[Sportschosun Lee Woo-joo] Super Junior's Ryeowook revealed how he lost 10 kg in just two months.
On the 17th, the YouTube program 'Duckbap House' featured Super Junior's Ryeowook and SS501's Kim Kyu-jong as guests.
The day's food theme was a tearful favorite dish. Ryeowook chose doenjang jjigae. He said, "Before I joined SM Entertainment (SM), I came in through singing, so I could eat as much as I wanted. I did not really know much about trainee life or how to manage myself, so I just kept eating the way I always had, like tteokbokki, sweet and sour pork, and jjajangmyeon. But I was still losing weight. At the time, the CEO, who was then Super Junior's manager, said, 'From today, Ryeowook will only eat doenjang jjigae.'" He added, "While everyone else was eating jjajangmyeon and other dishes, I was the only one eating doenjang jjigae. I got so tired of it that I stopped wanting to eat. That is how I lost weight."
Max Changmin asked, "How long did you eat it for?" Ryeowook replied, "Was it about two months? I joined SM in September and debuted in November, and I probably lost 8 to 10 kg in exactly two months. You do not need Mounjaro. Do not use things like Mounjaro. It is a natural Mounjaro," drawing laughter.
Meanwhile, Kim Kyu-jong's tearful comfort food was ganpunggi. He recalled, "When I was a trainee, I lived with Heo Young Saeng. One day, Young Saeng asked, 'Do you know ganpunggi?' and I said, 'What is ganpunggi?' Then he said, 'There is something called ganpunggi,' and brought some back from somewhere. It was so delicious." He continued, "Young Saeng and I said that once we debuted, we would only eat ganpunggi. That memory was so strong that after debuting, I really ate ganpunggi a lot."
Kim Kyu-jong added, "So I gained weight, unlike Ryeowook. I was very chubby during promotions. I have lost a lot of weight now."
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