Utah Jazz center Enes Kanter loses 51 pounds

USATODAY

When you average 13.2 minutes a game, not a lot players have a goal of fans wanting to see less of him.

But that will happen in Utah where 6-11 foot center Enes Kanter enters his second season 51 pounds lighter. Kanter, who was as heavy as 293 pounds in the summer, reported to camp at 242.

Kanter, who tweeted out photos of himself during the offseason, told Bill Oram of the Salt Lake Tribune that his teammates asked "are you trying to be a body builder. I said no, I'm just trying to be in better shape."

Kanter averaged 4.6 points and 4.2 points a game in 2011-2012.

Now mixing in a few salads, Kanter lost the weight by pushing away from the table. He said of his previous diet:

"First my breakfast: I was eating like six eggs, omelet with six eggs; seven or eight pancakes, with sugar, whipped cream, everything; then a breakfast burrito. That was just my breakfast. Then I came to practice and my lunch was just like pasta, chicken alfredo or whatever, and then a burger and an appetizer. Dessert? No. Dessert was at dinnertime. Dinnertime I ate another burger, a big meal again and a dessert."









































































































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Kanter said his weight spiked from 270 at the





end of the season to 293 in the summer. Then, a diet change and rigorous





workouts led him to shed an astonishing 51 pounds in two months, he





said.





So, Lean Turkey?





Kanter said he now weighs 242 pounds, and





arrived at camp looking significantly trimmer from his rookie season,





which was shortened by the owners' lockout. Of course, Kanter's new





level of fitness should come as little of a surprise after an offseason





spent tweeting photos of himself working out. The photos caught they eyes of his teammates, Kanter said.





"They said are you trying to be a body builder?" he recalled. "I said no, I'm just trying to be in better shape."





Kanter said he posted photos of himself to show how much work he had put in. Of his fans, he said, "they love it. Boys, girls, everybody love it."





As for the weight loss, Kanter said he switched





to a diet based primarily on seafood and salads. It raised a natural





question with an unnatural answer: What was the 6-foot-11 20-year-old





eating before?





He broke it down thusly...





"First my breakfast: I was eating like six





eggs, omelet with six eggs; seven or eight pancakes, with sugar, whipped





cream, everything; then a breakfast burrito. That was just my





breakfast. Then I came to practice and my lunch was just like pasta,





chicken alfredo or whatever, and then a burger and an appetizer.





Dessert? No. Dessert was at dinnertime. Dinnertime I ate another burger,





a big meal again and a dessert."





After running through this, Kanter said he





invented his own diet and, joking, guaranteed anyone who followed it





would have abs like his. He was prepared to show them off before Jazz





public relations staff intervened.









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Kanter said his weight spiked from 270 at the





end of the season to 293 in the summer. Then, a diet change and rigorous





workouts led him to shed an astonishing 51 pounds in two months, he





said.





So, Lean Turkey?





Kanter said he now weighs 242 pounds, and





arrived at camp looking significantly trimmer from his rookie season,





which was shortened by the owners' lockout. Of course, Kanter's new





level of fitness should come as little of a surprise after an offseason





spent tweeting photos of himself working out. The photos caught they eyes of his teammates, Kanter said.





"They said are you trying to be a body builder?" he recalled. "I said no, I'm just trying to be in better shape."





Kanter said he posted photos of himself to show how much work he had put in. Of his fans, he said, "they love it. Boys, girls, everybody love it."





As for the weight loss, Kanter said he switched





to a diet based primarily on seafood and salads. It raised a natural





question with an unnatural answer: What was the 6-foot-11 20-year-old





eating before?





He broke it down thusly...





"First my breakfast: I was eating like six





eggs, omelet with six eggs; seven or eight pancakes, with sugar, whipped





cream, everything; then a breakfast burrito. That was just my





breakfast. Then I came to practice and my lunch was just like pasta,





chicken alfredo or whatever, and then a burger and an appetizer.





Dessert? No. Dessert was at dinnertime. Dinnertime I ate another burger,





a big meal again and a dessert."





After running through this, Kanter said he





invented his own diet and, joking, guaranteed anyone who followed it





would have abs like his. He was prepared to show them off before Jazz





public relations staff intervened.









— Bill Oram