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Billy Gardell\u00a0<\/strong>has been focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle \u2014 and the results show! The 54-year-old actor revealed in 2023 that he lost over 150 pounds<\/a> in three years, after weighing over 370 pounds ten years ago. Billy gets to show off his slimmed-down look on his CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola<\/em><\/a>, which returns for its fifth and final season of on Monday, February 12. After previously struggling with his weight<\/a>, Billy has made such a turnaround and is truly healthier than ever \u2014 so much so that he no longer has Type 2 diabetes!<\/p>\n Keep reading to learn all about Billy\u2019s weight loss journey.<\/p>\n Billy lost 150 pounds between 2020 and 2023. At the time of his Entertainment Tonight <\/i><\/a>interview that was published in April 2023, Billy said that he weighed between 205 and 210 pounds. The former Mike & Molly\u00a0<\/em>star said that he previously weighed 370 pounds a decade ago. It\u2019s unclear if Billy\u2019s weight has changed since the\u00a0ET\u00a0<\/em>interview.<\/p>\n \u201c(I\u2019m) walking around pretty healthy these days,\u201d Billy said in the interview. \u201cOf course, there\u2019s always people online that, you know, when I was heavy, they were like \u2018You\u2019re too heavy!\u2019 And now it\u2019s like, \u2018Are you sick?\u2019 Can I just walk the earth, please?!\u201d<\/p>\n Billy told\u00a0ET\u00a0<\/em>that in 2022, he was encouraged to get bariatric weight loss surgery<\/a> to minimize being at risk to COVID-19. Billy also said that he lost weight by eating better. He revealed at the time of the interview that his resting heart rate had changed from 113 to 68 since he lost weight, and he was no longer suffering from Type 2 diabetes. However, Billy did admit at the time that he was still smoking cigarettes.<\/p>\n In his\u00a0ET\u00a0<\/em>interview, Billy talked about how glad he was that he resorted to a healthier lifestyle. \u201cI think you\u2019ve got to find peace with yourself and, at some point, look in the mirror and go, \u2018You know, it\u2019s probably time to take care of you.\u2019\u00a0And I didn\u2019t get that note early on,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019m a big believer that when you get it, you get it. It doesn\u2019t matter what it is, as long as you get it.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0My Name Is Earl\u00a0<\/em>star also revealed that his biggest motivator to lose weight was his son William III<\/strong>, 20, whom he shares with wife Patty Knight<\/strong>. \u201cWhen you hit 50, you start doing that dad math, like, \u2018If I can live 25 more years, and he\u2019ll be 40,\u2019 \u2026 You know what I mean? So I want to be here for him,\u201d Billy explained. \u201cI\u2019ve been an example in a lot of good ways for my child, but I feel like I wasn\u2019t a good example of health for him. And so I want him to see that. It doesn\u2019t matter what age you are, if you are willing to do something a day at a time, you can change anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Also in the\u00a0ET\u00a0<\/em>interview, Billy said that the Bob Hearts Abishola<\/em> producers were supportive of his physical transformation, even though that meant they had to make some changes to his character, Bob Wheeler, who also struggles with his weight<\/a> and even has a heart attack in the show.<\/p>\n Billy said, \u201cThat was one of the gifts of the show was to be able to, you know, talk to our producers and say, \u2018This is what I want to do\u2019 and they were incredibly supportive and they just gave little nods to it as it was happening. The true people that were tortured here was my wardrobe guy and my makeup people because I kept getting smaller and they kept having to go buy shirts, tape them up, you know. At one point we were taping my neck because my skin hadn\u2019t adjusted yet and stuff, so God bless them. They got me through it. They made me look good all the way through. And it was a nice progression to have the audience watch in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHow Much Weight Did Billy Gardell Lose?<\/h2>\n
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How Did Billy Gardell Lose Weight?<\/h2>\n
What Has Billy Gardell Said About His Weight Loss?<\/h2>\n
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