Jason Kelce is ready to focus on his health after retiring from the NFL.
In his last episode New heights podcast with brother Travis Kelce, the NFL star admitted he hopes to lose weight after his 13-year career.
“I’m looking forward to getting skinny,” he said.
During the show, the 36-year-old former Philadelphia Eagles center responded to a fan who asked him if he would “drop the pounds” after retirement because he would no longer have to maintain the calorie intake required to play as an offensive lineman.
Fans noted that they were impressed with NFL legend Alan Faneca’s post-retirement weight loss transformation and how he even ran a marathon, wondering if Jason would do the same.
“Yeah, I won’t do that,” he said immediately. “I don’t know how Alan does it. I don’t run on the pavement. I’ve already tried that with a 5K, I’m not going to make a living doing it. My knees are already blown up enough.”
“But I will lose weight. My goal is 250 lbs,” he noted, adding, “This past week I got down to about 285 because I knew I was doing it, and then I ate cake for three days straight.”
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Jason went on to admit that he’s never going to be the type to completely cut out his favorite foods or stop enjoying the occasional drink.
“There are different ways to do it. Personally, I do not agree to extreme diets such as completely vegan or completely carnivorous or keto. Y— no, I won’t do that,” he explained. “I downloaded MyFitnessPal and just started tracking calories. It seems to me that as long as I maintain my protein intake — so I maintain muscle — and just restrict calories, you’ll start to lose weight. So that’s the plan.”
“This guy has a plan, and when Jason Kelce has a plan, it’s—— over,” Travis said before Jason added, “That’s right.”
Jason Kelce photographed in Tampa, Florida on January 15, 2024.
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Jason Kelce jokes he barely ‘ran’ after participating in 5K for autism: ‘We had fun’
Last month, Jason poked fun at his account after showing his support for the Eagles Autism Foundation at the 16th Annual Mike’s Seafood Autism Run/Walk 5K.
According to Bleach Report, the star finished the race in just over 43 minutes.
After finishing the 5K, Jason reflected on the charity event on social media. When Fox Sports 5 shared his video on X (formerly known as Twitter), the news station wrote, “Jason Kelce ran 5K to raise money for autism.”
Jason quoted the original post and wrote, “‘Ran’ is a generous verb for what happened,” mocking that he mostly walked briskly during the 5K.
“But we were happy,” he added.
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