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However, he explained cutting out all training and healthy eating wasn’t sustainable for him either. “At one point, that was a dream of mine \u2014 what it would be like to not have to be in shape all the time,” he said. “What if I just say, ‘Fuck it’ and let myself go? So I tried it, and I was successful. And for all the reasons I thought it would be incredible, I was just miserable. My body would not feel healthy; I just didn\u2019t feel alive. I felt bogged down and slow.”<\/p>\n
One of the most notable moments where Zac mentions his body image journey is during his docuseries Down To Earth With Zac Efron<\/i> where he begins to tear up as he’s eating pasta in Italy. “I’m so happy that I’m eating carbs again,” he said. “I went, like, years without eating carbs. When I shot Baywatch<\/i>, I didn’t have a single carb for, like, six months. I almost lost my mind.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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