Padma Lakshmi enjoys herself whilst filming Top Chef. The foodie and Bravo judge posted a bikini pic on Instagram on Friday, June 9, revealing her weight gain whilst filming the hit food festival display.

“Week 5 of filming and hips getting rounder, thighs getting thicker…#topchefmemories #eatingmywaythroughcolorado,” she captioned a shot of herself in a blue bikini.

Lakshmi informed The Cut in 2015 that she understandably gains weight every season. The former style, who's the mom of daughter Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell, has been the host of Top Chef since season 2. In 2016, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program.

“I normally acquire about 10 to fifteen pounds each season. It’s the only bad section about my activity,” she instructed the website. “We actually buy garments in three different sizes so that you don’t notice my clothes getting tight. Everybody tries to squeeze into the scale 6 denims or the dimensions Eight dress, however who’s taking a look on the tag to look what number is on it?”

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After filming wraps, Lakshmi places within the paintings to lose the weight. “I try to lose 15 pounds — they take me six weeks to achieve and 12 weeks to lose,” she informed The Cut.

“I either field three times every week or elevate weights — just old-school weights, lunges, crunches, squats, and leg-presses,” she stated of her post-filming workouts. 

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