Suits alum Rick Hoffman sparked a wave of praise after posting an Instagram selfie and referencing “intense intermittent fasting and keto diet,” plus cutting alcohol—details he says helped drive his weight loss.
Rick Hoffman posted a new Instagram selfie, captioned “#Circlingback” and “Been a min,” and fans immediately clocked the change.
In the photo, the Suits alum—56—posed in a checked button-down shirt and gray slacks. Within moments, Instagram users flooded the comments with reactions that focused on his slimmer look, with one writing, “What a transformation 🔥🙌👏❤️,” and another adding, “Someone is lit! 🔥🔥🔥.”
Sarah Rafferty, Hoffman’s former Suits co-star, replied with “🔥😍.” Another fan asked for the “secret” behind his weight loss, pointing out that he looked “great.”
Hoffman answered plainly: “Intense intermittent fasting and keto diet,” and he added that he also cut out alcohol.
Intermittent fasting is a diet pattern built around time limits—followers eat a typical diet for a set period of hours or days, then switch to very few or no calories for hours or days, according to the Mayo Clinic. A keto diet, meanwhile, is a high-fat, low-carb meal plan.
Hoffman hasn’t gone further on the specifics of his weight loss beyond that reply. He has, however, been candid about his health ups and downs.
In a March interview, he described a major struggle he faced starting at age 23. “I had the biggest challenge I ever had. I got struck with major anxiety where I would be woken up and I felt like I was jumping out of my skin 24/7 in this nightmare. ” he recalled. He said he was diagnosed with OCD. adding that it was 1993—“back in 1993 when nobody really knew what the hell that was”—and that when you see the world through that lens. “you feel like your world is impending doom around the corner every day.”.
He continued, “Had I not had that happen, I never would have made it with any career.” Hoffman said it became a lesson that helped him understand where he stands “on this planet, which is just with everyone else.”
Nearly 18 years after that diagnosis, he landed the role of attorney Louis Litt on Suits. The show ran for nine seasons and wrapped in 2019. Hoffman later reprised the role in the West Coast spinoff Suits LA, last year.
And in March 2025, Hoffman talked about coming back for Suits LA in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “When I got the call, I was naturally excited and surprised, and thrilled to say yes,” he said. He explained that the show had to fit Louis’ journey “that has now formed in one episode. ” and said he liked how the writers balanced “some actual. real. existential moments” with “ridiculous buffoonery.”.
For now, the weight-loss details fans have been asking for come down to what Hoffman chose to share publicly: “intense intermittent fasting and keto diet,” with alcohol cut out—along with the selfie that brought everything back into the spotlight.
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