‘I lost 3 stone on Wegovy - it’s a miracle drug if you put the work in,’ says Carole Malone
01.11.2023 - 07:33
/ ok.co.uk
She may have turned 69 last month, but Carole Malone is looking and feeling better than ever.
The journalist and broadcaster recently spoke about her health overhaul, revealing she’d used controversial weight-loss drug Wegovy. While she admits its use came with its drawbacks she is happy with the results.
There are concerns about drugs such as Wegovy, which is aimed at tackling chronic obesity, and Ozempic, for type 2 diabetes, being used as weight-loss aids. The ex-Celebrity Big Brother contestant confesses she was initially against the idea of taking them to shed the pounds.
“Every bone in my body was telling me I shouldn’t be taking a drug that people who are sick take. Why? Because I’m a strong woman. I was thinking, ‘Why don’t I have the willpower or strength to do what’s required to lose weight?’” However, she ruptured a glute muscle, which left her worried about her mobility.
It was then she decided to take action. After doing some research, she was introduced by a friend to a company that supplies the weight-loss drug. “Before my injury, being overweight had depressed me, but it hadn’t debilitated me,” she says.
“Then, for a month, I had to use a crutch and found myself hobbling into TV studios.
That’s what made me take it. I had a vision that I was going to hurtle into old age not being able to do anything for myself.” She continues, “There are a few side-effects to the drug.
Tiredness is one side-effect I had. I also felt a bit dizzy now and then.
It lasted for the first three weeks. I’d get the odd headache, too.” In six months she has gone from 14st 8lb to about 11st 3lb because the drug suppresses the appetite – which came as a bit of a shock for Carole because it put her off the foods she once loved. “The fact
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