{"id":49693,"date":"2026-07-06T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=49693"},"modified":"2026-07-06T06:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:39:01","slug":"nate-smith-has-lost-more-than-70-pounds-but-hes-not-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/07\/nate-smith-has-lost-more-than-70-pounds-but-hes-not-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Smith Has Lost More Than 70 Pounds, But He&#8217;s Not Done"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Nate Smith<\/strong>\u00a0has shed over 70 pounds and has his sights set on dropping even more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/nate-smith-shares-weight-goal-after-dropping-more-than-70-lbs-exclusive-12009724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The 40-year-old told PEOPLE<\/a> he wants to reach 185 lbs., down from a high of around 280 lbs. &#8220;I think I want to get under 200 lbs.,&#8221; Smith said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He credits his motivation to performing better on stage and simply feeling more comfortable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t sweat anymore, which is amazing. I used to be totally out of breath tying my shoes.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith began his health journey in November 2024 after a severe respiratory infection prompted him to address his overeating and drinking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reduced his daily calorie intake and increased protein consumption, dropping from 280 to 225 lbs. within four months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith acknowledged he still struggles with binge eating but remains focused on progress.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nate Smith\u00a0has shed over 70 pounds and has his sights set on dropping even more. The 40-year-old told PEOPLE he wants to reach 185 lbs., down from a high of around 280 lbs. &#8220;I think I want to get under 200 lbs.,&#8221; Smith said. He credits his motivation to performing better on stage and simply","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":40752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[4172],"class_list":["post-49693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-nate-smith"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-13 10:59:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/07\/nate-smith-has-lost-more-than-70-pounds-but-hes-not-done\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49695,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49693\/revisions\/49695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}