favors balance when it comes to staying in shape. “I don’t deprive myself, nor do I try to pig out too much,” the former host, 53, exclusively shares in the new issue of . “I also try to be kind to my body and compare myself to myself, not other people.
” Lakshmi also shared some of her favorite ways to exercise, noting that she works out as often as possible. “I love to lift weights, box and jump rope [and do] a lot of ab work,” she said. Lakshmi, who in 2023 after 17 years of hosting, previously opened up about how the cooking competition series made it hard to stay in shape.
“When filming , I consume about 5,000 to 8,000 calories a day,” she wrote in a June 2020 . “We start with anywhere from 15 to 18 contestants, and I have to take a bite or two from each of their plates to adequately judge each dish. Every day.
It adds up. I typically gain anywhere from 10 to 17 pounds every season. Once I get home, what’s taken me six weeks to gain takes me 12 weeks to take off.
” Lakshmi went on to detail her process for losing the extra weight before the Emmy Awards each year. (The television personality has received a staggering 16 Emmy nominations for .) “My diet for the Emmys is pretty straightforward.
It’s like a poem: no meat, no wheat, no cheese, no fried foods or sweets. And, of course, no alcohol,” she wrote, adding that she supplemented the strict diet with “two hours of working out a day.” However, after realizing that her daughter, Krishna, n.