AKMU (also known as Akdong Musician) member Lee Suhyun revealed the decisive reason behind her remarkable 30kg weight loss, surprising netizens.
On August 19th, a video titled “AKMU’s Lee Suhyun, Visiting Alone – Special Guest” was released on the YouTube channel Chimchakman.
In the video, Chimchakman mentioned that Lee Suhyun had revealed she started dieting for her health and asked, “During your health checkup before the diet, wasn’t there something like an ‘adult disease’ diagnosed?”
Taken aback by the unexpected question, Lee Suhyun said, “That’s accurate. I didn’t expect you to ask something like that, and I never intended to talk about it publicly,” before sharing the story she had kept private until then.
In particular, Lee Suhyun confessed that as she gained more weight, she became afraid even to check her health condition.
She said, “I kept avoiding facing my condition. I had gained so much weight that I thought there had to be something wrong. I couldn’t imagine being healthy, so I avoided the hospital.”
Despite her family and friends encouraging her, she could not bring herself to go to the hospital easily. She likened checking her health status to opening Pandora’s box and said she didn’t even weigh herself.
But she couldn’t avoid it forever. Thinking it was time to face reality, Lee Suhyun went to the hospital for blood tests, and the health warning she expected was confirmed.
She recalled, “I had the blood test done, and they said I was in the pre-diabetes stage. I thought, ‘I’m so young, but my health is really in danger.’”
The “pre-diabetes” diagnosis was the key turning point that led Lee Suhyun to fully commit to dieting.
Her weight loss was not just for appearance. After confirming there was a serious health warning, she actively started exercising and managing her weight.
She stated, “Since then, I worked hard, lost a lot of weight, exercised actively, and became healthy.”
Lee Suhyun reportedly lost 30kg over about a year, attracting attention for this achievement.
The results of her efforts were also reflected in her medical test numbers. She revealed, “When I was tested again this year, everything was completely normal,” confirming she has now regained her health.
Previously, in April, Lee Suhyun shared on tvN’s You Quiz on the Block about a difficult period when she had gained a lot of weight. She admitted to being in a slump for about two years, staying locked in her room and binge eating repeatedly.
Later, at the suggestion of her brother Lee Chanhyuk, she began living together with him, managing exercise and diet, and through consistent effort, lost the weight.