Trumpeter Tim Suladze Lost 40 kg — Here's What It Took

Tim Suladze in March 2025 and a year later. Photo: Tim Suladze / Facebook

Suladze says he has had weight problems since he was 18. Back then, they weren't critical: he weighed 98 kg, and he wanted to weigh 90 kg. He went to the gym to get in shape and got an injury, after which he was only allowed to swim in the pool.

His weight went up, and Tim began looking for ways to lose it:

"I tried to lose weight many times; I even stayed in a nutrition clinic three times when I lived in Moscow in a past life. I lost a lot back then, but it all came back because I lost it incorrectly.

It used to seem to me that I would go to that nutrition clinic, they would cure me there, I would lose weight, and then I would go home and eat all the same things as before. Of course, that didn't work."

Suladze says his highest weight in his life was 173 kg, with his height being 190 cm. He reached this weight twice in his life, including in spring 2025, when he decided to try to lose weight again.

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Footage from the past. Photo: interlocutor's archive

He started with medical check-ups:

"You have to understand that excess weight is a disease, just like any other. It requires medical treatment. I had tests done and visited doctors; my mother helped me a lot to find the right specialists.

In my case, the weight was related to endocrinology. I went for a consultation with one of the best endocrinologists in Lithuania, and it was after that that everything started working out for me. I've been maintaining it for almost a year now, and my appetite hasn't returned."

Then, in May 2025, the doctor prescribed Suladze medication that was already promoting weight loss. In addition, the man started Nordic walking and going to the swimming pool, but admits that he does this irregularly due to lack of time — a lot of time is spent studying at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.

But there's one life hack that helps him move more. Tim has dogs, and because they need to be walked, he gets an extra 2000 steps a day.

Suladze is convinced that in his case, physical activity is secondary. As the man believes, his excess weight is primarily related to nutrition. To lose weight, he had to minimize visits to fast food restaurants, chocolates, and pastries:

"Before, I could go to 'Burger King,' then 15 minutes later to 'McDonald's,' and then eat pizza too; I ate everything in a row. But not anymore; now my mom is my main dietitian; she prepares food portions for me. I take a thermal bag with me, which I brought from Switzerland. There I have both lunch and dinner, and if something is missing, I buy it in the academy's canteen. 

Today, for example, I had lunch from home, and for dinner, I bought goulash with rice and nothing else, no chocolates, Snickers, or pastries. I'm not saying I've completely stopped eating those sweets, but I try to keep it to a minimum."

Instead of unhealthy food, Tim started eating more fruits and vegetables. And is there a craving for fast food? He says no — probably the medication helps.

Currently, the musician weighs 134 kg and aims to lose weight down to 90 kg, but even now, life is much easier for him. Tim notes that he has more energy for moving around and simply for life itself.

"When I studied at the Vilnius College, I would wake up in the morning, walk the dog, come to class for the first lesson, and I already felt bad. When I started studying here, my specialty teacher wanted to schedule classes for 9 AM, but I explained to him that I physically wouldn't be able to: even if I arrived, I would be sleepy like a zombie. I also asked him if we could practice sitting down, but now I can easily play the entire lesson standing up and arrive for it at 9 AM. Especially since here you have to arrive an hour before the specialty class to warm up.

It has become easier for me to move around for errands. I can go up from the first floor to the fourth several times at the academy where I study, whereas before, that was a problem," the man rejoices.

Recently, Suladze noticed another advantage of losing weight. Now he can buy clothes in a regular store, not at a market or in specialized stores for people with non-standard sizes:

"It's cool, you can shop, there's a wider selection of items. When I used to buy jeans, they would wear out between the legs in a few months, and I'd buy new ones. But now, for the first time in I don't know how long, I've bought two pairs of jeans at once — meaning I now have two new pairs of good jeans. Before, there was no point, as they wore out very quickly."

But losing weight is only half the battle, as one also needs to maintain the new weight for the rest of their life. Tim currently doesn't have a precise plan for how he intends to maintain that weight. But the man understands that he will need to move more and have proper nutrition, especially since with weight loss, more options for physical activities will be available to him.

The man has enough motivation:

"As a creative person, I want to do many more things in my field, and that will take me many years. Simply to live and be in good shape, to be positive, and for other people to strive to be like you.

There are examples of musicians performing on stage until they were a hundred years old. Some perhaps performed even longer. Since I messed up a bit in the first half of my life, now I want to catch up."

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