Reality star Peter Andre has given his take on Alison Hammond’s incredible weight loss, with the This Morning star shedding 11 stone after a pre-diabetic diagnosis
Peter Andre has shared his feelings on Alison Hammond’s 11-stone weight loss.
This Morning star Alison once weighed around 28 stone but the 50-year-old has now managed to get down to 16 and a half stone after making significant changes to her lifestyle and diet. The presenter decided to take action after finding out she was pre-diabetic – she also lost her mother Maria to type 2 diabetes in 2020.
Peter, 52, has now shared his thoughts on Alison’s body transformation and decision not to use weight loss injections. He threw his support behind his “good friend” and praised her for putting the work in and doing it “the hard way”.
Speaking in his OK! magazine column, Peter said: “Alison Hammond is looking amazing and she’s spoken about not using weight-loss jabs. She obviously feels fantastic and I don’t think it’s anyone else’s business when it comes to the injections – we shouldn’t force people into discussing it. I don’t know why we think everyone must say what they did or didn’t do.
“Alison is a good friend who has put the work in and done it the hard way, which is impressive. But I’d never judge anyone for taking the injections – it’s none of my business.”
Alison managed to reverse her pre-diabetic diagnosis after making changes to her diet and getting a personal trainer. Speaking to Heat Magazine, Alison said: “I feel amazing. I feel happy within myself. I’ve got a personal trainer – she’s amazing. She trains me when I can train. If I’m working, I don’t train, I’ll go for a walk.”
She also decided to cut out sweet and fatty foods following her mum’s concerns for her health. She told Women’s Health magazine: “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.”
The ITV favourite has admitted she’s started being less strict with her diet after reversing her pre-diabetic diagnosis. “I’m no longer pre-diabetic,” she said. “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 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.”
She said she doesn’t ban herself from eating anything and prefers to focus on “moderation”. She told the Sunday Times magazine: “I don’t deny myself anything, I eat everything, but in moderation”.
Alison has said she sees her personal trainer twice a week, but the work doesn’t stop there. That’s because she has weights at home and does walking, stretches, and yoga to keep herself fit.
Dermot O’Leary’s co-star decided not to get weight loss injections as she had heard “scare stories” about them and had been too “frightened” to use them. However, she said she wouldn’t think badly of anyone who did use them.
She told Good Housekeeping UK: “I think that, for people who need to use them, [weight loss jabs are] 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 also underwent a gastric band in 2007 but later had this removed as he body rejected it.
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