Carol Vorderman has revealed that she hasn’t weighed herself in 24 years and shared the secret to her incredible figure.
The former Countdown host, 62, said she did a 28-day detox diet back in 1999 after ‘putting on a bit of weight’ and admitted she hasn’t got back on the scales since then.
She revealed that she won’t let doctors tell her what she weighs when she has a medical as she shared an insight into her diet, admitting she doesn’t cook at home.
Speaking on the Table Manners podcast, Carol explained: ‘Go back to my thirties, and my husband Paddy who I loved and adored, we loved pasta and all of that, but I was working really hard and I just got to the point where I was eating just to stay alive, stay awake.
‘And I put on a bit of weight and I didn’t like that. So I started this detox diet. It was slated by nutritionists at the time because it was 28 days detox diet. No meat, no wheat, no dairy, no sugar, for 28 days.
‘Then it was all ‘no, you can’t do that’. Now it’s like standard. This was for 28 days to sort of give all your organs a way of naturally detoxing.
‘(I was) super high on veggies, not potatoes. I won’t buy normal potatoes because of the detox – changed everything I bought.
‘After the detox diet, I haven’t weighed myself since 1999 – don’t know what I weigh. I won’t let anyone tell me what I weigh – you know when you go for medicals. And by and large, when I’m home, I eat quite well.
‘But if somebody’s bought me chocolates or whatever it might be, I’ll just find I’ll just eat them before I’ll go to the vegetables so I can’t have it in the house.
‘I’m very happy – that’s all I’ve known for 20 years.’
Giving an insight into her diet, Carol also revealed that she doesn’t cook at home and tries to eat a lot of healthy vegetables and other low-calorie snacks.
However, she said she doesn’t worry about what she eats when she goes out and tucks into some of her favourite meals, including pasta and fish and chips.
Asked by hosts Jessie and Lennie Ware what was in her fridge, she said: ‘Lots of vegetables, a bit of coleslaw, fish, turmeric shots, which I love, fruit, Greek yoghurt, cottage cheese.
‘If I go and stay in other people’s houses I’m always amazed at what they’ve got in the fridge. But I don’t cook at home now you see.’
‘When I go out I’ll eat what I want. I don’t feel in denial at all. So when I go out I’ll have what I like,’ she continued.
‘Good pasta I love. I don’t like sloppy pasta. I love butter. I love fish and chips, nice fish and chips, I don’t like french fries – proper old-fashioned big chips.’
Carol often gives an insight into her health and fitness regime and recently showed off her workout routine in an Instagram video.
The presenter looked incredible as she showed off her toned stomach in a sports crop top and skintight leggings while lifting weights and stretching.
Carol could be seen doing squats and working up a sweat in a gym on the equipment.
Clearly on a mission, she captioned the video: ‘OFF TO GYM AGAIN TOMOZ.’
Her latest comments come before Carol’s stint in South Africa for I’m A Celebrity All Stars later this year.
She was the eighth celebrity to be voted off 2016’s series, lasting 18 days in the Australian jungle alongside winner Scarlett Moffatt after entertaining viewers with her flirty banter and jungle showers.
Carol said of her return: ‘Doing I’m A Celebrity changed me a lot and I can’t wait to take part in this new series. I loved everything about I’m A Celebrity [the first time round].’
She added: ‘We’ve still got a WhatsApp group!’
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