To play the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in 2004's The Machinist, Bale lost around 60 pounds in just four months, bringing his total weight down to 120 pounds at the start of filming. Bale reportedly stuck to a diet of "water, an apple, and one cup of coffee per day," to lose weight

He also ate a can a tuna and smoked cigs according to other sources

Didnt he almost die?

No

He wouldve died if he dropped another 20 which he wanted to do before the studio convinced him not to

Was just about to do a lil 3 day water fast. I might actually try this though for a week and see what happens lol

Then he gained it all back in muscle to play Batman. Respect tf outta that man

his body is probably so mashed up f***kk

I’d say if you wanna try fasting, look into intermittent fasting and not this over the top s***

Yea a week or 2 sounds good

Muslim fasting is where its at

He's a beast he does this type of s*** all the time but yeah hes pushing 50 so i doubt we'll see anymore transformations

Note: this nigga has the best nutritionists in the world so nobody actually try 4 months of this s***

yeah the team he has is probably insane

he on the marvel diet now too

Villain Bale boutta be bucking brazy

It wasn’t just to lose weight he was trying to get his mind on a certain level.

u do this it wont only make u lose weight it will also make u lose ur mind lol

I'm naive as f*** but if I'm already happy with my body/weight and energy is there any reason to even fast

Put me on

would be great only if they allowed drinking water

Basically you cycle between eating & fasting within certain time periods.

For example, you could fast for 16 hours & have an 8 hour window for eating all of your meals. There's a few ways you could do it, but the end result is the same & there are a ton of benefits.

Here's some more details about it:

healthline.com/nutrition/6-ways-to-do-intermittent-fasting#section1

health.harvard.edu/blog/intermittent-fasting-surprising-update-2018062914156

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4516560

jamesclear.com/the-beginners-guide-to-intermittent-fasting

i love when people complain that it's unfair that women have to lose weight to play roles, then someone almost always posts Bale

that's some horrible advice there

if you wanna try fasting, then start off with a easy 16-8 routine and make sure to each as much calories during that 8 hour period as you usually did throughout the days before

I’ve had days where I was on this same diet

Not purposely but I only take an apple to lunch with me and have a cup of coffee for breakfast

Just do intermittent fasting (18/6) and keep your calories/macros in check king.