Jelly Roll celebrates 200-pound weight loss, aims to drop 50 more

Jelly Roll is celebrating every milestone. The Country singer has been committed to his health and in managing his food addiction, revealing that he's lost over 200 pounds ever since he first started his journey.

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In a video shared by the Tennessee Titans, Jelly Roll is seen addressing the players. He's a long-term fan of the team and was brought to the stadium to give them some words of encouragement. 

He motivated the players by sharing how important football is to the Tennessee community and how he's been following the team for most of his life, having been raised in the area. He joked that he was thinking of joining the team if he managed to achieve his weight loss goal. 

"I can't get on the field," he said, but he was getting "close."

"I lost 200 pounds. I told Coach I'm getting a contract if I lose another 50," he said, prompting applause from the players and staff. You can check out the full video below.

More details about Jelly Roll's weight loss journey

Over the past year, Jelly Roll has been discussing his weight loss with his followers, sharing videos and statements on social media and discussing his weight on concerts and events. 

"I started at 540 pounds, I'm 357 pounds this morning, baby," he said in April, at a concert in Pittsburgh. "I'm going to lose another 100 pounds and go skydiving with my wife in Sweden, baby."

Jelly Roll has also discussed Ozempic and other weight loss drugs in the past, sharing that he made the decision to lose the weight naturally in order to avoid any possible damage to his vocal chords. 

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“We’re not against Ozempic or any of that stuff. Every doctor I’ve talked to is for it. They said it helps. I just was afraid of it,” he said on an appearance at his wife's Bunnie XO's podcast.

“As a singer, few things scare me more than acid reflux. Like, you’ll watch me get up out of a bed, I’ll burp and wake up panicked and go take something for it. You know? Because that stuff will just rip the vocal cords,” he said.

“I just could not afford any acid reflux. So I want to be very clear that I’ve done it naturally, but it wasn’t out of stubbornness or trying to prove a point,” he continued. “If it helps you, go get it. But for me, I was just petrified of the side effects of it.”

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