Former San Diego Chargers center Nick Hardwick is barely recognizable these days. Just six months ago, the 33-year-old was listed at 305 pounds. He’s a lot closer to 200 now.
Hardwick has lost 85 pounds in six months and is pushing toward the weight he was at in high school, when he was a standout wrestler in the 171-pound weight class in Indiana. He began packing on pounds in college at Purdue, mostly by way of constantly stuffing his face.
Hardwick talks about all that and more in a piece Emily Kaplan of The MMQB that is worth reading in its entirety.