Read How Josh Peck Transformed His Body
Many will recognise Josh Peck as the overweight but loveable kid in one of his many movie roles, or in the wildly popular nickelodeon show ‘Drake and Josh’ were he plays ‘Josh Nichols’. The semi true to life character placed Josh in a role where he may have been typecast as the typical ‘loser’ and many have come to associate Josh with this stereotype. However, Josh Perk has now lost the weight and shed the fat that once gave him his moniker in the industry.
Josh realised that he was overweight, and as he was on TV, was also aware that millions of children watched him every day. Whether he feels he deserves it or not, he knows that many of them look up to him as a role model,
“I don’t really understand why I should be a role model, but I know that kids do look up to me, so it is my responsibility to motivate people and be inspiring. I hope that I can do that for kids.”
Josh has certainly achieved his goals and has inspired millions more with his dramatic weight loss victory. He claims that he started on a healthy diet for a year and a half and then employed a personal trainer to help him with his fitness regime and to tone up. Losing weight and fat is great but it’s also important to maintain muscle mass and focus on bettering your health and to not ‘crash diet’ where you lose weight and then put it all back on again.
Josh admits that he “definitely has a healthier lifestyle now” and is much happier with his slimmer self. In the first few series of ‘Drake and Josh’, Josh was a noticeable overweight person, who may have been classified as obese. Though with hard work and dedication, he has shown that transformations of this kind are possible for anyone, even someone who is ‘stuck’ in a role or put in a position where they feel they can’t change.
Josh’s body was part of his character on the show. Would he have achieved the same fan base and hilarity with a sculpted fitness model physique? However, Josh knew he had to make a change and set a perfect example for anyone looking to lose weight.
Even though Josh hired a personal trainer, he still employed the basic principles that it takes to lose weight that everyone has at their disposal. He opted for a healthier lifestyle involving eating clean foods, eating a balanced diet and working out consistently.
Josh however insists that though he is proud of his transformation and would wish others to adopt a similar health regime if they would like to lose weight, it is more important about what people are like on the inside, stating,
“It doesn’t really matter what you look like though, it is who you are that matters, of course.”
Josh Peck sets an excellent example for others in everything he does, whether it through his career, his weight loss, his transformation or his outlook on life. The ‘Geeky’ kid from ‘The Amanda Show’ and ‘Drake and Josh’ has changed the public’s opinion of him from a stereotypically ‘fat’ kid to a model looking leading man who has the world at his feet in the film industry.
You can see more pictures of Josh Peck’s weight loss transformation here.
