{"id":263569,"date":"2018-12-14T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/nailed-its-jacques-torres-shares-the-secret-to-his-60-lb-weight-loss\/"},"modified":"2018-12-14T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T20:15:00","slug":"nailed-its-jacques-torres-shares-the-secret-to-his-60-lb-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/nailed-its-jacques-torres-shares-the-secret-to-his-60-lb-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Nailed It!&#8217;s Jacques Torres Shares the Secret to His 60-Lb. Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20181114\/rs_600x600-181214110937-600-2Jacques-Torres-nailed-it-weight-loss.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40.119463087248\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"20.802684563758\">\n<p>As <strong>Jacques Torres<\/strong>&#8216; profile is getting bigger, his waistline is getting smaller.<\/p>\n<p>The French chocolatier and pastry chef is back for <em>Nailed It! Holiday<\/em>, which debuted Dec. 7 on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/netflix\">Netflix<\/a><\/strong>. Since <em>Nailed It!<\/em> began streaming in March, viewers have watched and wondered how Torres got so slim\u2014and now, he&#8217;s telling E! News all about how he lost &#8220;almost 60 lbs.&#8221; in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Working in food, I understand what food is good\u2014and what food is less good,&#8221; Torres says in an exclusive interview. &#8220;But, you know, when you reach 50 and 60 years old, your metabolism doesn&#8217;t work the same. Some people are heavy and in very good health. But me? I was heavy, and my liver was what we call a &#8216;fat liver.&#8217; And a fat liver is a sign that you&#8217;ll have trouble later.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-1\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"42.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"25\">\n<p>Concerned, Torres consulted his doctor. &#8220;Knowing what I do, he thought sugar was a big cause,&#8221; he recalls. &#8220;Instead of tasting, like chefs usually do, I was tasting a little bit too heavily. I was eating too much. We thought, &#8216;OK, carbs and sugar are maybe the main problem.&#8217; So, I needed a nutritionist to work with me. Basically, you send pictures of everything you eat\u2014portion size and whatever you want to put in your mouth\u2014and she said &#8216;yes&#8217; or &#8216;no.&#8217; She would answer right away: &#8216;Eat that and that, but leave that to the side,&#8217; or &#8216;Eat two thirds of that. Don&#8217;t eat everything.&#8217; The good thing was she didn&#8217;t cut too much too fast, and everything was gradual.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Torres became especially health conscious after his son&#8217;s birth. &#8220;A lot of times, we know how to do it, but we don&#8217;t do it for maybe a lack of reason,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Having a young boy, a young child\u2014my wife is pregnant with a little girl now\u2014I have a good reason to change my lifestyle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"63.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"17\">\n<p>Because he doesn&#8217;t have much time to exercise, Torres will ride a Citi bike to work and back. Keeping the weight off is easier said than done, of course. &#8220;You can commit to a diet for one year, but to commit to a diet for the rest of your life, it&#8217;s tough. So, the biggest battle is now that I&#8217;ve lost the weight, you want to reward yourself by letting things go. But that&#8217;s where things become a little bit tricky. [My nutritionist] doesn&#8217;t want me to weigh myself every day\u2014just one or two times a week. If I see variation, I react right away; I don&#8217;t wait. Because losing a couple of pounds is easy; losing 10 lbs. is a battle,&#8221; Torres, 59, says. &#8220;I talk to her whenever I need to. The support is important. She says, &#8216;When you go to a restaurant, send me the menu.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"20\">\n<p>It took Torres\u00a0&#8220;a little bit over a year&#8221; to hit his goal weight. &#8220;The nutritionist told me it would take time, and she was right. It&#8217;s not something you can do fast. And if you do it too quickly, something is wrong,&#8221; he says. &#8220;I feel definitely better. I can run after my little one a lot easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Torres&#8217; life has changed in other ways since <em>Nailed It!<\/em> premiered earlier this year. &#8220;It&#8217;s fun to have people come up and say, &#8216;Oh, you&#8217;ve taught me so much,'&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s very rewarding when people tell you that you&#8217;re an inspiration. More than people knowing you, inspiring them is very satisfying. People ask me for advice all the time, showing me their desserts and wanting me to judge them.&#8221; The show is &#8220;lighthearted,&#8221; which makes his job a breeze. &#8220;Someone goes home with $10,000 and we make fun of everyone,&#8221; he says. &#8220;They do the most crazy things!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/996759\/nailed-it-s-jacques-torres-shares-the-secret-to-his-60-lb-weight-loss?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Jacques Torres&#8216; profile is getting bigger, his waistline is getting smaller. The French chocolatier and pastry chef is back for Nailed It! Holiday, which debuted Dec. 7 on Netflix. Since Nailed It! began streaming in March, viewers have watched and wondered how Torres got so slim\u2014and now, he&#8217;s telling E! 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