Gordon Ramsay’s bizarre ‘super-painful’ eating method he uses to lose weight

Gordon Ramsay has revealed his unusual eating regimen to keep himself in shape. Between running top restaurants and watching a slew of cookery shows, the sweary chef is known as a lean, fit 58-year-old who marathons and runs for Iron Man.

But it was not always like that for the Scottish-born chef. He once tipped the scales at 18 stone, before deciding to get fit and lose weight. He has since completed a number of marathons and other fitness challenges and has maintained his trim. But how does Gordon maintain his fitness? Late in 2024, he sat down with Men’s Health to explain what he eats.

He also covered an unusual eating strategy to prevent consuming too many calories. Gordon told SAS: Who Dares Wins that “we need to be fit, we need to be smart, and we need to set that example for the team.”

“We are very disciplined as well.” I’ll eat two mouthfuls of a delicious dish and then ignore it, and it’s painful. You sit there like a green-eyed monster desperate to devour that whole plate and i’ll discipline myself to two mouthfuls, then i’ll get out of that plate and it pains me because I know if I eat a fourth, fifth, or sixth mouthful, then that’s it, it’s game over.

“It’s the discipline that drives me, the discipline of saying ‘ two mouthfuls, then get out of there'”.

You can watch Gordon’s interview below:

He emphasized, however, that he maintained that the food he consumed was still exciting and nourishing despite being disciplined with how much. Mapping out what he tends to eat in a day, he said: “Good food doesn’t have to be boring food, and healthy food never has to be fad food.

” I love eating. We have a protein shake in the morning, scrambled eggs for lunch, and then something poached for dinner, whether it’s poached chicken or fish. We don’t do lots of salads but it’s finding that balance. “

Gordon said he had always wanted to be really fit, but he only realized when he was 40 that he had started to lose weight and start to lose weight. It was an ambition of his to do an Iron Man – a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle, and a 26.2-mile run – by the time he was 40.

He claimed that it was only when he reached the age of 40 that he realized his life had to change that he completed the Hawaii Ironman in 2013 in a time of 14 hours, 4 minutes, and 48 seconds.

He said:” I got to the age of 40, and I had no time, I was seven days a week, restaurants opening all over the place, Michelin Stars coming out of my arse, and all of a sudden, my life got consumed. So I took a good look at myself and realised I was overweight, out of control, and I’d forgotten my time. The most crucial aspect of the day was that 90-minute session with myself five days a week that I had forgotten.

“Taking up triathlon wasn’t just about running, I had to go for a swim, I had to get on the bike. It made me more disciplined. Wherever we were filming in the world, wherever we were launching a restaurant, I had the option of swimming, hiking quickly, or running on a sh*t machine that lacked the weight to support me. Clawing that time back was crucial”.

Source: Mirror