Ted Cruz’s 2026 game plan: Lose weight, skip the drinks, read the Bible daily
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ted Cruz has three New Year’s resolutions — and he’s making it his 2026 mission to stick to them.In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Cruz, R-Texas,...
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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ted Cruz has three New Year’s resolutions — and he’s making it his 2026 mission to stick to them. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Cruz, R-Texas, laid out his 2026 promises. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SHARES HIS NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION "The first is one that a lot of people make in the New Year, which is hard to deliver on — to lose some weight," Cruz said. "In particular, to drop 30 pounds this year." Cruz told Fox News Digital he weighed in at 236 pounds Jan. 1, 2026. "My goal by January of next year is to be 206," he said. "When I graduated from college I was 135 — skinny as a rail," Cruz continued, joking that some say he is "twice the man I used to be." "Dropping 30 pounds is something that would be good to do, so I’m going to work on diet and exercise," Cruz said. Cruz told Fox News Digital he is focusing on a ketogenic diet to start. "I’m cutting out carbs and focusing on eating meat and cheese and vegetables," he said. "Keto can be tough to do, but it can produce real effects." Cruz’s second New Year’s resolution is to stick to "dry January," meaning no alcoholic beverages for the month of January. "I’ve long enjoyed red wine with dinner, and you can have fun at dinners and laugh a lot, but at the same time, wine is filled with calories, and if you’re trying to drop 30 pounds, pouring grape juice into your midsection is not exactly conducive to that objective." Cruz said he’s replaced that red wine with sparkling water with lime, vitamin water and more. "You know, drinks that taste good and that I enjoy," he said. "I’ve been amazed at how many friends of mine are doing dry January," Cruz said. "We had good friends who came to the house. They brought a six-pack of nonalcoholic beer, and we had that beer and cheese and meat charcuterie board. It was just a good chance hanging out with friends, but I didn't know they were doing that, but it turns out, we all were." And finally, Cruz’s third resolution for 2026 is to read the Bible eve…