The Star Lord of 'Guardians of the Galaxy' says being overweight is 'bad for your heart, your skin, your system, your spirit.'
- Jun 6, 2015
AceShowbiz - Chris Pratt opens up on his physical and emotional struggles when he was at his heaviest, 300 lbs. "I was impotent, fatigued, emotionally depressed. I had real health issues that were affecting me in a major way," the actor says to Men's Health U.K. magazine. "It's bad for your heart, your skin, your system, your spirit."
"I'd gone back and forth, lost weight for Moneyball, got fat again, then trimmed down for Zero Dark Thirty (2012), then gained it all back again for Andy [Parks and Recreation]. That's when I saw Zero Dark Thirty and right after walking out I was like: 'I'm going to get in shape and I'm never going to be fat again'," he recalls.
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— EntertainmentTonight (@etnow) June 5, 2015"When I was fat and unhappy, the only moments of respite I got were when I was eating. I felt great shovelling food down my neck and totally negative in between," he explains. "Now mealtimes are sometimes lame, because that's the way it can be when you're eating healthily. But all the time between meals, I feel great."
Besides gaining weight for his TV role, Pratt admits he kept piling on the pounds because of his wife Anna Faris' delicious meals. "I put on weight because I'd fallen in love with a woman who loved to feed her man," he says. "We were drinking a lot of wine and having fun. I was her little Hansel out in the woods and she was fattening me up to put me in the fire. It was like Momma Bear and Papa Bear. She would eat a little bit, I would eat all of mine and the rest of hers."
