Overview
- Men’s Health released its Winter 2026 issue featuring Jelly Roll and a short documentary, A Year for a Life, chronicling his yearlong progress.
- He dropped from about 540 pounds in 2020 to roughly 265 pounds by late 2025, totaling near 275 pounds lost.
- After confronting overeating in therapy, he shifted to whole-food nutrition and daily movement with chefs, trainers and a physiotherapist, guided by medical evaluations.
- He has said he avoided GLP-1 drugs, while coverage notes a brief two-week trial of a weight-loss medication before he stopped.
- He reports improved mobility and libido and is consulting surgeons about removing excess skin within the next year.