Overview

• The 54-year-old BBC Sport presenter says she has cut out pasta and bread, keeps sugar low, and now chooses a gin and tonic over red wine.
• She reports feeling healthier and more confident, saying she can comfortably wear a belt with her shirt tucked in after years of avoiding it.
• Balding told Hello! that the low-carb approach worked after many past attempts at dieting, and she also maintains daily six-mile walks.
• She and wife Alice Arnold are preparing a major house clear-out as they get ready to leave Chiswick for the countryside, likely around next spring.
• She says the move is driven in part by wanting a safer setting to welcome another dog, after their Tibetan terrier Archie was put to sleep in 2020.