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Yoo Min-sang "Decided to Diet After Hearing 'There Are No Fat Grandfathers in the World'" Loses 5kg... Hong Yoon-hwa Confesses to 40kg Yo-Yo Weight Struggles ('Dongchimi')

Comedians Yoo Min-sang and Hong Yoon-hwa shared candid experiences about dieting and health management. The two appeared on MBN's 'Sokpuri Show Dongchimi' and shared their respective weight loss experiences and current health conditions. [Yoo Min-sang: "Managing my weight for a month now... decide

Jonggyu Park
Staff Reporter
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Yoo Min-sang "Decided to Diet After Hearing 'There Are No Fat Grandfathers in the World'" Loses 5kg... Hong Yoon-hwa Confesses to 40kg Yo-Yo Weight Struggles ('Dongchimi')
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Comedians Yoo Min-sang and Hong Yoon-hwa shared candid experiences about dieting and health management.

The two appeared on MBN's 'Sokpuri Show Dongchimi' and shared their respective weight loss experiences and current health conditions.

[Yoo Min-sang: "Managing my weight for a month now... decided to diet on a doctor's advice"]

Yoo Min-sang revealed that he began managing his weight in earnest over the past month. He confessed that he suffers from health problems such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and high cholesterol, and said he is currently getting diet injections and feeling their appetite-suppressing effects.

He said that in the past he lost about 20kg with marriage as his goal, only for the weight to come back soon after, and that he decided to diet after hearing a doctor's advice that "there are no fat grandfathers in the world."

Photos of Yoo Min-sang's "skinny days" from middle school were also revealed on the broadcast. He joked that although he has lost about 5kg compared to two years ago, no major change is noticeable. Having once remarked that "pizza is finger food," he added that these days his digestion has weakened and he cannot finish a whole pizza in one sitting, though if he rests for about 30 minutes, he can eat it all.

[Hong Yoon-hwa: "Tinnitus and dizziness after losing 40kg... ate 11 abalones and lost 7kg more"]

Hong Yoon-hwa confessed that after losing 40kg, she experienced nutritional imbalance and various health abnormalities. She said that after losing weight, she developed tinnitus and dizziness, so she regained the weight. She also revealed that she once ate 11 abalones at once for protein intake, but felt unwell for three days and lost an additional 7kg.

She said that she and her husband Kim Min-ki traveled to restaurants together, both gained weight, and dieted together. Hong Yoon-hwa described her married life, saying, "On days we fight, we have a glass of gaoliang liquor with hearty side dishes. Whether we get along well or not, we gain weight."

When asked whether she was not intentionally losing weight, she replied, "But I did lose weight," filling the studio with laughter.

The two candidly shared their dieting and mukbang experiences, drawing empathy and laughter from viewers.

Jonggyu Park
Staff Reporter

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