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Rev. Al Sharpton Reveals His Secret to Losing 175 Pounds Credits James Brown With Learning Self-Control

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Rev. Al Sharpton before and after weight loss

*Al Sharpton has come a long way from weighing 305 pounds.

At exactly 129.6 pounds, hes slimmer now and focused on keeping the weight off, despite those who wonder if hes ill and risking health problems with being 2 pounds above medical underweight classification.

So whats the secret to the Rev.s weight loss? According to him, it all started with his daughter.

I could take all the cartoons in the tabloid newspapers, but I couldnt take my daughter punching me in the belly and asking why I was so fat, Sharpton told the New York Daily News. That was my inspiration to lose the weight. And probably the last time anyone hurt my feelings.

Apparently, that incident with his daughter, which happened nearly 15 years ago when she was 12, stayed with Sharpton, who ultimately put his weight loss strategy into effect around six years ago.

The result amounted to the 60-year-old MSNBC PoliticsNation host cutting out red meat as well as chicken. A real change for someone who ate fried chicken with grits and eggs for breakfast and half a chicken for dinner.

Nowadays, Sharptons diet includes a lunchtime meal of a single salad with a chopped egg and no dinner at all since he doesnt eat anything after 6 p.m. And the weight started disappearing as he lost about 2 pounds a week and grew to appreciate not having as much food.

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FERGUSON, MO (KTVI)-The National Action Network, which was founded by Reverend Al Sharpton to peacefully advocate for civil rights, is sponsoring Justice for Michael Brown weekend this weekend in St. Louis. The four day event is meant to symbolize the four hours Michael Browns body remained in the street after his death.

One of those events is a Halloween giveaway Friday evening at St. Marks church where all the rest of the weekends events will be held.

The first event was held Friday morning in the city of St. Louis. The Leadership Breakfast included an appearance by Reverend Sharpton himself. Community leaders and young people got together to talk about the need for ongoing but non-violent protests to keep people engaged as the Michael Brown case continues through the justice system.

Michael Browns parents also attended that breakfast.

After his speech, Rev. Sharpton told reporters recent leaks about the grand jury proceedings are eroding the credibility of the process.

I would ask the prosecuting attorney to turn over the case to the federal prosecutors and to say that the grand jury is tainted. The confidence of the family has been shattered. As they said from the beginning. And he should turn this over to the federal government and lets have a fair and impartial grand jury.

Lesley McSpadden, Michael Browns mother, said, Be peaceful with your protesting. Keep supporting us and keep praying for us and we will get the justice we are waiting on. Thats all I have to say.

With regard to Reverend Sharptons call for a federal prosecutor, keep in mind there is a parallel federal investigation underway and that some of the leaks have come from someone involved at the federal level.

In the meantime, St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch repeated his pledge to release all the evidence presented to the grand jury if the members decide not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, who shot Brown on August 9.

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10/31/2014 AT 05:20 PM EDT

In the past four-and-a-half years, the 5'10" civil rights activist has gone from 305 lbs. to 129 lbs.

"I actually lost more weight than I am!" Sharpton tells PEOPLE, adding that he did it without surgery.

The reverend, 60, has gone through several body transformations throughout the years, first losing 30 lbs. while on a 43-day hunger strike in jail in 2001 and then putting the weight back on during his presidential run. The real turning point for him was getting criticism from his daughter.

"Around 2006, my youngest daughter Ashley poked me in the stomach and said, 'Dad, why are you so fat?' That kind of hurt my feelings. I grew up in civil rights and politics, so I'm pretty thick-skinned, but when your daughter says it, I started being conscious."

The MSNBC host started losing weight by weaning himself off of meats and starches, then became more strict about his diet in recent years.

On a typical day, Sharpton's breakfast consists of three slices of whole wheat toast along with a Juice Press "Doctor Earth" green juice and English breakfast tea sweetened with Stevia. Lunch is a basic salad with a banana and more tea.

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