He’s on a winning streak! Jelly Roll revealed he has no plans to slow down his weight loss and exercise habits after dropping 110 pounds this year.
Jelly, 39 — real name Jason DeFord — told People in an interview published on Wednesday, November 20, that he’s lost an estimated 60 to 70 pounds since starting his Beautifully Broken tour in August.
“The battle was with the food addiction, changing the way I’ve looked at food for the last 39 years,” he explained. “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.”
Jelly has been open about his lifelong struggle with food addiction, which started when he was a child.
“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 told the publication.
The “Save Me” singer’s year of fitness began in January, when he began training for a 5K race hosted by his comedian pals Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura.
Jelly told People in April that he was running up to three miles a day, four to six days a week, in training for the race. He followed up his runs with 20 to 30 minutes in a sauna and six minutes in a cold plunge.
He successfully finished the 2 Bears 5K race on May 7, telling Entertainment Tonight afterward the he was “a little tired” but “felt great.”
“It was a little bit harder than I thought it was [going to be], but it’s awesome, man,” Jelly gushed.
Once the CMA winner began his arena tour in August, he started playing basketball on the NBA courts with his crew members, as well as walking through the stands for exercise.
“We’ve been playing basketball three days a week now,” Jelly said of his favorite new activity during an October 11 appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, revealing he and his bandmates were “having full blown tournaments.”
Jelly also said he was “working out everyday walking around the arenas,” and was “going to the gym now.” When it came to his health, Jelly gushed, “I’ve never been more dialed in. I’ve never cared more about it. I’ve never been happier.”
The Nashville, Tennessee, native revealed he once tipped the scales at 557 pounds, adding, “I feel this good just losing 100 pounds. I’m 420-something now. I’m walking around different, talking different, my shoulders are setting different, I’m moving different.”
Jelly has lost another 10 pounds in the month since appearing on the podcast, telling People, “I hope I continue to lose this weight.”
“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 explained to the outlet. “And now our tour culture is around good eating and around exercising and doing emotional check-ins with our crew every day.”
The “Wild Ones” singer will be able to keep his diet and exercise routine thriving on the road once his Beautifully Broken tour ends in March 2025. The following month, he’ll be joining Post Malone for The Big Ass Stadium tour, which was announced on Wednesday, November 20. The duo will perform at football and baseball stadiums across the U.S. through July 2025.