The heaviest I've ever been is 65 kilos. That was during my Leaving Cert when I was just studying and eating chocolate.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I love the way my weight fluctuates in the newspapers. It was 18 stone and then people look at a bad picture of me and add a few more stone on. I think the highest was 22 stone.
I knew what I was getting into: 72-ounce steaks, shakes by the quart, atomic wings. When I landed 'Man v. Food' in 2008, I accepted the fact that my weight would fluctuate. But instead of stressing about the scale, I made my long-term health a primary concern.
My ideal weight is 205, actually.
Weight is something I've battled all my life.
I'm like the universe; either expanding or contracting at any given moment. The most that I had put on was about 35, 36 pounds, and I've taken all of that off.
I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce.
There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.
Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living.
There was a time when I was 312 pounds. And I've been all different weights.
In my early days, I was about 145 pounds. I was really a starving artist; the poster child for starving artists.