Gordon Ramsay has revealed the things he eats to stay healthy after shedding three stone. The TV chegadmitted he has to be strict when in the kitchen and remain ‘disciplined’ so he does not devour all the dishes in his restaurants.
The 58-year-old told how he has a simple routine which he follows every day. Dad-of-six Ramsay spoke with with Jason Fox from SAS: Who Dares Wins for a Men’s Health Interview.
Fox revealed how he will force himself to eat ‘boring’ food when he is going through an intensive period of training and eating clean. He asked the TV chef for some tips, with Ramsay saying: “Good food doesn’t have to be boring food and healthy food never has to be fad food.
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“Whether it’s having a chilli or whether it’s the most amazing spice, I’ll always make something delicious out of pretty plain, basic food.” He then went on to reveal exactly what he eats every day to stay trim, Mirror reports.
Ramsay said: ” I love eating. 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.” He told Fox, who usually eats boiled chicken when dieting, to thinly slice some vegetables and add it to the chicken before poaching it.
The chef went on to say he manages to avoid eating all the mouth-watering dishes served up in his restaurants by being ‘super disciplined’. He only allows himself to have two mouthfuls of a recipe to test it and no more.
Ramsay said: “It’s painful because you sit there like the green-eyed monster, desperate to devour that whole f****** plate. I’ll discipline myself to two mouthfuls and then I get the f*** out of that plate.
“It pains me but I know if I eat a third, fourth, fifth, that’s it – you know, it’s game over.” Ramsay decided to become healthier when he turned 40.
He said: “I had no time. I was [working] seven days a week, [I ha]} restaurants opening all over the place, Michelin stars coming out my arse and all of a sudden my life got consumed. So I took a good look at myself and I realised I was overweight, out of control and I’d forgotten my time.
“I’d forgotten the most important part of my day and that was that 90 minute [exercise] session, five days a week to myself.” He now tries to exercise at least four or five times a week, doing a combination of running, rowing, swimming, cycling and weights.
He ups his work outs and has longer sessions when work is quieter so he can ‘bank’ it for the times he is needed on new projects. His youngest two sons get him up at 5.30am when he has to work out.
But the chef said he is also driven to push on because of his dad Gordon Snr and brother Ronnie. His father was an alcoholic with a love of fried food.
He died in 1997 before he was due to have a heart bypass. His brother is a drug addict, who Gordon has spoken about in the past.
He said: “Ronnie could have been me and I could have been Ronnie and so I think reminding yourself constantly you know there’s a backdrop, you know there is a downside, staying on resilience and dealing with adversity [is important].”