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Al Roker is looking back on his former self.
“Hard to believe it was 20 years ago today, I wore these size 54 Levi jeans to my #gastricbypass at 340 lbs and here I am today,” the “Today” weatherman captioned a photo on Instagram Tuesday of himself holding up the aforementioned jeans.
“It’s still a struggle but I’m never going back. I have setbacks and struggle every day, but I never forget how far I’ve come.”
In a follow-up post, Roker gave fans some insight into his workout regimen, which included going for a sweaty walk on his treadmill.
The TV host, 67, first thought about getting healthy when he started feeling pressure from his “mixed-weight marriage” to second wife Deborah Roberts.
“My wife is a size 4; she runs, she works out and it became a problem in our marriage … On a Saturday she’d get up, get dressed to run and I’d be sitting on the couch or making breakfast for the kids,” he wrote in a “Today” essay in 2013.
“She was upset about it, she was frustrated, she was angry. She thought, ‘Why don’t you care enough about yourself and why don’t you care about me and our relationship enough to change?’ And I said, ‘Look, it’s not about you. It’s about me.’”
The turning point for him was when he promised his late father he would lose weight as he lay dying.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever had to make a deathbed promise to someone you love, but if you have, you know the kind of guilt and massive responsibility I felt in that moment,” he explained in his memoir.
Following the life-changing surgery, Roker ended up losing more than 150 pounds.
Click through to see Al Roker’s transformation.
America’s favorite weatherman has just hit his mid-60s in style. Al Roker is celebrating his 65th birthday and is looking better than ever after his famous health, fitness and weight-loss transformation.
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Leaving Rockefeller Center in 1990
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At a premiere with wife Deborah Roberts in 1997
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Giving a wave at the premiere of “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” in 1999
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Giving a thumbs-up in 2002
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Attending a concert in 2003, after undergoing gastric bypass surgery
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Preparing himself for some rain in 2004
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Celebrating Madonna’s children’s book “Lotsa De Casha” in 2005
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Celebrating his 52nd birthday in 2006
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Parading around a poodle at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 2009
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Attending a Golden Globes party in 2010
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Running the Chicago half marathon in 2010
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Attending the 2012 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards
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Leaving the “Today” show on his bike in 2012
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Grabbing a mini burger in 2015
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Walking the streets of New York near the “Today” show in 2017
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Just ahead of his 65th birthday in 2019. Happy birthday, Al! The forecast calls for many more years of Al Roker on “Today.”
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