Emaciated Matthew McConaughey has lost a quarter of his body weight!

His drastically shrinking frame as caused alarm over recent month.

But Matthew McConaughey has revealed he is now down to his goal weight to play the real-life AIDS-afflicted character of Ron Woodroof in The Dallas Buyers Club - and doesn't plan on losing any more.

In a new interview the 6ft-tall actor reveals he now weighs in at 143lbs - having lost 38lbs over the past few months (more than the 30lbs previously reported).

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With a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 19.4, Matthew is still in the 'normal weight' range - but skirting very close to and just seven pounds away from the underweight range (below 18.5).

McConaughey, 43, opened up to HitFix.com about the struggle he endured to shrink his frame - admitting it has been '90 per cent diet', and exercise less so, which has seen him transform into the gaunt figure he is today.

He also admitted to looking forward to being able to eat a cheeseburger - but before then he has to maintain his weight for the next five weeks while filming after arriving on location in New Orleans over the weekend.

'I feel good, now,' McConaughey told HitFix's Gregory Ellwood. 'Overall, probably got 35 percent less energy. The tough part, there have been plateaus.'

He explained: 'Getting past 170 [lbs] was really hard, but then once you get into the 167, the next 7 come off easy. Getting past 160, really hard. But then you fly down to 150.

'Getting past 150 was really hard. And then, bam, got down to 143 and that's where I want to be. Once you get past the plateau, the body seems to understand, "OK this is where we're living now, this is where we are,' so the energy rises".'

Matthew also talked about how he realised it was his diet he needed to regulate most - rather than his exercise.

The star is sticking to a drastic regime of cardio, five ounces of protein a day and low carbohydrates to maintain his emaciated form.




SOURCE : DAILY MAIL