The Traitors: Uncloaked star Ed Gamble has opened up about his seven stone weight loss but admits he finds it tougher in one aspect being a lower weight
A star of The Traitors has opened up about their huge seven stone weight loss. The Traitors spin-off host Ed Gamble looks unrecognisable in photos taken before his huge transformation.
The Uncloaked presenter admitted he gained weight when he was younger and at his heaviest, he weighed 19 stone. Since then, he has slimmed down to 12 stone but admits it has come at a cost for him.
Speaking about his weight loss and health, he explained: “I was living so unhealthily I felt dreadful all the time. I wasn’t completely ignoring that I was type 1, but I was doing the bare minimum to stay alive.”
He added in a separate interview: “I went through a stage of binge eating and drinking, not really focusing on what I was doing to my body and my diabetes suffered as a result of that. Now, I have a much better quality of life because I’m more focused on my diabetes. Yes, it’s more work, but I feel a lot better about it.”
Ed has since turned to marathons and says the exercise and weight loss has helped to stabilise his diabetes.
“I thought, weight loss will be a good opportunity to try and get on top of the diabetes, however intimidating and overwhelming it seems. I’ve never looked back from that point,” he explained.
However, his change in weight has come at an emotional cost for Ed and he admits he feels more self-conscious than he ever did. He shared: “I don’t know where this thing came from where people think they’re allowed to comment on people’s bodies and weight. It’s really depressing if you’re on the other end of it.
“People’s reactions to the way people’s bodies change is absolutely insane sometimes. It’s best to just shut up. When I was bigger, I really didn’t care about my weight, as soon as I lost weight, that’s when I started to worry about how I looked. As soon as people started to say I looked nice, that’s when I started to worry.”
Admitting there is pressure on men to look a certain way, he added: “Within my lifetime, the ideal body shape for men has gone from skinny waif, noughties indie man to now, gigantic men. It’s all about putting as much weight and muscle as possible.”
Source: Mirror
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