Christopher Schwarzenegger inspired to lose weight after missing out on skydiving dream
Christopher Schwarzenegger began his weight loss journey after being unable to go skydiving.
The 27-year-old star - who is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver - revealed his dramatic transformation has been ongoing for more than five years and he was inspired to change his lifestyle after realising his weight was stopping him from getting involved in "everyday activities".
Appearing at the Inaugural Beacher Vitality Happy + Healthy Summit in Los Angeles over the weekend, People magazine reports he said: "It was a big process.
"I started in 2019 when I was living in Australia. I was on this big trip. I made it a big [deal] like, 'Oh, I'm going to go out and do all this stuff, be in Australia,' and I just saw how much my weight was prohibiting me from doing the everyday activities.
"I was like, 'I want to go skydiving.' And my friends were like, 'Yeah, no shot.' I was like, 'Yeah, I can't skydive.' "
Christopher has "tried everything" to lose weight, with his insecurity beginning back in high school, and he still doesn't feel he has reached his goal.
He said: "I tried everything. I was doing meal delivery things in high school, and I remember feeling like a weirdo when I was bringing weird lunches to school.
"It's not an overnight thing, but it took a lot of trial and error.
"And even still to this day ... when you're saying, oh, before and after photos ... I don't feel like I'm an after yet. I don't feel like I'm at the point."
One change which proved effective for Christopher was giving up bread, which he was inspired to do for the 40-day Lent period and was amazed at how much weight he lost as a result.
He said: "Weirdly enough, I gave up bread for Lent. I don't know if anyone's Catholic in here, but I gave up bread for Lent.
"I was like, 'Well, if I'm giving up bread, I might as well just take the opportunity and I'm a good Catholic boy, so I'm not going to break it.'
"And that was my one rule. I was like, 'I'm not going to break Lent.' And so I lost 30 pounds just through that."
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