How did Peter Jackson lose so much weight? Most of us have a picture of the Lord of the Rings director who is bespectacled and overweight, like one of his Hobbit characters.
Peter Jackson’s new appearance was actually first noticed by Jackson fans and insiders in the film industry about a year ago. But viewers as a whole have only recently become aware of the slender, manless version of themselves and are beginning to wonder about Peter Jackson’s diet because of the excitement surrounding the soon-to-be-released King Kong film.
It’s easy to understand why there is so much curiosity. Peter Jackson shed a remarkable amount of weight—roughly 70 pounds (32 kg).
What, then, is his diet’s secret?
Was it the diet at South Beach? What did cavemen eat? Diet of Atkins?
After conducting some studies, ObesityCures.com found that Jackson didn’t adhere to any of the fad diets. The actual weight loss method that Peter Jackson has named the “Skull Island Diet” in honor of King Kong’s fictitious home island.
Distressed by the attention he was getting for his new picture, Jackson argued that his weight reduction was the result of a lifestyle adjustment rather than a diet.
Jackson told Britain’s Daily Telegraph, “I just got tired of being overweight and not being fit, so I changed my diet from hamburgers to yogurt and muesli, and it seemed to work.”
Although Jackson didn’t seem to adhere to any particular workout regimen, he did discuss on many occasions his demanding 21-hour workday schedule on the King Kong set, which undoubtedly contributed to some of his weight reduction.
For months on end, Jackson claimed he would film at night and cut throughout the day while only getting three hours of sleep each night. “Believing I was Superman helped me cope with it,” the speaker said.
How about Jackson’s new case that doesn’t require glasses? Regretfully, you cannot have a better vision by losing weight. Jackson had laser eye surgery, stating that he was “weary of being outside in the rain and having dust on his glasses.”