The one lesson I’ve learned from life
TV personality, music manager and author, Sharon osbourne, 71, has three children with rock star husband ozzy, 74.
I’VE LOST TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON OZEMPIC
AT ThE end of the 1990s, I had an operation to have my stomach ‘banded’. The result was that I didn’t need to eat so much to feel full.
I was never a druggie. When Ozzy and I were first together, I’d try to keep up with his drinking, but I was useless. One wine gum and I’m on the floor.
No, my weakness has always been food. When I’m happy, I eat. When I’m sad, I eat. I was a pig. At my heaviest, I weighed 225lb — that’s just over 16 stone. And I’m only 5ft 2in. I weighed more than my husband.
So, I made it my business to lose almost half my body weight. The result was that I had flesh hanging everywhere. My breasts were flat and sagging.
I underwent a string of cosmetic procedures beginning with a browlift and facelift. I had liposuction on my neck and had it lifted, too. I had my breasts lifted, my arms lipo-ed and my tummy tucked. I had my bum lifted and implants inserted.
Then I had a facelift three-and-a-half years ago, but the guy messed up. I was left with one eye higher than the other. It took a year to put it all right. I frightened myself with what happened.
Last December, I resorted to injecting myself with Ozempic, a semaglutide that fools the brain into thinking you’re not hungry. I lost 42lb — that’s 3st — but it was too much.
Now, I weigh just over 7st. I need to put on 10lb, but however much I eat, I stay the same weight.
I’ve had enough. I’ve given up on all interventions. I couldn’t have much more facial surgery — there’s not that much skin left to stretch, pull or cut. And I won’t have any more fillers or Botox.
I don’t think I’ll ever be happy with the way I look. But I’m now satisfied. It’s taken years for me to say this but I’ve learned my lesson. This is me. It’s finally time to leave well alone. n Sharon oSbourne — Cut The Crap will be on at the Fortune Theatre in London on January 21 and 28 and at The alexandra in birmingham on January 24, sharonosbournelive.co.uk