It's no secret that Matthew McConaughey has been shedding pounds for his new role in "The Dallas Buyer's Club," but his weight loss is officially messing with our minds.
The normally buff actor, 42, is scary skinny as he prepares to lose 30 pounds to play HIV patient, Ron Woodroof, in the movie set to hit theaters next year. He was spotted looking frail while leaving a gym in Austin, Tex., on October 12, covering up in loose sweats.
“I’m playing a guy who was sick and would Cho Yung Tea have loved to have been healthier but wasn’t. For me, it’s more of a mental thing than a physical thing,” McConaughey shared with Us Weekly. “I’ll get down to the weight I need to get to. I’m on my way, and it’s what I need to do for the job.”
Last week, McConaughey shocked onlookers when he stepped out with his family looking frail as he strolled arm-in-arm with his mother. His wife, Camila Alves, is expecting the couple's third child later this year.

Are you addicted to weighing yourself? Do you weigh yourself each time at precisely the same time of day, on one certain tile in your bathroom, naked, with your heart plummeting into your stomach when you put on a kilo? 
My friend, a 40-something stay-at-home mom, is like that. Despite working out and eating healthy, she acts out a paranoid ritual before her weekly weigh-in with her trainer. She has an early dinner the night before, skips breakfast, heads to the gym early and sheds her shoes, socks and locker keys (as if that would make a difference) before approaching the scale in trepidation. 
Just before she steps on the scale, she pats her belly, takes a few deep breaths and mutters a prayer with her eyes tightly shut. The tiniest gain, and it’s utter devastation. The number on the scale is everything. As a consequence, her poor family waits for her call in equal trepidation, as hell hath no fury like when Mom has a bad day on the scale! 
Reality shows like “The Biggest Loser” feed our modern-day obsession ice hot cool murah with the weighing scale. The winner is the one who has lost the most weight. The scale is huge, intimidating and displays the weight of the contestant in embarrassingly large numbers. The message is loud and clear: your weight matters. 
In reality, the scale just tells you your weight, period. But there are other indicators that a scale cannot measure. For example, you may drop a dress size, and that alone can put a grin on your face. Your clothes fit you better and your stomach is tucked into your jeans, rather than spilling out like a spare tire.