Alison Hammond tried to use a gastric band to lose weight but her body "rejected it".
The bubbly television personality – who is currently competing on BBC One’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ – has revealed that she once tried using a gastric band after watching the former ‘This Morning’ presenter Fern Britton lose weight after having the same procedure.
She shared: "I was offered a gastric band around the time Fern was and tried it because Ii wanted to lose weight. I didn’t have a trigger to say I was full up, which is why I had it. But my body started rejecting it. I began to grow scar tissue around it.
After having it removed, Alison told the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine: "The doctor said, ‘Normally it takes 15 minutes to remove a gastric band but yours took three hours because of all the scar tissue."
The 39-year-old star – who was paired with professional dancer Aljaž Skorjanec, 24, on BBC One show – now refers to herself as "fit fat" since taking part in the rigorous dance routines.
Alison said: "I’m a fit fat.
"I’ve got a cholesterol of 3.2 and my blood pressure is good so my stats are like an athlete."
The star – who has a nine-year-old son – admitted that she will "never" be able to slim her size 26 body to size ten.
She said: "Alison Hammond is never going to be a size ten. It’s not going to happen."
Alison Hammond’s gastric band fail
