Posted by April MacIntyre Feb 5, 2010, 17:30 GMT
Kevin Federline and First Lady Michelle Obama agree on something: Being fat sucks.
US President Barack Obama, with First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Melia, EPA/SHAWN THEW
Kevin Federline tells Extra he can thank the paparazzi for helping him realize it was time to lose weight.
The former backup dancer shared that it was when he saw a photo of himself in a magazine without a shirt on by a pool in Miami, he knew he needed to make a change.
"I was like, 'Wow, this is really what I look like on someone's lens.'"
Federline says in high school he weighed in at 130 lbs., but ballooned to 245 lbs. after he turned 30.
Federline went the Kirstie Alley route and turned his flab into cash via VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp." The show, premiering Feb. 8, features his fomer girlfriend and babymama Shar Jackson, Bobby Brown and Nicole Eggert.
"Looking at yourself fat ... it sucks," K-Fed confessed. He says smoking cigarettes and bad eating habits were part of his weight gain problem.
Federline, best known as Britney Spears' ex and father of their two children, also keeps music on his mind. He released his debut rap album in 2006 and hopes to record a second. Federline says, "I have been in the recording studio and I plan to come out with some music really soon."
And Michelle Obama?
The first lady shared intimate stories about her own family during obesity campaign in Va.
The first lady spoke at an event in Alexandria, Va., where she kicked off a campaign addressing the issue of childhood obesity, and things got personal.
"We went to our pediatrician all the time," Obama said. "I thought my kids were perfect -- they are and always will be -- but he [the doctor] warned that he was concerned that something was getting off balance."
"I didn't see the changes. And that's also part of the problem, or part of the challenge. It's often hard to see changes in your own kids when you're living with them day in and day out," she added. "But we often simply don't realize that those kids are our kids, and our kids could be in danger of becoming obese. We always think that only happens to someone else's kid -- and I was in that position."
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