HGTV’s Ben Napier Reveals Health Journey Includes One Meal A Day: ‘My Vanity Kicked In’ (Exclusive)

Ben Napier has been on a fitness journey for quite some time. Now, the Home Town star is giving us a glimpse of his daily diet.

Speaking exclusively with The Messenger while promoting the upcoming season of HGTV's Home Town — which he stars in alongside wife, Erin Napier — the TV personality opened up about his physical transformation and the steps he takes to maintain it.

"Everybody's always trying to do better and live better," he said. "And to me it was not that big of a deal. I did an interview where my shirt was ill fitting and that was like, 'Oh.' My doctor wanted me to get on blood pressure medicine. I didn't want to do that. So I started losing weight."

"And then there were little things that happened along the way," he added. "One of them being [shoulder] surgery, because then I started going to rehab for it In December. In January, my therapist told me to quit lifting weights and when you're a big guy, like if you're a big chubby guy and you got a big chest and big shoulders and big arms, you can carry it. But the idea of not lifting weights made my vanity kick in again and I was like you're gonna be a big guy with skinny shoulders and skinny arms. So I really started trying to lose weight."

"He started eating one meal a day, usually lunch," Erin said. "There is no strict diet. Like we just had a huge lunch and it was fried pickles and grilled chicken."

In July, Erin took to Instagram to celebrate her husband's weight loss transformation, which set off a series of fire emojis in the comments.

The post is not the first time the Home Town star's weight loss has been highlighted. At one point, according to People, Ben weighed about 335 pounds. But the reality TV star has since changed his diet and exercise habits to drop some weight and, he says, got healthier along the way. 

Napier previously credited his 65-pound weight loss to a combination of weight lifting and cardio five times a week, and shifting to a low-carb diet. 

"I've always done well with cutting carbs. I try to stick to a low-carb diet until Thanksgiving every year,” he told TODAY in January 2019. 

Home Town Starring Ben and Erin Napier returns with a new season Sunday, January 7, and Home Town Holidays special airs Sunday, December 17 on HGTV.