Michelle Visage appeared on Loose Women on Thursday and revealed that her 45lb weight loss was about ‘calming inflammation’ and not being skinny.
The Radio 2 presenter, 54, lost the weight in just a year following The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet and weightlifting after struggling with perimenopause.
She previously explained that she hopes the weight loss will also help reverse her Hashimoto’s disease – an autoimmune disease where the thyroid gland is destroyed.
The RuPaul’s Drag Race star told Loose Women that she believes her breast implant journey was also a major factor in the shocking weight loss.
She told the panel: ‘I have an autoimmune disease. I hate putting our self-worth down to our bodies; we are so much more than that.
Michelle Visage was a vision in red on Loose Women on Thursday, (left) as she explained that her 45lb weight loss was about ‘calming inflammation’ and not being skinny
She previously explained that she hopes the weight loss will also help reverse her Hashimoto’s disease – an autoimmune disease where the thyroid gland is destroyed
‘The journey was never about losing weight. It was about calming inflammation, and that is what came along with it.
‘I believe my breast implant journey was a major factor.’
According to healthline.com: ‘The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet is an elimination diet designed to help reduce inflammation or other symptoms caused by autoimmune disorders.’
Sporting a red blouse, the former Strictly star completed her chic look with a full face of flawless make-up, including a shimmery smoky eyeshadow.
Speaking on her BBC Sounds Podcast Rule Breakers, earlier this year, she announced that she has shifted over three stone in weight,
Michelle then took to Instagram shortly after to celebrate her ‘healthiversary,’ and insisted: ‘I never wanted to be skinny, I wanted muscles!’
She explained: ‘Menopause was a big wake-up for me. It shook me. I knew nothing. I went into it not knowing a thing. It was the worst thing I experienced in my life.
‘It’s by far the worst thing I’ve experienced. I’m not a weak person, and I was like ”I’m gonna give up soon if I don’t get help.”
The RuPaul’s Drag Race star told Loose Women that she believes her breast implant journey was a major factor in the shocking weight loss
She told the panel: ‘I have an autoimmune disease. I hate putting our self-worth down to our bodies; we are so much more than that’
Earlier this year Michelle took to Instagram to celebrate her ‘healthiversary,’ and insisted: ‘I never wanted to be skinny, I wanted muscles!’
‘This past year, when I got my breast implants taken out, I had to take them out. Perimenopause, breast implant illness, all at the same time.
‘I’m so proud of my change. I did it with a commitment to heavy weight lifting – being a woman of a certain age, that is really going to fend off the doctors because resistance training is key.
‘People think it’s cardio and running – no! It’s getting into that gym. Do not care what people think about you. I do it with YouTube and I do it from home with weights as well,’ before reminding people: ‘It’s all free online!’
Her appearance on the popular daytime tv show comes after the star revealed that her husband and daughter have been undergoing ‘ketamine therapy’.
The pair have used the horse tranquilliser, which has been a popular illegal drug on the British rave scene for years, to help with PTSD.
Michelle, who has two daughters- Lillie and Lola – with the author David Case, 55, says: ‘My husband and my daughter have just completed ketamine therapy.’
Speaking to actress Kathy Burke on the Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake podcast, the American star of RuPaul’s Drag Race explains the treatment, which can be used to treat severe depression.
She said: ‘It is popping up on every corner in dispensaries in Los Angeles.’
Though Michelle stresses that recreational drugs ‘have never been good’ and that she has ‘never taken drugs’, she describes the treatment as ‘a game changer’.
The podcast host rightly stated: ‘I’m so proud’ and reminded her followers that she loved herself ‘bigger and smaller’
