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Quinton Aaron (born August 15, 1984) is an American actor. He made his film debut in Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind. His first lead role was as Michael Oher in the 2009 film The Blind Side.
Jan 26, 2023 · Since 2009, Quinton Aaron certainly hasn't been receiving nearly the same level of media attention that he did in his Blind Side days — but he's actually been up to a heck of a lot.
Aug 16, 2023 · Quinton Aaron is coming to the defense of his on-screen mom, Sandra Bullock. Aaron spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier amid the ongoing legal drama between Michael Oher and the Tuohy family.
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- 2009
- Mona Khalifeh
Feb 22, 2022 · CNN — After some pandemic snacking, Quinton Aaron decided to sack his extra pounds. The actor, who portrayed Michael Oher in the 2009 film “The Blind Side,” told TMZ that he had picked up...
- He Follows The 80/20 Rule
- He Chooses Smaller Portions
- He Practices Intermittent Fasting
- He’S Mindful About When He’S Full
- He’S Aware of How Emotions Can Trigger Overeating
Aaron scaled back on many of the foods leading to his weight gain and health problems. He aims to eat more nutritious foods 80 percent of the time and some of the less-healthy foods he likes 20 percent of the time. “With some stuff, there was no way I was going to cut it out for the rest of my life, so I just cut it down,” he said. He eats less sal...
“I was raised not to leave the dinner table until I finished everything on my plate,” he said. “But when you’re a big dude, you make bigger plates.” Now, he’ll use a bowl instead of a plate, and he’ll make one sandwich instead of two. If he feels satisfied after finishing a half-sandwich, he saves the rest for later. “I just make everything smaller...
Aaron eats in a 10-hour window every day and gives his body a 14-hour break from food. “I take longer periods throughout the day where I’m not eating as opposed to where I am,” he said. Intermittent fasting also helps him keep his portion sizes under control.
Aaron notices when he’s eating and then pauses to take a breath. “When I’m eating, and then I take that first breath, that means I’m done. When I take that first breath, my body is saying, ‘Alright bro, we’re good.’ I can consume less food if I pay attention to my body when it’s saying it’s full.”
Aaron’s mother passed away shortly before he landed the role as Michael Oher in "The Blind Side". “I had to compartmentalize my grief— my mourning for my mom. I put that aside because there was a bigger task at hand that needed to happen, which was doing the movie and making the best of this opportunity, which is what my mom would have wanted me to...
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- Stephanie Thurrott
Quinton Aaron is best known for his portrayal of Michael Oher, aka Big Mike, alongside Oscar winner Sandra Bullock, in the Academy Award winning hit movie, The Blind Side (2009), which has grossed over $300 million in U.S. box office alone.
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Feb 21, 2022 · Quinton Aaron, the actor who starred alongside Sandra Bullock in the 2009 movie The Blind Side, recently opened up about his physical transformation, in which he lost 97 pounds.
