Eminem got candid for a new interview with Men's Journal, in which he revealed that in the peak of his drug addiction back in 2007 -- he weighed 230 pounds -- and it wasn't 230 pounds of muscle!

The "Stan" singer admitted to the mag that in 2007 his addiction to pills caused him to overdose on Vicodin and Valium -- and also to eat poorly.

"In 2007, I overdosed on pills, and I went into the hospital. I was close to 230 pounds. I'm not sure how I got so big, but I have ideas. The coating on the Vicodin and the Valium I'd been taking for years leaves a hole in your stomach, so to avoid a stomachache, I was constantly eating — and eating badly," said Marshall Mathers.

The Grammy winner also admitted that he got into a workout frenzy after putting down the pills and alcohol.

    "When I got out of rehab, I needed to lose weight, but I also needed to figure out a way to function sober," he continued. "Unless I was blitzed out of my mind, I had trouble sleeping. So I started running. It gave me a natural endorphin high, but it also helped me sleep, so it was perfect. It's easy to understand how people replace addiction with exercise. One addiction for another but one that's good for them. I got an addict's brain, and when it came to running, I think I got a little carried away. I became a f--king hamster. Seventeen miles a day on a treadmill. I would get up in the morning, and before I went to the studio, I would run eight and a half miles in about an hour. Then I'd come home and run another eight and a half. I started getting OCD about the calories, making sure I burned 2,000 every day. In the end I got down to about 149 pounds. I ran to the point where I started to get injured. All the constant pounding from the running began to tear up my hip flexors."


The rapper told the mag he's tried various forms of workouts but credits his lean physique to boxing, which he began doing a few years ago. Eminem has been looking pretty good in his press events for Southpaw -- so it looks like he's being healthy nowadays!