Rachael Ray underwent drastic weight gain, which almost caused her show to be canceled in 2016. But soon enough, she found herself following a new kind of diet called the Mediterranean diet, under which she changed her meal plans. It was not the first time Rachael Ray had struggled with weight gain. In the initial phases of her career, she had gained weight which was followed by weight loss very soon when she started going to the gym and working out when she was on rest after her throat surgery. She is quite healthy now in 2022.
If food is one of the most delectable pleasures to be derived in our life and it is, then our favorite people must be chefs; mostly those who show us their process of cooking wherein they play with the ingredients to finally bring up tastefully a variety of eclectic irresistible dishes, and they are.
Going by that regard, our most loved person could be Rachael Ray, one of the most prominent celebrity chefs with a successful culinary show and she is.
Rachael Ray had an undeniably great run of cooking shows including a Food Network series 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels, $40 a Day, and Rachael Ray’s Week in a Day. Her daytime television talk show and lifestyle program Rachael Ray in which she brings out celebrities to join her in the cooking segment and health experts to discuss healthy eating is still running in 2022.
It is definitely one of the most-watched cooking shows with top ratings. So, it can be easily deduced that it is a very beloved program. Can anyone even imagine a world without that show? But did you know that there was once a time when Rachael Ray almost didn’t see the light of the day? And because of a very petty reason like the person Rachael Ray’s weight gain. She was once deemed to be too fat for the television.
Previously, we touched on the weight gain stories of Drew Carey and Bella Thorne.
Rachael Ray’s Weight Gain: Reason for Show Cancelation
Well, Rachael Ray (@rachaelray) did balloon up sooner than you can say weight gain but the criticism she faced for her weight gain was sinister. A network spy spilled that the top brass at CBS are furious that their golden girl has turned into the Pillsbury Doughboy.
It was 2016 and the celebrity chef had packed on 37 pounds pushing her weight to a belly-busting 177 pounds. It could have happened because her job was about food but it really matters not how one has such a dramatic weight gain, but once they have had weight gain, all they should think about is losing weight as she was forced to do.
The cookbook author was under a lot of stress because a show she had been hosting and running for ten years, she was on the verge of losing all because of that stupid unwelcome weight gain.
Rachael Ray had once said that the most essential part of her day is a proper dinner and that came back to bite her. Because of how everyone was thinking it loud that it was absurd that she was on TV preaching about healthy eating and pitching herself as a health expert and food guru when she looked like she inhaled an entire grocery store snack aisle!
A Dr. Stuart Fischer told that her weight gain was grotesque especially because she was supposed to be a diet guru and that it had health complications where it could lead to high cholesterol, diabetes, heart failure, or even cancer.
An insider revealed that the reason behind Rachael Ray’s drastic weight gain was menopause. She was 48 at the time. The Food Network star also was suffering from night sweats and migraines associated with menopause. It had been so frustrating for her that made her think about doing a special show about it to bring awareness to the change.
The host of culinary shows was believed to be struggling to keep a check on her weight. Because diets were not working for her and she would get upset and start binge-eating again. At that point, she had also been to many specialists and was trying a homeopathic approach.
Rachael Ray’s Weight Loss of 40 Pounds: Diet and Workout Plans
Rachael Ray might have tried and failed to lose that weight in the beginning. But she ended up finding the right way to have a weight loss soon. It was called Mediterranean Diet and it was what helped her get rid of about 40 pounds.
Under her diet plan, the Emmy winner avoided ultra-processed foods like soda or candy and ate vegetables, fruit, fish, herbs and spices, whole grains, and olive oil. She also drank lots of water. All of these eating habits finally helped her lose weight.
Her weight gain had been a problem for her at the beginning phase of her career as well when she was about 40. At the time she had just started doing cook shows where she was required to talk all the time, her throat took a hit. Talking continuously for 12-16 hours a day affected her throat and triggered a cyst.
Rachael Ray was required to undergo throat surgery and afterward, she was supposed to give three weeks of rest to her throat, which meant that she was not to speak for three weeks. She had to take a break from her talk shows.
Time spent away from her job, she spent to have a weight loss. She started going to the gym and working out. She began running 3 and a half miles every morning and got into a mix of cardio and strength training. While she was successful in losing the weight, she gained back in 2016.
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