Mark Wahlberg Bulking Up After Losing 60lbs

Mark Wahlberg is getting back up to his bulked up body. The actor lost 60 lbs. for his recent role in The Gambler, dropping down from 197 lbs to a shocking 137. He was almost unrecognizable in photos.

Wahlberg told People, “It’s a lot easier to put it on than it is to lose it, it’s just part of the job. I make sure I take all the right steps, take all the right nutrition, all the right exercise, being monitored by doctors. I’m trying to do it in the safest way possible.”

Wahlberg is now back up to 176 lbs and says he still has work to do. “I want a little bit more, I like to walk around at 190 … I like to eat though.”

Wahlberg joked that his diet was getting so bad that he was tempted to steal food from his daughter. “I was literally going to rob my almost 4-year-old daughter for her little blueberry muffin. It’s getting bad.”

In The Gambler Wahlberg plays Jim Bennett, a literary professor whose problem gambling makes him the target on gangsters. The film releases in theaters next year.

Mark Wahlberg is currently preparing for his role in the next Transformers movie.