Drew Carey: How I Lost 80 Lbs. 
 
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 Drew Carey has been known as a loveable, teddy-bear type as far back as his long-running sitcom The Drew Carey Show. But, he says, being big was a burden – and he had to make a change."It sucks being fat, you know," Carey, 52, said Wednesday at the CBS, Showtime and The CW TCA Party in Beverly Hills. "I was diabetic with Type-2 diabetes.”Not anymore. After Carey embarked on a strict regime, shaving his diet of carbohydrates and hitting the gym religiously, he dropped 80 lbs. since January and says, "I'm not diabetic anymore. No medication needed."So how’d he do it?"No carbs," Carey says. "I have cheated a couple times, but basically no carbs, not even a cracker. No bread at all. No pizza, nothing. No corn, no beans, no starches of any kind. Egg whites in the morning or like, Greek yogurt, cut some fruit."He snacks on fruit, and for dinner he’ll have grilled chicken and steamed vegetables and water. "I don't drink anything but water," he says. "No coffee, no tea, no soda."Equally important, he says, is keeping up his workouts. His secret: "Lots of cardio. About 45 minutes of cardio, at least 45 minutes of cardio. I've been kind of lazy like lately, so I'm not doing it 6 days a week, but I will be for this next month."All this discipline has gotten Carey from a size 44 pants to a 33-34, with his goal to lose another 10 lbs. and shrink to a size 32."I like being skinny," says Carey. "I was sick of being fat on the camera. Really, I just got sick of it. Once I started losing weight, again, like once I started dropping a couple pant sizes, then it was easy 'cause once you see the results, then you don't wanna stop." 

 Bob Barker Takes a Dig at Drew Carey 
 
 Email This baton skinny mic over to Drew Carey about three years ago, and at the time the transition of power went smoothly. So, what does he think of his replacement these days? "[Drew] does his show differently than I did," Barker confided to a total stranger (ie. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 'Price Is Right' icon Bob Barker passed theskinny mic over to Drew Carey about three years ago, and at the time the transition of power went smoothly. So, what does he think of his replacement these days? "[Drew] does his show differently than I did," Barker confided to a total stranger (ie. a friendly TMZ cameraman ) on Monday. "I tried to make the show really exciting and he doesn't do that -- he just plays the games." 
 
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 The 86-year-old host and long-time animal rights activist taped his last regular episode -- his 6,586th -- of the popular CBS game show in June 2007, retiring after five decades on national television.Carey's first episode aired that October; the 'Drew Carey Show' vet has kept some of Barker's traditions, including the tagline to "have your pet spayed or neutered."But it would appear Carey's chill persona and vocal delivery aren't sitting well with Barker, who had a knack for attracting (and harnessing the energy of) wildly enthusiastic contestants during his 35-year run.
– Have you seen a picture of Drew Carey lately? You might not recognize him—the once-portly comedian has dropped a striking 80 pounds from his 5-foot-10 frame and now wears size 33-34 pants. How did he do it? Most important was motivation: "It sucks being fat, you know," Bob Barker's successor as host of The Price Is Right tells People. "I was sick of being fat on the camera. I was diabetic with Type 2 diabetes. Now I'm not diabetic anymore." With his head in the right place, Carey stuck to his rules with discipline: "No carbs. No bread at all. No pizza, nothing. No corn, no beans, no starches of any kind. Egg whites in the morning or like, Greek yogurt, cut some fruit." To drink? "I don't drink anything but water," he says. "No coffee, no tea, no soda." And Carey can't stress the importance of workouts enough: "Lots of cardio. At least 45 minutes of cardio."