--- description: Titles include The Macho Man Diet and Leave the Cannoli, Take the Weights title: Chris Christie Has Been Gifted 77 Weight-Loss Books While in Office image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda0deb113cbcda1a/69877b893c163946a5451571/chris-christie.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [governors](/tag/governors/) ## governors Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chris Christie Has Been Gifted 77 Weight-Loss Books While in Office by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2015 2:10 PM CUT  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gives the annual State of the State address on January 13, 2015 in Trenton, New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gives the annual State of the State address on January 13, 2015 in Trenton, New Jersey.Andrew Burton—2015 Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2015 2:10 PM CUT Of the 1,100 gifts Chris Christie has received from the public since taking office five years ago, 600 are books, [77 of which are about diet](http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/guess%5Fhow%5Fmany%5Fdiet%5Fbooks%5Fhave%5Fbeen%5Fsent%5Fto%5Fchris.html "undefined"), weight loss, exercise or bariatric surgery. The gifts include CDs, DVDs and kits, NJ.com reports, and they come from authors and readers alike. Even Dr. Mehmet Oz sent the New Jersey governor a copy of Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s book _Eat to Live_. While Christie has thanked supporters who’ve noticed his weight loss since his bariatric surgery two years ago, he prefers to keep the topic of his size a private matter. We’re guessing not all 77 of these titles have a permanent home on the Christies’ bookshelves. \[[_NJ.com_](http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/guess%5Fhow%5Fmany%5Fdiet%5Fbooks%5Fhave%5Fbeen%5Fsent%5Fto%5Fchris.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3680063/chris-christie-77-diet-books/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3680063/chris-christie-77-diet-books/"},"headline":"Chris Christie Has Been Gifted 77 Weight-Loss Books While in Office","datePublished":"2015-01-23T14:10:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:49:46.899Z","description":"Titles include The Macho Man Diet and Leave the Cannoli, Take the Weights","url":"https://time.com/3680063/chris-christie-77-diet-books/","keywords":["governors","Chris Christie","Books","Diet & Nutrition"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda0deb113cbcda1a/69877b893c163946a5451571/chris-christie.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda0deb113cbcda1a/69877b893c163946a5451571/chris-christie.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"<> on January 13, 2015 in Trenton, New Jersey.","caption":"<> on January 13, 2015 in Trenton, New Jersey.","creditText":"Andrew Burton—2015 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/governors/","name":"governors"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3680063/chris-christie-77-diet-books/","name":"Chris Christie Has Been Gifted 77 Weight-Loss Books While in Office"}}]}] ```