Story highlights
- Louisville chef Chris Ross started gaining weight after high school
- He realized he was taking in 4,000 calories a day just from tasting his food
- After reading an inspirational book
Kentucky chef learns from 'French Women Don't Get Fat'
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Half portions, please – Louisville chef Chris Ross was in denial about his increasing size after high school. Then one day in 2004, he stepped on a normal scale, and it refused to register his weight.
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Half portions, please – The father of three found another scale that told him he had reached 327 pounds. "To realize that you're not just obese, but morbidly obese -- it was pretty tough on the mental psyche," Ross says.
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Half portions, please – Ross realized he was consuming more than 4,000 calories a day just from tasting food in the kitchen.
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Half portions, please – He cut down on his portion sizes and started spitting out his taste bites while cooking. He also started walking -- then jogging -- until he lost more than 130 pounds.
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Half portions, please – Today Ross focuses on paying attention to how much he's consuming. He hasn't changed what he cooks; he just eats less of it.
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