Michelle Mone has opened up about how being overweight caused her to feel depressed. The 48-year-old Ultimo founder – who has lost eight stone in recent years – also likened being overweight to self-abuse as she discussed the battles she went through when she was at an all-time low.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, the lingerie tycoon said: ‘I was at my heaviest and had three children running around me and [I was] launching Ultimo around the world.
I was getting bigger and bigger. ‘I was abusing myself. I was on antidepressants from the doctor. It was awful.’ Michelle – who is now a size 10 after previously being a size 22 – said that it was her parents who finally inspired her to lose weight.
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