Gordon Ramsay says he dropped over 50 pounds to save his marriage
He says his wife was "not impressed" by his weight gain
He says his wife was "not impressed" by his weight gain
He says his wife was "not impressed" by his weight gain
Celebrity Chef is known for on his Fox show Hell's Kitchen, but he was his own worst critic when it came to his weight.
In an interview with , Ramsay shared how his wife, Tana, was his biggest source of motivation for losing weight because she has always been a fitness enthusiast and let him know she wasn't pleased with his weight gain, according to .
"Tana was not impressed with the way I was," Ramsay revealed. "I was overweight, 18 stone [over 250 pounds]. I looked like a sack of s--t. I look at the pictures and think, 'How did Tana stay around?' Because Tana has got better-looking and more gorgeous. And there she is, getting in bed with a fat f--k."
have been married for over 20 years and have four children together, and at the time of his weight gain, he had just won his third Michelin star. But despite those accomplishments, Ramsay said he still suffered from low self-esteem.
"It was painful," he said. "I used to look at myself in the mirror and think, 'Holy s--t!' So it was a big wake-up call."
The chef attributed his weight gain to not eating properly when working long hours and during vacation trips with David and Victoria Beckham and their respective families. "I didn't have a figure," Ramsay said. "I didn't feel that good. After working my a-- off and achieving a lot, I wanted to get in serious shape."
"I don't want my industry to kill me," he continued. "I know how unhealthy chefs are at the top level. Stress. Suicide. There's a big downside to cooking loads for a living. It's lethal: from obesity to heart attacks to cocaine habits."
Around 2012, Ramsay began to make life change. "I started focusing on getting super-fit five or six years ago when my life got super-busy," he told The Daily Mail. "You get consumed by the work. You get sucked up. You get drawn in. All of a sudden your 'me time' is zero. There was no breathing space, no down time, no time to even think straight. It all started hitting me hard. I didn't panic, but my head was not in the game."
Ramsay teamed up with a trainer named who has him ride bikes in the home gym for an hour and do other workout regiments at least three times a week.
Since then, has lost about 56 pounds and his weight has gone down to approximately 196 pounds. The 51-year-old said he stays inspired to lead a healthy lifestyle, because he does not want to die at a young age like his dad, who passed away at 53.
"That's only a couple of years' time," he said. "I've got this reminder to get fit, it's scary. I get the fear on a daily basis. I may have not got on with him, but I still miss him. I miss everything I could have had from him if he was still alive in his 70s."
In December 2017, released a book of his go-to recipes for when he eats well a home, titled .