Tory MP reveals he used weight-loss injections to lose five stone
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A Conservative former minister said he has lost more than five stone in weight after using weight-loss injections, as he called for the stigma around the medication to be removed. Sir Alec Shelbrooke described himself as having an “addictive personality”, and said he has struggled with his weight throughout his life.
In the Commons, he suggested that those who use injections to lose weight should be treated similarly to those who use nicotine patches to stop smoking. During a debate on obesity, Sir Alec said: “There’s a lot of new members in the chamber, and they don’t know who I am, so they won’t have seen me be enormously fat, and down to the size I am now. And I have struggled with my weight throughout my life and I have controlled my weight for several years.
“It’s been a difficult journey to go through, but I have tried to eat healthy, I’ve tried to do things with my weight and I got to the point where I couldn’t. In the middle of September I started taking Wegovy, and in that time I have lost over five stone.”.
“I have gone from 42 BMI to 30 BMI and I’ve still got a couple of stone to go. But, this is the big but, you’ve got to work with it, these are not miracle drugs,” he added. Sir Alec said he has an addictive personality, and has previously turned to sugar to get him through a busy day as an MP.
The Wetherby and Easingwold MP continued: “For me it takes away the cravings and has made me be able to do the intermittent fasting and having a meal at one o’clock which is protein based, a banana at five o’clock and a small meal in the evening with a tiny bit of carbohydrate and don’t eat after nine o’clock – that is how I have dropped the weight.”.
