John Lennon and Yoko Ono were fixated on maintaining a slim figure, similar to the trends of Hollywood celebrities.

According to a new book, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were "fixated" on maintaining a slim figure.

In his book "John, Yoko, & Me," Elliot Mintz, a former radio and television host turned publicist and entertainment correspondent, disclosed the significance that Lennon and Ono placed on their weight.

Mintz, who initially met Ono during an interview and later became friends with Lennon, spoke with People about the book. He revealed that the two were fixated on maintaining a slim figure, with Ono keeping a daily journal to record her weight.

"He stated that everyone in Hollywood was thin and that there were secret diet pills, urging me to obtain them for him."

Lennon called Mintz at 4 a.m. to request pills because he heard Mintz had taken them, but Mintz revealed that he had received weight-loss injections instead.

"Their refrigerator was like going into this pit of curiosity." — Elliot Mintz

Lennon told him that he just wanted to appear fit and asked him to call around and see if he could get him the injections. Would he do that for him?

Lennon had always struggled with his weight, and Mintz later learned that he was very self-conscious about it. He tried various fad diets and was always open to new weight-loss methods.

He stated that Ono was "equally preoccupied with her weight," to the extent that they arranged their walk-in closet "based on their fluctuating sizes, with department store-style clothing carousels labeled by their waist measurements."

Mintz revealed to People that they categorized their jeans and pantsuits based on waist size, ranging from 28 inches to 32 inches, depending on their perceived weight and the fit of the pants.

Lennon and Ono invited Mintz to their home in Ojai, where he first met them in person.

He was famished and Lennon instructed him to take whatever he wanted from the kitchen, but when he opened the fridge, he discovered "nothing edible - only a few bottles of water and containers filled with unidentifiable and unappetizing-looking health foods."

Mintz had previously stated that Lennon and Ono were no longer taking methadone, and one of the side effects of this was a loss of appetite. However, he later discovered that this was a persistent problem, explaining that they had unusual tastes and rarely kept anything in their refrigerator that looked appetizing.

He shared with People that their refrigerator was like a mystery box. Sometimes, there were paper containers hinting at leftovers from the previous night, but when you opened them, you couldn't identify what they had eaten.