Penn Jillette Reveals the Extreme Diet He Relies on to Maintain His 100-Pound Weight Loss

"I went for a radical change in diet," Jillette recently told the LA Times . "Whole-food plant-based, hard-core vegan, vegetables, no processed food, no sugar. And I limited my eating to just an hour a day, so Im always fasting 23 hours."

Jillette says he is proud of the way he lost the weight, and that if anything, the difficulty only helped to spur him on: "I dont respect moderation. In my whole life, I always thought, the easy way is not fun. So the way I lost weight made me proud. Because it was hardcore." He also revealed that he didn't exercise much while he was losing the weight, and that he actually exercises less now than he did before he lost the weight. "Now I do what everyone does - the elliptical and weights," he said. "But I actually exercise less than I did before, because its more effective."

However, he acknowledges that such a radical approach to weight loss might not be for everybody. "My first tip is this: 'If you take health advice from a Las Vegas magician, you are an idiot.' That said, my advice is make it hard. Easy is your enemy. Dont believe those articles that say, 'Just cut your portions down by 20%,' 'Skip dessert' or 'Cut out sodas.' Yeah, that seems logical. But it doesnt work for me - I want to lose a pound a day... So do it the hard way. Go all the way."