Actor Kim Geum-soon, who was beloved for her role as Jenny's mother in the Netflix drama When Life Gives You Tangerines, succeeded in losing weight down to 55kg.
On the 23rd, changes showing Kim Geum-soon's weight loss from 71.2kg to 55kg were revealed.
While juggling filming and childcare, Kim Geum-soon gradually lost the time to take care of herself and coped with stress through food, causing her weight to increase rapidly. After menopause began, even with exercise and dieting combined, her weight did not easily decrease.
In the past, she had succeeded in losing weight through more than two hours of exercise a day and diet control, but the pattern of gaining weight again repeated. Short-term weight loss was possible, but maintaining it was difficult, and Kim Geum-soon felt the limitation that the same method no longer produced change.
At the start of the diet, Kim Geum-soon's body fat mass actually exceeded 30kg, and her visceral fat level and waist circumference were also high, increasing the overall burden of her body shape.
Kim Geum-soon recalled, "I thought it was because I was getting older, but I realized it was ultimately a matter of method," and "there was no more change with the same method."
This time, however, Kim Geum-soon focused on changing her lifestyle patterns rather than relying on appetite suppression or excessive exercise. Instead of irregular meals, she focused on stabilizing her body's rhythm by eating three set meals at scheduled times.
She explained, "Before, I thought enduring was dieting, but this time it was a process of creating a life rhythm," and "once I started matching meal times, bodily changes began to be confirmed by data." She added, "Maintaining the rhythm was important even when filming schedules were busy," and "there were moments when I wanted to give up, but seeing my weight continue to drop gave me confidence that 'this works.'"
These changes were confirmed in the numbers. Body fat decreased by 12.1kg, and visceral fat level and waist circumference also dropped significantly. Her clothing size changed from 34 inches to 27 inches, showing an overall body shape change.
In addition, as body fat decreased mainly in the abdomen and upper body, menopausal symptoms such as facial flushing and cold sweats eased, and overall condition stabilized, producing noticeable changes in daily life.
These changes also affected her work as an actor. As her body shape changed, the range of characters she could naturally portray widened, laying the foundation to take on a greater variety of roles. Kim Geum-soon said, "My changed body shape has been reflected in recent projects, and my range of acting is changing," and "I want to try a wider variety of characters in the future."
Through this experience, Kim Geum-soon emphasized that she felt the importance of "sustainable management" more than the weight loss itself. She confessed, "I think maintaining the current state is more important than short-term change," and "through this experience, the way I manage my body has changed."
Finally, Kim Geum-soon delivered a message to people in their 40s and 50s who face the same concerns. She said, "This period has always been a time of living for someone else, so now is the time to pay attention to yourself," and "I did it too, so I want to make sure to tell you it's definitely possible."
[Photo] Kim Geum-soon
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