Nikocado Avocado is a well-known celebrity with over four million subscribers. He is best known for making content with food. Most of his videos consist of food-eating videos in which he records himself eating absurd amounts of food at one time. For years, his YouTube channel has concerned and confused his fans because he was risking his health for the money he makes off of YouTube.
In early September, he made a YouTube video revealing to his subscribers that he had lost over 250 pounds without anyone knowing. It had taken nearly two full years to lose all the weight which he explained in the video. His heaviest weight was 411 pounds, and his current weight is 158, which is healthy for his height since he is six feet tall. He also explained in this video how for the two years he was dieting and losing weight, he uploaded Pre-recorded videos of him doing his regular content. He also states in the video, “While everybody pointed and laughed at me for overconsuming food, I was in control the whole time. In reality, people are completely with internet personalities and obsessively watch their content. That is where a deeper level of overconsumption lies, and it’s the parallel I wanted to make.” He says this to show that most of his content was a social experiment and how, because so many people were obsessed with his image and personality on social media, he has been able to be so successful and most of his content was a social experiment and how, that’s how he has been able to be so successful and manage to fix his weight without anyone else knowing.
After making his weight loss public and explaining his journey, he has since returned to his regular content on his channel with food. Many people see his weight loss journey as inspiration since he was seen for so long by many people as someone with no self-control, but he controlled himself, and his YouTube had controlled himself and his YouTube channel the whole time. This was confusing and relieving for many people because of his online image.
This event in his career has affected him and how people see him in general. He has shown all his views how easy it is to have self-control and do what’s best for yourself. He said in a video, ” Today I woke up from a very long dream, and I also woke up having lost 250 pounds off my body. Yesterday, people called me a lost cause and said I have no self-control. My whole weight loss journey has shown to prove those people wrong. He said this to give his other viewers struggling with overeating hope about having control of your own body, and it is never too late to change your mind, habits, and attitude about taking care of yourself.
