Get an inside look at Al Roker's health journey over the years.
Roker, who tied the knot with Deborah Roberts in 1995, continued to struggle with his weight into adulthood. Eventually, Roker weighed 340 pounds and opted to undergo weight loss surgery in 2002 after a conversation with his dad.
"After my father was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2001, he was at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and I would go in every day. We'd talk and joke, and then one day he got serious and said, 'Look, we both know I'm not going to be here to help you with my grandkids, so you gotta promise you're going to lose weight,'" Roker told . "Seven days later he was gone. A few weeks afterward, [Deborah and I] found out we were pregnant with our son Nicky.
He underwent the surgery and proceeded to lose 100 pounds in eight months. Five years later, though, he regained much of the weight amid a family crisis. "My mom got really sick, and unlike my dad, who was gone before we knew it, her illness dragged on for months. I was out of my routine, commuting to see her, and feeling guilty -- either that I wasn't spending enough time with the kids and Deborah, or that I wasn't being there enough with my mom," Roker told."It was this perfect storm, and I consoled myself with food. I got blindsided and, I think, to a certain extent, I got cocky.
"I decided to meet with his nutritionist, and I think it was fate that she crossed my path at the exact moment that I was ready to hear what she had to say," he told."For the first time, I realized that I had to change not only the quantity but the quality of food that I was eating. Even more importantly, exercise has finally become a big part of my life."Roker went under the knife again in April 2014 for a rotator cuff repair on his left shoulder.
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