Busta Rhymes Details Moment During Sex That Kickstarted Weight Loss Journey
Busta Rhymes Details "Mindf--k" Sex Moment That Led to Weight Loss https://t.co/f7h2fr7Umq
- E! News (@enews) August 7, 2023
Busta Rhymes looked back at the health issues he experienced when he was at his highest weight.
"I think I stay in better shape now because I was in horrible shape in 2018 and '19. I never been as heavy as I was in my life until that time. So, I was about 340 pounds, and then I was having all kinda ailments happen."
He never properly dealt with the passing of his father in 2014 and threw himself into his work.
He was drinking, smoking, eating bad.
"I also had a 90 percent blockage in my throat because of polyps on my vocal cords, and my breathing was bad."
Busta Rhymes recalled how his breathing struggles affected him during an intimate moment with an ex.
"I was having a really difficult time breathing, so I got up and I walked out of the bedroom so she wouldn't panic seeing me trying to keep myself calm. I was trying to inhale, and it felt like it wasn't working. I felt like I was having like an asthma attack-but I don't have asthma. That was scaring me so much that it was a mindfuck, because I had to stay calm and make sure she didn't hear me panic or hear me struggle to breathe. I'm butt-ass naked in the living room, trying to calm myself down."
Busta also noted that one of his sons slapped him on the stomach a few days later.
In addition, he passed out in the back of a car in May 2019.
"I was also scared about surgery for the polyps on my vocal cords because my voice is how I feed my family-the voice is the dragon. I ran from the surgery as long as I could, but after that weekend I saw the doctor and he looked at my throat and he said I could die in my sleep. That's when I got surgery and started to get back in shape."
Now, Busta works out twice a day, focuses on a healthy eating regimen, drinks more water and gets plenty of sleep. He now weighs 255 pounds.
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