This Morning presenter Alison Hammond has reflected on her fitness journey and said she has not wanted to use medication for weight loss. The 49-year-old TV star started seeing a personal trainer twice a week after finding out that she was pre-diabetic, and said she is now no longer pre-diabetic and has a “new shape” that she loves.
Reflecting on a conversation she had with her mother, she told Good Housekeeping magazine: “Just before she died, Mum said to me ‘If you can, sort out your weight, Alison’ – and that really set it in my head. “My mum had type 2 diabetes and she was worried for me, so when I then found out that I was pre-diabetic, that was frightening.
“I thought ‘I have to be an adult about this’. The sweets had to stop – and the fatty foods. “Twice a week I see my personal trainer, and I have a couple of weights in my bedroom. I walk, I stretch and sometimes I do a bit of yoga.
“I try to vary it so it’s not the same every day. After a session at the gym, I think I’m Venus Williams, with all those endorphins pumping around. If I miss a session or two with my trainer, I notice it. That kick you get out of the way you feel is so good.”
Speaking about weight loss medication, she said: “I think that, for people who need to use them, they’re a good thing. But for me, as soon as I hear any scare story, I get frightened. So I haven’t wanted to use them, but that’s not to say I wouldn’t in the future, and I certainly wouldn’t look down on anyone who did.”
She added: “I’m no longer pre-diabetic, so I’m a bit naughtier with my food now. But because my body’s working properly, I can allow myself a bit of sugar here and there. I love my new shape and although I still have areas I’m conscious of, such as my arms and my tummy, it’s great being able to wear things I would never have been able to before. I mean, look at me, I’m a bombshell.”
Reality star Sharon Osbourne spoke about using weight loss jabs last year and told ITV ’s Good Morning Britain: “I’ve tried everything – everything I’ve tried. And so, I thought ‘Well, might as well try it’, and I did.”
– Read the full interview with Alison Hammond in Good Housekeeping’s January issue, on sale now.