Brendan Fevola has shown off his trim new look after overhauling his health in recent years, with the Australian Football League (AFL) legend appearing toned and slim in videos shared by his Fifi, Fev and Nick radio show this week.
In the clips, the 45-year-old posed in a footy shirt and shorts, showing off taut muscles and a lean physique after shedding dozens of kilos.
Once overweight and loading up on carbs, the former Carlton footballer has lost significant weight after adopting a keto diet.
How Fevola's weight loss journey began
Fevola's journey began when he became a Jenny Craig ambassador in 2017, but he continued to struggle before finding a diet that worked for him.
Back in 2024, Fevola revealed he had lost 14.5kg in just a month without doing any exercise. Speaking to Australian Men's Health at the time, the radio host explained that his health took a backseat after he retired from playing.
"I haven't been to the gym in 13 years," Fevola told the publication. "After I retired, I just didn't see the point because I had no reason to keep fit."
He said that once he stopped training, the calories he was consuming continued to stack up. "Eating as much as I used to was fine when I was playing footy, because I burnt a lot of it off with exercise," he said. "But after I started not exercising as much, it all stacked up."
Adopting the keto diet
After realising he needed to make a lifestyle change, Fevola initially lost 30 kilograms by following the keto diet, and has dropped more weight since.
Fevola said the early hours he works in breakfast radio had caused him to eat more carb-heavy foods. "The breakfast hours I work mean I'm tired at the wrong times, and before I was just eating constant carbs and not getting the good stuff to keep me awake," he said.
"I don't want to put all the blame on breakfast hours though, because you can still eat well at those times, but it's all about the decisions you make," he added.
He overhauled his diet with a 30-day challenge from Keto Australia after tipping the scales at 128 kilos. The keto diet is a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet that aims to get the body into a state of ketosis, where it burns fat for fuel, which can help induce weight loss.
Strangers no longer recognise him
Reflecting on how dramatic his transformation has been, Fevola said people now struggle to recognise him when he is out in public.
"I literally walk down the street now and people are like, 'Is that Fev?', because I'm fading away," he said.
