Gregg Wallace reveals doctors warned him he was ‘going to have a heart attack’ if he didn’t lose weight prior to shedding 4st with healthier lifestyle
Gregg Wallace has revealed his doctors previously warned him that if he didn’t lose weight he was set to have a heart attack.
The Masterchef host, 56, appeared on Friday’s Good Morning Britain, detailing the stark warning he was given by medical professionals before he embarked on a healthier lifestyle and lost four stone.
He explained: ‘The doctor said you have huge cholesterol here, unless you do something you’re going to have a heart attack.
Warning: Gregg Wallace revealed on Friday’s GMB that doctors warned him he was ‘going to have a heart attack’ if he didn’t lose weight prior to shedding 4st with healthier lifestyle
‘I went on a weight loss and fitness site and in there I tell you how I went from the guy on the left hand side of the screen [to the one on the right]. I’m 56 years old what do you think guys.’
Detailing healthy ways people can lose weight, he went on to say he doesn’t ‘believe in diets’ as they’re not sustainable.
He explained: ‘Seriously for people I don’t believe in diets, I don’t believe in doing something you can’t sustain, I don’t believe in starving yourself three times a week.
‘What I believe in is making positive steps in the right direction gradually, that way you move yourself into a healthy lifestyle. Listen to this carefully, you don’t have to be uncomfortable and hungry to lose weight.’
Changes: He explained: ‘The doctor said you have huge cholesterol here, unless you do something you’re going to have a heart attack’ (pictured right in 2009)
Thoughts: Detailing healthy ways people can lose weight, he went on to say he doesn’t ‘believe in diets’ as they’re not sustainable
The MasterChef host previously admitted that his younger wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, 34, was one of the reasons behind him shedding the pounds as he didn’t want her to have a ‘fat old husband’.
Gregg also said he wanted to be ‘fit and healthy’ for their young son Sid, 16 months, after doctors warned him he was heading for a heart attack if he didn’t change his ways.
Speaking to Closer magazine, Gregg who also has two grown-up children with ex-wife Denise, says his youngest child gave him the ultimate motivation to overhaul his physique.
Advice: Gregg said of losing weight, ‘What I believe in is making positive steps in the right direction gradually, that way you move yourself into a healthy lifestyle’
Looking good: The MasterChef host previously admitted that his younger wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, 34, was one of the reasons behind him shedding the pounds
He said: ‘Having my baby boy made me want to be fit and strong. I can now go for long walks, which I wouldn’t have been able to do before.’
The TV star married wife Anne-Marie in August 2016 at a luxurious ceremony in Hever Castle in Kent.
And Gregg noted that it is the almost 20-year age difference between them which further drives him to be fit and healthy.
Reason: Gregg, who married Anne-Marie, 34, in August 2016, noted that it is the almost 20-year age difference between them which drives him to be fit and healthy (pictured in 2013)
He continued: ‘Anne being younger than me was even more of an inspiration to be fit – you can have an old husband but she didn’t have to have a fat, old husband.’
Aside from looking good for his wife of four years, the presenter received a big wake up call when he was informed he had dangerously high cholesterol and was at risk of having a heart attack.
After dropping down to 12st, Gregg keeps up his weight loss with regular work-outs five times a week.
That’s my boy: In a candid interview, the Masterchef host also opened up about wanting to be ‘fit and healthy’ for their young son Sid, 20 months