Jari Tervo said in the news book written by him and his wife Kati that he was diagnosed with coronary artery disease and heart failure last summer.
Jari Tervo talks about his weight loss on social media. PASI LEISMA
Writer Jari Tervo, 67, talks about his weight loss project on social media.
Tervo has shared on his Instagram account picture in Helsingin Sanomat from his published interview.
– According to Paperi-Hesar, I have stopped using alcohol, meat and sugar. I’m trying to lose weight. Among other things, I suffer from coronary artery disease and heart failure, diabetes and moderate sleep apnea. All of these would be curbed by losing weight, Tervo writes in connection with the publication.
At the same time, Tervo announces that he will start keeping a diary about his project.
– I will start a public fat diary on this date. Today I weighed 96.5 kilos. My goal is to weigh less than 85 kilos by the last weekend of August. I will update my fat situation once a week, he promises.
Tervo has received encouragement for his weight loss intentions.
– Dear Jari! commenting on the publication.
– The old machine no longer runs on the same petrol as when it was younger. Nice choice Jari, one commented.
– Wow, that man has a lot of work to do. Losing weight and keeping it stable afterwards requires that you almost have to get wet for a run. All you need to drink is water!
– Quietly good things come, one reminds.
– Think about that some more, advises one.
Tervo told about his lifestyle change in a book published in April Big and happy time (Otava 2026). Jari and Kati Tervon in the work, Jari says that he gave up alcohol about a year and a half ago.
Tervo told HS that he had made the decision. During the year and a half, he has enjoyed white wine once.
– It was still good, but I didn’t start craving alcohol. Health reasons led to the decision. I weighed 110 kilos at most, now less than a hundred. My head has shrunk by half. I don’t mind getting up in the mornings, my work efficiency has improved and I’m mostly bright in my mind. First I stopped eating meat, then I gave up alcohol and sugar last Christmas, Tervo told the magazine.
Tervo says that alcohol was a health problem for him.
– In my opinion, I have never been an alcoholic, but I was a drunkard. Every day of binge drinking, I drank to my joy and merriment. I never got sad, and I never had to drink. I decided to drink. Now I decided not to drink.
In the newsletter, Tervo also explained his health in more detail.
Last summer, Jari Tervo went to see a doctor. After examinations, he was diagnosed with coronary artery disease and heart failure.
– In bed, I thought that prostate cancer would have been enough for me to become a permanent illness. It had behaved kindly so far, Tervo wrote in the book.
Tervo has previously told about his cancer diagnosis in 2022.