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Home » Lose Weight » Q&A: Ex-QB Jared Lorenzen breaks down his quest to lose weight … – For The Win

Its been nearly a week since a trailer forThe Jared Lorenzen Project was posted on Facebook, and former Kentucky and New York Giants quarterback Jared Lorenzen can count on one hand the number of negative responses hes received among the thousands of comments hes gotten.

Actually, its just one finger.

Thats how much people family, friends he hasnt heard from in a while, and fans have thrown their support behind the man known for being one of the bigger quarterbacks ever to suit up in the NFL as he tries to lose weight and live a healthier life.

Lorenzen spoke toFor The Winon Thursday afternoon in an edited and condensed interview to break down his attempt to lose weight after reaching over 500 pounds, what his goals are, and how hes going on a nationwide tour to help others combat obesity.

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Its been much better than I thought. Some people with social media, they can hide and be anonymous, but its actually been comforting, seeing the three to four thousand responses and I can name one that was negative. A lot of my friends, a lot of people I havent talked to in a long time, a lot of people I never met are getting behind this and behind me.

Antoine Walker had a documentary made about him. And I met Anthony Holt there and he said, Hey I want to do a project with you. I knew how Hollywood is, and I said, Sure, sure, yeah. Then Walker and I went into the [University of Kentucky] Hall of Fame together and Anthony was there saying, I want to do something! It started there. Then we started talking more and more and then he got Gunnar Peterson and Dr. Philip Goglia on board and it started to take shape. The past two years have been crazy. I cant imagine what this one will be like.

I have always been someone I think bigger people reach out to. Kids come up to me and say, I get to try out at quarterback now because of how big you were, they think, you never know, I could be a quarterback. And I think its neat that they get the opportunity because I was big and they cant count that out now. My Twitter and Facebook are full of, Hey I weight 400 pounds, I want to do this with you. Or Hey, I lost 118 pounds in 18 months, just stay with it, you can do it. The response has been something I never believed could happen on social media. No matter how good something is, there are always people out there cut it down, but this hasnt has that.

I lived on a scale for 10 years of my life, worrying about 0.2 and 0.4 pounds all of the time. When youre getting bigger, you buy yourself a bigger shirt or a bigger pair of pants, you dont think much of it. Then I jumped on a scale and saw that. Oh no, I didnt realize it was that bad. I thought, something needs to be done. Im at doctors appointments, Im making sure my blood pressure is better. Ive always made jokes and I always will but its not funny when youre 36. When youre 25 or 30, ha ha, whatever, but at 36, its like, as I said in the trailer, if I die tonight, they wouldnt say, Oh what a tragic loss. Itd be, Well look how big he was.

Im still me. The process itself is not going to change. What will change is nutrition and helping kids. What it wont change is how can I put it? Im a smartass! Some of the stuff on Twitter is me just being a smart aleck and having fun with fans. I could weight 110 pounds and I am still going to give Louisville as much grief as I can because thats our rival. Some of the stuff wont change. What youll see, especially on my Facebook side, is more of what Im doing, where people can meet up with me, the kids Im helping. The Twitter side? Youll see some of that, but Ill still be me.

Ill quote Anthony: Its OTAs right now. Right now, were getting all geared up. I have to continue to walk around and start the minor process of changing. West Coast Customs is sending over a mobile gym, a trailer with a gymnasium in it. Thats when the workouts will start taking place and we can really start ramping up.

You work out during the offseason and season when youre playing. But people will notice this. There are some deep, dark times you go through when what you loved and what you did was gone. Mine was football. Once footballs gone, you go through some spots and it was something I had to learn to deal with. I was done with working out, there was nobody there to tell me I couldnt do anything. Now, its so sick, but I miss being sore. I miss sweated through t-shirts. Im excited to get it going.

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I noticed that I feel a thousand times better than I have the last two years, especially now that this has been out.

I am waiting for the gym to get out here and then the reveal. Its not about the weight loss. Thats the thing. Its not about, Jareds gonna lose 200 pounds. Its about finding the weight I can live at healthy and stay there. It could be 450 pounds. Well, if thats where I am where I dont need blood pressure medication, then great. But its whatever it is. Were just going to get to it and find it.

Now Lets Get Fit is a non-profit focused on childhood obesity. Its about fitness and nutrition. Were going to be taking the mobile gym with Gunnar and myself and tour across the country. And well work with schools and speak to the kids about making healthier choices, including after school. That was always the problem for me, Id eat whatever at school and come home and eat cookies.

You could call it a calling, but I just think its whats natural to do. Im a guy who loves to give back anyway. I consider myself a 36-year-old kid, I coach football, so I love being around kids and I think its what people need to do. Someone needs to be out there telling them: This is good, this is bad. Not every parent can be in the household at all times, so they need to make good choices on their own.

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