Forest Whitaker is an American actor, producer and director who earned the respect of Hollywood through his memorable works. He’s earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. He’s also known for his role as ex-LAPD Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the gritty, award winning series, The Shield. Forest Whitaker is an award winning actor. He won a BAFTA award, Golden Globe and Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland. He’s the fourth African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, joining the ranks of Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington and Jamie Foxx.
The 48 year old actor, producer and director has always been known to sport a burly figure. And when he presented Sandra Bullock with her Best Actress Award during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, everyone was shocked. The once bulky actor debut a new slimmer physique during the said awards night. The actor who gained 70 pounds for the role which he had won an Oscar for in 2007 said he got serious in his weight loss diet plan and fitness training exercise program after filming.
Forest Whitaker on the Vegetarian Weight Loss Diet Plan
“I’ve been trying to take care of myself,” he told Rachel Ray on her talk show recently. “I did meet with a nutritionist for weight loss help and he talked to me about the way I was eating. I shifted the way I was eating, the way I was living.”
Forest Whitaker credits his weight loss success to his vegetarian diet plan. Since going on a vegetarian diet plan three years ago, Forest Whitaker has experienced 80 pounds of weight loss. A close pal of Forest Whitaker had told the Enquirer that the actor had a lot of excess fat around his stomach and is considering becoming a vegan. For now, however, he’s just giving up meat in his diet plan. The actor himself revealed that he had adopted a vegetarian diet plan in 2007 when he shot an advertisement for animal rights group PETA together with his daughter, True. They recorded a public service announcement encouraging others to try a healthy and humane vegetarian diet plan.
In the ad, he said, “You may decide to go on a vegetarian diet plan for better health, for a better environment, or you can be like me and just decide you don’t want to eat meat anymore.” He cites his vegetarian diet plan as a good way to not only lose weight, but to ward off diseases like heart disease, diabetes and cancer. “The vegetarian diet plan for me has to be the best diet plan and the best healthy weight loss program I’ve ever tried.”
Forest Whitaker’s Fitness Exercise Program
Acclaimed director, producer, and Academy award winning actor Forest Whitaker who has a list of credits a mile long knows that going on a vegetarian diet plan alone doesn’t make you lose weight. Potato chips and chocolate are part of a vegetarian diet plan but chances are you wouldn’t score that fit body eating them all day! He’s smart enough to know that it takes a balanced, healthy weight loss diet plan (vegetarian or not) coupled with a mind change and a good fitness exercise program to really ensure weight loss success!
And that’s why Forest Whitaker has also gotten serious about his fitness exercise program. He’s added cardio exercises such as hiking and martial arts to his fitness training exercise program. “Life is full of choices and I’m choosing to be healthy,” says the actor.
