What stirred Adnan Sami to ‘promise’ to lose weight
Singer-composer Adnan Sami is one of the biggest celebrity-inspiration to lose weight for good. The singer once weighed 230 kg and has shed about 130 kg a few years ago, perhaps even more.
During a recent interview with Mashable India, the singer opened up about the exact turning point that made him embark on a journey to weight loss. The singer said, “I was 230 kgs and the doctor in London gave me an ultimatum. He told me the way you are leading your life, I wouldn’t be surprised if your parents find you dead in a hotel room in six months. My father was listening to this entire conversation.”
His dad’s ‘one request’ that changed his life
Afraid to lose his son, Sami’s father sat down with him and they had a ‘very emotional conversation’.
The singer shared that his father told him, “I have been through everything that you had to endure. I have been with you through thick and thin. I have always held your hand and have never asked you for anything. But I just have one request, you have to bury me. I cannot bury you, no father should bury his child.”
Turning point
After this conversation, Adnan ‘promised’ his father he would lose weight. “I went to Texas and got myself a fantastic nutritionist. She then completely changed my lifestyle and told me I will have to stick to this lifestyle throughout my life,” he shared.
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No surgery
Amid rumors that suggested the singer underwent physical transformation owing to a weight-loss surgery, he said, “People thought, ‘inhone surgery karvayi, Liposuction karvaya’ (he got some surgery, he got liposuction) None of it was done by any kind of surgical interference.”
What did he do to lose weight?
In an interview with India Today, the ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’ singer revealed his diet secrets. "I followed a routine whereby I followed a high-protein diet whereby it had no bread, no rice, no sugar, no oil. I was hoping to lose a little bit of weight but I ended up losing 130 kilos. It was something that I didn't plan but it happened that way. Today, I am very careful about what I eat. I don't try to overdo my consumption. I am happy with having small meals as opposed to large quantities," he shared.
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Incredible transformation
After losing so much weight, Sami looked completely unrecognizable and fans were shocked to compare his before and after pictures. The difference is so much that once he was even stopped by an immigration officer in the US, who failed to believe that he was the same guy as in his old passport photograph.
“I remember a few years ago when I was entering the US, they had a problem. Mujhe Google mai jaake unko dikhana pada ki look I am the same person and there are all these articles about my weight loss. And then when they saw the before and after, they were like he is the same guy,” Sami shared in an interview with Bollywood Hungama.