Luke Combs says fatherhood has given him new perspective on weight struggles: “I want to be around”

Luke Combs says that he’s struggled with his weight his whole life, but he thinks about those struggles differently now that he’s a dad.

“Having a kid has messed up my head on this thing in the best way,” Luke says during a new interview on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music 1. “I want to be around … I’m fine right now, my cholesterol and my blood pressure is fine because I’m a younger guy, but by the time I’m 45, it’s not going to be because of the shape that I’m in.”

And while genetics are part of the reason for Luke’s weight struggles, he says that’s not the whole picture. “When I go play golf I can hit a good golf shot — I’ve done it a bunch of times — I can’t do it consistently,” he continues. “And my relationship with food has been the same thing. I know what to do and how to do it and why to do it and when to do it.”

Luke and his wife, Nicole, welcomed their first child — a baby boy named Tex Lawrence — on Father’s Day, June 19.