Gregg Wallace lost an impressive five stone after his doctor warned he was at risk of diabetes and suffering a heart attack, weighing nearly 17 stone. The TV star explained he lost weight "without dieting," instead he just swapped unhealthy and precooked meals for a balanced and varied diet . He also ditched some foods completely: snacks, ultra-processed foods and takeaways.
Gregg previously admitted his lifestyle used to be “full of takeaways, fry-ups, snacks and boozing," but now he has as many homemade meals as possible. Gregg explained: “I led a lifestyle full of takeaways, snacks and boozing and got more and more unhappy with how I looked. I’d be tasting food on MasterChef, going to the pub and drinking and then out for a meal at a restaurant.
There’d be fry-ups with friends, fish and chips for lunch and a curry or Chinese takeaway at night on days I wasn’t filming. “One day my doctor did a blood test and found my cholesterol was through the roof. He said I had to start making changes to the way I lived or I was heading for a major heart attack.
That was scary – a proper wake-up call,” he told the Daily Mail. A post shared by Gregg Wallace MBE (@greggawallace) Gregg recently explained on social media: " It took me I reckon, a couple of years to go from 17 stone to just 12 stone, but I’m pleased it took me a while. What this meant was I did it so gradually, my lifestyle changed at such a slow pace, I hardly noticed it.
I never did do anything radical tha.