Executive Producer of “Today,” Jim Bell, has lost 50 pounds with the help of the show’s nutrition expert, Joy Bauer, according to the NY Post’s Page Six. Bauer advised Bell to not eat the food prepared by the shows’ celebrity chef guests.

The weight loss was the talk of Hoda Kotb‘s book party for “Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair and Kathie Lee.”

Bauer would have advised against the entire menu at Kotb’s book party which, while delicious, included mini grilled cheeses, hot dogs, and meatballs.