Brendan Fevola sheds 17kg after wife Alex Fevola slays him over weight gain and he joins Jenny Craig

There was a lot of Fev to love not long ago, and it wasn’t until his wife gave him some tough love that he realised he needed to shed some bulk.

Brendan Fevola with wife Alex and their three daughters. Picture: Jenny Craig

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There may have been a lot of him to love once, but Bayside’s Brendan Fevola is now all about less is more.

The former AFL star and Fox FM breakfast radio host had stacked on the weight after ending his footy career, but it wasn’t until his wife Alex gave him some tough love that he realised he needed to shed some bulk.

“There was one time I walked out and I was in the nude and I said to my wife Alex ‘I’m actually in good shape’.

“She laughed and said, ‘Take a look at yourself, you look like you’re pregnant,” Fevola said.

He joined Jenny Craig last October after tipping the scales at 126kg.

Fev in heavier days. Picture: Supplied/Jenny Craig

Since then he’s dropped a staggering 17 kilograms.

And while his diet took a bit of adjusting — namely forgoing all the junk food brought into the studio during his breakfast radio shifts — he said he loved the Jenny Craig meals.

“You’re eating three or four meals before breakfast (in the studio). I just blew out pretty quickly. Because I wasn’t playing sport anymore I didn’t really care,” Fevola said.

Jenny Craig consultant Rita Gualtieri said she would work with Fevola to track his progress and together they did regular weigh-ins, and she also gave him nutritional advice and helped him stay motivated to reach his goals.

A slimmed-down Fev with Chris Judd at the Footy Show 2018 debut.

“He comes in and we go into a consulting room and we have a look at his week, have a look if there's been any problems or anything strategies I need to help him with,” she said.

“And then we plan for the week ahead, so I ask him if he’s got any functions on or parties and that, and then he picks up his food and off he goes.

“We can help with what choices to make if they (clients) are going out to parties, what kind of drinks to have and just strategies to keep on track.”