This Morning‘s Alison Hammond has opened up about her fitness journey, revealing that she didn’t want to resort to weight loss medication. The 49 year old telly favourite began working with a personal trainer twice a week after discovering she was pre-diabetic, and she’s now no longer in the pre-diabetic range and is loving her “new shape”.
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.” She added, “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.”
Alison admitted, “I thought ‘I have to be an adult about this’. The sweets had to stop – and the fatty foods.” She shared her routine, saying, “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.”
She joked, “After a session at the gym, I think I’m Venus Williams, with all those endorphins pumping around. 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.”
On the topic of weight loss medication, she expressed, “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 exclaimed, “I’m no longer pre-diabetic, so I’m a bit naughtier with my food now.”
However, she continued, “But because my body’s working properly, I can allow myself a bit of sugar here and there.” Delighted with her transformed figure, she confessed, “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.”
A diabetes drug called Ozempic has hit the headlines in the past couple of years, with a number of celebrities among those using it to lose weight. Reality star Sharon Osbourne spoke about using the jab 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.”
Make sure you catch the full chat with Alison Hammond in the latest issue of Good Housekeeping’s January edition, available now.
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