably need a good 2,000 or so a day. And exercise is always a plus.

[HereSince1628]

26. I can't lose any weight if my intake is much over 1200 kcal/day

I walked until my ankles were inflamed trying to lose weight when I was first diagnosed as diabetic. I followed a 'planned diet' of 1800-2000 kcal/day and walked 5-6 miles everyday. Lost almost nothing

I switched to stationary cycling and tried to cycle calories equal to breakfast lunch, and snacks. I lost weight...about 20 lbs over 2-3 months.

People must come to know themselves...and deal with themselves...for me 1000 kcal per day would be hard. I could do 1300-1500 but I would need access to a good fresh produce market to provide interesting things worth eating. I lived on cabbage family for months trying to control my blood sugar by diet and exercise. It worked more than less, but the rest of the household was unwilling to play along.

[Marr]

27. A more moderate calorie deficit would be much healthier.

I expect he lost quite a bit of muscle with that fat. I don't know why people torture themselves like this to lose weight. It really doesn't have to be painful, and it shouldn't be. Not if you're doing it for health.

[whatchamacallit]

28. Fuck Penn Jillette!

Isn't that the standard response to libertarians on DU?

[Liberal_in_LA]

32. is he a libertarian?

[whatchamacallit]

33. Yes n/t

[JI7]

29. he will probably gain it back fast and maybe more

Usually this type of dieting does not work long term

[joshcryer]

34. He did it for health reasons.

Probably will stick to it for his kids sake.

[Motown_Johnny]

36. My brother just did a 600 calorie a day diet

and lost his target 20 lbs. in about 2 months.

Just food for thought, but not much (since it is a low calorie thread).

[xjr15]

37. Looks Like He's Already Regaining Weight

I saw Penn & Teller on the Late Late Show last night (8/25/16), and Penn had a very pronounced paunch, nothing like the skinny pics atop this thread, so he is already regaining the weight.

Extreme diets (including Penn's new diet) are really a secular form of religion; everybody who does it claims that not only have they lost weight, but every other medical problem, major or minor, they ever had suddenly vanishes because (they always say) of their new religion (diet). Because of their new diet (religion), they are suddenly "born again" and their lives "will never be the same"...except 3-5 years later they are back where they started...

[Liberal_in_LA]

38. Interesting.he is hawking a weightloss book

http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/08/penn-jillette-thinks-watermelon-is-magic.html