Taegoon’s confession, “I had to lose 20kg in 2 months by having water and rice in order to debut”

[ansohi.livejournal.com]

On October 29 broacast of SBS Power FM “Choi Hwa Jung Power Time” Taegoon confessed that he was not able to debut until he lost 20kg.

Before Taegoon made it into his current company, he was turned down by many agencies with only the words “You’re too bulky.” Taegoon says, “I only ate rice, and I only drank water to lose weight. With that I also did 4 hours of exercise each day. But when I finally ate again I regained 10kg.” causing laughter in the studio. Instead of going to measures to be thin, Taegoon says the only thing he does now is try to stay healthy by controlling what he eats.


He also shared that if you drink water which had red beans boiled in it, you will lose more weight than from drinking normal water.

source: taegoon@wordpress

Edit: This one article is exaggerating, there is another one here that talks about the same thing, he says was eating too, but barely. he was eating only rice and drinking water.

Comments

[chalakchalak.livejournal.com]

Unhealthy much???

[filmsession.livejournal.com]

jesus 20kg is unreal.

[liliabloom.livejournal.com]

How is he still ALIVE

[nudrive.livejournal.com]

OMFG

DDDDDDDDD:

/grabs knife

I'm ready to cut someone

[cookie-nut.livejournal.com]

It's shit like this that makes me want to bitch slap higher up's in the Korean Entertainment industry.

What the fuck?

[jjjookie.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's definitely not safe by any means. DAMNIT, KOREA.

For folks who want that in lbs:

[cookie-nut.livejournal.com]

Roughly 44


Jesus...

Re: For folks who want that in lbs:

[fadeintoyou.livejournal.com]

Thanks 4 saving mr from having to do the math (;

[mariaheartsu.livejournal.com]

OMG DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD:

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

lol ok. Sorry, but as a Bio major and future health care provider, I find these "I lost 40 pounds in 2 months!!!" stories BS. Even if it were possible without DYING, talk about severely immunocompromising yourself. I feel bad for this guy--he could probably end up in the hospital for weeks if he just gets a cut and his own Staph infects him. Shisus.

[cookie-nut.livejournal.com]

Okay this makes me feel a little better, but even if he didn't lose that much, eating absolutely nothing for that long to lose weight really scares me.

There's a reason an ordinary person has trouble losing that much weight in a short amount of time: You're not supposed to.

[stage-persona.livejournal.com]

That is impossible, right?
I having nothing but water. And exercise? How can you exercise if you haven’t eaten property?
And people laugh he gained the 10 kg, well, it was expected!
I feel sorry for him

[cookie-nut.livejournal.com]

I'm not shocked either. I'm pretty sure his metabolism was nil as his body was in starvation mode. When it finally had access to food, it was in "store all that can be stored, who knows when we'll get more!" mode. :/

I feel sorry for him too. :(

[xkuroxhimex.livejournal.com]

I did that once leaving cokes, juice and drinking only water, eating yogurt in the morning, a granola bar at lunch and a can of tuna w/ a pinch of salt, 2 pieces of toasted bread and a stick of celery EVERYDAY. It was not very healthy but healthier than water only. Oh, and about 2 hours of exercise a day. I lost just as much as he did and in the same period of time.

Honestly, don't think I can do it again.

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhh...well I'm glad he's healthy now. :(

[saintedmal.livejournal.com]

Dude, that is so frikkin' dangerous! The things people would do to become a star in Korea. :/

[shadowfax.livejournal.com]

[chacha-maru.livejournal.com]

LOL at Joon's face

[biznass.livejournal.com]

jfc @_@

[xradiostatic.livejournal.com]

this sounds crazy.
how did he even have energy to workout that long daily if all he drank was water? idk idk.

taegoon don't do silly stuff like that again bb.

[miseiko.livejournal.com]

omg, how did he survive? O_O

[stage-persona.livejournal.com]

you do?
Really?

Re: I think I smell

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

ROFL.

[xshinebrighterx.livejournal.com]

if he's lying, i've lost respect for him.
if he's saying the truth, i've lost respect for him.

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

sadly he is lying D:
there is no way someone can work out 4hrs without any food

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

Really he looks really fit, how could he be too bulky ~agencies bitches be damn!!
so 2 months.... 2 weeks of body saying HOLD on to everything then he forces his body to burn and then didn't fuel it. I bet he looked like death.
When you work out you are soo hungry, can you imagine 4 hours and then water? :/ Goon don't tell me these tragic tales, and then smile about it.
luv you goonie.

[breathe-ai.livejournal.com]

I think he's exaggerating a bit, cause it's physically not possible to just drink water for two months and still be alive. Maybe officially he wasn't allowed to by his company but I bet he was sneaking food or something, lol like Manwon Happy Shares XD

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

I would believe if he said he was doing the danish diet like nicole from kara did for 2 months. Since that diet is super low cal its more possible to have some energy to work out.

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

Its impossible to work out 4 hrs a day without food.

[spread.livejournal.com]

Basically THIS.

[tescokid.livejournal.com]

WHAT!?!?!
That's ridiculous! I really hope he is exaggerating the truth there =\ because he would be seriously ill if he actually did that!