Kevin Smith loses huge amount of weight after massive heart attack
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Kevin Smith loses huge amount of weight after massive heart attack

Updated | By Boledi Makofane

Kevin Smith nearly died from a heart attack earlier this year and has since made drastic changes to his lifestyle.

Kevin Smith
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Writer-director Kevin Smith is thankful he survived a massive heart attack back in February and can now make a 'Jay and Silent Bob' "reboot".

Smith was hospitalised after suffering a near-fatal heart attack in February and has since changed his lifestyle and lost a lot of weight. The writer has shared his journey on Instagram and we can't help but feel inspired. 

Smith had already lost over 36kgs prior to his heart attack and on Sunday joked that he wants to get down to his "birth weight".

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Here's how he used to look and how he looks now.

The actor-director also took time to thank his fans for their support.

This @weightwatchers Ambassador is thrilled to announce that I’VE LOST 51 POUNDS! Six months ago from right now, I was in the hospital recovering from a heart attack I’d had the night before. When I went to my Doctor a week later, she told me “The best thing you can do for yourself now is to lose 50 pounds.” Half a year later, I can report that I followed Doctor’s orders: I started at 256 and now I weigh 205. This is the lightest I’ve been since high school! My hope now is I can slowly lose another 10 with #weightwatchers and get down to my birth weight of 195! But for now, I’m ecstatic to have reached this chunky milestone! I wanna thank #pennjillette for his book #presto, @raycronise for getting me started with his potato famine, and the good folks at #weightwatchers for their app-based program that made it easy to keep track of and control my eating! And I also wanna thank my kid @harleyquinnsmith - the little vegan astronaut who explored this meatless/milkless galaxy ahead of me, leading by example. Since I never wanted to see the inside of a hospital ever again, I simply copied the Kid. So this wasn’t a diet: these results came from a total lifestyle change of eating solely plant-based foods (which is tough because I hate vegetables). But mostly, I wanna thank all of you as well - for the kind and encouraging words along the way. Never underestimate the power of positive feedback: you folks telling me I looked better or healthier helped me stick with it. An encouraging word can really make a difference in someone’s life and your compliments kept me going! And just look where I went! #KevinSmith #WWambassador #WWFreestyle #WWFamily #WWBros #weightlosstransformation #weightloss #WWCommunity #ad *People following the Weight Watchers program can expect to lose 1-2lbs per week.

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